Department of Religious Studies

Prof. Ioannis Xydopoulos, of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, will be visiting UA and the Department of Religious Studies as part of the Alabama-Greece Initiative to meet with his collaborator prof. Vaia Touna. While at the UA he will offer a public lecture: "Macedonia from the 8th-6th c. BCE: Myth, Literary Sources, and Archaeology"  but will also visit Prof. Vaia Touna's class REL341 "Theories of Myth," and meet with faculty and students. Prof. Ioannis Xydopoulos teaches at the School of

Prof. Ioannis Xydopoulos, of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, will be visiting UA and the Department of Religious Studies as part of the Alabama-Greece Initiative to meet with his collaborator prof. Vaia Touna. While at the UA he will offer a public lecture: "Macedonia from the 8th-6th c. BCE: Myth, Literary Sources, and Archaeology"  but will also visit Prof. Vaia Touna's class REL341 "Theories of Myth," and meet with faculty and students. Prof. Ioannis Xydopoulos teaches at the School of

The Dept will host the students accepted into our MA program for Fall '19 and help them get a sense of campus/Tuscaloosa.

The Dept will host the students accepted into our MA program for Fall '19 and help them get a sense of campus/Tuscaloosa.

Prof. Altman has set aside Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday afternoons from noon-3:30 for advising appointments. Students seeking advising should email him a time and date that fits those afternoons so you can chat about the excellent courses we’re offering next semester and how to get you one semester closer to graduation!

Prof. Altman has set aside Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday afternoons from noon-3:30 for advising appointments. Students seeking advising should email him a time and date that fits those afternoons so you can chat about the excellent courses we’re offering next semester and how to get you one semester closer to graduation!

American Examples (AE) is a new working group for young scholars of religion in America not on the tenure track funded by the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. The working group will meet March 22-24, 2019 on the University of Alabama campus and then again at the annual meeting of NAASR and AAR in the fall of 2019. The workshop will culminate in an edited volume of papers produced by participants that will be submitted for publication

American Examples (AE) is a new working group for young scholars of religion in America not on the tenure track funded by the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. The working group will meet March 22-24, 2019 on the University of Alabama campus and then again at the annual meeting of NAASR and AAR in the fall of 2019. The workshop will culminate in an edited volume of papers produced by participants that will be submitted for publication