multi-day
Tuesdays Coffee & Tea with Dr. T.
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Have questions about Religious Studies, majoring, minoring, honor projects, or just want to learn more about our Department? Stop by...
Past Events
multi-day
The Second Lotsawa Translation Workshop: Celebrating Buddhist Women’s Voices in the Tibetan Tradition
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
The Lotsawa Translation Workshop is an opportunity to create a community of practice around the translation of Tibetan Buddhist texts,...
multi-day
The Second Lotsawa Translation Workshop: Celebrating Buddhist Women’s Voices in the Tibetan Tradition
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
The Lotsawa Translation Workshop is an opportunity to create a community of practice around the translation of Tibetan Buddhist texts,...
multi-day
The Second Lotsawa Translation Workshop: Celebrating Buddhist Women’s Voices in the Tibetan Tradition
8:00 AM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
The Lotsawa Translation Workshop is an opportunity to create a community of practice around the translation of Tibetan Buddhist texts,...
multi-day
The Second Lotsawa Translation Workshop: Celebrating Buddhist Women’s Voices in the Tibetan Tradition
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
The Lotsawa Translation Workshop is an opportunity to create a community of practice around the translation of Tibetan Buddhist texts,...
multi-day
2022 KFBSLS In-Person Workshop
All day, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
The inaugural workshop for the Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series at Northwestern! The first of an annual in-person gathering...
multi-day
Graduate Student Appreciation Week (GSAW) 2022
All day, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Graduate Student Appreciation Week (GSAW) 2022 will take place from Monday, April 4 – Friday, April 8, 2022 (with some...
multi-day
Religious Studies Virtual Academic Direction Fair
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Come join us to learn about the Religious Studies department and play a Kahoot trivia game about religion! We’ve got a...
multi-day
Undergraduate Research and Arts Exposition
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Office of Undergraduate Research
The OUR Expo and Creative Arts Festival is less than a month away. Support our community of undergraduate researchers &...
multi-day
Religion, Violence, and Art
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Sheil Catholic Center at Northwestern University
The discussion is organized by the Chicago community of Pietre Vive, an international Catholic and ecumenical young adult organization that...
multi-day
James Cone: Black Theology & Black Power Conference
All day, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Black Theology & Black PowerA Conference exploring the legacy of James Cone https://jameshcone.northwestern.edu/about/ The conference is supported by Department of Religious Studies,...
Nov
19
2023
Northwestern Religious Studies Reception at the 2023 AAR Conference (San Antonio, TX)
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
2023 AAR & SBL Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX Northwestern University alumni, faculty, friends and current and prospective graduate students...
Nov
10
2023
KFBsls Year 4, Lecture 3: Huatse Gyal, "Blessing or Poison? The Mass Production/Consumption of Khata and its Afterlife"
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
What is a Khata (ཁ་བཏགས)? The Khata is a white ceremonial scarf used primarily as an offering to religious teachers....
Nov
7
2023
A Colloquium featuring Neeti Nair (University of Virginia) and J. Barton Scott (University of Toronto)
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Global Religion and Politics Research Group
Please join the Global Religion and Politics Research Group, the South Asia Research forum and the Department of Asian Languages...
Nov
7
2023
How to become a successful ruler? A philosophical re-examination of the Arthaśāstra
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Global Antiquities
Join us for a talk by Agnieszka Rostalska, Ghent University, on "How to become a successful ruler? A philosophical re-examination...
Nov
7
2023
Religious Studies Grant Writing Workshop
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Dr. Stephen Hill Dr. Stephen Hill is the Senior Associate Director in the Office of Fellowships and the purpose of this...
Nov
3
2023
(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.
Oct
30
2023
Religious Studies Fall Undergraduate Gathering
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Religious Studies Fall Undergraduate Gathering details tbd.
Oct
27
2023
Global Antiquities Graduate Social
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Global Antiquities
The Global Antiquites Group at Northwestern invites you to our first Graduate Student Social and Reception! It will be held...
Oct
27
2023
KFBSLS Year 4, Lecture 2: Xiaoqiang Meng: "Philosopher’s Myth, Worldmaking, and Religious Polemics: How to Read Buddhist Deva-Asura War Myth?"
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
The epic warfare for supremacy between Indian Gods and Titans, i.e. Devāsurasaṃgrāma, is a myth prevalent in and beyond South...
Oct
19
2023
“New Directions in the Study of Religion, Law, and Public Life: Benjamin Schonthal and Levi McLaughlin.”
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Global Religion and Politics Research Group
Please join the Global Religion and Politics Research Group as they host Benjamin Schonthal (Professor and Head of Programme in...
Oct
17
2023
LACS | Faculty Colloquium | Race, Politics, and Religious Placemaking in Jamaica
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
A faculty colloquium with Dr. Dennis Meade. Lunch will be provided. What is the relationship between space, place, and religious conviction?...
Oct
6
2023
(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.
Sep
29
2023
KFBSLS Year 4, Lecture 1: Damchö Diana Finnegan, "Reading, Translating, Retelling Buddhist Narratives: What are our Ethical Obligations?"
