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News

Cuilan Liu Published in BuddhistRoad Paper: “Law and Slavery on the Silk Roads: How Did Buddhist Monks and Nuns Participate in the Slave Trade?"
Religious Studies Student, Yasmeen Gauri, Wins Iris Marion Young Award
Latest News from Dr. Brock Bahler
Coming Up: A Mini-Series on Religion and Mental Health as part of the Year of Emotional Well-Being.
Marcela Perdomo: Africana Sacred Healing Arts at University of Yale
Visiting Lecturer Marcela Perdomo's Recent Publication
Postdoctoral Fellow Marcela Perdomo's work published in Journal of Africana Religions
Dr. Jonathan Weinkle to present at the Conference on Medicine and Religion in March
Dr. Paula M. Kane to moderate two colloquiums this month
Article by Dr. Rebecca Denova Goes Viral
Lecture: CRISPR: Ethics and Jewish Law 3.2.21
2021 Summer Courses Announced
Dr. Rebecca Denova nominated as Most Valuable Professor
Dr. Daniel Heifetz publishes new book; the Science of Satyug
Shazam! Jewish Biblical Texts Transformed by the Power of Pictures, A Four-Part Lecture/ Workshop Series
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Department of Religious Studies

Department of Religious Studies

2604 Cathedral of Learning 
4200 Fifth Avenue 
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

412-624-7232
relgst@pitt.edu

Contact

Department Chair: 
Adam Shear

Director of Undergraduate Studies:
Dr. Brock Bahler

Administrator:
Allison Thompson
 

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