RLST News and Events

The Department of Religious Studies is pleased to host a lecture by Dr. Kristian Petersen titled Interpreting Islam in China on Wednesday, January 23rd at 6pm. Dr. Petersen is an Assistant Professor at Old Dominion University and an alum of CU’s Religious Studies Master’s program. Graduate students are invited to...

Read about Dr. SamBoyd's work with the Bible in the A&S Magazine here .

Brian Catlos’s latest book, Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain (Basic: 2018) is now available as an audio book on audible.com — listen to it here .

Prof. Catlos’s latest book, Kingdoms of Faith. A New History of Islamic Spain, is reviewed this week in the AAR’s Reading Religion ; see the review here: http://readingreligion.org/books/kingdoms-faith

Professor Sam Boyd was featured in the Daily Camera on 10/17 as one of 9 faculty fellows who presented "TED-style" talks as part of CU's Research and Innovation Week. Professor Sam Boyd and the other RIO Faculty Fellows Read entire article here.

Professor Brian Catlos' recent article entitled "Western Culture’ and Where it Really Came From" on the Hurst Publishers' website. Catlos writes: This summer President Trump warned European leaders that immigration is “a very negative thing” and is in danger of “changing their culture.” It is a statement that resonates with...

From June 3 to 24, Aun Hasan Ali was a Short-term Visitor at the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. The visitorship was part of the School of Historical Studies' Shii Studies Research Program . During his stay, Dr. Ali studied Istiqsa al-i’tibar fi sharh al-istibsar with Dr. Hassan...

The Department of Religious Studies received a generous gift from Dr. Douglas Sparks, a frequent auditor of our courses and now a friend of the department. Sparks’ gift will support undergraduate students and will create a mentorship program through which friends of the department will support students through grants and...