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
In a very basic sense, relationships involve ethics. This talk suggests that in working with Buddhist narratives, we are moving...
Sep
14
2023
Religious Studies Department Welcome Reception
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Join us at the Double Clutch Brewery in Evanston to celebrate the start of the year and meet our new...
Sep
7
2023
Religious Studies Virtual Academic Fair
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Join us at the Religious Studies Virtual Academic Fair on Sep 6, 1-2pm, and Sep 7, 2-3pm. Learn more about...
Sep
6
2023
Religious Studies Virtual Academic Fair
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Join us at the Religious Studies Virtual Academic Fair on Sep 6, 1-2pm, and Sep 7, 2-3pm. Learn more about...
Aug
31
2023
Religious Studies Meet abd Greet
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Welcome Class of 2027! Stop by for an in-person conversation with our Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor Taylor, who tell...
Jun
2
2023
Lecture 9: Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā, "Revived Theravāda bhikkhunīs and the bhikkhusaṅgha: institutional asymmetries, legal and existential dissonances"
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
In this lecture, Bhikkhunī Dhammadinnā will take up the legal and relational ambivalence with respect to the perceived legal "existence"...
May
31
2023
Religious Studies End-Of-Year Celebration
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Religious Studies End-Of-Year Celebration
May
19
2023
(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
19
2023
Department Renaming Symposium: From "African American Studies" to "Black Studies"
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by African American Studies Department
BLACK TO FRONT: From "African American Studies" to "Black Studies" • Keynote speaker: Professor Davarian Baldwin (author, ‘In the Shadow of the...
May
19
2023
Lecture 8: Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, "Reflections on the Nonsectarian (ris med) Movement and the Academic Study of Buddhist Traditions"
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist Master of the Kagyu Order. He was trained in all schools of Tibetan...
May
13
2023
Religious Studies Bahá'í House of Worship Walking Tour
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Join us for a walking tour to the Bahá'í House of Worship - a field trip led by Professor Richard...
May
11
2023
Edmund Perry Lecture "We are not here to know: Ways of Approaching Buddhist Art" (hybrid)
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Presented by Justin McDaniel (Professor of Southeast Asian and Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania) Professor McDaniel's research foci include...
May
10
2023
The Separation (and Unification) of Yoruba Tradition and State: An Analysis of Indigenous Yoruba Articulations of Power, Politics, and Religion
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Global Religion and Politics Research Group
Please join the Global Religion and Politics Research Group for this talk with Ayodeji Ogunnaike (Bowdoin College) Despite Nigeria carrying out...
May
5
2023
(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
3
2023
Plague and Contagion in the Colonial Mexican Convent: Affect, Embodiment and Cultures of Care, A Talk by Stephanie Kirk
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
A Talk by Professor Stephanie Kirk, Washington University in St. Louis: In this talk I will examine the circumstances around the...
Apr
21
2023
(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.
Apr
20
2023
Political Reaction: How Sexuality Studies Matters to the Struggle for Social Justice- Keynote Address by Janet Jakobsen
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by The Sexualities Project at Northwestern (SPAN)
The Sexualities Project at Northwestern (SPAN)'s 2023 Workshop, Political Reaction: How Sexuality Studies Matters to the Struggle for Social Justice,...
Apr
14
2023
Lecture 7: Sherab Wangmo, "'Ocean of Dakinis’: Biography, Gender, and Agency in a treasure text of Khandro Dechen Wangmo (1868-1935?)"
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
This talk introduces the biograhies of the Ocean of Dakinis, a collection of sixteen female figures revealed by Khandro Dechen...
Apr
7
2023
(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.
Apr
6
2023
Religious Studies Gradaute Student Appreciation
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Snacks and gifts provided to RELST Graduate Students.
Mar
31
2023
Lecture 6: Lama Rod Owens, "An Introduction to the New Saint Tradition"
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
The New Saint is a contemporary expression of an ancient Buddhist tradition, which understands the saint as a Bodhisattva. Bodhisattva...
Mar
29
2023
Davóne Tines
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM, sponsored by Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Davóne Tines, bass-baritone; John Bitoy, piano Recital No. 1: Mass is the latest in a series of Davóne Tines’s works speaking...
Mar
11
2023
KFBSLS Surprise Talk: Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche, "Reflections on the Dharma"
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Drupon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche serves as the spiritual director for the Chicago Ratna Shri Sangha. Drupon Rinpoche received teachings on...
Mar
7
2023
“James Cone and the Eschatological Critique of Mass Incarceration” with Guest Lecturer Dr. Christophe Ringer
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Join the Center for the Church and the Black Experience at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminar and Northwestern Religious Studies Department in...
Mar
7
2023
RS Professionalization Workshop
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
RS Professionalization Workshop
Mar
3
2023
Faculty Colloquium
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Presentation by Robert Orsi Give Us Boys: The Erotics of Religious Formation at a Jesuit High School in the Bronx in...
Feb
24
2023
(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.
Feb
23
2023
Lecture 5: Professor Lucia Dolce, "New abhiṣeka rituals in medieval Japan: Reimagining continental tantric practices?"
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Several new types of initiatory practices were created by Japanese tantric ritualists between the 12th and the 14th centuries. Often...
