Congratulations to Katarina Jakimier, who just graduated with a double honors in Psychology and Religious Studies. Her thesis, supervised by Dr. Jason Roberts, is called "What Never Leaves: The Persistence and Scaffolding of Religious Magical Belief in Late Childhood.” tinyurl.com/yzcxwtea

Visit the Religiology blog to read about our recent event with the Caribbeanist Labs on Religion, as Dr. Maya Berry spoke about her award-winning monograph, Defending Rumba in Havana: The Sacred and Black Corporeal Undercommons. tinyurl.com/2zkpz2vr

Visit the Religiology blog to read about our recent colloquium with Dr. Jerome Copulsky about his book American Heretics: Religious Adversaries of Liberal Order. tinyurl.com/4hx82362

Visit the Religiology blog to read about Dr. Mallory Matsumoto and her event from February discussing her recently published book, The Maya Myths: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, and Ancestors. tinyurl.com/4cnjrwtu

Vist the Life and Letters online magazine to read an interview with Dr. Brent Landau about his love of the cosmos and his popular UGS course "Religion and Outer Space." lifeandletters.la.utexas.edu/2026/03/figu...

Visit the Religiology blog to read about our colloquium last month with Dr. Ahmad Greene-Hayes, centering on his recent book, Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion-Making in Jim Crow New Orleans. tinyurl.com/ybtbnj3h

Kudos to our Department Manager, Michelle Harris, whose debut novel, A Latte Like Love, was published today by Berkley, a Penguin Random House imprint! Read more about Michelle, the book, and where to buy it at tinyurl.com/3dhymza3

Join us in congratulating Dr. Christian Blake Pye, who was recently elected as a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows! Read more about his studies and the appointment at tinyurl.com/4yjm3bjs

Visit the Religiology blog to read about our recent colloquium with Dr. Nicholas Harkness, discussing the sonic worlds of Korean Pentecostals and reflecting on the relationship between sound and religion. tinyurl.com/483yn2fb

Visit the Religiology blog to read about our recent departmental colloquium with Dr. Toni Alimi from Princeton on his recent book, Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics. tinyurl.com/y8v7ptkc

Visit the COLA newsletter Extra Credit to read an interview with Dr. Chad Seales about the relationship and interconnected history of religion and AI. utaustinliberalarts.substack.com/p/deus-ex-ma...

Join us Friday, Nov. 7, for our colloquium with Dr. Nicholas Harkness from Harvard, discussing his recently published chapter, "Sound," in Critical Terms for Religious Studies (2nd Ed.). 11:30am-1:30pm in BME 3.204. Please email [email protected] to RSVP and receive the materials.

Check out the link below to read COLA's Life & Letters article about Religious Studies professor Dr. Jason Roberts’s research and teaching on shamanism: lifeandletters.la.utexas.edu/2025/09/tuva...

The Department of Religious Studies is seeking to appoint a one-year postdoctoral fellow with a specialization in Religion and Health. Please visit tinyurl.com/3tf6cftf for the job posting and more information. Review of applications will begin Dec. 1, 2025.

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Mallory Matsumoto on her new book, The Maya Myths: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, and Ancestors, published by Thames & Hudson on September 30, 2025. This is sure to become the standard introduction to Mayan myths for years to come! tinyurl.com/5ftyrwf3

The Department of Religious Studies is seeking to appoint a two-year postdoctoral fellow with a specialization in Religion, Healing, and Magic in Late Antiquity. Please visit tinyurl.com/2k8bmyz5 for the job posting and more information. Review of applications will begin Oct. 31, 2025.

On Monday, Oct. 20, we will host Dr. Toni Alimi from Princeton for our departmental colloquium, discussing excerpts from his recent book, Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics. Please email [email protected] to RSVP and receive materials if interested.

Congratulations to Dr. Chad Seales on the publication of his new edited volume, The Routledge Handbook of Religion and American Culture. This volume represents the cutting-edge of scholarship on religion in the U.S. and an indispensable resource for students and scholars. tinyurl.com/yc4b29j5

We're excited to announce our newest faculty member, Dr. Katherine Taronas. An art historian who focuses on the art and architecture of the Late Antique Mediterranean and Byzantine Empire, Dr. Taronas starts this Fall as Assistant Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions. tinyurl.com/33by4kwb

Visit the Religiology blog to read about our recent conference from earlier this month, "Neighborhood Religion in Roman Antiquity." tinyurl.com/yue9bsyy

Visit the Religiology blog to read about our conference from April, Imagining the Dazzling Body. tinyurl.com/mx9yp2se

This year we were able to offer several of our students Field Research Grants to pursue their studies in places outside of UT. Visit the Religiology blog to read about their travels. sites.utexas.edu/religiology/

Visit the Religiology blog to read about The Mormon Giant, a documentary about the history of the Church of Latter-day Saints through the lens of professional wrestling. tinyurl.com/yc86cuh4

Visit the Religiology blog to read about a conference we held last month on Islamic Distinction led by international scholars. tinyurl.com/tbj58uzd

Visit the Religiology blog to read how former UT grad Nishita Pondugula is using her Religious Studies major in pursuit of her OB/GYN. tinyurl.com/3ytkdmm6

Come see The Mormon Giant, a new documentary by David Walker, Assc. Prof. of Religion Studies at UC Santa Barbara, on the history of the Church of LDS as told through the lens of professional wrestling. Thursday, 4/17, 5:00pm at the Prothro Theater in the HRC. More info: tinyurl.com/5dttydcv

Visit the Religiology blog to read about our recent colloquium with Rice professor Dr. Judith Brunton, speaking about religion, oil, and the Calgary Stampede. tinyurl.com/mrzku64m

Visit the Religiology blog to read an interview with a former UT Religious Studies grad who used data analytics to track the frequency of religious terms in political rhetoric through the years. tinyurl.com/2ue2hazs

Visit our Religiology blog to read a book review on portraiture and sacred imagery in the early modern Hispanic world, by current PhD student Marina Schneider. tinyurl.com/2vya6z69

Hello! We're the Department of Religious Studies at UT-Austin. As we transition here to Bluesky, please visit our website or our Religiology blog to learn more about us. liberalarts.utexas.edu/rs/ sites.utexas.edu/religiology/