Faculty News

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 across campus, along with deans and longtime colleagues. The lecture by...

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 Library.

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, and Culture. She is a faculty member of the CMRC's...

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 Religious Studies invites all Religious Studies graduate students and majors to join us for...

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 above with Reliigous Studies and Journalism faculty--are: Dr. Chris Helland (Sociology of Religion,...

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 from 3:00-4:30pm in ATLAS 200 as part of the summer series on Technology...

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" seminar on Thursday, April 8 at 3:30 pm.

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 Studies, Emily Yeh (Geography), Holly Gayley (Religious Studies), and Carole McGranahan (Anthropology), and sponsored...

On October 15-16th, 2009, Loriliai Biernacki organized a conference, "Sex and Texts: Representations of Sexuality in Asian Religious Traditions," sponsored by the Kayden Award and the Center for Asian Studies. This conference addresses the relationships between sexuality and religious textual traditions, especially focusing on Asian scriptural texts. The conference began...