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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!
Upcoming Events
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 ...
Religious Studies End-Of-Year Celebration
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston
Religious Studies End-Of-Year Celebration
Fall 2024 Graduate Conference: Desire and Intimacy in the Study o...
All Day, Evanston
Religious Studies Graduate Conference This conference will explore how desire and intimacy shape religious lives and the scholars who s...