How did Muslims across time and place define the line between themselves and their neighbors? Youshaa Patel explores why the Prophet Muhammad first advised his followers to emulate Christians and Jews, but then…
Rebecca Mendelson (Duke RELS PhD '20), Japanese Studies Librarian, Penn Libraries
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Rose Muravchick (Penn RELS PhD '14), Associate Director of Educational Development, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Delaware
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Alex Ramos (Penn RELS PhD '17), Production Editor, Penn State University Press
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This roundtable workshop for current PhD students in RELS and adjacent fields features remarks by three people with religious studies PhDs who have applied their humanistic skills to jobs in academic book publication…
Stories between Christianity and Islam offers an original and nuanced understanding of Christian–Muslim relations that shifts focus from discussions of superiority, conflict, and appropriation to the living…
Please join the Religious Studies Department of the University of Pennsylvania for a reception honoring our colleague Anthea Butler, winner of the 2022…
Join us for two practice talks by PhD candidates who will be presenting their work at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Talk titles and abstracts below.
Helen Jin Kim is Assistant Professor of American religious history at Emory. Kim studies US religion and history in global context, focusing on US religious connections to Asia-Pacific, and…
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…
