In this interview with Adam Torres, Georgina Emerson '09 MALS '14 talks about redefining the language of power, reframing history to focus more on women, and creating a more equitable world for future generations.
A free drag show at Collis Common Ground Friday night featured three performers from Seattle. "Dragmouth" was presented by the Department of Religion in collaboration with the Office of Pluralism and Leadership. The evening concluded with a discussion and Q&A facilitated by Sara Swenson, an assistant professor in religion.
The Sperry Writing Prize is awarded to Emilie Bowerman '23, Yevheniia Dubrova '24, and Nicole Tooper '24.
This summer, Prof. Darryl Wilkinson from the Religion Department led an archaeological survey of rock art sites in northern New Mexico, with the assistance of three Dartmouth undergraduates: Gabrielle Cooper, Emily Andrews and Emma Garland.
The Religion department welcomes Sara Swenson! This year Professor Swenson will teach REL 1.11: Women and Religion: Sisters, Seekers, Sages; REL 2.01: Religions of Southeast Asia; and REL 41.07: Buddhism, Gender, and Sexuality in Southeast Asia
Congratulations to Max Pumilia '22, Religion Major, being inducted into Phi Beta Kappa!
As part of the on-going efforts to transition to an actively anti-racist department at Dartmouth College, the faculty of the Religion Department announce the establishment of a series of panel discussions and colloquia focusing on the intersection of race and religion.
In a Bloomberg News story about evangelicals Franklin Graham and Robert Jeffress speaking in favor of vaccines, Randall Balmer, the John Phillips Professor in Religion says, "Among a segment of the population that apparently is resistant to the vaccines, I think their voices will carry weight."
Booker will be discussing Henry Louis Gates' new PBS documentary series, "The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song," which traces the 400-year-old story of the Black church in America.
The Religion department awards the Inaugural Sperry Writing Prize to three students for the best essay, body of essays, or research paper written in any course offered by the Religion Department.
