GDRS Alumnus Appointed Sultan of Oman Fellow in Islamic Studies at Oxford University
Michael Feener, a GDRS Alumnus and an expert on Islamic jurisprudence and Indonesian culture, has recently been appointed as the Sultan of Oman Fellow in Islamic Studies at Oxford University. Dr. Feener studied with emeritus professor Merlin Swartz and wrote his dissertation on law reform in Indonesia, which became his first book. He currently teaches […]
Anthony Petro’s new book already getting reviews!
On Anthony Petro’s After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American Religion (Oxford University Press, 2015). By Ann Neumann In December 1987—nine years after a rare syndrome was first identified in young men in major cities across the US and five years after it was given the name AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)—the United […]
Shari Rabin (Religion alum 2009) 2014 Kaiserman Summer Fellow
Posts By: Ariella Y. Werden-Greenfield Shari Rabin, a PhD candidate at Yale University is the 2014 Kaiserman Summer Fellow. Her dissertation, “Manifest Jews: Mobility and the Making of American Judaism, 1820-1877,” argues that American Judaism was not formed in twentieth century cities, but rather was a product of nineteenth century mobility and dispersion. Whereas in […]
Interdisciplinary Workshop, Wednesday 4/22: “Producing the Political: Religious Authority and Local Governance”
Join us for this co-sponsored BUCSA-Fairbank Center one-day conference on April 22, organized by Professors Robert Weller (Anthropology and CURA Institute, BU) and Michael Puett (East Asian languages and Civilizations, Harvard).
Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture: “The Magic of Craft: Workshops and the Materialization of Christianity in Late Antique Egypt” by David Frankfurter
12:00-1:00 pm on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 Gabel Museum of Archaeology, STO 253
David Frankfurter in BU Today
The Devil Makes Them Do It CAS prof on why Catholic exorcisms are spiking By Rich Barlow “A modern pope gets old school on the Devil.” Those words headlined a Washington Post story last spring probing Pope Francis’ belief that Satan is active in the world. As much as he’s been hailed as a modernizing force […]
Next Week February 12: Department of Religion 19th Annual Lecture
Religious Liberty and the Culture Wars Presented by: Douglas Laycock Robert E. Scott Distinguished Professor of Law Peter W. Low Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia Thursday, February 12, 2015 12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Room 103 Sumner M. Redstone Building Boston University School of Law 765 Commonwealth Ave Boston, MA 02215 […]
Jonathan Klawans talks about the Christmas-ification of Hanukkah in BU Today.
A Ho-Ho-Ho Hanukkah? The Christmas-ification of a Jewish holiday By Rich Barlow Would Jonathan Klawans keep Mensch on a Bench on his shelf? “If somebody sent it to us, probably,” he says genially. The College of Arts & Sciences professor of religion can even envision buying the Hanukkah themed doll-cum-book—a twist on the Christmas Elf […]
Frank Korom receives a BU Arts Initiative Grant to bring Hindu deities to campus.
The study of visual piety and material religion has become a topic of immense concern in recent years. To enable his students in his course on Hinduism in the spring of 2015 to appreciate the popular iconography of the Hindu pantheon, Korom will travel to India over the winter break to assemble a variety of […]
Stephen Katz receives Honorary Degree from the University of Warwick.
Prof. Steven Katz received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Warick in July. Prof. Sean Hand introduced Prof. Katz. Vice Chancellor Cox made the presentation on behalf of the University.