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Spotlight: First-year graduate students
Our first-year religious studies graduate students are diverse in their backgrounds and passions; however, they now embark on their academic endeavors together at Northwestern.
Get to know Lugyal Bum, Juliana Sexauer, Daniela Rosas and Yannick Lambert!
Click here to read more about our first-year graduate students' passions and experiences in their first year of graduate school.
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Professor James Bielo was recently awarded a Luce-AAR Public Scholarship Grant for his ‘Secondhand Religion’ project!
Upcoming Events
(NARW) North American Religions May Workshop
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
NARW is an interdisciplinary workshop for Chicago-area students and faculty working in and alongside the field of North American Religi...
Grant Application Workshop
All Day, No Location
Grant application workshop for graduate students across the humanities and interpretive social sciences at Northwestern whose work focu...
Graduate Colloquium with Amanda Gvozden
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Graduate Colloquium with Amanda Gvozden