rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Visit the Religiology blog to read about PhD student Peyton White's recent archival trips to Jamaica and the UK studying early Rastafari. tinyurl.com/y799nudh 001
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Visit the link to read about an upcoming event on September 17, "The Apostle Thomas, the Taxila Cross, and Christian Origins in Pakistan" with Nadeem Omar Tarar and our own Brent Landau. tinyurl.com/mrwhkpny 011
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Check out the Religiology blog to read about a recent exhibit in Austin featuring indigenous art: threads & patterns: living indigenous art of the americas. tinyurl.com/59br5tz9 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Welcome to Religious Studies, Marina Smith! Dr. Smith is now 50% in RS and is our new Undergraduate Faculty Advisor. liberalarts.utexas.edu/rs/news/the-... 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Congratulations to Dr. Nathan Leach, whose book—Revelation as Divination: Divine Presence and Knowledge in Oracles, Mysteries, and the Apocalypse of John—was recently published. Dr. Leach is an RS PhD and currently Asst. Prof. of Instruction in Religious Studies at Texas State. tinyurl.com/kse46es8liberalarts.utexas.eduNew Book by RS Alumnus Dr. Nathan Leach!Wednesday, August 19, 2026 Kudos to Dr. Nathan Leach, whose first monograph was published last month! The book is called Revelation as Divination: Divine Presence and Knowledge in Oracles, Mysteries... 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Congratulations to Dr. Michael Amoruso, whose book Moved by the Dead: Haunting and Devotion in São Paulo, Brazil was published by The University of North Carolina Press. Dr. Amoruso is a graduate of our program and is now Associate Professor of Religion at Occidental College. tinyurl.com/4sjrc6tstinyurl.comNew Book by RS Alumnus Michael Amoruso!Congratulations to Dr. Michael Amoruso, whose book Moved by the Dead: Haunting and Devotion in São Paulo, Brazil was published by The University of North Carolina Press in their Where Religion Lives s... 010
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Be sure to check out the below Times Literary Supplement review on Prof. Matthew Larsen’s co-authored book, Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration. www.the-tls.com/classics/rom... 001
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Congratulations to Dr. Megan Case on publishing her book, Productive and Disordered Bodies: Judges 19-21 as a Somatic Society, with Sheffield Phoenix Press! Dr. Case was one of our first PhD graduates and is now Assistant Professor of Religion at Bethany College. tinyurl.com/5hafjtxb 010
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The Department of Religious Studies is delighted to announce another new addition to its faculty, Dr. Phillip Lieberman! Along with joining our faculty cohort, Dr. Lieberman is also the next Director of the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies. Read more about him at the link. tinyurl.com/5xnk9pry 010
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The Department of Religious Studies is pleased to announce a new addition to its faculty, Dr. Matthew Larsen! We're excited to have him join our outstanding faculty cohort as an Associate Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions. Read more about him at the link. tinyurl.com/2s3bs2yp 032
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Check out this important RNS/Texas Tribune news piece published today! It’s co-authored by Chloe Landen, UT Religious Studies PhD student, who has an ACLS summer internship with RNS. religionnews.com/2026/06/25/r...religionnews.comAs some praise Texas’ proposed ‘Judeo-Christian’ curriculum, rabbis say it dismisses JudaismAUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — The phrase ‘Judeo-Christian’ was frequently heard this week in support of Texas’ revised public school curriculum, even as many Jewish testifiers distanced themselves from the te... 010
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026The Department of Religious Studies heartily congratulates its four students who were awarded PhDs and participated in the ceremonial hooding at the 2026 Graduate School commencement: Dr. Quan Gan, Dr. Hannah Lents, Dr. Sarah Summers, Dr. Gary Wallin tinyurl.com/ya2nxdw2 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Visit the Religiology blog to read about our spring colloquium with Dr. Sarah Rollens, discussing her recent work, “An Unknown Stranger: The Representation of Jesus in W.E.B. Du Bois’s ‘Jesus Christ in Texas.’” tinyurl.com/2t468tyt 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Congratulations 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/yzcxwteanews.utexas.eduA Longhorn on PointeSenior Katarina Jakimier does it all on the Forty Acres — and gracefully. 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Visit 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 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Visit 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 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Visit 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 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Vist 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... 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Visit 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 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Kudos 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 092
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Join 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 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Visit 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 010
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Visit 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 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Visit 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... 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Join 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 religiousstudies@austin.utexas.edu to RSVP and receive the materials. 010
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Check 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... 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025The 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. 011
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Congratulations 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 010
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 15/10/2025The 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. 001
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 14/10/2025On 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 religiousstudies@austin.utexas.edu to RSVP and receive materials if interested. 030
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Congratulations 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 011
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 10/10/2025We'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 020
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Visit the Religiology blog to read about our recent conference from earlier this month, "Neighborhood Religion in Roman Antiquity." tinyurl.com/yue9bsyy 020
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Visit the Religiology blog to read about our conference from April, Imagining the Dazzling Body. tinyurl.com/mx9yp2se 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 19/05/2025This 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/sites.utexas.eduReligiologyBloglovinEmailFacebookReligious Studies at the University of Texas 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Visit 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 010
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Visit the Religiology blog to read about a conference we held last month on Islamic Distinction led by international scholars. tinyurl.com/tbj58uzdtinyurl.comIslamic Distinction: Truth, Secularity, MessianismBloglovinEmailFacebook 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Visit 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 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Come 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 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Visit 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 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Visit 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 010
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Visit 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 000
rsutaustin.bsky.social @rsutaustin.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Hello! 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/ 060
