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102 Articles Found

The only existing photo of Niṣṭhānanda Vajrācārya, ca. 1920s Kathmandu

DSR professor unravelling the secrets of forbidden text written by Buddhist priest in Nepal

March 29, 2021

In 1914, a Buddhist priest worked in secret, translating a sacred text into a forbidden language, publishing it using a printing press smuggled into Kathmandu from India. From that act of defiance grew a century-long movement of resistance that finally saw the ban on the Newar language lifted in 2007.

Seyfeddin Kara

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow brings research on the origins of the Qur'an to the DSR

March 09, 2021

Dr. Seyfeddin Kara has been awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship from the European Commission.

Graphic Religion

DSR course finds the religion in graphic novels

March 04, 2021

David Perley is Sessional Lecturer and teaches on the STG and UTSC campuses. His course Graphic Religion: Myth and Spiritual in Graphic Novels will be taught during the summer semester.

Cayuga Chief Levi Genera

Scholars in Residence hope to find truth in historical documents

February 24, 2021

In 1924 the spokesperson for the Six Nations council wanted to bring international attention to the plight of his people. Cayuga Chief Levi General requested to speak at the League of Nations about Canada’s actions against the sovereignty of the Grand River Haudenosaunee.

science students find perspective studying covid-19 through lens of anthropology, religion

Science students find perspective studying COVID-19 through the lens of anthropology, religion

February 08, 2021

Shaili Shukla, a third-year University of Toronto student studying health and disease, and genome biology, never imagined she would land in a class offered jointly by the department for the study of religion and the department of anthropology.

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U of T prof puts students' well-being in the syllabus

January 29, 2021

Sila Usta, a third-year student at the University of Toronto who is studying cell and systems biology, says she knew she was going to enjoy one of her electives – a course in the department for the study of religion that explores Buddhist practices of manip

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Art of Captivity / Arte del Cautiverio

January 29, 2021

DSR professor, Kevin O'Neill and University of Chicago Postdoctoral Scholar, Benjamin Fogarty-Valenzuela have published Art of Captivity / Arte del Cautiverio. The book is a collection of rich photographs that tells the story about the war on drugs in Guatemala alongside the rise of Pentecostal drug rehabillitation centres.

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New partnership between the Myanmar Manuscript Digital Library and the National Library of Myanmar

January 20, 2021

Launched in 2019, the

dear students video message from faculty

Dear Students: U of T Faculty Offer Words of Hope

January 18, 2021

University of Toronto faculty members offered a message of hope and support in a video for students returning this week from the holiday break.

Statuary from the east pediment of the Parthenon. Part of the collection of Parthenon Marbles on display at the British Museum.

DSR course goes behind the scenes at museums to consider ‘our human interactions with things'

January 07, 2021

Erin Vearncombe earned her PhD from the Department for the Study of Religion in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto and was a lecturer at Princeton University for five years before returning to U of T.

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