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RESCHEDULED: Bringing Insight from Allied Disciplines into the Religious Studies Classroom

CTL Teaching Workshop
Jolyon Thomas (University of Pennsylvania)
Nov 10, 2023 - Oct 19, 2023 at - | Cohen 237

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The wide range of both research methodology and subject matter in Religious Studies means that it is an inherently interdisciplinary field. Consequently, nearly all scholars in Religious Studies will have a foot in some other department. In this workshop, we will talk about strategies for bridging these disciplinary boundaries. In particular, Professor Thomas, who held a position in Penn’s EALC department before moving to RELS, will reflect on how his teaching in EALC has informed his teaching in RELS (and vice versa). Although focused on teaching in the Religious Studies classroom, this workshop may also prove generative for students for whom Religious Studies is the allied discipline.

This teaching workshop is part of a year-long series organized by CTL Fellow Jeremy Steinberg