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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!
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Professor James Bielo was recently awarded a Luce-AAR Public Scholarship Grant for his ‘Secondhand Religion’ project!
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Revolution or Reformation? The Potential of Palimpsest Conference
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Evanston
This interdisciplinary conference experiments with the concept of palimpsest as generative for addressing polycrisis. Featuring Annie ...
Revolution or Reformation? The Potential of Palimpsest Conference
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Evanston
This interdisciplinary conference experiments with the concept of palimpsest as generative for addressing polycrisis. Featuring Annie ...
Revolution or Reformation? The Potential of Palimpsest Conference
All Day, Evanston
This interdisciplinary conference experiments with the concept of palimpsest as generative for addressing polycrisis. Featuring Annie ...