Taking us from colonial New Spain to Ancient Greece to contemporary opera, undergraduate students from culture-related programs presented their research at the second annual Culture Fest, an initiative designed to celebrate outstanding student work and make connections across programs and disciplines.
On November 8, 2024, the Department of Religious Studies held a scholarly discussion on "The 2024 US Presidential Election: A Nation Divided?” with Andrew Hunt, Veronica Kitchen, Carmen Celestini and Scott Kline.
Congratulations to Tucker Finch, winner of the Distinguished Achievement Award in Religious Studies for 2023 - 2024.
Dr. Carmen Celestini will be talking on the topic “What’s with Christian Nationalism?” on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, from 7:00-8:30 pm at Christ’s Church Cathedral, in Hamilton. The event is being livestreamed on YouTube at youtube.com/@cathedralhamilton.
Congratulations to Peter Frick on his new book entitled Understanding Paul: The Existential Perspective
Thanks to a scholarship from the Canadian Friends of the École biblique, Alicia Batten is spending two weeks doing research on the Letter of James at the École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem.
Congratulations to Jess Gilbert, winner of the Distinguished Academic Achievement Award in Religious Studies for 2022- 2023.
Dr. David Seljak delivered the opening lecture at the "Land, Law, Religion, and Reconciliation" colloquium hosted by university of Victoria, Centre for Studies in Religion and Society.
We are very proud and pleased to announce that Dr. Doris Jakobsh received a lifetime achievement award from Sikh Studies, in honour of her contributions.