Two RELS grad students will give practice talks for the upcoming AAR/SBL conference. Presenters will deliver practice versions of their talks, field questions from the audience, and receive feedback on delivery.…
Please join us for a celebration of the life of Robert Kraft on 10/27 from 2 to 5 PM in the Widener Lecture Room at the Penn Museum. Please RSVP to maevema@sas.upenn.edu to attend.
As authorities continue to frown upon public gatherings, Sufis in Iran have sought alternative methods of convening that allow them to maintain spaces of autonomy…
The Religious Studies Undergraduate Advisory Council has invited Marie Harf to speak about how her religious studies degree has influenced and enhanced her work for the State Department, the CIA, and Fox News.
Shuttling back and forth across sites of transnational migration between Egypt and the United States, this talk examines how American religious imaginaries of global Christian persecution have remapped Coptic…
Anthea Butler (RELS Department Chair), Jolyon Thomas (RELS Graduate Chair)
Oct 9, 2023
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The Graduate Group in Religious Studies will hold a Zoom webinar for students who are interested in applying to the PhD program. Topics to be covered include basic eligibility requirements, English language…
The opening lecture of the Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins. Note that there will be a dinner before the lecture, starting at 5:30pm; the lecture will start at 6:30pm.
Want to do research in archives, but not sure how to begin? This discussion will cover how to prepare before you actually head to the archive, how to approach materials once you're there, and how to file your…
In a temple in south Taiwan, a patron holds a newly carved statue of his tutelary deity as a ritual master performs the requisite rites to animate the statue. In the climactic moment when the statue becomes bound to…
