Joint Doctoral Program in the Study of Religion - DU/Iliff
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We believe innovative and exciting academic inquiries depend on conversations between people who approach the study of religion from different angles.
Website: du.edu/duiliffjoint/
❗Apply Now for 2026-27❗: https://www.du.edu/duiliffjoint/apply-program
Website: du.edu/duiliffjoint/
❗Apply Now for 2026-27❗: https://www.du.edu/duiliffjoint/apply-program
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❗The AAR-RBS Regional Conference at UCCS on March 27-28, 2026, needs volunteers❗
You will get free registration/meals. Email Dr. Jeff Scholes (jscholes@uccs.edu).
Also, consider submitting a paper, panel, or roundtable proposal (due November 28): www.rmgpregion.org/2026-call-fo...
See you there!!
You will get free registration/meals. Email Dr. Jeff Scholes (jscholes@uccs.edu).
Also, consider submitting a paper, panel, or roundtable proposal (due November 28): www.rmgpregion.org/2026-call-fo...
See you there!!
AAR-RBS, RMGP Region - 2026 Call for Proposals
!Call for Proposals OPEN!
The 2026 Conference of the Rocky Mountain-Great Plains Region of the Religion and Bible Society/American Academy of Religion will be held on March 27th and 28th, 2026 at the ...
www.rmgpregion.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
❗The AAR-RBS Regional Conference at UCCS on March 27-28, 2026, needs volunteers❗
You will get free registration/meals. Email Dr. Jeff Scholes (jscholes@uccs.edu).
Also, consider submitting a paper, panel, or roundtable proposal (due November 28): www.rmgpregion.org/2026-call-fo...
See you there!!
You will get free registration/meals. Email Dr. Jeff Scholes (jscholes@uccs.edu).
Also, consider submitting a paper, panel, or roundtable proposal (due November 28): www.rmgpregion.org/2026-call-fo...
See you there!!
JDP students should submit a paper for: THE 2026 ALBERT CLARK AWARD for the best papers in Religious Studies or Theology
Cash prizes + winning papers to be published in the Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa, The National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology
thetaalphakappa.org/clark-awards/
Cash prizes + winning papers to be published in the Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa, The National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology
thetaalphakappa.org/clark-awards/
The Clark Award - Theta Alpha Kappa
2026 Albert Clark Award Call for Papers You are invited to submit a paper for: THE 2026 ALBERT CLARK AWARD for the best papers in Religious Studies or Theology $1000.00 award for the best undergraduat...
thetaalphakappa.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
JDP students should submit a paper for: THE 2026 ALBERT CLARK AWARD for the best papers in Religious Studies or Theology
Cash prizes + winning papers to be published in the Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa, The National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology
thetaalphakappa.org/clark-awards/
Cash prizes + winning papers to be published in the Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa, The National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology
thetaalphakappa.org/clark-awards/
Join Religious Studies outside Sturm 266 for a cookie and some friendly encouragements to 'sweeten' your Week 9! Students - Faculty - Staff: All are welcome and please bring a friend or colleague. See you Wednesday November 5th from 12-1pm!
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Join Religious Studies outside Sturm 266 for a cookie and some friendly encouragements to 'sweeten' your Week 9! Students - Faculty - Staff: All are welcome and please bring a friend or colleague. See you Wednesday November 5th from 12-1pm!
The Bangor Theological Seminary Center (BTS Center) is hiring a part-time remote Research Assistant to support their shared EcoPreacher work and other research initiatives. $30/hour for approximately 200 hours annually.
Job description: thebtscenter.org/research-ass...
Job description: thebtscenter.org/research-ass...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Bangor Theological Seminary Center (BTS Center) is hiring a part-time remote Research Assistant to support their shared EcoPreacher work and other research initiatives. $30/hour for approximately 200 hours annually.
Job description: thebtscenter.org/research-ass...
Job description: thebtscenter.org/research-ass...
