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Religious studies graduate student Shafiu Alidu went in search of West Africa’s boldest believers in the Yan Hakika Sufi sectShafiu Alidu grew up in a unique mixing pot of Islam, Christianity and Sufism in Accra, Ghana. Now a master’s student in the

SPRING 2026 GRADUATE RESEARCH COLLOQUIAMONDAY, APRIL 13, 10:00 - 11:00 AMHUMN 230Eaton Humanities, 1610 Pleasant St.PRESENTERSGenevieve Hauer, M.A. Candidate, Religious StudiesCementing Celestial Sovereignty: Hagiographic and Photographic Depictions

Join us for a lecture by Catherine Hartmann, University of Wyoming on the topic of her new book:Making the Invisible Real: Practices of Seeing in Tibetan Buddhism4pm on Friday, April 10thE250 in the CASE Building, ����How can a person learn to

Associate Professor Samuel Boyd recently edited a special issue of English Language Notes, which also includes his article "Where History Lies: Putting the Past Before Us". History is both everywhere and nowhere. It is omnipresent in the sense

Shafiu Alidu, a second year MA student in Religious Studies, has recently published an article in the Journal for the Institute of Sufi Studies entitled "Divine Whispers: Unraveling the Enigma of the Sufi  “Yan Hakika” Movement in West Africa

Wednesday, February 4 at 5pm ENVD 134In an upcoming event, Prof. Max Perry Mueller (University of Nebraska Lincoln) and Forrest Cuch (Northern Ute) will discuss Prof. Mueller's recent book Wakara’s America:  The Life and Legacy of a Native

Join the Department of Religious Studies on February 24th for The Urdu Shiʿi Practice of Khiṭābat (oratory)January 24th, 5-6pmEaton Humanities 135On any given day in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, tens and hundreds of Urdu-speaking Shiʿa khāṭibs

“Living in Beauty through Difficult Times:  A Talk by Diné Elder Lupita McClanahan”Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, 5-6pm, Eaton Humanities 250“Hozho,” or “The Beauty Way,” is a core practice of the Diné people.  Raised in secrecy by traditional

Selling Sacred Drugs: The Existential Stakes of Altering ConsciousnessGary Laderman, Goodrich C. White Professor of American History and Cultures, Department of Religion, Emory UniversityMonday, Oct. 27, 2025, 5pmHUM 250In this conversation, Gary

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Frederick Denny, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at ����, in March 2025.Fred Denny was a giant in the field of Islamic studies