Department of Religious Studies at Brown University

01/28/2026

Check out our new course in East Asian Religions:

04/29/2025

Come hear our RELS Senior Thesis Presentations on May 7! From 1-2:30 in RI Hall 108, three seniors will be presenting with coffee and cake to follow in the RELS Department.

04/16/2025

Join us for the final lecture in the Religious Environments in East Asia series, “Ports, Ships, and Pagodas”! This lecture will be led by Hsueh-man Shen, Ehrenkranz Associate Professor in World Art from the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU. Occurring in RI Hall 108 located at 60 George Street, the lecture will last from 5-6:30pm on Thursday, April 17th.

04/16/2025

Sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, the Bishop McVickar Prize is awarded for the best honors thesis written on any topic related to the academic study of religion. Submissions are welcome from current Brown University students in any concentration, drawing upon any methodology. Endowed in 1909, the prize has been awarded to students from a wide range of concentrations. Prizes typically are awarded to several students.

The deadline for submission for the 2025 prize is 4pm on Monday, April 28.

Please submit an electronic copy to:
Tina Creamer ([email protected]), Department of Religious Studies

Please direct questions to Prof. Jason Protass ([email protected]), Director of Undergraduate Studies for Religious Studies

More information and a list of recent winners, see the department's website:
https://religious-studies.brown.edu/undergraduate/bishop-mcvickar-prizes

01/15/2025

Check out this new course with Prof. Lucia Hulsether

01/13/2025

As you build your Spring 2025 schedule, check out these courses:

12/04/2024

Join us today, Dec. 4 @ 5:30 with a lecture with Anthea Butler, UPENN - Friedman 102

11/13/2024

Happy Fun!

Students at Brown University are all-in when it comes to a popular, grassroots crochet organization that has one goal-- making people smile.

11/12/2024

Consider taking RELS 0089 next semester!

10/28/2024

Tomorrow!!!!

The Departments of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies is pleased to announce a lecture with Caleb Carter, Kyushu University, "Alpinism, Nature, and Ecospirituality at the Turn of Japan's Twentieth Century" on Tuesday, 10/29 at 4pm in Smith Buonanno G18.