Sep
30
2025
Fall 2025 Religious Studies Department Welcome Reception
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Join us at the Yasotorn Thai Cuisine in Evanston to celebrate the start of the year and meet our new...
Events
Oct
3
2025
KFBSLS Year 6, Lecture 1: Nick Witkowski, “'Comparative Subalternities' as a New Framework for the Study of Indian Buddhist Traditions: Locating the Outcaste Monastic within Plantation Geographies"
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
This presentation will argue for a new framework in the study of Indian Buddhism, a methodological approach I call comparative...
Oct
3
2025
(NARW) North American Religions October Workshop
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by North American Religions Workshop (NARW)
NARW is an interdisciplinary workshop for Chicago-area students and faculty working in and alongside the field of North American Religions....
Oct
7
2025
Color-blind Secularisms in Contemporary France and Québec
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Guest Lecture with Prof. Jennifer Selby, Memorial University of Newfoundland Description: Drawing on thinking from Secular Sensibilities (UNC Press, 2025), Jennifer...
Oct
21
2025
Liza Bernstein's Graduate Colloquium
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Liza Bernstein's Graduate Colloquium
Oct
30
2025
Religious Studies Fall Gathering
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Religious Studies Fall Gathering details tbd.
Nov
7
2025
(NARW) North American Religions November Workshop
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by North American Religions Workshop (NARW)
NARW is an interdisciplinary workshop for Chicago-area students and faculty working in and alongside the field of North American Religions....
Nov
11
2025
"Heaven Has a Wall", a book panel with Prof. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Faculty Book Panel for Professor Elizabeth Hurd's new book, Heaven Has a Wall. Panelists: Professor Spencer Dew Department of Comparative Studies, The Ohio...
Nov
14
2025
KFBSLS Year 6, Lecture 2: James Gentry
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
The second lecture in the sixth year of the Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series at Northwestern.
Nov
23
2025
Northwestern Religious Studies Reception at the 2025 AAR Conference (Boston, MA)
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
2025 AAR & SBL American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting in Boston, MA Northwestern University alumni, faculty, friends, and current and...
Dec
5
2025
KFBSLS Year 6, Lecture 3: Tsering Wangmo
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
The third lecture in the sixth year of the Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series at Northwestern.
Dec
5
2025
(NARW) North American Religions December Workshop
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by North American Religions Workshop (NARW)
NARW is an interdisciplinary workshop for Chicago-area students and faculty working in and alongside the field of North American Religions....
Jan
9
2026
KFBSLS Year 6, Lecture 4: David Veidlinger
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
The fourth lecture in the sixth year of the Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series at Northwestern.
Jan
16
2026
(NARW) North American Religions January Workshop
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by North American Religions Workshop (NARW)
NARW is an interdisciplinary workshop for Chicago-area students and faculty working in and alongside the field of North American Religions....
Feb
3
2026
Joshua Brallier's Colloquium
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Joshua Brallier's Colloquium
Feb
6
2026
(NARW) North American Religions February Workshop
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by North American Religions Workshop (NARW)
NARW is an interdisciplinary workshop for Chicago-area students and faculty working in and alongside the field of North American Religions....
Feb
13
2026
KFBSLS Year 6, Lecture 5: Erik Davis
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
The fifth lecture in the sixth year of the Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series at Northwestern.
Mar
6
2026
KFBSLS Year 6, Lecture 6: Joshua Brallier
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
The sixth lecture in the sixth year of the Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series at Northwestern.
Mar
13
2026
(NARW) North American Religions March Workshop
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by North American Religions Workshop (NARW)
NARW is an interdisciplinary workshop for Chicago-area students and faculty working in and alongside the field of North American Religions....
Apr
3
2026
KFBSLS Year 6, Lecture 7: Lei Ying
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
The seventh lecture in the sixth year of the Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series at Northwestern.
Apr
10
2026
(NARW) North American Religions April Workshop
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by North American Religions Workshop (NARW)
NARW is an interdisciplinary workshop for Chicago-area students and faculty working in and alongside the field of North American Religions....
May
8
2026
(NARW) North American Religions May Workshop
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by North American Religions Workshop (NARW)
NARW is an interdisciplinary workshop for Chicago-area students and faculty working in and alongside the field of North American Religions....
May
12
2026
Religious Studies Edmund Perry Lecture
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Edmund Perry Lecture presented by Maria Heim, George Lyman Crosby 1896 & Stanley Warfield Crosby Professor in Religion at Amherst...