REL Weekly Minecraft Session
Zoom Link will be predistributedJoin REL students and faculty in Minecraft! Log onto the concurrent Zoom session at 7pm on Thursdays for the details - the link is in your inbox. You can download Minecraft education edition at and log in using your UA credentials to play for free. Email Prof. Wieringa (jewieringa@ua.edu) if you have any questions or need to Zoom link.
Grad Colloquium – Libraries
Rodgers Library 335 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesGrad Colloquium, which occurs twice each semester, provides additional insight into issues in the study of religion, academia and the university generally, and career plans outside academia. Required for first year students, the colloquium is open to any current graduate students in the MA in Religion in Culture. This first colloquium in Fall 2021 will focus on library resources, with James Gilbreath from Gorgas Library.
Grad Colloquium – Libraries
Rodgers Library 335 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesGrad Colloquium, which occurs twice each semester, provides additional insight into issues in the study of religion, academia and the university generally, and career plans outside academia. Required for first year students, the colloquium is open to any current graduate students in the MA in Religion in Culture. This first colloquium in Fall 2021 will focus on library resources, with James Gilbreath from Gorgas Library.
Grad Colloquium – The University
Grad Colloquium, which occurs twice each semester, provides additional insight into issues in the study of religion, academia and the university generally, and career plans outside academia. Required for first year students, the colloquium is open to any current graduate students in the MA in Religion in Culture. This second colloquium in Fall 2021 will focus on navigating the institution of the university, with Russell McCutcheon.
Grad Colloquium – The University
Grad Colloquium, which occurs twice each semester, provides additional insight into issues in the study of religion, academia and the university generally, and career plans outside academia. Required for first year students, the colloquium is open to any current graduate students in the MA in Religion in Culture. This second colloquium in Fall 2021 will focus on navigating the institution of the university, with Russell McCutcheon.
REL Alum Virtual Happy Hour
Zoom Link will be predistributedJoin Prof. Vaia Touna and other faculty at REL's first virtual happy hour of the 2021-22 academic year. There's a new Alum Liaison Committee and there's some planning to be done for alum events. The Zoom link has been emailed to alums, so contact Prof. Touna if you need the link.
REL Alum Virtual Happy Hour
Zoom Link will be predistributedJoin Prof. Vaia Touna and other faculty at REL's first virtual happy hour of the 2021-22 academic year. There's a new Alum Liaison Committee and there's some planning to be done for alum events. The Zoom link has been emailed to alums, so contact Prof. Touna if you need the link.
Grad Tales
Zoom Link will be predistributedKristin Bradbury Salter (BA 2005) was a Phi Beta Kappa REL major and Blount minor. Today she is a board-certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist practicing medicine in the Nashville area. Join REL alum Chris Hurt for a virtual evening of conversation with Kristin -- about her career and the ongoing relevance of her liberal arts education. All REL students will receive the Zoom link ahead of the event.
Grad Tales
Zoom Link will be predistributedKristin Bradbury Salter (BA 2005) was a Phi Beta Kappa REL major and Blount minor. Today she is a board-certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist practicing medicine in the Nashville area. Join REL alum Chris Hurt for a virtual evening of conversation with Kristin -- about her career and the ongoing relevance of her liberal arts education. All REL students will receive the Zoom link ahead of the event.
Day Lecture
Zoom Link will be predistributedJoin REL for an evening with Cody Musselman, our 9th annual Day Lecturer. Nearing completion of her Ph.D at Yale University, her work focuses on such topics as secularism, with a dissertation on the spiritual but not religious (SBNR) fitness cultures of neo-liberal capitalism which involves carrying out fieldwork among CrossFit boxes and SoulCycle studios.