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CSR Graduate & Undergraduate Award Winners 2017-2018

Join us in congratulating the following students on their outstanding achievements, leading them to receive one of the awards allocated through the CSR for the 2017-2018…

Congratulations Marcus Ziemann, Recipient of the Robert L. and Phyllis J. Iles Award for Graduate Study of Myth

Marcus' reflection on how…

American Religious Sounds Project Awarded $750,000 Grant

The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a three-year, $750,000 grant to The Ohio State University Foundation in support of the American Religious Sounds Project (ARSP), which is co-directed by Isaac…

Congratulations! Amada Randhawa Awarded Presidential Fellowship!

Congratulations to Amanda Randhawa, who was awarded the Presidential Fellowship to complete her dissertation: Being Punjabi Sikh in Chennai: Women’s Everyday Religion in an Internal…

"The photographer and the serpent handlers"--Story featuring Lauren Pond

Check out this latest feature on Lauren Pond's most recent book, Test of Faith: Signs, Serpents, Salvation! 

Test of Faith provides a deeply nuanced, personal look at serpent handling…

“Here I Stand: Life and Work of the German Reformer Martin Luther,”

Hugh Urban Named ASC Distinguished Professor

Hugh Urban, current director of the Center for the Study of Religion, has been named a College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Comparative Studies. This honorific title…

Savko Undergraduate Awards Announced!

The Center for the Study of Religion is pleased to announce the recipients of its inaugural Savko Undergraduate Research Grant and Best Undergraduate Essay awards.

Michelle Sdao, a third-…

Lauren Pond Wins 2016 CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography

Lauren Pond, a photographer based in Columbus, Ohio, was chosen by curator Peter Barberie to win the eighth biennial Center for…