Religious Studies News
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- UT’s I-House to Host Discussion of ‘Christianity in the Middle East’
- Alvin Rosenfeld to Visit UT
- The Department of Religious Studies and the Fern and Manfred Steinfeld Program in Judaic Studies are the recipients of the second Schusterman Visiting Israel Professor for 2009-2010.
- The Department of Religious Studies and the Fern and Manfred Steinfeld Program in Judaic Studies received a private gift to fund the Diane and Guilford Glazer Teaching Fellow in Modern Hebrew for 2009-2010.
- Shepardson Receives Two AAR Awards
- An evening with Dr. Donna Freitas, author of Sex and the Soul
- Dr Tina Shepardson speaks on WBIR TV about Gender and Bible Translations
- Igal Bursztyn, Schusterman Visiting Israel Professor, to give lecture on "Film and Zionism: Cinema in Jewish Cultural Renewal from 1896-2009."
- Marco Di Giulio has been chosen as the 2009-10 Diane and Guilford Glazer Teaching Fellow in Modern Hebrew
- Faculty Updates
- Professor Rosalind I. J. Hackett Delivered Lectures to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Policy
- Religious Studies Department Hosts Israeli Professor
- Shepardson wins ACLS Fellowship
- Statement by Professor Miriam Levering on Future of Religious Studies
- Board to Determine Fate of Religious Studies
- Mark Hulsether has published an article in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Transnational American Studies.
- Conference & Research Workshop - Lost in Translation? Comparing Local and Global Interpretations of Religios Freedom
- Rosalind I.J. Hackett Named QUEST Scholar of the Week
- In Memoriam: David Laird Dungan
- Rosalind I. J. Hackett, wins Lorayne W. Lester Award at the College of Arts and Sciences Fall Convocation
- Dr. Christine Shepardson Named Quest Scholar of the Week
- Lecture by Dr. Rivka Ribak, “People of the Book: Resistances to the Media in Israel,” Thursday, November 6
- UT Alumnus Phillip Moffitt to Give Book Talk at Hodges Library
- Notre Dame Hesburgh Lecture - Donald Kommers
- Dr Bolaji Campbell Lecture
- Former Department Head professor Stan Lusby Dies
- UT Selected to Host Visiting Professor from Israel
- Dr. Heffernan to Receive Honorary Doctor of Law Degree
- UT Group Organizes Second 'Knoxville Jazz for Justice' Concert to Help Children in Northern Uganda
- Pearl to Speak About Jewish Faith and the Vols' Trip to Europe
- Students Build on National Ramadan Fast-a-thon Founded by UT Group
- Lecture to Explore 'The Search for the American Jesus'
- Students and Faculty Use Music and Lobbying to Aid Northern Ugandan Children
- UT Professors Receive National Humanities Fellowships
Media
Since many of our faculty members do media interviews and pieces for various publications, the department is proud of this branch of our activities and would like to share them with you. Please feel free to look over the media items below.
- "Media and religions in Africa: Professor Rosalind Hackett explains her concerns" by Hélène Michaud for Radio Netherlands Worldwide
- "Jazz funds better life for girls in Uganda" by Ansley Haman for knoxnews.com