July 16, 2026
This summer, Rhema Hokama, an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, joined the Religious Studies program as Chair. Hokama recently spoke about her background and visions for the program.
April 28, 2022
Christian Novetzke has been awarded a Fulbright Nehru Senior Research Grant for Summers 2023 and 2024. The grant, which he also previously received in 2013, will allow him to
January 13, 2022
Jackson School Professor Christian Lee Novetzke has received a prestigious fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for his new book project titled, “A Flower of Fire: Religion, Caste,
August 11, 2021
Want to write an Op-Ed on whether the U.S. is an empire? Craft a policy memo on the War on Drugs happening in Mexico, Brazil and the U.S.? What would
April 9, 2018
Associate Director of the Jackson School Professor Christian Novetzke is among the 173 scholars, artists and scientists from the U.S. and Canada recognized this year by the Guggenheim Foundation. The announcement of the
September 19, 2017
On NPR’s Rough Translation, Professor Christian Novetzke talks about the Americanization of yoga and India’s close watch over a California lawsuit about the appropriation of yoga. Associate Professor Sunila Kale also received acknowledgement by
July 1, 2017
Professors Sunila Kale and Christian Novetzke co-author an article “Yoga and the Means and Ends of Secularism” detailing the ongoing legal cases in the U.S. and India over the role of yoga in public
October 24, 2016
Columbia University Press has published Jackson School South Asia and Comparative Religion Professor Christian Novetzke’s latest book, The Quotidian Revolution: Vernacularization, Religion, and the Premodern Public Sphere in India, which explores a pivotal moment in
April 6, 2016
The Director of the Center for Global Studies, Associate Director of the Jackson School and Associate Professor of South Asia Studies Christian Novetzke talks about how India’s most popular film from over 40
February 2, 2016
In The Wire, an online news magazine in India similar to Slate or Salon, Professors Christian Novetzke and Sunila Kale author an article on political theology and the practice of yoga in both