Maxwell Greenberg, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has won a Warburg Research Grant from the New Mexico History Museum
In this article, Baker connects Wu-Tang Clan’s inclusion of kung fu to the Five Percenter idea of the “Asiatic Black man.” The reinforcement of this bridge between Wu-Tang and the Five Percenters gestures to the larger, undeniable impact the religious organization made on the hip-hop genre, especially in the early years of hip-hop.
Congratulations Yohanes Mulat!
The Center for the Humanities welcomes the newly selected Merle Kling Undergraduate Fellows.
From Civil Rights and Women’s Suffrage to the Tea Party movement and #MeToo, moral crusades can shape a society and an era. Pascal Boyer, an anthropologist and psychologist, investigates why people get involved, how movements gain traction, and what happens when they succeed.
Congratulations, Christian, for receiving the Ralph Bunche Scholars Award for two years in a row and for being selected as part of the Merle Kling Undergraduate Honors Fellowship's Class of 2020. For his Kling project, Baker, a Religious Studies major, will investigate the decades-long history of the intersections of race, religion and rap music.
Jennifer Greenberg, senior majoring in Educational Studies and Religious Studies, won second place in the 2018 A&S Student Photo Context for her entry: Sunset in the East. Caption: Secluded study spots on the Danforth Campus are even more special in the light of St. Louis sunsets.
Religious Studies is offering 3 new courses for Fall 2018! Check out: L23 308 Global Christianities; L23 220 Whose St. Louis? Religion, Race, and Power in the Gateway City; L23 270 Native American Religions and Politics
Muslim Student Association President Ishak Hossain is used to being the only Muslim in the room. By helping put together Islam Awareness Week, he hopes to help raise awareness and understanding of his religion.
Two important factors seem to explain black American adolescents’ experiences with teacher-based racial discrimination – religiosity and racial pride, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Religious Studies is offering 3 new courses for Summer 2018! Check out: L23 380 Anime and Animi - A Popular Cultural Approach To Shinto: Topics in Religious Studies；L23 3302 Religion And Health: From Holy Madness To Medicalized Meditation: Topics In Religion And Science；L23 140 Hinduism In Performance
Trick or Tweet 2017 has come to a close but the fun has not! You can help choose the best display by visiting the Trick or Tweet 2017 album on the ArtSci Facebook page and like your favorite department display by November 7th! Religious Studies has THREE photos so like them all!
The latest edition of the Religious Studies' newsletter is now available.
Meet AJ Robinson in this WU Libraries Staff Spotlight. AJ joined WU Libraries as Islamic Studies and South Asian Studies librarian in 2015 and after the retirement of Marty Cavanaugh is now also interim religion librarian.
Two WashU student productions, “Grieve and “Floor is Lava?”, are among 28 student works from around the nation that will be screened at Cannes May 25-26 as part of the Campus MovieFest short film program. Religious Studies senior major, Michael Maley, stars in "Floor is Lava?" a playful and buoyant short about a young man facing the harsh realities of adulthood.
The Religious Studies program created the film series this semester as a way to build community, both within the program and beyond. The series also offers students a chance to apply the skills they learn in Religious Studies courses to films in popular culture, whose themes aren’t always obviously religious.
Religious Studies is setting aside the week of November 14-18 to highlight and explore the variety of approaches to religious belief and practice. The week will culminate with faculty traveling to San Antonio, TX for the annual American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Language Conference.
The first issue of Revelation, the Religious Studies' newsletter, is now out.