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The Religious Studies Graduate Organization in the Department of Religious Studies at UNC Charlotte is proud to announce its 5th annual graduate student conference on Friday, April 29, 2022 virtually. The theme for this year’s conference is Religion & Futurity: Elsewhere, Elsewhen, and Beyond. Within...
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What constitutes a research gap? And what do we--as scholars, artists, activists, and communities--do with these gaps? The English Graduate Student Association and Religious Studies Graduate Association are excited to present Bridging the Gap: A Graduate Research Symposium, a virtual symposium...
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Trina Rumfelt, Graduate MA Student in Religious Studies
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The Department of Religious Studies would like to congratulate David Flaherty, a Master's student studying South Asian religions, cultures, and histories, on being awarded the "Meyer-White Study Away Grant." This grant, as sponosored and funded by William and Barbara Branch, helps to fund student research that takes them outside of North Carolina and is named after the late Drs. Jeffrey Meyer...
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Check out all the great courses being offered by the RELS faculty this spring 2022!
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Lindsay Carroll was first introduced to Hinduisim through yoga, and pursued her master’s degree in Religious Studies as a way to gain more in-depth knowledge of Hinduism. As an artist, the graduate thesis process allowed her to refine her ability to commit to extended creative and scholarly endeavors. ...
Dr. William E.B. Sherman has been awarded a fellowship to the ...
Dr. Hoenes del Pinal published some thoughts on his monograph, Guarded by Two Jaguars: A Catholic Parish Divided by Language and Faith (University of Arizona Press, 2022). Read here.
Dr. Julia Robinson Moore is very busy working on the various facets of her new project, E2M: Equity in Memory and Memorial.
The Bible and Violence is a whole lot more than a two-part book; it’s a wide-ranging scholarly endeavor that includes creating intellectual community through workshopping, mentoring, training, and research events. Scholars involved are reading each other's works, meeting and talking through their interests and concerns, and learning directly from one another in a host of different...
Dr. Kaloyanides and Dr. Kati Curts's special issue explores four key categories: “Material,” “Economies,” “Religion,” and “America(s).” The ambition of this issue is that the collective inquiries of its 21 authors, which span various interpretive histories and genealogical fragments, can offer...
Congratulations to Dr. Barbara Thiede on her recent publication of Male Friendship, Homosociality, and Women in the Hebrew Bible: Malignant Fraternities. Routledge, 2021.
Brief summary:
"Male alliances, partnerships, and friendships are fundamental to the Hebrew Bible. This book offers a detailed and explicit exploration of the ways in which shared...
