Cornell University Religious Studies

09/14/2026

Our next SAP Seminar is Monday, September 14 with Uzma Zafar (Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies, University of Rochester) presenting "Adjudicatory Affects: On Gendered Citizenship and Near Time" at 12:15pm in G08 Uris Hall, cosposnored by Cornell University Anthropology, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies & Cornell University Religious Studies. Details at https://events.cornell.edu/event/adjudicatory-affects

09/09/2026

Call for Applications for Summer 2027
Weiner Family Summer Fellowship
Application deadline is November 15, 2026

The Weiner Family Summer Fellowship, established in honor of Gelek Rimpoche, will award two undergraduate students with up to $5,000 each in pursuit of the academic study of Buddhism. The award may be used for travel, accommodation, research materials, living expenses, coursework fees, and more. In the past, most students have used the award to travel to and live in Asia during the summer months, but projects based outside of Asia (i.e. working with Buddhist diaspora communities, intensive language study, museum work) will also be considered. The fellowships are meant to afford students the opportunity to enrich their understanding of any aspect of the far-ranging world of Buddhist studies. Preference will be given to students with strong coursework in religious studies and Asian religions.

Materials must be submitted by November 15 to [email protected] with the subject line “Weiner Family Fellowship.”
Detailed instructions can be found at https://religious-studies.cornell.edu/undergraduate-funding-0 -family-summer-fellowship

09/01/2026

Coming up this month: events from South Cornell South Asia Program, Jewish Studies - Cornell University, and Cornell University Anthropology

Sep 16 Wednesday 05:00 PM Magdalena Kozlowska: "Commerce as Encounter: Polish Jews and Jews from Islamic Lands in the Interwar Mediterranean" Location: White Hall, 106

05/07/2026

New Fall 2026 course! ASIAN 3023/RELST 3023 "Partition: Violence, Citizenship, and the Making of Modern South Asia," taught by SAP Visiting Scholar Sadia Mahmood at Asian Studies at Cornell & Cornell University Religious Studies. Details at https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/FA26/class/ASIAN/3023

04/27/2026

Join us tomorrow, 4/27, for Suvaid Yaseen's presentation of "Listening to Archives: Islam and Politics in Modern Kashmir" at 12:15pm in G08 Uris Hall. University Religious Studies More details here: https://events.cornell.edu/event/listening-to-archives

04/20/2026

Call for applications!
Joseph E. Connolly ’72 Memorial Prizes
for undergraduate essays on religion and politics/society
Due April 24

Throughout history and across the contemporary global sphere, religious practice and ideology interweave themselves in the political and social fabric of human life. The Joseph E. Connolly ’72 Memorial Prizes are awarded to undergraduates who have demonstrated exceptional scholarship at the intersection of religion and politics or society. The Connolly Prizes seek to support, recognize, and inspire imaginative, wide-ranging undergraduate research that addresses these themes in any area of the humanities, and relating to religion(s), religious beliefs, and religious practices in the broadest sense.
Up to two prizes of $500 each will be awarded for essays by students at the freshman, sophomore, or junior levels. In addition, up to two prizes of $1500 each will be awarded to seniors for a senior honors thesis or capstone project.

Cornell undergraduates from all colleges are eligible to apply, including December 2025 graduates.
Applications must be submitted as pdf files to the at [email protected] by April 24, 2026.

Detailed instructions can be found here: https://societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/connolly-prize

04/09/2026

Tomorrow: "Nest Upon Nest: Maulana Azad, Political Demonetization, and Muslim Persistence in India" with Anand Taneja, Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University.
🕒3p.m.
📍 120 Mary Ann Wood Dr. Room B21, Ithaca, NY
https://events.cornell.edu/event/anand-taneja-lecture
Cornell University Anthropology, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell