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Welcome to the Graduate Program of the Religion Department!
On this page you will find links to information about the requirements for M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Religion and information about how to apply for admission to the Program. Florida State University was one of the first state universities in the nation to offer graduate study in Religion and today the Department continues to play a leading role, nationally and  internationally, in advancing the academic study of religion. The Graduate Program in Religion at FSU offers a wide array of seminars and many opportunities for individual mentoring by prominent and accomplished scholars. We also offer students a collegial intellectual and learning environment characterized by cooperation, respect and good humor.
The Graduate Program has four “tracks” of study, American Religious History (ARH), History and Ethnography of Religion (HER), Religion, Ethics, and Philosophy (REP) and Religions of Western Antiquity (RWA). Each track has specific degree requirements; descriptions of these requirements can be found through the sidebar link on this page to “fields of study.” Students admitted to one of the four tracks will be advised by faculty in that area. They will also take courses and fulfill some of their degree requirements outside that area. It is a general policy of the department to admit only full-time students to the Graduate Program in Religion.For assistance with logistical matters involving application to the Graduate Program, arrangements for visiting, and questions about University regulations and procedures, contact Jon Bridges at jbridges@fsu.edu. For online information about University policies regarding graduate study, please consult the Graduate Bulletin.
Nicole Kelley
Director of Graduate Studies
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The John F. Priest Lecture
On February 7, 2013, at 5:00 p.m. the department's annual John F. Priest lecture will take place. This year's speaker is James C. VanderKam, the John O'Brien Professor of Hebrew Scriptures of the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is a world renowned expert of the ancient Judaism and the Hebrew Bible. The title of his lecture will be: "Enoch as a Bringer of Knowledge: 1 Enoch and its Relevance for Ancient Judaism and Christianity." The lecture will take place in the Grand Ballroom of the Alumni Center. For more information, see here.
A Conference to Honor Ronald L Numbers
On Friday February 15 and Saturday February 16, a conference to be held to honor the work of Ronald L Numbers,
one of America’s most distinguished historians of science and medicine and the greatest living
expert on the American Creationism movement. >>Read More
Graduate Student Symposium
February 22-24, 2013
This year’s symposium will be centered on the theme “Politics of Religion.” Keynote address by Dr. Aaron Hughes, "The Politics of Theory and Method," on February 22, 2013 at 6:30 p.m., Dodd Hall Auditorium.
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>>Program(PDF)
Conference on "Religion and Law in American History"
from March 22-24, with keynote speaker Dr. Winnifred Sullivan of Indiana University. >>Flyer
The Religion department is now offering an on-line version of its popular Introduction to World Religions class
Click here for a promotional video about the class. In Spring 2013 the following on-line section is being offered:REL 1300-15
Seth Bledsoe received a grant by Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst
Congratulations to Seth Bledsoe, who received a four-month grant by Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) to conduct dissertation research in Germany from April 1 to July 31, 2013 at Ludwig-Maximillians University in Munich. >>Read More
Sheng Yen Professorship in Chinese Buddhist Studies and Fellowship for Graduate Students
The Sheng Yen Education Foundation of Taiwan has given two gifts—totaling $160,000—to the Department of Religion.
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