Religious Studies will be closed for Winter Recess, Dec 23rd 2021 until Jan 3rd, 2022. Happy Holidays!
December 20, 2021
2021 News
December
Dr. Anna Piela has been awarded the AAR international Collaborative Research Grant for 2022
December 17, 2021
Carlos Recarte received his M.A. in Religious Studies during the Fall Quarter. Congratulations, Carlos!
December 13, 2021
Visiting Professor Eli Rosenblatt Chosen for Emerging Scholar Lecture Series
December 7, 2021
November
Congratulations to Professor Ahmad Greene-Hayes who has won the first American Religion dissertation prize.
November 22, 2021
Religious Studies First Annual Newsletter 2021!
November 19, 2021
"Xi Jinping’s War on Tibetan Buddhism" by PhD student Dhondup T. Rekjong
November 18, 2021
Statement in Solidarity with Northwestern’s Indigenous Community
November 12, 2021
October
Christopher La Mountain '20 Religious Studies Alumnus was featured in Northwestern Magazine
October 29, 2021
"America's Most Famous Catholic (According to Himself)" by PhD alumna Stephanie Brehm
October 26, 2021
"The Netflix Series That Should Make Religious People Uncomfortable" a piece by PhD alumnus Dr. Matthew Cressler.
October 25, 2021
Building Indra’s Net for the Information Age
October 15, 2021
Early Modern Mediterranean Religion Search
October 5, 2021
September
Two 2-Year Post-Doctoral Fellowships in Sexuality Studies Applications Now Being Accepted
September 17, 2021
Congratulations to Lily Stewart's first article: "Leprosy, Chastity, and Desire in Medieval Hagiography."
September 10, 2021
Congratulations to Nisheeta Jagtiani on her AAR International Dissertation Research Grant
September 10, 2021
August
Professor Claire Sufrin was named a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in the category of Modern Jewish Thought and Experience.
August 3, 2021
July
Dhondup Rekjong has been awarded the Dalai Lama Graduate Scholarship for 2021-22 for the second year in a row.
July 7, 2021
Prof. Michelle Molina has received an Open Educational Resources Faculty Grant (OER) to incorporate into "Rel 170 Introduction to Religion" course.
July 5, 2021
Miranda Smith has been awarded a fellowship from the China-U.S. Scholars Program from the Institute of International Education for academic year 2021-2022.
July 1, 2021
June
Professor Christine Helmer has received a summer URAP grant to support undergraduate research and mentoring her students!
June 21, 2021
Congratulations to our Seniors & Award Winners!
June 14, 2021
Congratulations to Matthew Smith who has been appointed as Visiting Assistant Professor of Race and Religion at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts starting this Fall.
June 14, 2021
Dhondup Tashi Rekjong, featured in TGS Spotlight
June 8, 2021
May
Congratulations to Alumnus Adam Beyt ('12) who was awarded a doctoral degree from Fordham University (Ph.D. '21) this Spring, working with former Religious Studies faculty, Professor Cristina Traina.
May 24, 2021
Religious Studies major, Emily Holtzman, will be presenting at the Undergraduate Research & Arts Expo! Congratulations Emily!
May 24, 2021
Religious Studies alumna, Annie Krall, will be joining WBAY in June as an on-air news reporter. Congratulations, Annie!!!
May 20, 2021
Congratulations to Professor Michelle Molina, who has received a grant from the Alumnae of Northwestern to work on her" Religion Moves People: A Digital Humanities Project."
May 6, 2021
Alumnus Michael Nichols (Ph.D. '10) recently published a new book
May 5, 2021
He is also an author of Malleable Mara: Transformations of a Buddhist Symbol of Evil published in 2019.
April
Congratulating James Howard Hill Jr. on publication and Fellowship!
April 29, 2021
Congratulations to PhD Candidate James Howard Hill Jr. for two wonderful earned opportunities. James has been named a fellow in the 2021 Sacred Writes cohort, a Public Scholarship on Religion. James also recently published the piece, "The Black Church and the Black Fantastic: Black Religious Experience in Popular Culture," which is a part of a larger forum on "The Black Church in American Public Life." Congratulations, James, on both of these accomplishments!
Congratulations to James Howard Hill, Jr., who will be starting a position as Assistant Professor of Religion and Race at the University of Oklahoma in the Fall!
April 29, 2021
Congratulations to Professor Molina being selected as Fellows for the Kaplan Humanities Institute for 2021-22!
April 28, 2021
Lecture Series Builds Community During COVID
April 10, 2021
Professor Sarah Jacoby received a grant from the Khyentse Foundation for a Buddhist Studies Lecture Series that will connect graduate students with one another and to important figures in the field.
March
"On Transgender Day of Visibility, A Call to Protect Trans Youth", by Ray Buckner
March 31, 2021
"Is There a Right to Heresy?" by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
March 5, 2021
February
The Myth of Martin Luther
February 3, 2021
January
Some NU Catholics welcome Biden presidency despite division among American Catholics
January 19, 2021
Baha’i Devotional Music in a Global Key
January 8, 2021