Feb
21
2023
RS Professionalization Workshop
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
RS Professionalization Workshop
Feb
15
2023
"Banality and Supremacy: How Catholicism Reproduces Privilege in France": Elayne Oliphant (New York University)
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Global Religion and Politics Research Group
Please join the Global Religion and Politics Research Group and co-sponsor French Interdisciplinary Group as they host Elayne Oliphant (New...
Feb
13
2023
Born in the Struggle Film Viewing
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by American Studies Program
Please join African American Historian, ETHS AP History teacher, and film-maker Kamasi Hill for a viewing of his documentary, "Born...
Feb
7
2023
RS Professionalization Workshop
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
RS Professionalization Workshop
Feb
3
2023
(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
3
2023
Lecture 4: Professor Melissa Curley, "Living Memory: Mass Body Relics in Modern and Contemporary Japan"
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Japanese Buddhists, medieval and modern, have made a dizzying number of things. A tiny fraction of these things are made...
Jan
13
2023
(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.
Jan
13
2023
Lecture 3: Professor Annabella Pitkin, "Aim Your Dharma Practice at a Beggar's Life: Memory, Renunciation, and Longing in the Life of a Modern Himalayan Buddhist Master.”
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Devotion plays a central role in Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhist accounts of guru-disciple relationship, part of an ideal of indivisible...
Dec
16
2022
Lecture 2: Professor Brooke Schedneck, "Disciplining Bodies: Surveilling Monasticism in Contemporary Thailand"
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
In contemporary Thailand, a significant topic of discussion is monastic behavior. Transgressions of appropriate monastic appearance and physical comportment are...
Dec
2
2022
(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.
Dec
1
2022
Hot Chocolate & Cookies Break
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Take a break and join the Religious Studies department for some sweet treats!
Nov
29
2022
RS Professionalization
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Religious Studies Professionalization Workshop
Nov
21
2022
Israeli Elections 2022: Decision at Last, Again?
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Israel Innovation Project
A conversation with David Horovitz, founding editor of The Times of Israel, about the results of the 2022 Israeli Elections.
Nov
15
2022
Graduate Student Colloquium
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Courtney Rabada is presenting her Graduate Student Colloquium on Tuesday, November 15 in Kresge 1515 from 12:30-2:00 pm. The title...
Nov
11
2022
(NARW) North American Religions November Workshop (Tentative)
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
2022
GLOBAL LUNCHBOX | Religion and the Sacred in the Caribbean: A conversation with KB Dennis Meade
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by WCCIAS
Please join us for the Global Lunchbox, a weekly forum convened by the Weinberg College Center for International and Area...
Nov
11
2022
Lecture 1: Zim Pickens, "Preliminary Practices and the Formation of Tibetan Buddhism"
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Zim Pickens is a doctoral candidate in Buddhist Studies at UC Berkeley. He will deliver the KFBSLS's first lecture of...
Nov
8
2022
RS Professionalization
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
RS Professionalization Workshop
Nov
4
2022
NARW- Presentation by Izzak Novak
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
1
2022
Re-Selling Religion: ethnography & Christian material culture in circulation.
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Presentation by James S. Bielo, Associate Professor in Anthropology Miami University, OH
Oct
21
2022
Sermons in the Nahuatl language of 16th century Mexico: challenges for study
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Drs. Berenice Alcántara and Mario A. Sánchez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Several libraries around the world preserve manuscripts containing...
Oct
14
2022
(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.
Sep
15
2022
Weinberg College Academic Direction Fair
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Join us at the Weinberg College Academic Direction Fair, meet with religious studies faculty and learn more about our program,...
Jun
15
2022
Phurwa Gurung: "(Un)seeing like a conservationist: Politics of translating nature/culture in the pluriverse"
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Phurwa Gurung is a doctoral candidate in Geography at the University of Colorado Boulder. In this lecture, he will critically...
Jun
8
2022
Religion and Construction of the Images of Ukrainian Lands by the Historians of the Russian Empire
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, sponsored by Slavic Languages and Literatures
A virtual talk with Pavlo Yeremieiev, a historian from V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/98152145819
Jun
3
2022
(NARW) North American Religion June 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.
Jun
3
2022
Global Religion and Politics Research Group Symposium 2022
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Global Religion and Politics Research Group
The symposium entitled, “Global ‘Religion’: Invention, Translation, Critique”, like our spring 2019 workshop, will take place under the aegis of...
Jun
1
2022
Religious Studies End-Of-Year Celebration
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Religious Studies End-Of-Year Celebration
May
31
2022
What Is This? Lived Religion, Pentecostalism, Blackness
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium with Marlon Milner The event is hybrid, please register below.
May
27
2022
Guest Lecture with Dr. Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada is Assistant Professor of Religion at Kalamazoo College where she holds the Marlene Crandell Francis Chair in the...
May
25
2022
"A Matter of Faith: Religious Arguments and Political Goals Behind the Russian-Ukrainian War": A Talk given by Dmytro Vovk
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM, sponsored by Global Religion and Politics Research Group
As part of an initiative created by The Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies (REEES) Research Program and the Buffett...
