Welcome to the Religious Studies News web page. This online newsletter will be updated every semester to let you know what is happening with Religious Studies faculty, majors, minors and alums. It will also provide a way of alerting you to major events and developments in the field of Religious Studies. You can help to develop this page by letting us know what is happening. Please feel free to send items of interest relating to Religious Studies people (including yourself!) and events.
News From RS Headquarters:
The Religious Studies Department is delighted to welcome Dr. Debra Erickson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies. Dr. Erickson will be teaching Intro to Religious Thought and various courses in the area of Theological Ethics. This semester she is teaching "Religion and Moral Decision."
Dr. Michael Dick and Fr. Dennis Tamburello are team-teaching a travel course this spring entitled "The Hussite and Lutheran Reformations." The course includes a trip to the Czech Republic and Germany over the spring break. Students will visit Prague, Wittenberg, and other historical sites related to Hus and Luther.
Dr. Paul Murray will speak on "Catholics in the Civil Rights Movement" on February 14, 2012, at 4:00 pm in the Key Auditorium (RB 202). This lecture is sponsored by the Niebuhr Institute and the Franciscan Center for Catholic Studies. All are welcome.
Dr. Randall Zachman of the University of Notre Dame will return to Siena to speak on "Works of Love: The Challenge of Being a Disciple." The program will take place on Friday and Saturday, April 20 and 21, in the lecture room in the New Hall (Rooms 160-62). Fr. Dennis Tamburello will be his respondent and dialogue partner. Please click on the link in this paragraph for registration information. This program is sponsored by the Capital Region Theological Center and the Department of Religious Studies.
Spring 2012 Seminar. Dr. Tom Dickens is teaching a seminar on "Religion and Science."
News from RS alumni:
Mary Bumbolow ’08, recently completed a year of voluneer service with Capuchin Youth and Family Ministries in Garrison, NY. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy at Iona College.
Harry Chauss ’99 works as a web content developer for Johns Hopkins Health System. He earned an MA in Communication, Culture and Technology from Georgetown University in 2002, with a thesis entitled: The Cultural Construction of Jewish Identity, Online. From 2003-2004, he did an internship with the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel, an interfaith understanding and peace organization in Jerusalem.
Annemarie Brennan '99 joined the Human Rights Law Division as an Associate Legal Advisor in 2008. She oversees HRLD’s Middle East and North Africa portfolios. She was previously the Acting Advocacy Director for International Justice and Domestic Human Rights at Amnesty International USA, focusing on human rights law and international humanitarian law. Annemarie completed a law degree at American University's Washington College of Law in 2007, along with an M.A. in international affairs from American University’s School of International Service. In 2001 Annemarie completed graduate work in the development of Early Christian literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Paul Murray will speak on "Catholics in the Civil Rights Movement" on February 14, 2012, at 4:00 pm in the Key Auditorium (RB 202). This lecture is sponsored by the Niebuhr Institute and the Franciscan Center for Catholic Studies. All are welcome.
