Fred Tappenden named Principal & Dean of St. Stephen’s College
Congratulations to Fred Tappenden for being named Principal and Dean of St. Stephen’s College in Edmonton, Alberta!
Congratulations to the Religious Studies Graduate Student CREOR Committee for their Connections Grant-sponsored 2018 CREOR Colloquium "Religion and Violence"!
Congratulations to the Religious Studies Graduate Student CREOR Committee for their Connections Grant-sponsored 2018 CREOR Colloquium "Religion and Violence"!
Adrien Moevus receives the Michael Smith Foreign Studies Supplement
Congratulations to Adrien Moevus, who received the Michael Smith Foreign Studies Supplement for research in India and Nepal this summer 2018!
Professor Jim Kanaris published a new book: Reconfigurations of Philosophy of Religion
Congratulations to CAS Assistant Professor Jim Kanaris for his new book Reconfigurations of Philosophy of Religion!
His book explores the place and meaning of philosophy of religion in our current poststructuralist, postsecular, postcolonialist context.
$5 million gift from McGill alumni strengthens interfaith scholarship
McGill alumni Barbara and Patrick Keenan have made a landmark gift of $5 million to the School of Religious Studies, as part of the University’s fundraising effort, Campaign McGill: History in the Making. This donation—the largest to the Faculty since its founding—will fortify teaching, research, scholarly collaboration and outreach related to the study of comparative religion and interfaith dialogue.
Senate unanimously rejects provisions of Bill 60
Read more about the Bill here.
Passing of Dean Ellen Aitken
In memory of Professor Ellen Aitken, Professor of Early Christian Studies and Dean of the Faculty of Religious Studies, who lost her battle to cancer on June 13, 2014.
Read the memorial tribute here. For the memorial tribute video, click here.