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...
Past Graduate Colloquia
Mar
7
2023
RS Professionalization Workshop
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
RS Professionalization Workshop
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
21
2023
RS Professionalization Workshop
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
RS Professionalization Workshop
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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...
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.
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.
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....
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 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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Oct
26
2018
(NARW) Matt Smith, dissertation chapter: “Mormonism, Islam, and the Rising Tide of Color”
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
28
2018
(NARW) Stephanie Brehm, introduction to manuscript: “America’s Most Famous Catholic” (According to Himself): Stephen Colbert and American Religion in the Twenty-First Century
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....
Jun
1
2018
(NARW) Matt Smith, "Racial and Religious Formations of Whiteness: Transcolonial Race-Making, Affectability, and the Protestant World Order, 1880-1920"
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
22
2018
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium with Stephanie Brenzel
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
You are invited to Graduate –Faculty lunch colloquium with Stephanie Brenzel. Stephanie will present a Chapter One of her dissertation:...
May
4
2018
(NARW) Nicole C. Kirk, "Black Humanism in Chicago"
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
17
2018
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium: Benjamin Ricciardi
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
“The Weekday Amidah as a Jewish Philosophical Response to the Problem of Evil.”
Apr
13
2018
(NARW) Jeff Wheatley, "Dangerous Spiritual Materialities in the US Occupied Philippines"
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
10
2018
Graduate-Faculty Colloquium with Sarah Wolf
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Religious Studies Graduate Students Events
"Haven't I Told You Not to Take Yourself Outside of the Law?" Rabbi Yirmiyah and the Characterization of a Scholastic
Mar
16
2018
(NARW) Pete Cajka, "Follow Your Conscience: The Catholic Roots of America's Cultural Rebellion, 1930-1985."
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.