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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 |
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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 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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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 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 DSR PhD, 2018 (Syracuse University) |
Thursday, January 22, 3:00-5:00 pm, location tbc Title tbc |
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Yaniv Feller DSR PhD, 2016 (University of Florida) |
Thursday. February 5, 2026, 3:00-5:00 pm, location tbc Title tbc |
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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 DSR PhD, 2016 (San Diego State University) |
Thursday, March 12, 3:00-5:00 pm, location tbc Title tbc |
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2024-25 Series |
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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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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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Emrah Yildiz (Northwestern University) |
February 27, 2025 "Zainab’s Traffic: Moving Saints, Selves, and Others across Borders" |
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Marko Geslani (University of South Carolina) |
March 20, 2025 "Vindication of Invention: World Religions to Lived Religion" |