May
23
2022
Toward the Critique of Violence in 1920s and 2020s Colloquium
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Department of German
A Colloquium at Northwestern University in response to the publication of the new translation and critical edition of Walter Benjamin’s...
May
17
2022
Edmund Perry Lecture: Teaching Buddhism in the Western Academy
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Presented by Jan Willis (Professor of Religion at Wesleyan University) Jan Willis is Professor Emerita of Religion at Wesleyan University in...
May
10
2022
Dr. Jan Willis: "Teaching Buddhism in the Western Academy"
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Jan Willis is Professor Emerita of Religion at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. She has studied with Tibetan Buddhists in...
May
6
2022
(NARW) North American Religion 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
3
2022
Christus-Rex: Sacrifice, Sovereignty, and the Secular in the Seventeenth Century
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
presented by Professor Jonathan Sheehan (University of California, Berkeley)
Apr
21
2022
Myers Foundations Lecture: Melissa Kerin in conversation with Catherine Becker, "Coming and Going: Marble Sculpture in the Creation and Memorialization of Lives in the Western Himalaya and the US"
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Department of Art History
In her presentation, Melissa Kerin, Associate Professor of Art History at Washington and Lee University, will examine how her specific...
Apr
12
2022
Dr. Lama Jabb: “Distilling Joys and Woes: An Appreciation of Contemporary Tibetan Women’s Writing”
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
With the exception of a few remarkable female luminaries, traditional Tibetan literature hardly has any room for the public voice...
Apr
8
2022
Religious Studies & History --What’s in a Discipline?
2:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
A symposium on the retirement of Professor Richard Kieckhefer Panelists: Mira Balberg, University of California at San Diego Deeana Copeland-Klepper, Boston University Martha Newman,...
Apr
6
2022
Religious Studies Graduate Students Appreciation Day!
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Religious Studies Graduate Students Appreciation Day! Stop by the Department for some snacks and a surprise gift!
Apr
5
2022
Weinberg College Named Chair Investiture | Sanford Goldberg, Christine Helmer, and Susan Manning
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Investiture Ceremony for Named Chairholders Sanford Goldberg Chester D. Tripp Professor in the Humanities Department of Philosophy Christine Helmer Peter B. Ritzma Professor in the...
Apr
1
2022
(NARW) North American Religion April Workshop
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by North American Religions Workshop (NARW)
NARW is an intedisciplinary workshop for Chicago-area students and faculty working in and alongside the field of North American Religions.
Mar
10
2022
The Lullaby of Jewland
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Guest Lecture by Prof. Daniel Boyarin, Hermann P. and Sophia Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture, Departments of Near Eastern Studies...
Mar
4
2022
(NARW) North American Religion 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.
Feb
25
2022
Dr. Sonam Kachru: On Keeping The History of Philosophy Weird
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
There's no denying it. There's a lot of weird stuff in Buddhist cosmology. My first book, Other Lives: Mind and...
Feb
10
2022
Works-in-Progress with Darcie Price-Wallace
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Works-in-Progress with Darcie Price-Wallace, discussing "Gender Asymmetry in the Different Buddhist Traditions Through the Prism of Nuns’ Ordination and Education."...
Feb
4
2022
(NARW) Presentation by Nichole Kirk
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 alongside the field of North American Religions.
Jan
26
2022
Darice Price-Wallace: "Telling Stories Affectively: Multivocal Perspectives on the Buddhist Women's Foundational Ordination Narrative"
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Darcie Price-Wallace is a doctoral candidate in Religious Studies at Northwestern University. She holds an MA in History of Religions and...
Jan
7
2022
(NARW) Presentation by Aram Sarkisian
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.
Dec
15
2021
Dr. Stephanie Balkwill, "Buddhism and Sex in the Sixth Century: The Biography of Taghbach Yue, a Foreign Prince in Luoyang"
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
The Chinese sixth century was a time of upheaval and reconfiguration that saw the traditionally nomadic peoples of the Inner...
Dec
3
2021
(NARW) Presentation by Gabrielle Guillerm
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by North American Religions Workshop (NARW)
NARW is an interdiciplinary workshop for Chicago-area students and faculty working in and alongside the field of North American Religions.
Nov
12
2021
(NARW) Presentation by Courtney Rabada (New Date)
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
12
2021
Dr. Natasha Heller, "What is Buddhist Parenting, and Where Do We Find It?"
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
In this talk, Dr. Heller will explore how parenting is presented in Taiwanese Buddhist literature both for adults and for...
Nov
9
2021
Ancient Samaritans and the Limits of Christian Empire
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Presentation by Professor Matthew Chalmers Contact religious-studies@northwestern.edu if you are interested in attending.
Oct
6
2021
Dr. Jann Ronis: Collating Canons and Linking Data: Building Indra's Net for the Information Age
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
This lecture was delivered on October 6th, 2021. You can view it here. The vast Buddhist literary heritage spans two thousand...
Oct
1
2021
Religious Studies Departamental Fall Gathering
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Families and significant others are welcome. We hope to see you all!
Oct
1
2021
(NARW) Presentation by Ray Buckner
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.
