Explore religious traditions in all of their complexity
About Us
We explore religious traditions in all of their complexity through comparative, contextual (in specific historical or cultural contexts), and thematic studies.
Give to the program
Your support enables the program to enhance the experience for undergraduate students. Gifts can help fund lectures and conferences, student research, distinguished speakers, and other program priorities. We will greatly appreciate and immediately put into use any gift, no matter the amount. Please consider a donation to the program Current Use Gift Fund.
Affiliated programs at Cornell
Our program is closely connected through joint faculty members, cross-listed courses and collaborative events and projects to departments and programs across campus like: anthropology, art history, Asian studies, classics, Jewish studies, history, philosophy, Literatures in English, Near Eastern studies and romance studies.
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Program News
Sustainability and spirituality in the garden
A group of students is learning practical skills related to sustainability and connecting them to community behaviors.
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'I study the impacts of light pollution on the natural world, human health and society'
Benjamin Velani is a Religious Studies and Government major.
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First cohort of A&S Nexus Scholars chosen for summer research positions
Fifty undergrads in the College of Arts & Sciences will take part in paid research projects in Ithaca this summer with faculty from throughout the College.
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Fall 2022 Religious Studies Courses of Interest
Pre-enrollment for Fall 2022 begins later this month. See a selection of the courses we are offering!
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Call for applications: 2021-22 Joseph E. Connolly ’72 Memorial Prizes for undergraduate essays on religion and politics/society
Undergraduate students interested in the intersection of religion and politics or society can now apply for a new prize, to be given out next spring.
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Mokhtarian co-organizes conference on magic bowls
Registration is required to attend this virtual conference on April 4 and 5! Although known to specialists since the nineteenth century, the Aramaic incantation bowls have never been fully integrated into the field of Jewish Studies, largely due to their inaccessibility and the confounding nature of...
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Alumna unearths benefits of green burial in video
Solina Kennedy '19 interviews Professor Jane-Marie Law for a new video, based on information she learned in a Cornell class.
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Alumni gift to A&S supports doctoral students in the humanities
A $5 million alumni gift will help to support doctoral students in humanities fields within the College of Arts & Sciences.
Read MoreLand acknowledgement
Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫ' (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó:nǫ' are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. The confederacy precedes the establishment of Cornell University, New York state and the United States of America. We acknowledge the painful history of Gayogo̱hó:nǫ' dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó:nǫ' people, past and present, to these lands and waters.