Department of Religion

In an Op-Ed in The Washington Post, Religion Professor Devin Singh argues that "in a time of global pandemic and national crisis, market fundamentalism...represents a grave threat to our nation."

In a profile in the Valley News, Religion Professor Susannah Heschel discusses celebrating Passover in a time of plague, as when the Jews escaped Egypt, and now as we face COVID-19.

Among the 30 new faculty members that Dartmouth welcomed to the College community this year is Assistant Professor of Religion Darryl Wilkinson. Welcome, Professor Wilkinson!

Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 4:30pm in Filene Auditorium. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. on "The Third American Founding: Re-imaginging America After Donald Trump." Free & open to all. Reception.
 

Michelle Wang (Georgetown) on "Dunhuang: Buddhist Art at the Crossroads of Asia."
Thursday, 1/23/20 at 4:30pm in 41 Haldeman Hall. Free & open to all. Reception follows.

Read Religion professor Tim Baker's interview in The Dartmouth (10-30-19) about his current interests and research here. Baker is also Assistant Dean of the Faculty and faculty advisor for the Humanities LLC.

This year, Japanese scholar Emily Simpson will teach courses in Women and Religion in Japan (REL 19.29, 19F), Religions of Japan (REL 19.31, 20W), and Shinto: Foundations, Festivals, & Fox Shrines (REL 19.32, 20S). Courses are open to all students.

Assistant Professor of Religion Zahra Ayubi has received a grant from the Greenwall Foundation's Faculty Scholars Program in Bioethics to continue her research on the intersections of bioethics, gender, and religion within the context of Islam.

Congratulations to the Religion majors who were awarded prizes at the Department's Commencement Reception. Monika Gabriele and Makena Kauhane were awarded the Dickinson Senior Writing Prize in Religion, and Marshall Harris was awarded the Hans H. Penner Prize in the Study of Religion.