Sep
14
2021
Religious Studies Incoming Graduate Students Orientation
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
details tbd.
Jun
9
2021
Thupten Jinpa: "The Art of Translating Buddhist Texts and Traditions"
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Thupten Jinpa is a former Tibetan monk who holds the Geshe Lharam degree, as well as a B.A. in philosophy...
Jun
8
2021
For the People: A Roundtable on Community Organizing and Mutual Aid
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by 2019-2021 Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora (CED)
Join us for the final installment of the Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora's series Survey: Contemplation. Control. Creativity. Joined by the...
Jun
2
2021
Religious Studies End-Of-Year Celebration
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Religious Studies End-Of-Year Celebration
May
28
2021
(NARW) Presentation by Gabrielle Guillerm
3:30 PM - 5:30 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
26
2021
Objects of Influence: Sacrality and Native American Material Culture Across Five Contexts
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Religious Studies major, Emily Holtzman, will be presenting at the Undergraduate Research & Arts Expo! She will be participating in...
May
19
2021
Carmen Simioli and Khenpo Yeshi: Current Studies in Tibetan Buddhism
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
The The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series at Northwestern is pleased to host our own Dr. Carmen Simioli and...
May
18
2021
Virtual Talk: Dina Gilio-Whitaker
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Environmental Policy and Culture
On Tuesday, May 18, 3PM, Dina Gilio-Whitaker will speak on the topic, "Indigenizing and Decolonizing Environmental Justice". Through the unique lens...
May
18
2021
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium with James Hill
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium "The Black Church and the Black Fantastic: Black Religious Experience in Popular Culture" Presented by James Hill, Ph.D candidate, Religious...
May
15
2021
Religious Studies Undergraduate Field Trip to the Baha'i House of Worship
12:00 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Religious Studies Majors and Miniors Field Trip to the Baha'i House of Worship! Contact religous-studies@northwestern.edu for more information.
May
14
2021
(NARW) Presentation by Michael Hertenstein
3:30 PM - 5:30 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
11
2021
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium with Marlon Millner
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
CANCELED: Graduate-Faculty Colloquium "On Pentecostalism -- Black Religion After Death" Presented by Marlon Millner, Ph.D candidate, Religious Studies
May
3
2021
EDMUND PERRY LECTURE "White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America" with Dr. Anthea Butler
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
EDMUND PERRY LECTURE "White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America", presented by Dr. Anthea Butler, Associate Professor of Religion,...
Apr
30
2021
(NARW) Presentation by Ray Buckner
3:30 PM - 5:30 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
29
2021
Faheem Majeed and LaCharles Ward in conversation (Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora)
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by 2019-2021 Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora (CED)
Faheem Majeed and LaCharles Ward will join us to talk about their work and reflect on the Colloquium's ongoing theme...
Apr
28
2021
Chün-fang Yü: "The Renewal of Buddhism in China," Reflections on the Study of Chinese Buddhism
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Chün-fang Yü was born in China and educated in Taiwan, graduating from Tunghai University with a major in English Literature...
Apr
27
2021
A Conversation with Dr. Traci West
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
A Conversation with Dr. Traci C. West, Professor of Christian Ethics and African American Studies, Drew University Theological School (Madison,...
Apr
16
2021
(NARW) Presentation by Carl Creason
3:30 PM - 5:30 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
15
2021
"The Power of Black Music" In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Northwestern Community Ensemble
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by NCE 50th Anniversary Planning Committee
“The Power of Black Music” lecture by Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, Assistant Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, is...
Apr
5
2021
Presentation by Chenxing Han
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Presentation by Chenxing Han, a Bay Area–based writer whose publications have appeared in Buddhadharma, Journal of Global Buddhism, Lion’s Roar,...
Mar
31
2021
Natalie Avalos and Dawa Lokyitsang: Decolonizing Buddhist Studies Roundtable
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Natalie Avalos is an assistant professor in the Ethnic Studies department at University of Colorado Boulder. She is an ethnographer...
Mar
12
2021
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium with Lily Stewart
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
"From the Dangerous to the Divine: Leprosy as Exemplarity in Hagiography and Exempla.", presented by Lily Stewart, a doctoral student...
Mar
10
2021
Lived Black Religion: Ethnographic Reflections on Religion, Race, and Politics in Contemporary Jamaica
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Presentation by Dr. Kijan Bloomfield, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College. Abstract: In this presentation, Dr. Bloomfield will discuss...
Mar
4
2021
Gods of the Flesh: Black Atlantic Religion-Making in Jim Crow New Orleans
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Presentation by Ahmad Greene-Hayes, a doctoral candidate in Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University. Abstract: This lecture will examine...
Mar
2
2021
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium with Nisheeta Jagtiani
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Nisheeta will present chapter one of her disseration, which examines the state of sectarianism and how rimé is understood among...
Feb
26
2021
(NARW) Presentation Presentation by Aram Sarkisian
3:30 PM - 5:30 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
24
2021
Amy Langenberg: “On Reading Buddhist Vinaya: Feminist History, Hermeneutics, and Translating Women's Bodies"
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Amy Paris Langenberg is an associate professor in the Religious Studies Department at Eckerd College. She is a specialist in...
