Dr. Joseph Winters Alexander F. Hehmeyer Associate Professor of Religious Studies and African & African American Studies Duke University September 23, 2020 3:30 PM Click to Register Dr. Winters' talk examines hip hop at the intersection of black studies and theories of the sacred. While hip hop exhibits different kinds of religiosity, his project situates […]

Dr. Youssef Carter, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, will be a key note speaker in the Department of African, African American, & Diaspora Studies' Colloquium series! The talk is titled: "The Overwhelming Event and Black Testimony from the Immanent Divine". "Within the past year, two prominent hip-hop artists — Kanye West and Jay Electronica — […]

"Since late antiquity, a connection was made between Jews and the psychological state of despondency based, in part, on the link between melancholy and Saturn, and the further association of the Hebrew name of that planet, Shabbetai, and the Jewish Sabbath. This depiction seemingly contradicts the common assumption that Judaism is a life-affirming religion that […]

Schochet Family Lecture – remote lecture organized by Carolina Public Humanities and hosted by Wake Tech Community College. Co-sponsored by the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies. With Andrea Cooper, Department of Religious Studies

A Distinguished Scholar Webinar featuring Bart D. Ehrman Bart D. Ehrman, James A. Gray Professor of Religious Studies, is the author or editor of more than 30 books, including the forthcoming Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife. According to the most recent Pew Research Poll, 72 percent of all Americans believe in a literal heaven […]

Interested in Jewish Studies? Undergrad or Grad student? Want to meet like-minded students? Join the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies for their "Menashe" Netflix Party! Join this GroupMe for the link or scan this QR: tinyurl.com/MenasheNetflixParty

Prof. Barbara Ambros will be taking part in the following documentary film viewing, which is also co-sponsored by our department and moderated by Ph.D. candidate, Joanna Smith. Alone Again in Fukushima  A documentary screening and conversation This spring will mark the tenth anniversary of the triple disaster that on March 11, 2011, brought an earthquake, […]

The Department of Religious Studies is pleased to hold its inaugural Undergraduate Research Symposium on Wednesday, April 13, 2021, 5:00PM-7:00PM. For the Zoom link, click here. Meeting ID: 967 6706 6005 Passcode: religion

On Friday, May 14, 4:00-5:30PM, the Department of Religious Studies is pleased to hold its Graduation Ceremony via Zoom. You are cordially invited to attend. The Zoom link is here Passcode: 290786 During the ceremony, we will announce the honor society recipients in each subfield, then participants will be invited to informal student-faculty-friends meet-and-greet breakout […]