NEXT is a peer-reviewed journal of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder featuring insightful work from the next generation of religious studies scholars. Volume 6 (2019) can be found .

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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 a lunch colloquium with Dr. Petersen on Thursday January 24 at 12:00pm in HUMN 230.  Please RSVP for lunch to religious.studies@colorado.edu by January 21.

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Two Religious Studies MA Students, Dillon Webster and Eben Yonnetti, Received 2017-2018 Fulbright Awards.

Dillon Webster's project will be taking place in Barcelona Spain.  Eben Yonnetti will be completing his Fulbright work in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, India.  Congratulations Dillon and Eben! 

Read about Dillon, Eben and all of CUs Fulbright winners .

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A library exhibit on "Tantric Ritual in Tibetan Buddhism" opened Wednesday, April 12 on the third floor of Norlin Library, next to the entrance to the stacks. It features an image of Dorje Drolö based on a liturgy from the collected works of the contemporary Nyingma master, Dudjom Rinpoche, and an array of ritual implements, displayed as if someone was engaging in the practice. The exhibit provides an inviting glimpse into the world of tantric ritual with explanations of the liturgical context and the individual implements on display.

The exhibit was designed by Eben Yonnetti, MA student in Religious Studies and Provost Fellow for the University Libraries. It celebrates the collaboration between the Tsadra Foundation and CU Boulder, since the ritual featured comes from a recent donation of Tibetan texts by Tsadra to the University Libraries. The exhibit is also timed to amplify a lecture by Jacob Dalton on Monday, April 17th on "Evoking Enlightenment: The Rise of Poetic Language in Early Tantric Ritual."

Thanks to the Tsadra Director of Research, Marcus Perman, for lending many of the ritual implements on display; to the CU Boulder Libraries, the Provost Fellowship, and the Tibet Himalayan Initiative for funding this exhibit; and to the Rubin Museum of Art for granting permission to use the scroll painting image on display.

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Professor Brian Catlos' Mediterranean Studies Group was recently highlighted in the Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine.  Religious Studies graduate students Dillon Webster and Jeffrey Baron were also featured in the article for their work with the Mediterranean Studies Group.  

Read the article .

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Caitlyn Brandt, MA candidate, received the CU Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grant to help fund her research at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation last fall.  Congratulations Caitlyn! 

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Alumnus of the Department of Religious Studies, John Lauer, was instrumental in helping to craft and pass a recent bill for healthcare for firefighters.  John is pictured below with President Obama after the bill was passed. 

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The Department of Religious Studies welcomes a new cohort of eleven graduate students this year from around the United States and the world.  

Please join us in welcoming:

Jeffrey Baron (University of California, Santa Cruz), advisee of Prof. Brian Catlos
Bian Bingxia (South Central University for Nationalities), advisee of Prof. Terry Kleeman
Michael Connelly (Northern Arizona University), advisee of Prof. Loriliai Biernacki
Saman Fazeli (University of Tehran), advisee of Profs. Aun Ali and David Shneer
Cynthia Howard (University of Colorado Boulder), advisee of Prof. Deborah Whitehead
Mark Joseph (University of Oxford), advisee of Prof. Elias Sacks
Celetia Liang (College of Wooster), advisee of Prof. Terry Kleeman
Lucas Lognion (Louisiana St University, Baton Rouge), advisee of Prof. Loriliai Biernacki
Alex Reppe (University of Rhode Island), advisee of Prof. Sam Gill
Cameron Rowlett (University of North Carolina, Asheville), advisee of Prof. Deborah Whitehead
Joshua Shelton (Naropa University), advisee of Prof. Holly Gayley

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