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Colloquium Series

Hoover Tower

Throughout the year, the Department of Religious Studies organizes 2-4 colloquium meetings each quarter for departmental faculty and graduate students. The colloquia provide an opportunity for the Stanford Religious Studies community to learn about and engage with current research conducted by our faculty, post-docs, and graduate students. Occasionally we also feature the work of scholars beyond Stanford, who join us in person or via zoom. Barbara Pitkin (Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies) coordinates the colloquium series for the department.


 

Upcoming Events

February
18
Date
Wednesday, February 18, 2026, 12:00pm - 1:20pm
February
25
Date
Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 12:00pm - 1:20pm

Writing proposals, grant & fellowship applications in Religious Studies panel

Past Events

January
7
Date
Wednesday, January 7, 2026, 12:00pm - 1:20pm

RS colloquium / CMEMS Workshop

November
12
Date
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:20pm

Graduate student AAR practice session to workshop conference presentations with the RS community. 

October
15
Date
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:30pm

A panel discussion with John Kieshnick, Michael Penn, Rushain Abbasi, Kathryn Gin Lum, and Sunil Persad.

May
21
Date
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:20pm

"How to Read a Text: Knowledge, Ritual, and Understanding in Early Chinese Religion and Philosophy"

 

April
16
Date
Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:20pm

"'There and Back Again'": Teaching about the Bible in American Public Schools

March
5
Date
Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:20pm

"January 6th, the 2024 Election, and the Ongoing Radicalization of American Evangelical Christianity"

February
26
Date
Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:20pm

Comparing and Explaining Experiences of "Presences" (spiritual or not): A case study in bridging between the humanities and the sciences

 

October
30
Date
Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 12:00pm - 1:20pm

SherAli has been teaching at F&M since  2012. He received his PhD in Religious Studies from Duke University in 2012.

May
1
Date
Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 12:00pm - 1:20pm

Traditions of Christian mystical thought rooted in darkness and unknowing have long employed images of the night, the desert and the abyss to signal the power of losses too deep to name or…

April
10