faculty news

Associate Professor Brian Catlos will speak at the Multicultural Mosaic Foundation on March 13 on "Islamic Spain and Modern Western Culture, or What Bill Gates and Bob Dylan Owe to Medieval Islam."Hard as it may be to believe, if a small Muslim army

The Department of Religious Studies honored Professor Emeritus Fred Denny with a reception and guest lecture on Thursday, February 3rd. The reception was held on the top floor of Old Main with faculty and students in Religious Studies, Islamicists

Emeritus Professor Frederick Denny introduced and moderated a discussion on ethnic diversity and Afghanistan's internal political and cultural problems at a recent meeting of the United Nations Association's Geopolitics session at Boulder Public

Deborah Whitehead presented a paper entitled "Reflections on the Ethics and Aesthetics of Religion in a New Media Age" at the International Conference on Digital Religion, held at CU January 12-15, 2012, and hosted by the Center for Media, Religion

Greg Johnson presented a working paper on the current Kawaiaha`o Church conflict at the University of Colorado Law School Summer Workshop on Law, Religion, and Culture, July 21-22, 2011.

Curious about the new iPhone confession app, virtual puja, or Wikileaks'publication of esoteric religious documents? What is the impact of new technologies on religion today?  How is religion mediated in a digital age?The Department of

On March 2nd and 3rd the Religious Studies Department hosted visiting scholars for two frutiful sessions on religion and digital media in conjunction with the Center for Media, Religion, and Culture. The visiting scholars--depicted in the photograph

Graduate students are invited to join a workshop on "Using Blogs for Assignments," sponsored by the Graduate Teaching Program and led by Religious Studies faculty member, Holly Gayley. The workshop will take place on Tuesday, June 29th

Professor Ku`ualoha Ho`omanawanui of the Department of English at the University of Hawai`i, Manoa will be speaking on her forthcoming article, "What Natives Really Think, About Captain Cook, For Example," in Greg Johnson's "The Past in the Present

On February 26, 2010, nine Tibetan Studies scholars from across North America gathered for a one-day conference titled, Research on Contemporary Tibet: New Challenges, New Methods.  The conference was hosted by three CU faculty in Tibetan