Past Events

2023

Nov 28
RELIC Watch Party (Episode 3 of Shiny Happy People)
Nov 7
RELIC Watch Party (Episode 2 of Shiny Happy People)
Oct 24
Sufism: Islamic Mystical Piety
Oct 10
Religious Studies Student Club (RELIC) Meeting
Oct 4
Study Abroad Fair
Sep 27
Meet Your Major Fair
Sep 26
What is Mormonism?
Sep 25
Religious Studies Careers at the U.S. Department of State
Apr 14
Religious Diversity & Healthcare

2022

Dec 2
End-of-Semester Break for Religious Studies Majors & Minors
Oct 18
Seeking Understanding: Global Religions in Our Community

2021

Oct 12
Border Medicine: Origins of Mexican American Religious Healing
Apr 20
Leveraging Your Religious Studies Skills: A Workshop for Majors and Minors (April 20)
Apr 7
Video: Truth Under Siege: Religion, Science, and Democracy in the United States
Mar 30
Borga Award - March 31st deadline extension

2020

Nov 14
Young Alumni Brunch
Mar 18
Borga Award
Mar 13
COVID-19 Campus Mitigation Plan
Feb 19
Humanities Study Abroad Fair

2019

Nov 2
COH Young Alumni Brunch
Nov 1
Humanities Alumni Mixer
Oct 15
Speaking to Power: What’s Next for Religious Institutions after #MeToo?
Mar 26
The Mosque and its Controversies in the United States

2018

Dec 5
Film Screening: Homes for Gods and Mortals
Nov 19
Hataali Jone Benally, Navajo Healer & Hoop Dancer
Oct 30
Screening of Disney's Coco followed by discussion with Prof. Vargas.
May 3
Religious Studies Capstone Research Presentations
Mar 16
A Conversation with bell hooks: Feminism, Buddhism, and Liberation
Mar 13
From Angkor to Arizona: Global Hindu Traditions

2017

Mar 27
Indigenous Traditions and Cultures Presentation
Feb 27
2017 Robert A. Burns Lecture

2016

Nov 7
Jerusalem Abrahamic Family Reunion
May 5
Religious Studies Capstone Research Presentations
Apr 27
Naked in the Garden of Eden: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Perspectives
Apr 2
AAR/WR Plenary Address
Feb 25
2016 Robert A. Burns Lecture - "A Divine Dilemma"

2015

Oct 26
Performance by Navajo Healer and Hoop Dancer
Oct 6
Dr. Simmons to speak on Indian folk ballads at Humanities Week 2015
Sep 12
Prof. Kunnie Book Signing
May 5
Buddhist Studies Lecture Series: Religious Imagination in the World of Lotus Sutra
Apr 17
Maṭhas: Entangled Histories of a Religio-Political Institution in South India
Apr 14
Buddhist Studies Lecture Series: Happiness and Buddhism
Mar 3
Buddhist Studies Lecture Series: Reading a Zen Classic
Feb 6
Compassion as a Path to Health and Happiness: Brain and Body
Feb 5
Robert A. Burns Lecture 2015- Merton 100: 1915-2015
Jan 27
An Abrahamic Family Reunion

2014

Nov 25
Registration for Winter Session courses is now open
Nov 21
Applications for Rombach and Bretall Scholarships Due November 21
Nov 21
ISRC Lecture: "A Pretty King of Little Fiends or Pigmey-Devils"
Nov 18
ISRC Psychology and Religion Lecture Series: Placebo or Belief? Religion and Health in the 21st Century
Nov 6
LGBT Studies Lecture- Genderqueering the Androgyne: Gender and the Boundaries of the Human in Jewish Law
Oct 14
Humanities Week: Mama is a Man: Gender and the Goddess Śrī Nārāyaṇī of Śrī Puram
Oct 14
Humanities Week: Daughters of Eve: Images of Women in the History of Christianity
Apr 25
Sacralizing the Secular: Historical Perspectives on the Administration of Buddhism in China
Feb 26
Humanities, Medicine & Wellness Conference
Feb 24
Dying to Live: A Theology of Migration
Feb 21
RELSEC: Rethinking Secularism

2013

Nov 12
Reciprocal Theory: Language, Sacred Landscape, and Community
Nov 10
Employment: Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
Oct 25
International Project on Religion, Secularism and Politics Inaugural Event
Sep 17
Sand Mandala of Compassion