The JDP Community is invited to a proposal defense for Dann Buchanan titled: "Mysticism as Epistemic Procedure: The Path to Understanding in Eihei Dogen and Teresa of Avila"
Date & Time: Monday, November 3, 1-3pm MT
Check your institutional email for room number and Zoom link.
Date & Time: Monday, November 3, 1-3pm MT
Check your institutional email for room number and Zoom link.
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The JDP Community is invited to a proposal defense for Dann Buchanan titled: "Mysticism as Epistemic Procedure: The Path to Understanding in Eihei Dogen and Teresa of Avila"
Date & Time: Monday, November 3, 1-3pm MT
Check your institutional email for room number and Zoom link.
Date & Time: Monday, November 3, 1-3pm MT
Check your institutional email for room number and Zoom link.
Are you thinking about a Ph.D. in Religion? Then you should check out the Joint Doctoral Program (JDP) 🤩
#PhD, #phdlife, #religion, #doctorate, #ReligiousStudies, #denver, #coloradolife
#PhD, #phdlife, #religion, #doctorate, #ReligiousStudies, #denver, #coloradolife
October 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Are you thinking about a Ph.D. in Religion? Then you should check out the Joint Doctoral Program (JDP) 🤩
#PhD, #phdlife, #religion, #doctorate, #ReligiousStudies, #denver, #coloradolife
#PhD, #phdlife, #religion, #doctorate, #ReligiousStudies, #denver, #coloradolife
Multiple upcoming Dissertation and Proposal defenses, check your institutional email for all abstracts, room numbers, and Zoom links.
October 17, 2pm - 4pm MT: Jason Andrus dissertation defense. Title: "Islamic Political Anti-Theology."
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October 17, 2pm - 4pm MT: Jason Andrus dissertation defense. Title: "Islamic Political Anti-Theology."
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October 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Multiple upcoming Dissertation and Proposal defenses, check your institutional email for all abstracts, room numbers, and Zoom links.
October 17, 2pm - 4pm MT: Jason Andrus dissertation defense. Title: "Islamic Political Anti-Theology."
1/4
October 17, 2pm - 4pm MT: Jason Andrus dissertation defense. Title: "Islamic Political Anti-Theology."
1/4
JDP faculty Dr. Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi has published an open-access ebook entitled "Emerging Trends in Congregational Engagement and Leadership," available for download here: www.mdpi.com/books/reprin....
October 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
JDP faculty Dr. Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi has published an open-access ebook entitled "Emerging Trends in Congregational Engagement and Leadership," available for download here: www.mdpi.com/books/reprin....
Congratulations to Eunjin Jeon who passed her proposal defense yesterday!!! 🥳
This is a huge step forward and the JDP is proud of the work you have put in! We cannot wait to see your finished dissertation.
This is a huge step forward and the JDP is proud of the work you have put in! We cannot wait to see your finished dissertation.
September 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Congratulations to Eunjin Jeon who passed her proposal defense yesterday!!! 🥳
This is a huge step forward and the JDP is proud of the work you have put in! We cannot wait to see your finished dissertation.
This is a huge step forward and the JDP is proud of the work you have put in! We cannot wait to see your finished dissertation.
Hey you! 👀 Are you interested in a Ph.D. in Religion? Learn more about the Joint Doctoral Program at the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology and APPLY HERE: www.du.edu/duiliffjoint...
September 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Hey you! 👀 Are you interested in a Ph.D. in Religion? Learn more about the Joint Doctoral Program at the University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology and APPLY HERE: www.du.edu/duiliffjoint...
Iliff School of Theology Presents How We All Get Free, exploring justice, faith, and collective liberation.
Next event is Monday, September 29th featuring conversation with Paula Yoo. Hear as she describes events that led to the 1992 LA riots.
Register for FREE: www.eventbrite.com/e/paula-yoo-...
