News & Events

Recent News

• You are invited to attend the international conference Lutherrenaissance: Past & Present, April 12-14, 2012, with Crain lecturer Michael Massing, and theologians from Germany, Denmark, and North America
  For more information, please click on the link: Lutherrenaissance: Past & Present
• Jewish Messianic Thoughts in an Age of Despair  by Kenneth Seeskin
• The Ethical Vision of Clint Eastwood by Sara Anson Vaux
• Cristina Traina's and Barry Wimpfheimer's new books were featured in the Fall 2011 issue of CenterPiece magazine published by the Office for Research.
• Event by Dr. Iwamura on November 2nd has been CANCELLED
• Cristina Traina’s book Erotic Attunement: Parenthood and the Ethics of Sensuality between Unequals is available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
• Transformations in Luther's Theology: Historical and Contemporary Considerations. Edited by Christine Helmer and Bo Kristian Holm.
• Barry Scott Wimpfheimer’s book Narrating the Law: A Poetics of Talmudic Legal Stories is available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
• Barry Scott Wimpfheimer recently appeared on the JUF television program, Sanctuary. The video is linked here.
• The Writing Place offers Writing Assistance for Graduate Students. 
• Ground Zero and the 'S-word' article by Matthew Cressler, Ph.D. Religious Studies
• Ken Seeskin has been awarded the 2010 National Jewish Book Award for The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture in the category of collections and anthologies. This volume was edited by Ken and Judith Baskin, Knight Professor of Humanities at The University of Oregon.
• "Religious studies Revival"! Article in Newsweek discusses resurgence of Religious Studies as undergraduate major, and references NU's own Robert Orsi
• Barry Wimpfheimer quoted in New York Times
• UPDATES! of the Religious Studies Department's courses for the 2011-2012 academic year
• Robert Orsi has received the 2010 E. LeRoy Hall Award for Teaching Excellence. Weinberg College Teaching Awards applaud excellence in instruction, significant contributions to curricular innovation, exemplary mentoring of research and independent study, and fostering of a sense of community both inside and outside the classroom.
• In 2009-2010, the Department of Religious Studies organized a series of panel discussions, one each quarter, aimed at bringing together Northwestern scholars in various fields whose work engages topics of religion. Co-hosted by the Brady Program in Ethics and Civic life, and co-sponsored by the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, the series was very successful, and Religious Studies looks forward to continuing to foster interdisciplinary dialogue across Northwestern's many diverse and exciting communities.

Upcoming Events

Religious Studies Graduate Students Event
May 29, 2013 • 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Prof. William Cavanaugh, Harvard Devinity School, is giving a talk: "Does Religion Cause Violence?" Everyone knows that religion has a dangerous tendency to promote violence. This story is part of the conventional wisdom of Western societies, and it underlies many of our institutions and policies, from limits on the public role of religion to efforts to promote democracy in the Middle East.....

Lecture by Tanya Luhrmann
October 2, 2013 • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Tanya Marie Luhrmann, Watkins University Professor in the Anthropology Department at Standford University.