Dr. Jessica Starling, Lewis and Clark College Thursday 9/25/25, 5pm. Broyhill Auditorium (Farrell Hall) Dr. Starling explores the question of where the cremated remains of those diagnosed with Hansen’s disease (also known as leprosy) should be interred: in communal ossuaries at the sanatorium where they […]
Please join us at our Spring 2025 Albritton Lecture Series! On March 18 from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. in the Lower Auditorium Divinity and Religious Studies Building, Dr. Christy Cobb (University of Denver, and MA Religious Studies WFU 2010) and Dr. Katherine Shaner (WFU School […]
Don’t miss the upcoming screening of Rising Hope, a documentary telling the story of a Mississippi Delta community where hope survives, despite generational poverty. The event will be held on the campus of Wake Forest University from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25 in Benson Center, Pugh […]
As he retires from a distinguished 34-year career teaching Hebrew Bible in the Department for the Study of Religions, Professor Kenneth (Ken) Hoglund leaves a legacy of grateful department colleagues and a long line of undergraduate and graduate students whose lives were significantly impacted by […]
Wake Forest Kahle Professor, John Thomas Albritton Fellow, and Chair of the Department for the Study of Religions was recently awarded the Jon Reinhardt Award for Distinguished Teaching, which is given every May to a faculty member holding the rank of associate or […]
At Wake Forest’s 2023 Commencement Ceremony, the Right Reverend Kimberly “Kym” Lucas (WF College ’92, with a double major in Religion and Biology) was awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree. The 11th Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Colorado, Lucas gave this year’s
The Department for the Study of Religions congratulates Professor James (Jay) Ford on the occasion of his retirement on June 30 and expresses deep gratitude for his 25 years of service as a department faculty member. Dr. Ford will become Professor emeritus of Religious […]
Lynn Neal has been named the Easley Professor of Religious Studies. Simeon Ilesanmi has been named the Wake Forest University Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies. Annalise Glauz-Todrank has been awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor of Religious Studies. Kimberly Wortmann is this year’s recipient of […]
The Study of Religions was delighted to welcome award-winning children’s book author Reem Faruqi to two sections of Dr. Kimberly Wortmann’s “Introduction to Islamic Traditions” course on 9.24.2021. Before her arrival at WFU, students in these classes had the opportunity to read and discuss two […]