Next event is Monday, September 29th featuring conversation with Paula Yoo. Hear as she describes events that led to the 1992 LA riots.
Register for FREE: www.eventbrite.com/e/paula-yoo-...
Paula Yoo: How We All Get Free Series
“Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992"
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September 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Iliff School of Theology Presents How We All Get Free, exploring justice, faith, and collective liberation.
Next event is Monday, September 29th featuring conversation with Paula Yoo. Hear as she describes events that led to the 1992 LA riots.
Register for FREE: www.eventbrite.com/e/paula-yoo-...
Next event is Monday, September 29th featuring conversation with Paula Yoo. Hear as she describes events that led to the 1992 LA riots.
Register for FREE: www.eventbrite.com/e/paula-yoo-...
You can register free for the upcoming JCRT Conference on Theory & Theology! The conference brings together leading scholars in religious studies, theology, and cultural theory to explore emerging research, engage in interdisciplinary dialogue: jcrt.org/religiousthe...
Conferences And Calls For Papers
Conference On Populism, Nationalism, and the Future of Democracy
When: Sept. 26-27, 2025
jcrt.org
September 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
You can register free for the upcoming JCRT Conference on Theory & Theology! The conference brings together leading scholars in religious studies, theology, and cultural theory to explore emerging research, engage in interdisciplinary dialogue: jcrt.org/religiousthe...
The JDP Community is invited to a proposal defense for Eunjin Jeon!
Title: "Becoming Beautiful: K-pop, Faith, and the Embodied Identities of Emerging Young Women."
Date and Time: Monday, September 29, 2:00pm-4:00pm Mountain Time.
Check your institutional email for Zoom link and room location.
Title: "Becoming Beautiful: K-pop, Faith, and the Embodied Identities of Emerging Young Women."
Date and Time: Monday, September 29, 2:00pm-4:00pm Mountain Time.
Check your institutional email for Zoom link and room location.
September 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The JDP Community is invited to a proposal defense for Eunjin Jeon!
Title: "Becoming Beautiful: K-pop, Faith, and the Embodied Identities of Emerging Young Women."
Date and Time: Monday, September 29, 2:00pm-4:00pm Mountain Time.
Check your institutional email for Zoom link and room location.
Title: "Becoming Beautiful: K-pop, Faith, and the Embodied Identities of Emerging Young Women."
Date and Time: Monday, September 29, 2:00pm-4:00pm Mountain Time.
Check your institutional email for Zoom link and room location.
DU has given into fear, harming the integrity of its academic programs, student body, and global standing. But the JDP will remain committed to fighting for what is right and protecting our most vulnerable students.
❗Take action now and vote NO CONFIDENCE in DU Chancellor forms.gle/sVvW6aLrZuuG...
❗Take action now and vote NO CONFIDENCE in DU Chancellor forms.gle/sVvW6aLrZuuG...
September 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
DU has given into fear, harming the integrity of its academic programs, student body, and global standing. But the JDP will remain committed to fighting for what is right and protecting our most vulnerable students.
❗Take action now and vote NO CONFIDENCE in DU Chancellor forms.gle/sVvW6aLrZuuG...
❗Take action now and vote NO CONFIDENCE in DU Chancellor forms.gle/sVvW6aLrZuuG...
Happening TOMORROW at Iliff at 7pm. See you there!
September 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Happening TOMORROW at Iliff at 7pm. See you there!
