Associated Faculty

Graduate Group Faculty

Daud Ali Associate Professor South Asia	Dan Ben-Amos Professor Jewish folklore African folklore Prose Narrative	Rita Copeland Professor Medieval literataure Literary theory History of rhetoric	Karen Detlefsen Associate Professor Early Modern Philosophy Philosophy of Biology Women in Philosophy
Talya Fishman Associate Professor Med. & Early Mod. Judaism Sense & Memory Medieval Legal Cultures	Paul R. Goldin Professor Chinese Thought	Sarah Barringer Gordon Professor Religion and the Law American Legal History	Campbell Grey Assistant Professor Roman history People & their environments Marginal populations
Renata Holod Professor Art Archaeology Visual Culture	Ann Kuttner Associate Professor Hellenistic, Roman Late Antique Material culture	Joseph E. Lowry Associate Professor Islamic law Arabic literature classical Islamic thought	Victor H. Mair Professor Buddhist popular literature Chinese fiction Archaeology in China
Robert Maxwell Associate Professor History of Art Medieval Art & Architecture	Ann E. Mayer Associate Professor law in the Middle East internat'l human rights law	Michael Meister Professor History of Art Indian Subcontinent Temple Architecture	Ann Moyer Associate Professor Renaissance Europe 16th-Century Italy
Projit Mukharji Assistant Professor Subaltern sciences South Asia sciences Globalization	Deven M. Patel Assistant Professor Sanskrit language & literature Indian literature Indian philosophy	Simon Richter Professor 18th-century literature gender studies the body	Charles Brian Rose Professor Mediterranean archaeology Roman art
David B. Ruderman Professor Jewish culture Medieval Period Early Modern period	Thomas Max Safley Professor early modern Europe economic & social history	Barbara D. Savage Professor African American history American religious movements media & politics	Heather Sharkey Associate Professor Islamic world modern Middle East Muslim, Christian, Jewish rela
Ramya Sreenivasan Associate Professor South Asia colonialism & modernity gender history	David M. Stern Professor Classical Jewish literature History of the Jewish book	Eve M. Troutt Powell Associate Professor Africa & the MIddle East History	Julia Verkholantsev Assistant Professor Slavic cultural history
Ilya Vinitsky Associate Professor Russian literature intellectual & spiritual histo	David Wallace Professor Medieval period Early Modern period	Liliane Weissberg Professor Comparative Literature German-Jewish writing 18th-century literature	Beth S. Wenger Professor American Jewish history
Melissa Wilde Sociology of Religion Social Movements Culture

Adjunct Faculty

Natalie B. Dohrmann

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Rabbinic Judaism

Jewish and Roman Law

Jay C. Treat

Adjunct Associate Professor

Christian Origins

history of interpretation

humanities computing

Visiting Scholars

Benjamin J. Fleming

Visiting Scholar

Medieval South Asia

Sanskrit Manuscripts

Sacred Geography

News

UPennRELS on Tumblr!

Follow our Tumblr for more department news as well as videos, images, etc., related to the academic study of religion at Penn and beyond.

RELS profs in the DP

Recent articles have included an article mentioning Justin McDaniel as among those Penn profs whose courses “spark a genuine interest"; a profile of Anthea Butler; and an op-ed mentionning RELS 133

Prof. Butler in SAS Frontiers

"Root Causes: Anthea Butler gives the issue of black women’s hair care an academic spin." See also the media coverage of her symposium on The Politics of Black Women's Hair on MSNBC and the Grio.

Prof. Elias and Prof. McDaniel awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

We are proud and excited to announce TWO 2012 Guggenheim awardees in our department!

Prof. Matter wins TCPW/Provost Award

Ann Matter was chosen to receive the 2012 TCPW/Provost Award, which recognizes significant contributions in advancing the role of women in higher education and research at Penn.

RELS 400 at CPAC

Students in Prof. Butler's "The Religious Right in America" went to Washington DC for the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference.

RELS Major Emily Goshey Featured in SAS Frontiers

An article in SAS Frontiers explores RELS major's research and fieldwork with local Muslim communities.

50th year of Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins!

See the PSCO website for video of panels reflecting on the origins and history of PSCO, the category of "Christian Origins", and authors, genres, and books in antiquity - part of our year-long discussions in honour of PSCO's 50th year.

Prof. Butler on Pope Francis I

Hear her thoughts on the new pope on NPR and read her blog post on History News Network.

Prof. Reed discusses her experiences as a College House Fellow

Recent essay in the Penn Almanac.

Prof. Elias wins AIPS "Best Senior Book" Prize

Prof. Elias' newest book On Wings of Diesel: Identity, Imagination and Truck Decoration in Pakistan (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 2011) has been awarded the "Best Senior Book" prize by the American Institute of Pakistan Studies.

Audio Interview about RELS 356

Listen to Tricycle's on-line interview about Prof. McDaniel's course "Living Deliberately."

Aisha's Cushion in the Literary Review

Prof. Elias' newest book reviewed in The Literary Review.

Excerpt from Prof. Elias's new book

"There exists a widespread belief that Islam can countenance no representational religious art...

Prof. Justin McDaniel wins Kahin Prize for Best Book in Southeast Asian Studies