Feb
16
2021
Biblical Tourism, Sensory Choreography, & the Power of Entertainment
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Presented by James S. Bielo, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Miami University James S. Bielo is the author of four books,...
Feb
5
2021
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche: “Reflections on the Study and Practice of Buddhist Traditions”
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
The present Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, Thubten Chökyi Gyamtso, was born in 1961 in eastern Bhutan. He was recognized as...
Jan
29
2021
(NARW) Presentation by Dr. Gema Kloppe-Santamaría
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by North American Religions Workshop (NARW)
We are excited to welcome a new member to NARW! Dr. Gema Kloppe-Santamaría (Loyola University, Dept. of History) will be...
Jan
27
2021
Associate Professor Sarah Jacoby “Buddhist Technologies of Sexuality: Perspectives from Tibetan Texts"
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM, sponsored by The Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series
Sarah H. Jacoby is an associate professor in the Religious Studies Department at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She specializes...
Jan
12
2021
Race and Religion: A Conversation About Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of our Discontents.
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Race and Religion: A Conversation About Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of our Discontents. Panelists: Nitasha Sharma (Associate Professor of African American...
Dec
8
2020
Wearing the Niqab (Islamic face veil) in the UK and the US: Women's negotiations of intersecting Islamophobia, racism, and sexism.
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Presentation by Dr. Anna Piela, a Visiting Scholar of Gender and Islam, on her new book, "Wearing the Niqab: Muslim...
Nov
30
2020
Race and Blackness in Middle East Studies: A MENA Conversation
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
This event is free and open to everyone, but registration is required: bit.ly/race-middle-east-studies Participants Mandana Limbert is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Queens...
Nov
12
2020
Religious Studies Undergraduate Virtual Event
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Join us for undergraduate virtual “game night”, find out more about our winter courses and just take a break! Contact...
Nov
12
2020
Current Trends and Future Directions in Buddhist Studies: a conversation between John Kieschnick and Kevin Buckelew.
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Panel Discussion with John Kieschnick, The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Professor of Buddhist Studies (Stanford University) and Kevin Buckelew,...
Oct
30
2020
(NARW) Nathan Ellstrand, dissertation chapter: "The Spread of Sinarquismo and Fear of Fascism, 1936-1940"
3:30 PM - 5:30 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.
Sep
25
2020
(NARW) Nicole Kirk, book draft: "A Menagerie, A Minister, and the Circus: American Religion on the Move"
3:30 PM - 5:30 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.
Sep
3
2020
Religious Studies Virtual Academic Direction Fair
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Come join us to learn about the Religious Studies department and play a Kahoot trivia game about religion! We’ve got a...
Sep
2
2020
Religious Studies Virtual Academic Direction Fair
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Come join us to learn about the Religious Studies department and play a Kahoot trivia game about religion! We’ve got a...
Jun
16
2020
Religious Studies End of Year Awards & Graduation Virtual Celebration!
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Religious Studies End of Year Awards & Graduation Virtual Celebration!
Jun
5
2020
(NARW) Marlon Millner, dissertation prospectus: "Without the Body, Within the Flesh – Blackness, Biopolitics, Spirit Baptism, and the Exilic Afterlife of Pentecostalism"
3:30 PM - 5:30 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
19
2020
Lecture by Prof. Natalie Avalos
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Lecture by Prof. Natalie Avalos, a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado Boulder details tba The...
May
11
2020
Lecture by Prof. Marwan M. Kraidy
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Lecture by Prof. Marwan M. Kraidy, Professor of Communication and the Anthony Shadid Chair in Global Media, Politics & Culture...
Apr
14
2020
As It Transpired: Multiple Lineages and Trans/Religious Study
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
As It Transpired: Multiple Lineages and Trans/Religious Study A Talk by Ashley King Recent works by trans authors wrestle with religious practices...
Mar
13
2020
(NARW) Wendell Marsh, draft grant proposal: "Islam, Africa, and the Politics of Knowledge: Towards an African Intervention"
3:30 PM - 5:30 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....
Mar
12
2020
**CANCELED** Tiffany Lethabo King talk on new book, "The Black Shoals"
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by 2019-2021 Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora (CED)
Join us for the Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora's third event of the year. Tiffany Lethabo King will discuss her...
Feb
26
2020
C. Riley Snorton and Toby Beauchamp, "Survey: Contemplation. Control. Creativity."
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by 2019-2021 Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora (CED)
Join us for the Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora's second event of the year, and an evening of discussion exploring...
Feb
21
2020
(NARW) Jeff Wheatley, dissertation chapter: “The Figure of the Fanatic: The Specter of Nat Turner and Black Religious Authority"
3:30 PM - 5:30 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
20
2020
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium with Jeffrey Wheatley
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium: “The Specter of the Fanatic: Christian Mission, White Sovereignty, and Religio-Political Radicalism” presented by Jeffrey Wheatley lunch will be provided
Feb
20
2020
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium with Jeffrey Wheatley
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium: “The Specter of the Fanatic: Christian Mission, White Sovereignty, and Religio-Political Radicalism” presented by Jeffrey Wheatley lunch will be provided
Feb
13
2020
Religious Studies Undergraduate Winter Gathering
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Join us for hot cocoa, marshmallows, and a live research-based performance by Religious Studies major Chris LaMountain! r.s.v.p to religion@northwestern.edu
Feb
12
2020
Suburban Islam: Religious and National Belonging in Chicago's Exurbs (Justine Howe)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA)
Join the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa and the Program of African Studies as we provide...
