Philosophy & Religion News & Events

Announcements

  • Hired Professor Kiesha Martin
  • Hired Professor Karin Meyers
  • Professor Perry Zurn published (September 2024), a co-edited collection that establishes trans philosophy as a unique field of inquiry and offers fresh perspectives on trans theory and politics. Zurn鈥檚 forthcoming book, (January 2025), tells stories of how trans individuals make history, resist, and foster hope within academia, drawing from local archives and over 100 interviews from the Five Colleges in Massachusetts (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and University of Massachusetts, Amherst).
  • Read about MA student Julie Williams-Reyes,听麻豆视频 changemaker.听

  • Jin Y. Park discusses Kim Iry艔p鈥檚 life and philosophy on the聽.

  • Faculty member聽Onaje Woodbine听飞谤辞迟别听听听颈苍听Religion & Politics.

  • As part of聽Dr. Perry Zurn's聽"Curiosity, Politics, and the Public Realm" graduate seminar, students pitched episode ideas to Lynn Borton, executive producer of the聽聽podcast. Now those episodes are being released! Check out Matt Ferguson's聽聽and Julie Williams-Reyes' "." Hear Dr. Zurn discuss his newest work on the .

  • Edward Guetti published the article ""

  • Shubha Pathak published the article "" in the International Journal of Hindu Studies.

  • Andrew Wagner was the winner of the Killam Fellowship from the University聽of Newfoundland.

  • 麻豆视频 Philosophy and Religion alum .

    Onaje Woodbine presented the annual Frederic C. Wood Lecture, entitled, 鈥.鈥

  • Hired Professor Jerome Clarke聽

  • Professor Onaje Woodbine received tenure聽

  • Professor Edward Guetti published an article, ""

  • Professor Shubha Pathak published an article, "鈥, in a special issue (鈥淭ransdisciplinary Approaches to the R膩m膩ya峁嘺 and Mah膩bh膩rata鈥) of the journal Religions of South Asia.听

  • Andrew Wagner was the winner of the Killam Fellowship from the University聽of Newfoundland.

  • There will be an upcoming conference in October, stay tuned for details!聽

  • Professor and Department Chair聽Jin Y. Park聽was elected Vice President of the聽, the world's largest (more than 8,000 members) scholarly society dedicated to the study of religion. She will be President-Elect and then President over the next three years, and is the first scholar of the East Asian traditions to be elected since the founding of AAR聽in 1909.听Professor Park also received the Uberoi Foundation Religious Studies grant in the amount of $25,000 for her project on 鈥淏uddhism and Non-violence.
  • 笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听Onaje Woodbine聽received a $40,000 First Book Grant for Scholars of Color from the Louisville Institute for his book,听Take Back What the Devil Stole: An African American Prophet's Encounters in the Spirit World聽(Columbia University Press).
  • 笔谤辞蹿别蝉蝉辞谤听Perry Zurn聽has published a new book,听Curiosity and Power: The Politics of Inquiry,听.

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