UIUC Department of Religion

06/03/2025

Sacred Spaces of India (FALL 2025 // REL 360)

Experience firsthand how the blend of geography, architecture, and art shapes the cultural belief systems of South Asia.

On-campus Mon 2-4:30 PM

In India: Dec 28th-Jan 16th

https://courses.illinois.edu/schedule/2025/fall/REL/360

03/31/2025

The Department of Religion at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a one-year position as a part-time lecturer in Religion and Society, beginning Fall 2025.
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03/20/2025

MADHURI J. SHETH JAIN STUDIES SYMPOSIUM

CELEBRATING THE JINAS.

CELEBRATIONS AND FESTIVALS IN JAIN VISUAL AND MATERIAL CULTURE

March 27, 2:00-5:00 Lucy Ellis Lounge (LCLB)

For Schedule: https://calendars.illinois.edu/detail/6873?eventId=33516559

02/21/2025

We are excited to announce that Dr. Robert P. Jones, founder and director of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and NYT best-selling author of White Too Long, The End of White Christian America, and The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy and the Path to a Shared American Future will be presenting the Department of Religion’s annual Thulin Lecture at 5 pm on Tuesday, February 25. The event will take place at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. It is free and open to the public.

Title of the talk: "Our Struggle for an Honest History: The Deep Roots of the White Christian Nationalism at the Heart of America’s Identity Crisis"

12/16/2024

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04/06/2024

Check out our amazing course lineup for Fall 2024
Liberal Arts & Sciences at Illinois

Body REL 104 – Asian Mythology Introductory survey of the mythologies of India, China, and Japan. • Professor Adam Newman • MW 10:00-10:50 • CRN 68127 REL 108 - Religion & Society in West I Introduction to classic writers and texts in Western religious and social thought from antiquity to th...

03/26/2024

Join us for Coffee Hour tomorrow at 11AM at LCLB 3014

02/28/2024

Two events on Jainism soon at the University of Illinois.

March 5, 7 PM CST: watch the original short films that Harsha Vinay created for the recent “Being Jain” Exhibition at the Rietberg Museum, Zurich. The screening will be followed by a conversation with the film director, who will share some anecdotes and some behind-the-scenes images of his fieldwork. Register here: https://illinois.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_51hmtVt2ThiP87t_CJPWfg

March 7 4 PM CST: a roundtable discussion on different aspects of Jainism discussed in the films. With: Anna Tosato (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Aleksandra Restifo (Florida International University), Gregory Clines (Trinity University), Miki Chase, (University of Wisconsin-Madison). Register here: https://illinois.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nKcz5rKaSbKXXA7EDAoG1g

Organizers: Jonathan Ebel, Anna Tosato.

For information: [email protected]

02/27/2024

Two events on Jainism soon at the University of Illinois.

March 5, 7 PM CST: watch the original short films that Harsha Vinay created for the recent “Being Jain” Exhibition at the Rietberg Museum, Zurich. The screening will be followed by a conversation with the film director, who will share some anecdotes and some behind-the-scenes images of his fieldwork. Register here: https://illinois.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_51hmtVt2ThiP87t_CJPWfg
March 7 4 PM CST: a roundtable discussion on different aspects of Jainism discussed in the films. With: Anna Tosato (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Aleksandra Restifo (Florida International University), Gregory Clines (Trinity University), Miki Chase, (University of Wisconsin-Madison). Register here: https://illinois.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nKcz5rKaSbKXXA7EDAoG1g
Organizers: Jonathan Ebel, Anna Tosato.
For information: [email protected]

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12/12/2023

The Department of Religion is now accepting applications for its MA program (Due before Feb.1, 2024)
https://religion.illinois.edu/academics/graduate-program

Qualified MA applicants receive tuition waivers and living stipends.
Many of our graduates go on to study in top PhD programs.

https://religion.illinois.edu/directory/testimonials-alumni

Since the beginning of our M.A. program in 2012, our graduates have been admitted to Ph.D. programs at Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, UT-Austin, the University of Chicago, Princeton, USC, the University of Toronto, Arizona State University, Florida State University, Johns Hopkins University, and the Univers...

12/04/2023

Please join us for a Book Launch Party for Jonathan Ebel and Leonard McKinnis on Friday, December 8th, from 4 to 6 p.m. The History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library (Main Library 246) is thrilled to be hosting the party. We’re celebrating the Fall 2023 publication of Leonard’s The Black Coptic Church: Race and Imagination in a New Religion and Jon’s From Dust They Came: Government Camps and the Religion of Reform in New Deal California.

Light refreshments will be served. RSVP by December 1 appreciated: https://go.illinois.edu/LaunchParty.

We look forward to seeing you there!