The Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Congratulations to newly minted PhDs Hector Kilgoe and Kirby Sokolow, who received their degrees today!
Looking forward!
Happening tomorrow!
Dr. Sokolow defended her doctoral dissertation in Religious Studies last week!
Congratulations to Austin McCredie (RELS doctoral student) and Dr. Kirby Sokolow (recent RELS PhD), who have both won student paper prizes!
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Congratulations to Prof. Justin McDaniel, who has been named as one of Cultured Magazine’s @culturedmag.com.web.brid.gy Cult100 list of "100 luminaries and rising talents shaping the world around us"!
Prof. McDaniel was recognized as part of a gala event at the Guggenheim Museum on April 30.
This past weekend, several undergraduate students in RELS classes took a tour of religious sites in Philadelphia's Old City led by Dr. Dave Krueger of the Dialogue Institute!
Many thanks to RELS majors Sergio Carballido and Daniella Kohn for organizing the tour!
Our final RELS colloquium of the year is happening this Thursday!
"Vodou, a Phylum: Transmission, Cosmic Ecologies, and Global Circulation in African Indigenous Spirituality"
Angelantonio Grossi (Penn Center for Experimental Ethnography)
Apr 16, 2026 at 3:30pm - 5:00pm | Cohen 204
Prof. Jamal Elias in conversation about his book *After Rumi: The Mevlevis and Their World*.
Humanities Conference Room, Williams Hall 623, 255 S 36th St.
April 29, 5:00—6:30 pm
Free and open to the public. Registration required. A reception will follow.
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The Graduate Group in Religious Studies is pleased to announce that Dr. Kirby Sokolow has received a prestigious Engaged Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Syracuse University Humanities Center!
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Congratulations, Dr. Sokolow!
The U Penn academic built a devoted following by rejecting traditional classroom norms—and insisting on no phones or sex.
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Presented in collaboration with Penn's Middle East CenterAfter Rumi: The Mevlevis and Their World by Jamal J. Elias is the first major book since the mid-20th century to focus on Rumi’s religious, soc...
Happening this week with @bethhurd.bsky.social!
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Borders and Borderlessness: The Religious Politics of American Power
RELS Colloquium/PSCI Forum
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd (Northwestern)
Apr 9, 2026 at 4:30pm - 6:00pm | The Forum, PCPSE 250, 133 S. 36th Street
Our final RELS colloquium of the year is happening this Thursday!
"Vodou, a Phylum: Transmission, Cosmic Ecologies, and Global Circulation in African Indigenous Spirituality"
Angelantonio Grossi (Penn Center for Experimental Ethnography)
Apr 16, 2026 at 3:30pm - 5:00pm | Cohen 204
Congratulations to Dr. Kirby Sokolow, who successfully defended her dissertation "Buddhism Behind Bars: Transforming Race, Religion, and Power" this afternoon!
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Prof. Jolyon Thomas (supervisor), Dr. Kirby Sokolow, Prof. Donovan Schaefer (Graduate Chair)
