Tyler J. Fuller Selected as American Journal of Public Health Student Think Tank Fellow
Tyler is one of six graduate students chosen from over 100 applications from across the United States to serve as advisors to the American Journal of Public Health’s Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Alfredo Morabia. Dr. Morabia established the Student Think Tank to include student perspectives within journal initiatives and activities. Tyler and other fellows will run a […]
Alexandra Bayer Wins 2023 Bloom Dissertation Fellowship
Congratulations to Alexandra Bayer, who has been awarded the 2023 Bloom Dissertation Fellowship by BU’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. For more on the Bloom Fellowship, see: https://www.bu.edu/cas/admissions/phd-mfa/fellowship-aid/aid-for-phd-students/ For more on Alex and her research, see: https://www.bu.edu/religion/faculty/alexandra-bayer/ Congratulations, Alex!
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Indology – How Frank Korom, a Hungarian-German living in the US, became fascinated with the Indian subcontinent – Telegraph India
Frank J. Korom isn’t just a professor of religion and anthropology at Boston University. He is an ambassador of cultures and geographies, bringing nuance to belief and rationality to dogma. Having travelled throughout the Indian subcontinent after a teenage fascination with India, Frank sees faith from the lens of both an insider and outsider. My […]
Lisa Bitel, Scholar of Early Christian Ireland, to deliver Department of Religion Annual Lecture
The Department of Religion of Boston University is delighted to welcome Professor Lisa Bitel of the University of Southern California to give our annual Religion lecture. Her talk Converting the Religious Supernatural: A Fairy Tale will take place on Monday, February 6th, 2023, at 6pm.
Prof. Korom invited to give the Distinguished Lecture in Social Anthropology.
Frank J. Korom, Professor of Religion and Anthropology, has been invited to give the Distinguished Lecture in Social Anthropology at Presidency University in Kolkata, West Bengal, India on the topic of “The Dynamics of Contemporary Sufi Hagiographies in South Asia” in January 2023. While in West Bengal, he will also deliver a special lecture on […]
Professor Kecia Ali, BU Alum Lolo Serrano (CAS ’21) publish paper on sexism
Kecia Ali, professor of religion and islamic studies, along with BU alum Lolo Serrano (CAS’21) published a paper on sexism in academic book reviews. Using mixed quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze fifteen years of book reviews in the flagship religious studies journal, they demonstrate gender bias in whose books get reviewed and by whom; how authors […]
Margarita Guillory chosen as HERS participant from B.U.
Margarita Guillory has been chosen by the Provost’s Office to be Boston University’s delegate to the Higher Education Leadership Development for Women Institute (https://www.hersnetwork.org/), a nine-day intensive program that trains women to take on positions in university administration. Professor Guillory was chosen from a competitive pool of internal BU nominees.
Religion Students Recipients of Humanities Scholars UROP Awards
Luca Del Deo, a Religion major, conducted research with Dr. Deeana Klepper (CAS Religion and History) on a project titled “The Creation of Subconscious Agents as Religious Practice” Xan Denker, a Religion major, conducted research with Dr. David Frankfurter (CAS Religion) on a project titled “Sexual Restriction in Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean.” […]
April Hughes Promoted to Associate Professor
April Hughes is a scholar of medieval Chinese Buddhism whose work uses lenses of history, politics, and art—including Chinese Buddhist manuscripts and mural paintings—to understand religion within broader cultural and social contexts. A past recipient of BU’s East Asia Studies Career Development Professorship, she has authored a recent book, Worldly Saviors and Imperial Authority in Medieval Chinese […]