The Department of Religion at UGA is proud to announce that the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board selected Dr. Kendall Marchman as the 2023-2024 Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Society and Culture. The Fulbright Program promotes understanding and learning between the United States and other countries. Dr. Marchman will travel to Edmonton during the 2023 Fall Semester to work at the University of Alberta.

Congratulations to Nathan Fleeson who completed his PhD under the supervision of Professor Carolyn Medine in Spring 2023.

Congratulations to Dr. Eric Adéwuyì Mason who completed his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Ibigbolade Simon Aderigibe in Fall 2022.

The Department of Religion has received the sad news of the passing of our longtime friend and colleague Prof. Russell Kirkland. In addition to his strong commitment to teaching and his many years of service as undergraduate coordinator, Russ contributed greatly through his many scholarly publications, including his book Taoism: The Enduring Tradition and the articles that he collected on his faculty page. We include his obituary here. 

Jewish Studies and the Department of Religion announce the Spring 2024 launch of the Anne Frank House’s traveling exhibit and experiential learning (EL) program at UGA. This initiative will offer an enriching docent training program that will empower students to engage in public service, community outreach, and DEI education.

The Department of Religion congratulates all of our wonderful students who graduated (or will graduate) from our program with a minor, major, MA, or PhD in 2022-2023. We appreciate the many ways that you have contributed to the life of our department, and we very much hope that you will keep in touch!

We also wish to express our thanks to all the graduates who were able to join us for our departmental graduation ceremony this year. Thank you for making this such an enjoyable event!

Congratulations to Robert Foster, who has been selected as one of the first recipients of UGA’s Non-Tenure Track Faculty Research Excellence Award. This award recognizes exceptional research productivity and commitment to excellence by a non-tenure track faculty member. Recipients demonstrate an exceptional degree of research novelty and impact on their field of study

Prof. Hoda Mahmoudi will give a lecture titled "Institutional and Personal Investment in the Fight Against Racial Prejudice" on April 12 at 4:00pm in Peabody Hall 115. Professor Mahmoudi holds The Bahá’í Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland, College Park.

On April 12, Prof. Hoda Mahmoudi will give a lecture titled "Institutional and Personal Investment in the Fight Against Racial Prejudice." Professor Mahmoudi holds The Bahá’í Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland, College Park.

"The Present and the Future in the Present: Religion, Values, and Climate Change," Joel Robbins, Sigrid Rausing Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge.