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In 1924, a 361-foot obelisk was raised in honor Jefferson Davis. Read about how Black journalist and activist Roscoe Simmons criticized the monument in "THE WEAKNESS OF HUMAN JUDGMENT": THE JEFFERSON DAVIS MONUMENT IN KENTUCKY, available here: falseimage.pennds.org/essay/fairvi...

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There is no RELS colloquium this week, but our colleagues in the Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins are hosting this talk with Pamela Klasova (Chicago) on Zoom tomorrow, March 6, at 6:30 pm! No registration necessary. Use this link to join: upenn.zoom.us/j/94938924535

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Congratulations, Reyhan! Our department is incredibly lucky to have you!

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Congratulations!

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The Department of Religious Studies is thrilled to announce that Prof. Reyhan Durmaz has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure! Congratulations, Prof. Durmaz!

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There is no RELS colloquium this week or next week! Our next event will be our annual Boardman Symposium on March 20–21. We’ll begin at 4pm on Thursday, March 20, with some welcoming remarks and then a film screening and discussion of Inherit the Wind.

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Happening tomorrow!

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An exciting event this week! Our first RELS Emerging Scholar Colloquium! INTELLIGENT ARTIFICE: SEDUCTION ALGORITHMS, MAGIC, AND COMPUTATIONAL MODERNITY Suzanne van Geuns (Princeton) Feb 27, 2025 at 3:30pm - 5:00pm | Cohen 204 Email [email protected] for Zoom link.

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Thanks to @upennrels.bsky.social and @feelingtheory.bsky.social for putting this together. Today's chaos is the fruition of a hundred-years'-war over race, religion, science, and the "Real" America. Please join us!

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Ben Talks NYC, which took place this year at the Times Center in front of a crowd of 270 people, featured Jeffrey Green and Michele Margolis of Political Science, Donovan Schaefer of Religious Studies, and Sophia Rosenfeld of History.

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We're extremely excited to formally announce our 2025 Boardman Symposium! The Scopes Trial at 100: Secularism, Race, and Education March 20–21, 2025 University of Pennsylvania, Van Pelt Library Both in-person and online attendance options are available. www.library.upenn.edu/events/ameri...

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We're honored to be hosting this @aarweb.bsky.social American Lectures in the History of Religion event this week! Emilie Townes (Boston University School of Theology) Wed., Feb. 19 3:30-5:00 with a reception to follow Kislak Center, 6th Floor of Van Pelt Library

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This event at @upennrels.bsky.social on March 20-21 on the Scopes trial at 100 looks fantastic and there's a virtual option for March 21. www.library.upenn.edu/events/ameri...

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My latest for @msnbc.com …Trump and Pope Francis tussle again and this time around the stakes are much higher, especially for immigrants

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That sounds fabulous - making students read and engage with a good text without distractions 👏🏼👏🏼

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These classes are legendary

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Did you miss Prof. McDaniel's (packed) Knowledge by the Slice event discussing his classes "Existential Despair" and "Living Deliberately"? @pennsas.bsky.social has made the complete video available here! omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/living...

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Prof. Schaefer has created a new website documenting research he has done with RELS undergraduate students Olivia Haynie (C'24) and Justin Seward (C'25)!

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Wehshat: Or, the Poetry and Ethics of Living with the Unbearable. RELS Colloquium Anand Vivek Taneja (Vanderbilt) Feb 13, 2025 at 3:30pm-5:00pm | Cohen 204 Follow this link for full description! rels.sas.upenn.edu/events/2025/... Cosponsored by the Department of South Asia Studies

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Prof. McDaniel has just published a new book! Cosmologies and Biologies: Illuminated Siamese Manuscripts of Death, Time, and the Body examines and contextualizes fourteen striking and visually distinctive rare Siamese illuminated manuscripts. www.paulholberton.com/product-page...

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With the Philadelphia Eagles set to compete in Super Bowl LIX, Prof. Megan Robb of @upennrels.bsky.social discusses her Religion and Sports class -- a space where students discuss ritual and ceremony, debate where sports and religion intersect, and even meet the Eagles chaplain.

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With the Super Bowl coming up this weekend, Philly folks are naturally thinking about sports. But we're thinking about sports and religion! Click through for a writeup on Professor Robb's "Religion and Sports" course. omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/can-sp...

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Interested in learning more about PennRELS Prof. Justin McDaniel's teaching philosophy? Check out his @upenn.edu Knowledge by the Slice talk at Irvine Auditorium next week! More details here: www.sas.upenn.edu/events/knowl...

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Fascinating event coming up at @upennrels.bsky.social. I'm teaching my Religion & Race course this semester (after Religion & Public Schools last semester) so will definitely be following along.

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We’re very excited to be holding our first Steven Northrop Dunning Memorial Lecture on Religious Thought at Penn this week! "A Body of Knowledge: Reperformance and Embodiment as Rigorous Historical Method" Lauren Mancia (Brooklyn College/CUNY Graduate Center) Thursday, 1/23, 3:30pm Cohen 204

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Welcome back, everyone! We have an amazing line-up of events this semester, starting with the Steven Northrop Dunning Memorial Lecture on Religious Thought next week, given by Lauren Mancia (Brooklyn College/CUNY Graduate Center)!

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Happy end of semester! We're done with our events for 2024, but we have an exciting line-up coming up in 2025, including our first ever Emerging Scholar Colloquium and the Steven Northrop Dunning Memorial Lecture on Religious Thought. And two major special events to mark on your calendars...

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If you will be traveling to AAR/SBL in San Diego this weekend, please join us for our annual Boardman Reception on Saturday, Nov. 23 from 7:00–8:30 PM!

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Our final RELS colloquium of 2024 will feature visiting scholar N. Yasemin Ural (University of Leipzig) speaking on Secularizing Porc: Religion, Food, and Citizenship in France! Thursday, Nov. 21 3:30–5:00 pm Cohen 204

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We have a special RELS colloquium this week featuring four RELS graduate students presenting papers they will be giving at upcoming conferences! Titles and speakers available at this link! Thursday, 11/14, 3:30-5:00pm Cohen 204 rels.sas.upenn.edu/events/2024/...

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Attending this year’s AAR/SBL annual meeting in San Diego next month? Please join us for our annual Boardman reception on Saturday Nov. 23 from 7:00–8:30 PM in Marriott Marquis–San Diego C (North Tower – Lobby Level). We hope to see many of you there!

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We have a special RELS colloquium this week co-sponsored by the Religions of Asia Project Faculty Working Group: Daigengna Duoer (Boston University) will be giving the E. Dale Saunders Lecture in Buddhist Studies! Thursday, Oct. 31, 3:30–5:00 pm Cohen 204

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Interested in applying for our PhD program in Religious Studies but missed our information session three weeks ago? No problem! We recorded the whole thing and it's now been uploaded to our department YouTube channel! Check out the transcript function if you prefer text.

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RELS Colloquium: Interview Skills Workshop Thursday, Oct. 24 from 3:30–5:00pm in Cohen 204 All graduate students are welcome to this workshop discussing the academic job interview, led by Megan Robb (RELS), Donovan Schaefer (RELS), and recent department alumna Dr. Angela Xia (Notre Dame).

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Join us for our colloquium this week where we'll be hosting Alex Kaloyanides of UNC-Charlotte's Department of Religious Studies! Thurs., Oct. 17, 3:30-5:00 Cohen 204

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We have no RELS colloquium this week, but we're looking forward to hosting Alex Kaloyinades next week on Oct. 17! In the meantime, check out Prof. Reyhan Durmaz's new article out now in the most recent issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion! academic.oup.com/jaar/article...

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