News
Religious Soundmap of the Midwest Featured on Detroit Public Radio
WDET Detroit Public Radio featured a brief segment on the Religious Soundmap of the Midwest Project which is headed by Compartive Studies Professor Isaac Weiner and Amy…
SAGSA and RSR Recent Activities
The South Asia Graduate Studies Association (President and Founder: Amanda Randhawa (Comp Studies), Nithya Rajan (WGSS) vice-president, Archana Venkatesh (History) treasurer, Sri Thakkilapati …
Amanda Randhawa Recieves Travel Grant, Presents Conference Paper
Amanda Randhawa, PhD Student in Comparative Studies, recently received a travel grant from the Sawyer Seminar, "Crossroads: Culture, Politics, and Belief in the Balkans and South Asia (Supported…
Carolyn Elerding Publishes Article in Meditations
Carolyn Elerding, Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Studies, recently had her article, "Mass Online Education: Dialectic of Enlightenment 2.0", published in Meditations. The essay was the…
Tom Kasulis Participates in Three Japanese University Colloquia
During the winter break, Tom Kasulis, Professor of Comparative Studies and Director of the Center for the Study of Religion, participated in three Japanese university colloquia focusing on the…
Washington Post Publishes Piece Written by Isaac Weiner
The Washington Post recently published Professor Isaac Weiner's thoughts on the recent Muslim call to prayer controversy at Duke University. In the piece, Weiner reflects on the similarities of…
Isaac Weiner Wins Global Midwest Grant from Humanities without Walls Consortium
Congratulations to Isaac Weiner, assistant professor in Comparative Studies, who recieved $30,000 for the Religious Soundmap of the Midwest project from the Global Midwest Grants…
CFP: Undisciplined
Undisciplined: A Collaborative Conference Around the Praxis of Interdisciplinarity
As an opportunity to collaborate, corroborate and demonstrate the wide spectrum ofnterdisciplinary…
Students in CS 4597.03 Global Folklore Class videoconference with students at the American University of Cairo
On November 12 and 19 Comparative Studies undergrads in Professor Katherine Borland's Global Folklore course embarked on a global conversation about global folklore in film with students from Prof…