Congratulations to professor Jeff Wilson on his new article: "Buddhism Without Merit: Theorizing Buddhist Religio-Economic Activity in the Contemporary World", published by the Journal of Global Buddhism.
Welcome back to our Q&A series with Religious Studies instructors, alumni, and students. Get to know our people, research, and courses!
We are very pleased to announce that two of our undergraduate students received departmental awards at this year's spring convocation ceremony.
Douglas Tennant was awarded the Religious Studies Departmental Award. Douglas graduated with a BA in Religious Studies with a World Religions Specialization.
Claris Lam received the St. Jerome's University Religious Studies Departmental Award. Claris graduated with a BA in Religious Studies and a minor in English Language and Literature.
Our warmest congratulations to both of you!
Welcome to our Q & A series with Religious Studies instructors, alumni, and students. Get to know our people, research, and courses!
Welcome back to our Q&A series with Religious Studies instructors, alumni, and students. Get to know our people, research, and courses!
If you missed it, check out part 1 of our Q&A with Dr. Batten to learn about the relevance of studying religion. This week, we will answer questions about our undergraduate program.
We are very pleased to announce that three of our PhD students have been successful in the SSHRC competition!
Chris Miller has been awarded a two-year SSHRCC doctoral award, Doaa Shalabi has been awarded one of the prestigious Canada Graduate Scholarships, and Sahver Kuzucuoglu has been awarded a 3-year year SSHRC fellowship.
Religous Studies professor Douglas E. Cowan received an Arts Award in Excellence in Research at yesterday's ceremony. Here are photos of the event.
Congratulations, Doug!
This past fall (2018) three of our graduate students convocated! A very warm congratulations to Dr. Laura Morlock, Dr. Brooke Brassard, and Dr. Carmen Celestini for all of your hard work!
Carmen Celestini, a PhD student in the Religious Diversity in North America program at University of Waterloo recently published the article, "Don’t Ignore the Role of “Christian Values” in Conservative Conspiracy".
Each year the Religious Studies Department honours its outstanding students with a lunch at the University Club. This year the award winners are"
Highest Second Year Average Award: Rebecca Chapeskie
Highest Third Year Average Award: Maddy Prevost
Highest Fourth Year Average Award: Douglas Wilson
Outstanding Contribution to the RS Department Award: Madlyn Prevost
Pictured: Maddy Prevost, Mavis Fenn, Ricardo Gouvea, Rebecca Chapeskie and Doug Cowan (seated).