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.

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

Christopher Hurt graduated in 2008 with an REL major and a minor in Creative Writing. Now living in Los Angeles and training dogs at The Zoom Room, he is pursuing a career in music: recently singing and playing Hammond Organ in the Jamestown Pagans who recently released their first album.   After graduating Christopher Hurt also contributed to the RELblog read here.

Christopher Hurt graduated in 2008 with an REL major and a minor in Creative Writing. Now living in Los Angeles and training dogs at The Zoom Room, he is pursuing a career in music: recently singing and playing Hammond Organ in the Jamestown Pagans who recently released their first album.   After graduating Christopher Hurt also contributed to the RELblog read here.