General News
Celia Sinclair contributes to Wabash Center’s Vlog Series
From Celia Sinclair: An Interview assignment is on my syllabus for my Critical Thinking and Communication class (Gen Ed, required of all sophomores, inquiry based). My course title/inquiry is “A Good Life: What is it? How does one live it?” As we pivoted to remote courses in mid-March and as I began to convert activities […]
Kent Brintnall receives Grant from Wabash Center for Teaching & Learning
Dr. Brintnall, who will take over as Director of Graduate Studies beginning in fall 2020, has received a grant from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Learning that will fund a gathering of directors of stand-alone M.A. programs in Religious Studies so that they can learn from each other about the […]
Alex Kaloyanides’ book is recipient of Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion!
Congratulations to Alexandra Kaloyanides, whose monograph, Objects of Conversion, Relics of Resistance, received the Claremont Prize for the Study of Religion from the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life at Columbia, and is now contracted with Columbia University Press. Abstract: The story of the American Baptist mission to Burma is a story of conversion—both […]
Religious Studies Fall 2020 Class Schedule
Fall 2020 Undergraduate Schedule of Classes Fall 2020 Graduate Schedule of Classes
Dan White’s India
The health and safety of students, faculty, staff and community friends remains UNC Charlotte’s top priority. The University has been monitoring the rapidly evolving situation around coronavirus (COVID-19) and has been working in close collaboration with local and state resources. After careful thought and consideration, UNC Charlotte has decided to cancel Dan White’s India, Dr. […]
David Flaherty awarded Critical Language Scholarship
It is with great pleasure to announce that David Flaherty, a Master’s student in the Department of Religious Studies at UNC Charlotte, has been accepted for both the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) and American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) 2020 summer language programs. He will attend the CLS program this summer to continue his Hindi […]
UNC Charlotte 4th Annual Religious Studies Graduate Conference
The health and safety of students, faculty, staff and community friends remains UNC Charlotte’s top priority. The University has been monitoring the rapidly evolving situation around coronavirus (COVID-19) and has been working in close collaboration with local and state resources. After careful thought and consideration, UNC Charlotte has decided to hold this conference online. Please […]
Keynote Speaker Dr. Donovan Schaefer
Dr. Donovan Schaefer will be the keynote speaker at the 4th annual graduate student conference of the Department of Religious Studies at UNC Charlotte, and will be held on March 14th, 2020. The theme this year is Sensory Cultures of Religion. Dr. Schaefer’s talk is titled, Feeling Faithless: Taking the Affective Turn in Secularism Studies. […]