News & Events
The Annual AAR/SBL Meeting in Denver
McMaster's Department of Religious studies has a number of faculty and students delivering papers at the meeting of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature.
Nov 12, 2018
New Faculty Publication
Congratulations to the Department of Religious Studies Dr. Eileen Schuller on the publication of her co-edited volume, The Paulist Biblical Commentary!
Nov 08, 2018
Numata Series Lecture on November 2
Ryan Richard Overbey (Skidmore College) presents “Embodying Buddhas, Quelling Demons: Theorizing Presence in Buddhist Studies”
Oct 29, 2018
Harry Lyman Hooker Lecture on October 22
Professor Amy-Jill Levine (Vanderbilt University) will deliver the 2018 Harry Lyman Hooker Lecture. Her topic: “Of Pearls and Prodigals: Hearing Jesus’s Parables as Jewish Stories.”
Oct 16, 2018
Faculty Publication
Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Machiela on the publication of his co-edited book (together with Jan Joosten of Oxford University and Jean-Sébastien Rey of the University of Lorraine)
Oct 12, 2018
Helping to change human habits
Alicia Giannetti, a recent grad with a double honours degree in sociology and religious studies and a minor in sustainability, has been awarded a Climate Change and Health – Innovation Award.
Sep 07, 2018
2018 Early Career Researcher Award
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Thiessen winner of the 2018 McMaster Faculty of Social Sciences Early Career Researcher Award.
Jun 01, 2018
MA Student wins Bombardier doctoral scholarship
Congratulations to current MA student Robert Revington, who was recently admitted into PhD program at the Toronto School of Theology.
May 28, 2018
Religious Studies PhD to receive Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship
Congratulations to PhD student Jeremy Cohen on receiving a Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship worth $105,000 over 36 months.
May 21, 2018
Professor Louis Greenspan passes away
It is with great sadness that the Department of Religious Studies announces the recent passing of Professor Louis Greenspan. He died at his home with his family by his side on the afternoon of Thursday, May 10, 2018. He was 83 years old.
May 15, 2018
Workshop on Digital Humanities for the Study of East Asian Religions
Two-day hands-on workshop on Digital Humanities tools for graduate students in East Asian religions
May 10, 2018
New Directions in the Study of Chan Buddhism
Friday, May 11, 2:30 p.m. in the Great Hall at McMaster University.
May 10, 2018
Get your hands dirty this Fall in a "Scribal School Workshop"
Dr. Hanna Tervanotko of the Department of Religious Studies recently received an Experiential Learning in Academic Programming (ELAP) Grant that will allow students to write cuneiform on clay tablets.
May 10, 2018
Congratulations to Max Kennel
Ph.D. student wins Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship
May 02, 2018
University Scholar Prize awarded to McMaster researchers
Four members of the McMaster community have been named University Scholars including Daniel Machiela, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies.
Apr 06, 2018
The haggadah is for skimming
The Canadian Jewish News recently published a piece by McMaster PhD Jonathan Milevsky (Religious Studies) about the haggadah, the document that guides Passover Seders.
Apr 04, 2018
Former MA student named assistant professor at Michigan State University
Congratulations to former MA student (2008), Laura Yares (Tomes), who was recently appointed an assistant professor of Religious Studies at Michigan State University!
Apr 02, 2018
Departmental Colloquium
Dr. Gerald McKenny, University of Notre Dame “Can Appeals to Human Nature Constrain Biotechnology?”
Apr 02, 2018
PhD student receives Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship
Religious Studies PhD Student, Miriam DeCock, was recently awarded a highly competitive and two-year Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship at Aarhus University in Denmark.
Mar 26, 2018
Introducing CRESS Fellow - Gerjan Altenburg
A PhD candidate in the Department of Religious Studies, Gerjan is especially interested in Buddhism and East Asian Religions. He is creating a series of infographics presenting a map of the intertexuality of some Buddhist monastic commentaries found within the Tibetan Buddhist Canon. Gerjan says that “this project will be helpful to scholars and translators working on Buddhist monastic literature in the Canon.” Gerjan is sponsored by Dr. Shayne Clarke.
Mar 21, 2018