Barnard College News
In this Q&A, Claire Tow Professor of Religion Jack Hawley — unofficially named an honorary citizen of the Braj region of North India earlier this year — discusses India’s religious and cultural landscape.
Barnard publishes two pieces of work, an essay entitled "When Blindness Makes for Sight" and co-edited a book entitled "Bhakti and Power: Debating India's Religion of the Heart."
Kayla Levy ’19 was awarded the inaugural Ingeborg, Tamara, and Yonina Rennert Prize in Jewish Women’s Studies on April 16, 2019.
On March 27, 2019 Rajkamal Prakashan, one of Hindi’s most important presses, released a Hindi version of Jack Hawley’s book "Three Bhakti Voices."
To mark the month of Ramadan (May 14–June 15), an explanation of the significance of the holy month and a definition of an Islamic “super-hero.”
Elizabeth A. Castelli, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Religion, has been named editorial director of Marginalia Review of Books, a new channel of the Los Angeles Review of Books.
Professor Achsah Guibbory on finding contemporary meaning in the works of John Donne.
Prof. Elizabeth Castelli publishes the first English translation of a screenplay by the legendary and controversial Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Religion professor explores the development of Shī‘ī Islam though an examination of belief, narrative, and memory.
Bestselling author and Barnard English professor writes about the clash between Pope Francis I and American nuns.
Bunge is a religion major who is the co-director of Columbia University's all-female a cappella group. She's also a talented jazz vocalist and a singer-songwriter.
Religion professor comments on controversy surrounding author Reza Aslan's credentials as a scholar and historian
Longtime political science professor and human rights scholar
Religion scholar will be inducted into one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies
Religion professor pens article for the Social Science Research Council's online publication, The Immanent Frame: Secularism, Religion, and the Public Sphere.
Religion professor comments on beliefs and rituals of Hindus, Zoroastrians, Bahá'ís.
Religion professor quoted in USA Today article.
Religion professor weighs in on Election 2012.
Religion professor quoted in The Huffington Post.
Religion professor draws connections between two non-events: The Rapture and the release of a report on the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church.
Religion professor quoted in Huffington Post article on religion as a hurdle for Donald Trump's rumored presidential bid.