Religious Studies will be closed for Winter Recess, December 24th, 2024 until Jan 2nd, 2025. Happy Holidays!
December 16, 2024
2024
December
Congratulations to Prof. Jacoby on the publication of Buddhism: Introducing the Buddhist Experience (4th ed., Oxford UP, co-authored with Donald Mitchell)
December 16, 2024
Congratulations to Professor Kevin Buckelew on the publication of his new book Discerning Buddhas!
December 13, 2024
Prof. Shira Schwartz, along with collaborators Cherhana Achar and Cory Bradley, has been awarded NICO funding for their proposal “Diagnosing Deservingness: Religion, Race, and Gender in Healthcare." Congratulations!
December 10, 2024
Congratulations to Ray Buckner for receiving a Khyentse Foundation PhD Scholarship, awarded a grant of $5,000!
December 3, 2024
Dr. Sarah McFarland Taylor was honored at the Iris Book Award Presentation for her book Ecopiety!
December 2, 2024
Her book Ecopiety: Green Media and the Dilemma of Environmental Virtue was the winner of the 2023 Iris Book Award. Congratulations Dr. T!
November
2023-24 Religious Studies Newsletter
November 25, 2024
Congratulations to Dhondup T. Rekjong for receiving a Khyentse Foundation PhD Scholarship for the project titled “Silence and Speech: Transmitting Tibetan Buddhism under Chinese Colonialism”, awarded a grant of $5,000!
November 21, 2024
Religious Studies Welcomes Professor Usman Hamid!
November 15, 2024
Symposium at Northwestern University Addresses Sexual Violence in Buddhism
November 4, 2024
October
Graduate Student Fall Conference Recap
October 30, 2024
"Desire and Intimacy in the Study of Religion"
September
Congratulations to Professor Sarah Jacoby for being promoted to Full Professor.
September 1, 2024
Congratulations to Ray Buckner for being awarded the Buffett Research Fellowship!
September 1, 2024
July
Professor Shira Schwartz's Intro to Judaism: Jewish Texts Spring 2024 class project!
July 23, 2024
"THIS IS TORAH!"
“Jewish on Campus” featuring articles by Professor Wimpfheimer, department alum Josh Feigelson, and former faculty member Dr. Claire Sufrin.
July 17, 2024
"Racial Science of Protestant Missions" a podcast with alum Dr. Matthew J. Smith
July 17, 2024
CONGRATULATIONS DR. JAGTIANI!
July 11, 2024
June
Congratulations to Joshua Brallier for being awarded the Presidential Fellowship
June 25, 2024
May
Championing resilience: Dr. James Howard Hill, Jr. reflects on self-actualization, empowerment
May 31, 2024
Dhondup T. Rekjong Named 2024 Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellow in Buddhist Studies
May 22, 2024
Professor Sarah McFarland Taylor's book 'Ecopiety' awarded the 2023 Iris Book Award
May 14, 2024
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Izzak Novak for being awarded a 2024 Northwestern-SSRC DPD Fellowship!
May 3, 2024
April
Congratulations to Professor James Bielo, who was recently awarded a Luce-AAR Public Scholarship grant as part of his ‘Secondhand Sacred’ project.
April 26, 2024
March
Lakeshore Aikido: A martial art that stresses harmony
March 14, 2024
Professor Helmer’s co-authored book was awarded “finalist” in the National PROSE Book Awards
March 5, 2024
February
Spotlight: First-year graduate students
February 29, 2024
Our first-year graduate student experiences!
Professor KB Dennis Meade has received a grant from the Crossroads Community Stories Fellows Project!
February 27, 2024
Professor Dennis Meade received this grant to work on her film, “Crossing the Kalunga Line: A Cinematic Biography of a Revival Scientist.” Congratulations!
Congratulations Dr. Levy!
February 26, 2024
Faculty colloquium advances discourse on 'Buddhist Masculinities'
February 20, 2024
Congratulations Professor Kevin Buckelew!
January
Ph. D. candidate Nisheeta Jagtiani receives SARF fellowship grant
January 29, 2024
Professor Beth Hurd has received a Buffett Global Collaboration Grant!
January 25, 2024
Congratulations!
Welcome visiting Scholar of philosophy of religion Jonathan Sousa!
January 9, 2024
Welcome visiting Scholar of theology and social and political anthropology Dr. Nicolás Panotto!
January 9, 2024