Feb
7
2020
(NARW) Eda Uca’s second year paper- “‘It was hinted by a few sceptics of our acquaintance, that this gentleman had mingled a spice of the marvelous in his book;’ On the Problem of Redeeming James Riley (1816- ).”
3:30 PM - 5:30 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
10
2020
(NARW) Ashley King, dissertation chapter: “Fucked Up Feeling: A Small Drama of Fragments”
3:30 PM - 5:30 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
6
2020
Opening up a Few Corpses: Islam, Dissection and Modernity (Khaled Fahmy)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
In this lecture, historian Khaled Fahmy will describe the process by which modern medicine was introduced in early 19th-century Egypt....
Dec
6
2019
(NARW) Courtney Rabada, AAR paper: "The Transformation of RS through the Confounded Identities of Audre Lorde" and Robert Orsi, AAR paper: "Theory and Method Beyond the Great Derangement."
3:30 PM - 5:30 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
22
2019
Arendt on Earth | Workshop II: Earth and Expropriation
All day, sponsored by Department of Political Science
Arendt on Earth takes the elusive concept of “earth” in the thought of Hannah Arendt as a frame, impetus and...
Nov
17
2019
Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble: Evensong
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Donald Nally, conductor; Fuse Saxophone Quartet (Julian Velasco, soprano; Joe Connor, alto; Chris Forbes, tenor; David Schreck, baritone); Eric Budzynski,...
Nov
8
2019
(NARW) Aram Sarkisian, article draft: "'And what are you going to do about it?' Telling Orthodox Histories of North America"
3:30 PM - 5:30 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
6
2019
Religious Studies Undergraduate Fall Gathering
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Come by for pizza and chat with your fellow Religious Studies majors and minors! Explore our upcoming course offerings and just...
Nov
5
2019
LACS Faculty Colloquium: State Power and Sacramental Logic: Thinking about Colonialism with the Material Remains of Expelled Jesuits (J. Michelle Molina)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
J. Michelle Molina is the John and Rosemary Croghan Chair, Associate Professor in Catholic Studies, and Director of Graduate Studies...
Nov
2
2019
Dark Joy: Black Theology and Black Music Concert
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Join people around around the Chicago area, and around the country as they gather to celebrate the life and work...
Oct
31
2019
Black Poetics and Environmental Memory: A Reading and Conversation featuring Ed Roberson and Tiana Clark
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Black Poetics and Environmental Memory: A Reading and Conversation featuring Ed Roberson and Tiana Clark Modern environmentalism has often struggled to...
Oct
30
2019
Survey: Contemplation. Control. Creativity. (CED Kickoff Event; Northwestern Scholars Panel Discussion)
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by 2019-2021 Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora (CED)
Join us for the 2019-2020 Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora’s kickoff event. This year, the Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora (CED)...
Oct
29
2019
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium with Professor Michelle Molina
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Join us for conversations with Professor Michelle Molina about her current research on the sacramental logic of Jesuit material culture...
Oct
29
2019
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium with Professor Michelle Molina
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Join us for conversations with Professor Michelle Molina about her current research on the sacramental logic of Jesuit material culture...
Oct
25
2019
Northwestern Theology colloquium with Dr. Christophe Ringer
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Dr. Cristophe Ringer is an Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics & Society at the Chicago Theology Seminary. His research interests...
Oct
15
2019
Northwestern Theology colloquium with Dr. Adam Kotsko
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Dr. Adam Kotsko is on the faculty of the Shimer Great Books School at North Central College, where he teaches...
Oct
11
2019
(NARW) Jessica Criales, the fifth chapter dissertation, titled “Women of Our Nation: Gender, Race, and Christian Indian Identity in Mexico and the United States, 1753-1867.”
3:30 PM - 5:30 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.
Sep
18
2019
Weinberg College Academic Direction Fair
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Join us at the Weinberg College Academic Direction Fair, meet with religious studies faculty and learn more about our program,...
Jun
4
2019
Religious Studies End of the Year Graduation Celebration
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Religious Studies End of the Year Graduation Celebration
Jun
3
2019
The Border President: The "Muslim Ban,” National Security, and the Politics of Religion — A Talk by Beth Hurd
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Within one week of becoming president in January 2017, Donald Trump issued an executive order entitled “Protecting the Nation From...
May
29
2019
Peter Van der Veer: Master Class on "The Value of Comparison"
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Global Politics and Religion Research Group
Peter Van Der Veer leads a masterclass on his new book, The Value of Comparison. In this book, he argues that many...
