Several Religious Studies Core Faculty Members and Faculty Affiliates presented research in November 2024 at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Read on for some highlights: K.D. Thompson, RS Core Faculty, presented …
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Professor Rosenblum publishes book!
Congratulations to Professor Jordan Rosenblum on the publication of his most recent book Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig, published this October by NYU Press! For more about the book and how …
November 15: Brownbag with Professor Tom DuBois (GNS+): The Agency of Place: Helgafell and 13th-century Icelandic Monastics
Join Religious Studies for our November Brownbag featuring Professor Tom DuBois (GNS+ and Religious Studies Affiliate). He will discuss The Agency of Place: Helgafell and 13th-century Icelandic Monastics. This event will take place in Room …
October 10: Dana Lloyd, “Land as Kin: Religious Freedom and Indigenous Sovereignty in Yurok Country”
The Religious Studies Program is excited to welcome Dana Lloyd, Assistant Professor in Villanova University’s Department of Global Interdisciplinary Studies, as our first speaker in a lecture series on Religion and Politics! Talk: “Land as …
Katrina Daly Thompson receives Library of Congress Research Residency!
Congratulations to Professor Katrina Daly Thompson for receiving a short term summer research residency to use the Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division (AMED) collections! Their residency is part of a larger project …
April 26: Jamal Jones and “Beauty, goodness, and the making of the ‘first poem’ in classical India”
Please join the Religious Studies Program for our 2024 April Research Brown Bag on Friday, April 26th at 12:15pm! We’ll hear from Professor Jamal Jones with his talk “Beauty, goodness, and the making of the …
March 22: Professor Susan Ridgely Talk on “Southern, Catholic, Universal: The Creation of a Biracial Parish in Rural North Carolina 1870-1904”
Please join the Religious Studies Program for our 2024 March Research Brown Bag on Friday, March 22nd at 12:15pm! We’ll hear from Professor Susan Ridgely with her talk “Southern, Catholic, Universal: The Creation of a …
Apply for the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (DISC) Summer Research Institute (DSRI)
Are you a current UW-Madison undergraduate student interested in Islamic Studies? Check out the 2nd Summer Research Institute: The Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, an exciting fully funded 10-day summer program that will take place June …