UW Madison Religious Studies Program

Join us this Friday to hear from Institute for Research in the Humanities, UW-Madison (IRH) Kingdon Fellow Dr. Chase Castle! Open to all. Full details here: https://religiousstudies.wisc.edu/2025/10/02/october-24-brownbag-2-with-chase-castle-always-awakened-gospel-hymns-and-the-spectacle-of-american-revivalism-1875-1900/

UW-Madison College of Letters & Science

Fill the Hill is back! Share your favorite memories of Religious Studies and University of Wisconsin-Madison in the comments! If you're able, consider supporting the RS Program's future as we plan for the next 25 years! https://uwflamingos.com/campaign/religious-studies/
Wisconsin Alumni

Come to our first brownbag of the semester tomorrow, “Women’s Piety and Coded Writing: The Case of Anne Halkett (c. 1623 – 1699)”!

In this talk, Professor Karen Britland (RS Core Faculty) will present material from her most recent book Women Writing in a Time of War, 1642-1689, published earlier this year by Oxford University Press.

Abstract: Anne Halkett (née Murray) worked as a royalist agent during the British civil wars and their aftermath (1642-60). Most notably, she was instrumental in helping the young Prince James escape from prison in England and flee to France. She later wrote a memoir of her life in which she deployed secret writing techniques (influenced by Catholic equivocation and strategies of verbal obfuscation) to represent her political activities during the wars. Paying attention to the way Halkett trained her readers to read between the lines of her narrative allows us to see, not only how her activities as an agent influenced her literary writing, but also how her religious beliefs conditioned the way she behaved and presented herself.

Date: Friday, September 26th, 2025

Time: 12:15pm

Location: Room 202/204 (2nd Floor Conference Room), Bradley Memorial Building

Street Address: 1225 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

We have $370 of matching funds left to unlock before 5pm! Will you help us finish strong this Day of the Badger?
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University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Wisconsin Foundation

It's Day of the Badger again! Help us celebrate our 25th (!) Anniversary and support Religious Studies students with fieldtrips, awards, and more! Easily double the impact of your gift thanks to an anonymous donor who is matching contributions up to $1000!!
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On Wisconsin!

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University of Wisconsin-Madison UW-Madison College of Letters & Science Wisconsin Alumni

Happy Homecoming from Religious Studies at UW-Madison 🦩 Whether you're an alum, current student, faculty, staff, or friend of Religious Studies at UW-Madison, Happy Homecoming! You might be seeing a lot of flamingos circulating on Bascom Hill or on social media commemorating a historic prank and showing support for the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In...

The flamingos are here! Why are you grateful for the UW Madison Religious Studies Program? Whether sharing a memory, making a financial contribution, or both, we'd love to hear from you!
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University of Wisconsin-Madison UW-Madison College of Letters & Science Wisconsin Alumni

Flamingos are on the horizon! Stay tuned for more about how you can support Religious Studies this week!
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Hope to see you later today!! Full details at the link: https://religiousstudies.wisc.edu/2024/08/28/october-10-dana-lloyd-land-as-kin-religious-freedom-and-indigenous-sovereignty-in-yurok-country/

Happy publication day to Professor Jordan Rosenblum for his latest book Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig, out today via NYU Press! Find out more about pig-related trivia and behind the scenes book writing in this blog post! https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/not-sow-kosher-nine-jewish-facts-about-the-pig AND check out the book here: https://nyupress.org/9781479831494/forbidden/

Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies UW-Madison College of Letters & Science University of Wisconsin-Madison

Forbidden A surprising history of how the pig has influenced Jewish identityJews do not eat pig. This (not always true) observation has been made by both Jews and non-...