May
28
2019
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium: Ecopiety and Other Adventures
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium with Professor Sarah Taylor Lunch will be provided, r.s.v.p. to religion@northwestern.edu
May
28
2019
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium: Ecopiety and Other Adventures
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium with Professor Sarah Taylor Lunch will be provided, r.s.v.p. to religion@northwestern.edu
May
24
2019
(NARW) Gabrielle Rocaboy-Guillerm, dissertation chapter.
3:30 PM - 5:30 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
21
2019
Faking Liberties: Religious Freedom, American-Occupied Japan, and Postwar Politics
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Lunch Talk by Jolyon Tomas, Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania Abstract: Americans stationed in occupied Japan...
May
16
2019
"Carceral Aesthetics" - Nicole R. Fleetwood & Jennifer C. Nash
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM, sponsored by Colloquium on Ethnicity & Diaspora (CED)
The Colloquium on Ethnicity and Diaspora (CED) presents: "Carceral Aesthetics" a lecture by Nicole R. Fleetwood (Rutgers) moderated by Jennifer C....
May
14
2019
Spring Pedagogy Colloquium with Prof. Kieckhefer and Prof. Sarah Dees
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Spring Pedagogy Lunch Colloquium! RSVP to religion@northwestern.edu
May
10
2019
(NARW) Chris Cantwell, book chapter: “’Remember Now the Days of Old’: The Rise of Evangelical Nostalgia” in The Bible Class Teacher: Memory and the Making of American Evangelicalism
3:30 PM - 5:30 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
2019
Religious Studies Undergraduate Spring Gathering
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Come by for pizza!Explore our upcoming Fall courses!And just hang with your fellow Religious Studies majors and minors! RSVP to religion@northwestern.edu
May
7
2019
Edmund Perry Lecture: Downsizing the Guru: How Buddhist Groups in North America Make (or Don’t Make) Money
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Edmund Perry Lecture presented by Jeff Wilson, Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies at Renison University College, in...
May
2
2019
From Conflict to Recognition: Rethinking a Scholarly Paradigm in the Study of Christian Origins
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
From Conflict to Recognition: Rethinking a Scholarly Paradigm in the Study of Christian Origins by Ismo Dunderberg, Professor of New Testament...
Apr
30
2019
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium with Professor Mark McClish
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium lunch with Professor Mark McClish
Apr
30
2019
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium with Professor Mark McClish
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium lunch with Professor Mark McClish
Apr
26
2019
(NARW) Barton Price, project on Chautauqua Institute, National Camp Meeting Association for Promotion of Holiness, and the divergence within American Methodism.
3:30 PM - 5:30 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
25
2019
Reporting Islam: Media, Policy, Politics
All day, sponsored by Global Politics and Religion Research Group
This international symposium will bring scholars of Islam, international and public affairs, education, race, and law together with practicing journalists...
Apr
15
2019
Persianate Concepts of Religion in the Ā’īn-i Akbarī
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Lecture By Professor Carl Ernst, Professor of Islamic studies at the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North...
Apr
5
2019
Censorship and Self-Censorship in India
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Lecture By Wendy Doniger, Professor Emeritus of the History of Religions at the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations,...
Apr
5
2019
(NARW) Jeffrey Wheatley, dissertation chapter: “Historical Theories of Fanaticism, Enthusiasm, and Religious Affects”
3:30 PM - 5:30 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.
Mar
15
2019
(NARW) Sarah Dees, book chapter: Introduction
3:30 PM - 5:30 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
19
2019
Revival from Below, The Deoband Movement and Global Islam
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Revival From Below: The Deoband Movement and Global Islam Faculty Book Colloquium presented by Professor Brannon Ingram, featuring panelists Professor Michelle...
Feb
15
2019
(NARW) Aram Sarkisian, dissertation chapter: “’How Can He See a Schism?’: Litigating Space, Place, and Authority in American Orthodox Rus’, 1923–28”
3:30 PM - 5:30 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
15
2019
Rosemary Hancock: Religion and Race in Grassroots Politics: Reflections and Questions from Australia
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM, sponsored by Global Politics and Religion Research Group
Visiting scholar Dr. Rosemary Hancock will deliver a lecture on race, religion, and Australian grassroots politics. Although there is a significant body of...
Feb
14
2019
Faculty/Student Colloquium
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies
"My Fingers for War: A Prayer for Jewish Militiamen in Colonial Suriname" Eli Rosenblatt Affiliated Scholar, Northwestern University Sometime in the middle...
Feb
13
2019
Undergraduate Winter Gathering
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Come by for pizza and chat with your fellow Religious Studies majors and minors! Explore our upcoming course offerings and just...
Feb
12
2019
Contemporary Debates About a 19th Century Talmudist
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Department
Graduate-Faculty Lunch Colloquium with Prof. Barry Wimpfheimer r.s.v.p. to religion@northwestern.edu
Jan
17
2019
Robert Launay: Savages, Romans, and Despots
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Anthropology Department
Robert Launay presents work from his new book "Savages, Romans, and Despots," a tour of early modern and modern history...
Nov
30
2018
(NARW) Ashley King, dissertation chapter: “Give Me Some Skin: Trans* Presence in Nalo Hopkinson’s Speculative Fiction”
3:30 PM - 5:30 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.