Volunteer for FREE Registration at Prophetically Reimagining the Church Conference on Sept 19-20 in Denver
Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney is the keynote and two JDP grads helped organize it, Jenny Whitcher and Jason Whitehead
Contact Bry Brannan (bry@juniperformation.org) to volunteer
reimaginethechurch.org
Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney is the keynote and two JDP grads helped organize it, Jenny Whitcher and Jason Whitehead
Contact Bry Brannan (bry@juniperformation.org) to volunteer
reimaginethechurch.org
Reimagine the Church
reimaginethechurch.org
September 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Volunteer for FREE Registration at Prophetically Reimagining the Church Conference on Sept 19-20 in Denver
Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney is the keynote and two JDP grads helped organize it, Jenny Whitcher and Jason Whitehead
Contact Bry Brannan (bry@juniperformation.org) to volunteer
reimaginethechurch.org
Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney is the keynote and two JDP grads helped organize it, Jenny Whitcher and Jason Whitehead
Contact Bry Brannan (bry@juniperformation.org) to volunteer
reimaginethechurch.org
The JDP Community is invited to a proposal defense for Matthew Konerth
Title: "Neurodivergent Tourism: Constructed Dis/ability for Voyeuristic Pleasure in the Modern Horror Film"
Date & Time: Thursday, September 11, 9:30-11:30am MT
Check your institutional email for room number and Zoom link
Title: "Neurodivergent Tourism: Constructed Dis/ability for Voyeuristic Pleasure in the Modern Horror Film"
Date & Time: Thursday, September 11, 9:30-11:30am MT
Check your institutional email for room number and Zoom link
August 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The JDP Community is invited to a proposal defense for Matthew Konerth
Title: "Neurodivergent Tourism: Constructed Dis/ability for Voyeuristic Pleasure in the Modern Horror Film"
Date & Time: Thursday, September 11, 9:30-11:30am MT
Check your institutional email for room number and Zoom link
Title: "Neurodivergent Tourism: Constructed Dis/ability for Voyeuristic Pleasure in the Modern Horror Film"
Date & Time: Thursday, September 11, 9:30-11:30am MT
Check your institutional email for room number and Zoom link
JDP professor Dr. Sarah Magnatta just had an article published! It is titled, "Tenzing Rigdol’s Biography of a Thought: A Mandala in the Heart of the Met." Go check it out at the below link:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Tenzing Rigdol’s Biography of a Thought: A Mandala in the Heart of the Met
In 2024, artist Tenzing Rigdol created an installation - titled Biography of a Thought - spanning the entirety of the atrium in the Robert Lehman wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His larger-...
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August 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
JDP professor Dr. Sarah Magnatta just had an article published! It is titled, "Tenzing Rigdol’s Biography of a Thought: A Mandala in the Heart of the Met." Go check it out at the below link:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Another conference sending out a call for papers! This time it is happening in Denver.
Please visit their website for more information and to submit your proposals: www.wjsa.net/11.html
Please visit their website for more information and to submit your proposals: www.wjsa.net/11.html
August 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Another conference sending out a call for papers! This time it is happening in Denver.
Please visit their website for more information and to submit your proposals: www.wjsa.net/11.html
Please visit their website for more information and to submit your proposals: www.wjsa.net/11.html
Call For Proposals from the University of Oregon's upcoming 2026 What is Research Conference. They are particularly looking for submissions from graduate students in religious studies.
Fore more information and submission instructions visit: blogs.uoregon.edu/whatisresear...
Fore more information and submission instructions visit: blogs.uoregon.edu/whatisresear...
August 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Call For Proposals from the University of Oregon's upcoming 2026 What is Research Conference. They are particularly looking for submissions from graduate students in religious studies.
Fore more information and submission instructions visit: blogs.uoregon.edu/whatisresear...
Fore more information and submission instructions visit: blogs.uoregon.edu/whatisresear...
Yesterday Elyse Pierce became the newest doctor graduating from the JDP! 🥳🤩
Their dissertation is titled: "‘Ha-’adam ’afar min ha-’adamah’: Human Religious Systems as Evolutionary Ecological Responses as expressed in American Reform Judaism."
Their dissertation is titled: "‘Ha-’adam ’afar min ha-’adamah’: Human Religious Systems as Evolutionary Ecological Responses as expressed in American Reform Judaism."
July 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Yesterday Elyse Pierce became the newest doctor graduating from the JDP! 🥳🤩
Their dissertation is titled: "‘Ha-’adam ’afar min ha-’adamah’: Human Religious Systems as Evolutionary Ecological Responses as expressed in American Reform Judaism."
Their dissertation is titled: "‘Ha-’adam ’afar min ha-’adamah’: Human Religious Systems as Evolutionary Ecological Responses as expressed in American Reform Judaism."
As of Friday, July 18, we have another new doctor in the house as Clarence W. Davis passed his dissertation defense! ❗🥳
The dissertation was titled: "Faith and the City: Poverty, Public Policy and Political Black Theology."
The dissertation was titled: "Faith and the City: Poverty, Public Policy and Political Black Theology."
July 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As of Friday, July 18, we have another new doctor in the house as Clarence W. Davis passed his dissertation defense! ❗🥳
The dissertation was titled: "Faith and the City: Poverty, Public Policy and Political Black Theology."
The dissertation was titled: "Faith and the City: Poverty, Public Policy and Political Black Theology."
On Friday July 18th Grego Peña-Camprubí passed his dissertation defense and became a new doctor 🤩🎉
His dissertation was titled: "Queer Spanish Catholicism: Miguel de Uanmuro, Teresa of Avila, and the contemporary lived experiences of LGBTQ Spanish Catholics in Madrid, Spain"
His dissertation was titled: "Queer Spanish Catholicism: Miguel de Uanmuro, Teresa of Avila, and the contemporary lived experiences of LGBTQ Spanish Catholics in Madrid, Spain"
July 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
On Friday July 18th Grego Peña-Camprubí passed his dissertation defense and became a new doctor 🤩🎉
His dissertation was titled: "Queer Spanish Catholicism: Miguel de Uanmuro, Teresa of Avila, and the contemporary lived experiences of LGBTQ Spanish Catholics in Madrid, Spain"
His dissertation was titled: "Queer Spanish Catholicism: Miguel de Uanmuro, Teresa of Avila, and the contemporary lived experiences of LGBTQ Spanish Catholics in Madrid, Spain"
Louisville Institute’s postdoctoral fellowship is now open!
It provide early career theological educators with vocational and professional formation through a two-year placement as a visiting scholar at different institutions and organizations.
Learn more: louisville-institute.org/programs-gra...
It provide early career theological educators with vocational and professional formation through a two-year placement as a visiting scholar at different institutions and organizations.
Learn more: louisville-institute.org/programs-gra...
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Louisville Institute
The Postdoctoral Fellowship provides a two-year teaching experience for early career theological educators.
louisville-institute.org
July 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Louisville Institute’s postdoctoral fellowship is now open!
It provide early career theological educators with vocational and professional formation through a two-year placement as a visiting scholar at different institutions and organizations.
Learn more: louisville-institute.org/programs-gra...
It provide early career theological educators with vocational and professional formation through a two-year placement as a visiting scholar at different institutions and organizations.
Learn more: louisville-institute.org/programs-gra...
On Friday, July 18th, the JDP will have 2 dissertation defenses 🎉
Grego Pena Camprubi: "Queer Spanish Catholicism" @10am
Clarence Davis: "Faith and the City" @12:30pm
Check your institutional email for Zoom links and room numbers, as well as their full titles
Grego Pena Camprubi: "Queer Spanish Catholicism" @10am
Clarence Davis: "Faith and the City" @12:30pm
Check your institutional email for Zoom links and room numbers, as well as their full titles
July 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
On Friday, July 18th, the JDP will have 2 dissertation defenses 🎉
Grego Pena Camprubi: "Queer Spanish Catholicism" @10am
Clarence Davis: "Faith and the City" @12:30pm
Check your institutional email for Zoom links and room numbers, as well as their full titles
Grego Pena Camprubi: "Queer Spanish Catholicism" @10am
Clarence Davis: "Faith and the City" @12:30pm
Check your institutional email for Zoom links and room numbers, as well as their full titles