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  • Hired Professor Kiesha Martin
  • Hired Professor Karin Meyers
  • Professor Perry Zurn published (September 2024), a co-edited collection that establishes trans philosophy as a unique field of inquiry and offers fresh perspectives on trans theory and politics. Zurns forthcoming book, (January 2025), tells stories of how trans individuals make history, resist, and foster hope within academia, drawing from local archives and over 100 interviews from the Five Colleges in Massachusetts (Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and University of Massachusetts, Amherst).
  • Read about MA student Julie Williams-Reyes,油51画鋼 changemaker.油

  • Jin Y. Park discusses Kim Iryps life and philosophy on the.

  • Faculty memberOnaje Woodbine油敬姻看岳艶油油油庄稼油Religion & Politics.

  • As part ofDr. Perry Zurn's"Curiosity, Politics, and the Public Realm" graduate seminar, students pitched episode ideas to Lynn Borton, executive producer of thepodcast. Now those episodes are being released! Check out Matt Ferguson'sand Julie Williams-Reyes' "." Hear Dr. Zurn discuss his newest work on the .

  • Edward Guetti published the article ""

  • Shubha Pathak published the article "" in the International Journal of Hindu Studies.

  • Andrew Wagner was the winner of the Killam Fellowship from the Universityof Newfoundland.

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    Onaje Woodbine presented the annual Frederic C. Wood Lecture, entitled, .

  • Hired Professor Jerome Clarke

  • Professor Onaje Woodbine received tenure

  • Professor Edward Guetti published an article, ""

  • Professor Shubha Pathak published an article, ", in a special issue (Transdisciplinary Approaches to the Rmya畊a and Mahbhrata) of the journal Religions of South Asia.油

  • Andrew Wagner was the winner of the Killam Fellowship from the Universityof Newfoundland.

  • There will be an upcoming conference in October, stay tuned for details!

  • Professor and Department ChairJin Y. Parkwas elected Vice President of the, the world's largest (more than 8,000 members) scholarly society dedicated to the study of religion. She will be President-Elect and then President over the next three years, and is the first scholar of the East Asian traditions to be elected since the founding of AARin 1909.油Professor Park also received the Uberoi Foundation Religious Studies grant in the amount of $25,000 for her project on Buddhism and Non-violence.
  • 永姻看韓艶壊壊看姻油Onaje Woodbinereceived a $40,000 First Book Grant for Scholars of Color from the Louisville Institute for his book,油Take Back What the Devil Stole: An African American Prophet's Encounters in the Spirit World(Columbia University Press).
  • 永姻看韓艶壊壊看姻油Perry Zurnhas published a new book,油Curiosity and Power: The Politics of Inquiry,油.

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