Combined B.A./M.A. Degree in Religious Studies

Submatriculation toward the M.A. degree in Religious Studies is possible for outstanding majors who submit an acceptable proposal of study to the Undergraduate and Graduate Chairs.

Undergraduate Chair: Justin McDaniel
Graduate Chair: Anthea Butler

News

Religious Studies Adjunct Associate Professor Jay Treat Wins Penn Staff Award!

Jay C. Treat recently won the "silver" award in the School of Arts and Sciences Staff Incentive Program.

Undergraduate Jessie Sun Publishes Article in Major Scholarly Journal in Buddhist Studies

Jessie Sun, a visiting student from New Zealand and based at the University of Melbourne (now) wrote term paper in Penn's Religious Studies course "Introduction to Buddhism." A major scholarly journal in the field published it. You can access it here.

Religious Studies Professor McDaniel and the Penn Ghost Project featured on WHYY/NPR Radio

Check out the latest on the Penn Ghost Project's research:
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/the-pulse/74465-penn-ghost-proj...

Hinduism Presentation

Great story about Religious Studies Department's Major Kim Kolor and her experiences in Sri Lanka and India!

http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-senior-kimberly-kolor-s-journey-...

Welcome Prof. Weitzman!

Prof. Steven Weitzman joins our department as Abraham M. Ellis Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Languages and Literatures, and he is also the new Ella Darivoff Director of the Katz Center of Advanced Judaic Studies.

Prof. Reed to serve as Faculty Master for Fisher Hassenfeld College House

RELS Major James An featured in PennNews

"What started out as a summer volunteer project and a journey to Thailand to learn about Buddhism may lead to a career choice for University of Pennsylvania student James An." [Read more]

New course: "Jesus and Judaism" (RELS 231)

RELS PhD candidate Phil Fackler awarded Critical Writing Fellowship and will teach on "Origins of Evil"

UPennRELS on Tumblr!

Prof. Butler on the 200+ kidnapped and missing girls in Nigeria

RELS Major Kimberly Kolor wins Gelfman International Summer Fund Grant

Excerpt from new volume by Natalie Dohrmann and Annette Yoshiko Reed

RELS PhD student Kameliya Atanasova awarded Maass Memorial Research Grant

Prof. Powell awarded NEH grant

Article in Daily Star about Ramamala Library Project

Prof. Elias' Photography Exhibition Featured by Provost

UPenn Ghost Project Featured in SAS Frontiers Magazine!

Prof. McDaniel Awarded Luce Grant