Department of Religious Studies
News
Department News
New Graduate Student Fellowship Established by Alumna
Barbara "Lilan" Laishley (PhD, 2004) has established the Fred W. Clothey Fund for the Study of South Asia and Ritual to support student conference participation and research-related travel. The Fund honors Fred W. Clothey who became Professor Emeritus in May 2006. For information on how to contribute to the Fund see Friends or contact Donna Walker at 412.624.5990. For information on applying to the fund, visit Fellowships and Financial Support.
Announcing New Religious Studies Courses
- Zinneke Parade, Grand Place, Brussels
RELGST 1143: Death in the Name of God—Martyrs and Martyrdom
Instructor: Rebecca Denova
RELGST 1148: Religions of Ancient Egypt
Meets requirements: REG
Instructor: Rebecca Denova
RELGST 0090: Myth in the Ancient Near East
Meets requirements: IFN, REG
RELGST 1145: Greco-Roman Religions
Cross-listed with CLASS 1402
Meets requirements: IFN
Instructor: Rebecca Denova
RELGST 1148: Religions of Ancient Egypt
Meets requirements: REG
Instructor: Rebecca Denova
RELGST 1372: Catholicism in the New World
Cross-listed with HIST 1051
Instructor: Paula M. Kane
REL 2750: Ethnography
Instructor: Clark Chilson
Milica Bakić-Hayden Joins our Faculty Full-time
We are delighted to be seeing more of Milica Bakić-Hayden, who joins the department as a visiting lecturer in academic year 2008. A longtime popular instructor on Orthodox Christianity, comparative mysticism and saints, and recent recipient of a United States Institute of Peace Fellowship for the project "On Common Ground: Christianity and Islam in the Balkans" (2005-2006), Milica Bakić-Hayden, who holds a PhD from the University of Chicago in South Asian religion, now also offers courses on religion in India and in the Balkans.