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In My Words: Forgetting lynching at our peril
March 3, 2015
Professor Rebecca Todd Peters recently published a column on the Huffington Post and in regional newspapers about the complexity of teaching her young daughters about the history of racism in the United States and the concept of privilege.
Scholar gives talk about French Muslims in contemporary France
February 27, 2015
A Feb. 19, 2015, guest lecture by Professor Michel Bondurand of the NC Consortium Paris program spoke about the way Muslims in France practice their faith.
Lecture: Muslims in Contemporary France – Feb. 19
February 15, 2015
Guest lecture by Professor Michel Bondurand, Université Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle
Brian Pennington receives grant, presents new research on Hinduism and climate change
December 5, 2014
Pennington's long-term research in the Indian Himalayas was extended by a grant from the American Academy of Religion to study how local Hindus respond to recent catastrophic floods
Professor awarded NEH funding for research on Hindu rituals
November 23, 2014
Assistant Professor Amy L. Allocco visits India next year through a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to interview families who seek protection and strength from spirits conjured during elaborate public ceremonies.
Religious Studies faculty present research
November 17, 2014
Faculty from the Religious Studies Department will be participating in the Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Religion, International Association for Qur’anic Studies and the Society of Biblical Literature Nov. 21-25 in San Diego, Calif.
Pamela Winfield receives book prize
November 2, 2014
The associate professor of religious studies was named the winner of the fourth annual Book Prize awarded by the Southeastern Conference of the Association of Asian Studies for her book "Icons and Iconoclasm in Japanese Buddhism: Kūkai and Dōgen on the Art of Enlightenment."