DSR Lecture Series

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A special Department for the Study of Religion series featuring cutting-edge talks that address and rethink methods and theories in the study of religion, while being anchored in particular periods, regions, traditions, or disciplines. Each lecture aims to bring together our department’s various communities of knowledge, reminding us that the project of the study of religion is situated in between these communities.

2025-26 Series

     

Jane McAuliffe

Amir Hussain

Jane McAuliffe
DSR PhD, 1984

(Georgetown University)
Amir Hussain
DSR PhD, 2001

(Loyola Marymount University)
Thursday, September 25, 2025, time and location tbc
The 2025 Annual DSR Alumni & Friends Lecture
Title tbc
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Annie Heckman Annie Heckman
DSR PhD, 2023

(84000 Translating the
Words of the Buddha
)
Thursday, October 23, 2025, 3:00-5:00 pm, Room 100, Jackman Humanities Building
Title tbc
In collaboration with the Yehun Numata Program in Buddhist Studies
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William Arnal Bill Arnal
DSR PhD, 1997

(University of Regina)
Thursday, November 6, 2025, 3:00-5:00 pm, Room 100, Jackman Humanities Building
Title tbc
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Basit Iqbal Basit Iqbal
DSR MA, 2012

(McMaster University)
Thursday, December 4, 2025, 3:00-5:00 pm, Room 100, Jackman Humanities Building
Title tbc
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Arun Brahmbhatt Arun Brahmbhatt
DSR PhD, 2018

(Syracuse University)
Thursday, January 22, 3:00-5:00 pm, location tbc
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Yaniv Feller Yaniv Feller
DSR PhD, 2016

(University of Florida)
Thursday. February 5, 2026, 3:00-5:00 pm, location tbc
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Marisa Karyl Franz Marisa Karyl Franz
DSR PhD, 2019

(New York University)
Thursday, February 26, 2026, 3:00-5:00 pm, location tbc
Title tbc
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Rebecca Bartel Rebecca Bartel
DSR PhD, 2016

(San Diego State University)
Thursday, March 12, 3:00-5:00 pm, location tbc
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  Speaker tbc Thursday, March 26, 2026 Details tba
       

2024-25 Series

     
Cécile Fromont
(Harvard University)
October 8, 2024
The 2024 Annual DSR Alumni & Friends Lecture
"Slave Trade, Witchcraft, Art: Material and Spiritual Histories of the Afro-Atlantic"
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Mona Oraby
(Howard University)
November 14, 2024
"Devotion to the Administrative State: Religion and Social Order in Egypt"

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Interview

Daigengna Duoer
(Boston University)
January 16, 2025
"Handing Over Xuanzang’s Bones to a Mongolian Lama in Taiwan"
The DSR is co-sponsor of this event in the Yehan Numata Program in Buddhist Studies Lecture Series

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Constance Furey
(Indiana University, Bloomington)
February 6, 2025
"Unmooring Utopia: Death and Desire in Early Modern Christian Fictions"

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Interview

Emrah Yildiz
(Northwestern University)
February 27, 2025
"Zainab’s Traffic: Moving Saints, Selves, and Others across Borders"

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Interview

Marko Geslani
(University of South Carolina)
March 20, 2025
"Vindication of Invention: World Religions to Lived Religion"

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Interview