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Torang Asadi Selected for a Julian Price Graduate Fellowship
Monday, April 23, 2018Ph.D. student Torang Asadi has been awarded a Julian Price Graduate Fellowship for the period of September 1, 2018 - May 31, 2019. The competitive fellowship provides an annual stipend, payment of tuition and fees for the academic year, and a research award to be used towards research... Read More »
Elia Awarded Mellon/ACLS Fellowship
Wednesday, April 18, 2018Matthew ("Matt") Elia, PhD candidate in the Christian Theological Studies track, has been awarded a Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Dissertation Completion Fellowship. Elia is one of 67 applicants to be chosen for the prestigious, 12-month award for which there were in... Read More »
Zoutendam Wins DAAD Grant
Thursday, April 12, 2018What's better than studying German in Germany? Winning a grant to study German in Germany. Erin Zoutendam has done just that. She has won a grant from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) that will pay her course fees and travel to participate in International Summer School... Read More »
Alumna Michelle Wolff Announces New Position
Thursday, April 12, 2018Dr. Michelle Wolff, 2017 Christian Theological Studies alumna of the GPR, has accepted a tenure-track position at Augustana College in the Religion department! Augustana College is located in Rock Island, Illinois. In addition, Michelle's first peer-reviewed article is out... Read More »
Hwansoo Kim Leaving Duke
Tuesday, April 3, 2018Beloved faculty member Hwansoo Ilmee Kim has accepted an offer at Yale. Yale has created a new position in Korean Studies. An alumnus donated $3 million for an endowment specifically for Korean studies. There is also an endowment of $1.5 million in the Department of Religious Studies that can be... Read More »
Jen Benedict Defends Dissertation
Monday, April 2, 2018PhD candidate in Early Christianity, Jen Benedict, today successfully defended her dissertation entitled "Truth to Power: The Politics of Theological Free Speech in the Cappadocian Fathers and Augustine of Hippo." Serving on her committee were Professors J. Warren Smith (chair),... Read More »
Keegan Defends Dissertation
Friday, March 30, 2018PhD candidate in American Religion Brenna Keegan successfully defended her dissertation today, which was titled "After Eden: Religion and Labor in the American West, 1868-1914." Chair of Religious Studies, David Morgan, chaired her exam committee, and Kate Bowler, Joe Winters, Betsy Olson (UNC-CH... Read More »
Torang Asadi Wins Grant
Thursday, March 29, 2018PhD candidate Torang Asadi won a Graduate Student Training Enhancement Grant, which she plans to use to take human-computer interaction courses to learn different research methods for studying religion and technology! She was also selected to present her dissertation research at an all-expenses... Read More »
Brummitt Defends Dissertation
Thursday, March 29, 2018Jamie Brummitt successfully defended her dissertation "Protestant Relics: Religion, Objects, and the Art of Mourning in the American Republic" March 29, 2018. Her committee was chaired by David Morgan, and other committee members included Annabel Wharton, Grant Wacker, Kate Bowler and Lauren... Read More »
McKinley Defends Dissertation
Tuesday, March 27, 2018Alex McKinley successfully defended his dissertation Wednesday, March 21. His advisor and chair was Leela Prasad, and committee members were Hwansoo Kim, Richard Jaffe, Anne Blackburn, and Laurie Patton. We wish all the best for Alex as he enters the job market.