Religious Studies will be closed for Winter Recess, Dec 23rd 2022 until Jan 3rd, 2023. Happy Holidays!
December 22, 2022
2022
December
Religious Studies Newsletter 2022
December 1, 2022
November
"Destruction and Rebuilding: Two Years in the Life of a Tibetan Monk" By Dhondup Rekjong
November 18, 2022
Religious Studies regretfully announced the passing of Rev. Donald P. Senior, CP (1940-2022), who taught courses in our department in Spring 2016, Spring 2018 and Spring 2019.
November 8, 2022
Congratulations to Eda Uca and Professor Robert Orsi being named to the 2021-2022 ASG Honor Roll.
November 1, 2022
Eda Uca was nominated for her teaching in REL 369: Religion in the Digital Age and Professor Robert Orsi for his teaching in REL 264: American Religious History from 1865 to the Great Depression.
October
Ariel Schwartz has accepted a position as the director of the Emerging Leaders Program at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Congratulations Ariel!
October 31, 2022
Does Taylor Swift have good karma? Prof. Jacoby's interview in Vulture Magazine about Swift’s new song “Karma”
October 27, 2022
New Winter & Spring Course: Introduction to Sanskrit
October 11, 2022
"Many Paths to Freedom: Transgender Buddhism in the United States" an article by Ray Buckner
October 6, 2022
New Graduate Study Areas
October 1, 2022
September
Religious Studies welcomes Professsor KB Dennis Meade.
September 15, 2022
Prof. Christine Helmer’s "How Luther Became the Reformer" was recently published in Chinese translation.
September 12, 2022
July
Congratulations Dr. Price-Wallace, Dr. James Hill, Jr., and Dr. Stewart!
July 29, 2022
- Darcie Price-Wallace successfully defended her dissertation, “Telling Stories Differently: Changing Landscapes of Ordination for Buddhist Monastic Women in the Tibetan Tradition." (July 18, 2022)
- James Howard Hill, Jr. successfully defended his dissertation, "Religion, (Anti)blackness, and Michael Jackson." (July 22, 2022)
- Lily Stewart successfully defended her dissertation, "The Holy Malady: Leprosy, Identity, and the Anatomy of a Medieval Stereotype." (July 29, 2022)
Congratulations to Prof. Hurd, Prof. McClish, and Prof. Taylor who have received Weinberg Research Recovery Grants in 2023-24.
July 25, 2022
Prof. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd to work on, “American Border Religion” project, Prof. Mark McClish's proposal entitled, “The Beginnings of Hindu Law” and Prof. Sarah Taylor's project on, "Canceling the Apocalypse: Fueling Defiant Hope in the Climate Era."
"The ‘wall’ between church and state is blocking our view on abortion rights" a piece by Prof. Hurd
July 21, 2022
Ray Buckner received SPAN Conference Funding for Graduate Students, which funded a conference presentation at the UCR Conference for Queer and Transgender Studies of Religion.
July 11, 2022
June
Congratulations to Dr. Eli Rosenblatt, Visiting Assistant Professor, on his appointment as Wallerstein Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of Jewish Studies at Drew University in Madison, NJ.
June 28, 2022
Congratulations Class of 2022 & Award Winners!
June 13, 2022
May
Congratulations to Amanda on her Lowden-Wigmore Prize for one of the best-written articles at the Northwestern Pritzker Law journal!
May 26, 2022
Statement of Solidarity with our Community
May 20, 2022
April
Congratulations to Professor David Shyovitz for being selected as one of the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities Faculty Fellows for 2022-2023!
April 28, 2022
February
Eli Rosenblatt Explores “Creole Israel: The Jews of Suriname”
February 9, 2022
Visiting Assistant Professor Eli Rosenblatt takes on a new frontier in Jewish Studies in the YSU-Kent State Emerging Scholars Lecture Series.
January
Northwestern Alumna Michal Raucher Explores Religious Authority & Gender
January 18, 2022