Undergraduate Religious Studies Association at Indiana University (URSA)

09/21/2023

Undergraduates are invited to engage with Prof. Constance Furey in small, informal discussions on the theme of Lux et Veritas | Light and Truth at the IMU’s Tudor Room while enjoying lunch or dessert and coffee as guests of Themester. Friday, Sept 22 at 1:00pm.

09/12/2023

The Undergraduate Religious Studies Association (URSA) will be holding their annual kickoff party tonight, Thursday, Sept 14, from 6:30-8:00pm In the School for Global and International Studies, Room GA4067. Many faculty members will be attending and it's a great opportunity to introduce yourself and connect with like-minded students. We'll have pizza and cookies, too. All students are welcome!

04/17/2023

Hear Prof. Winni Sullivan talk about her co-edited volume, At Home and Abroad: The Politics of American Religion (Columbia UP, 2021), which bridges the divide in the study of American religion, law, and politics between domestic and international, bringing together diverse and distinguished authors from religious studies, law, American studies, sociology, history, and political science to explore interrelations across conceptual and political boundaries.

An interview with Elizabeth S. Hurd and Winnifred F. Sullivan

04/12/2023

For the past 8 years, the Undergraduate Religious Studies Association (URSA) has hosted a spring symposium. The symposium’s central aim is interdisciplinary conversation about religion. Students from across the humanities—Anthropology, Area Studies, English, Comparative Literature, History, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Sociology, etc.—were welcome to participate. This year, eight participants from universities across the U.S., including Harvard, Virginia, Georgetown, Oberlin, Brown and Indiana presented. Prof. J. Kameron Carter provided the keynote address, titled “Scriptural Whiteness; or, On U.S. Political Theology.”

02/20/2023

Tomorrow night! Join the Walter Center for Liberal Arts Impact on Tuesday, Feb 21 at 7pm. Learn about job opportunities and career paths in these fields. Alumni will tell their story, talk about how studying in these areas launched them on their career, and answer questions about getting the most out of your degree. https://iu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yBrKeLEtTciywf6SldKMPg

02/01/2023

Deadline for URSA Symposium abstracts extended till Friday, Feb 3. Students! An invitation to you for an upcoming undergraduate symposium on March 31-April 1, hosted by Indiana University's Undergraduate Religious Studies Association (URSA). This annual and highly successful symposium is a wonderful opportunity for you to share ideas and gain experience while presenting your work to peers. Submit to: [email protected]

01/18/2023

Students! An invitation to you for an upcoming undergraduate symposium on March 31-April 1, hosted by Indiana University's Undergraduate Religious Studies Association (URSA). This annual and highly successful symposium is a wonderful opportunity for you to share ideas and gain experience while presenting your work to peers. The deadline for abstracts is Jan 30. Submit to: [email protected]

11/07/2022

The Center for Religion and the Human celebrates the first Charles H. Long Memorial Lectures in memory of the eminent theorist of religion and Black culture Charles H. Long (1926–2020) on Friday, November 11 at the Neal-Marshall Grand Hall (4pm). https://events.iu.edu/crh/event/655953-charles-h-long-memorial-lectures-by-carolyn-jones

10/14/2022

Please join us at the Center for Religion & the Human for this event, Monday Oct 17 at 11:30am.

09/14/2022

Tonight!! From 6:30-8pm, come join us as we (URSA) kick off the fall semester! Global and International Studies Bldg, Rm GA4067. Meet faculty and other students, help plan activities for the year and enjoy pizza and cookies.