Past Events

In many works on the history of Pakistan, the focus has been on tracing the ideological framework of an Islamic state and its impact on the country’s polity and society. In my paper, I explore a different aspect of…

This talk explores the wartime migration of North Koreans and their narrative and performative techniques in creating a distinctly Christian pledge of allegiance to the South Korean state and the US Cold War empire.…

From Indian-owned homes and marketplaces in West Africa to temples and World War II military camps in India, the West African engagement with Hindus and their religious objects, images, and magical texts, combined to…

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…

Come enjoy food and conversation with other Penn students and faculty who share an interest in the study of religion as we talk openly about the search for meaning during an era of Covid, climate change and political…

Anthropology is an innately comparative discipline and yet, it has been noted, contemporary anthropologists are generally squeamish about explicitly…

In Wild Experiment, Donovan O. Schaefer challenges the conventional wisdom that feeling and thinking are separate. Drawing on science studies, philosophy, affect theory, secularism studies, psychology, and…

Virtual Book Launch

Justin McDaniel’s Wayward Distractions: Ornament, Emotion, Zombies, and the Study of Buddhism in Thailand (National University of Singapore…