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"Today's Biggest Blind Spot!" with Dr. Faraz Harsini
Join us on Thursday, November 12th at 5:00 PM for a lecture given by human & animal rights activist, Dr. Faraz Harsini! Dr. Harsini's lecture will explore what he calls "Today's Biggest Blind Spot!"
October 23, 2026Events
Greek Epics, Sanskrit Epics: Kindred Classics, or Cunning Co-Incidence?
Join us on Wednesday, November 4th at 5:00 PM for a lecture given by Dr. Joseph Badawi-Crook from the Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies! Dr. Badawi-Crook will talk about the methods he developed for connecting Greek and Sanskrit epics.
October 23, 2026Events
Sanjay Patel: From Pixar to the Mahabharata
Join us on April 16th at 7:30 PM for a lecture given by Academy Award-Nominated Author, Sanjay Patel! Through a look at his new illustrated retelling of the Mahabharata, his talk will explore how ancient epics can be reinterpreted through contemporary illustration and animation!
April 2, 2026Events
Join Us for a Special Film Screening: ALL ILLUSIONS MUST BE BROKEN- 3/24 at 7:00PM on CWY's 2nd Floor
The Religious Studies Department is hosting a special film screening event with FREE PIZZA!
March 18, 2025Events
Three USF professors partner with communities to make a local, national and global impact
USF professors Will Schanbacher, Heather O’Leary and Christian Wells, are sharing their time, expertise and resources with communities to “build capacity for positive change.”
January 22, 2025Events
Religious Studies welcomed Dr. Steven M. Vose for an overview of historical narratives on Jain-Muslim relations in India
The Department of Religious Studies welcomed Dr. Steven M. Vose, an assistant professor in the Department of History and holder of the Bhagwan Suparshvanatha Professorship in Jain Studies at the University of Colorado-Denver, for a discussion on “Just as When Hindus Ruled: The Sultans of Delhi in Jain History and Memory.”
March 26, 2024Events
Guest speaker Rev. Dr. Kapugollawe Anandakiththi set to discuss UNESCO World Heritage Site Sigiriya
Theravada Buddhist monk and Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, Rev. Dr. Kapugollawe Anandakiththi, will be the guest speaker during an event that will highlight Sigiriya – a 5th-century plateau-top palace situated in Sri Lanka’s serpentine geological zone.
February 28, 2024Events
Department of Religious Studies to host Dr. Steven M. Vose for Jain Community Lecture
The talk, titled “Just as When Hindus Ruled: The Sultans of Delhi in Jain History and Memory,” will highlight two persistent and problematic ways of writing the history of India.
February 28, 2024Events