Prof. Schaefer has a new piece out today in The Conversation U.S. summarizing some of his recent research on historical reactions to Confederate monuments. Watch for the unveiling of the website produced by his research team later this week! theconversation.com/for-150-years-…

For 150 years, Black journalists have known what Confederate monuments really stood for theconversation.com/for-150-years-…

Prof. Donovan Schaefer of Penn Religious Studies writes in the The Conversation U.S. about the history of Confederate statues in the U.S. based on a review of Black newspapers going back to the 1870s. bit.ly/47TyMAZ

Looking forward to welcoming Dr. Shenila Khoja-Moolji next week!

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Hallie Nell Swanson, who has been selected for the prestigious Cheng-Harrell Graduate Internship at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art! rels.sas.upenn.edu/news/2024/03/1…

🌟From Edessa to South Arabia and Back: The Syriac Story of Bishop Paul and Priest John and Models of Sanctity in the Medieval Middle East 👉 Presented by Prof Reyhan Durmaz Penn Religious Studies 👉 Chaired by Prof Sebastian Brock FBA youtube.com/watch?v=dI3o_V…

Please join us tomorrow for what promises to be a brilliant presentation by Jeremiah Coogan!

📢We are pleased to announce that the 2024 NSRN Annual Lecture will be delivered by Prof. Donovan Schaefer. It will take place virtually by Zoom on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. See the poster below for all the details and register to attend for free here: forms.gle/7ovFK9xHuSkcWM…

Looking forward to delivering a book talk Lafayette College later today, joined by esteemed respondents Dr. Rachel Goshgarian @paludes from the Dept. of History and Abdul-Manan Bhat Abdul Manan Bhat Penn Religious Studies

⏰REMINDER to register for the NSRN 2024 annual virtual lecture titled, "The Re-Disenchantment of the World: Thinking, Feeling, and Secularity" with Donovan Schaefer Penn Religious Studies The webinar will take place on May 8th. All are welcome! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Congratulations to Prof. Reyhan Durmaz, whose article "Religion, Race, and Letterpress: Orthodox Christians in Nineteenth-Century New York City through the Lens of Kawkab America" has been published in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion! academic.oup.com/jaar/advance-a…

Lucy Parker Lucy Parker reviews 'Stories between Christianity and Islam: Saints, Memory, and Cultural Exchange in Late Antiquity and Beyond', by Reyhan Durmaz Penn Religious Studies academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-ar… University of California Press (is on Bluesky)

The 2023 Book Prize Winners Discussion is now live on the ISSR YouTube channel. Featuring all the authors of the three winning books, this excellent discussion will surely stimulate thoughts long after viewing. You can watch it here: youtu.be/v6hy9WgFt1A

Prof. ProfB of Penn Religious Studies is quoted in RNS on Kamala Harris’ multi-religious identity. "She represents a lot of Americans’ religious story, because here’s the thing: Nobody grows up in a straight line with religion in America anymore," she says. bit.ly/3WzJtGs

As part of a Penn Global Seminar taught by Donovan Schaefer, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, students visited religious sites in England, exploring religion through material culture. bit.ly/3WrQyHQ

We’re excited to welcome 2 new postdoctoral research associates at the Cushwa Center: Melissa Coles (ND History Dept.) and Angela Xia (Penn Religious Studies). Melissa recently discussed her research and the year ahead: cushwa.nd.edu/news/studying-…. Stay tuned to hear from Angela later this week.

We’re very glad to welcome Angela Xia to Notre Dame as a Cushwa Center postdoctoral research associate. Angela recently shared some thoughts about her time at Penn Religious Studies, her dissertation, and the year ahead: cushwa.nd.edu/news/studying-…

Interested in applying to the Department of Religious Studies at Penn? We're offering an online information session for prospective graduate students from 5:00–6:00pm ET on Monday, Sept. 30! Register using this form: upenn.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Happening soon!