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Religion
Professor Brian Hatcher, Chair; Hinduism and religion in
modern South Asia
Associate Professor Heather Curtis, History of Christianity
and American religions
Associate Professor Joseph Walser, Buddhism and religion
in ancient South Asia
Assistant Professor Kenneth Garden, Islam and Sufism
SECONDARY APPOINTMENTS:
Professor Gary Leupp, History; Japanese history and
Japanese Buddhist studies
Associate Professor Kevin Dunn, English; Bible as literature
Assistant Professor Marie-Claire Beaulieu, Classics; Greek
Religion, epigraphy, medieval Latin
The Department of Religion is dedicated to the
exploration and critical analysis of religion as a
central aspect of human history and culture.
Courses seek to promote reflection on the diversity
of religious experience; empathetic engagement
with a range of beliefs, texts and practices; and
mastery of a range of methods for studying religion.
A graduate degree in religion is not offered.
However, some 100-level courses may be taken in
conjunction with other programs.
UNDERGRADUATE concentrATION
REQUIREMENTS
Major in Religion
Ten courses are required for the major in religion.
These courses are to be distributed as follows:
a. Religion 99 (Theory and Method in Study of
Religion).
b. Diversity requirement (four courses): Students
should have exposure to at least four different
religious traditions. This may be accomplished
through classes in which four different traditions
are taught, or through four courses, each focused
on a different religious tradition, or through
some combination thereof. Students are to take
four classes within the department to achieve
the diversity requirement. The advisor and the
chair of the Department of Religion must
approve the courses taken to fulfill this requirement.
c. Depth requirement (three courses): Students
must choose a subfield in religious studies. This
may be one religious tradition, the traditions of a
geographical region, or a religious textual
tradition. Students must demonstrate that they
have taken at least three classes in that specialty.
One of the three courses must be in the
doctrinal (theological and philosophical) aspects
of religion. In their chosen areas of specialization,
students must take two above-100 level
courses. These may include an independent
study or a senior thesis. The departmental
advisor and the chair must approve the student’s
area of specialization. No course may count for
both the diversity and depth requirements.
d. In addition to the above eight courses, two
additional courses listed or cross-listed in
religion, regardless of subject area, are required.
UNDERGRADUATE MINOR ProgrAM
Minor in Religion
Five courses, distributed as follows, are required.
a. Religion 99 (Theory and Method in Study of
Religion).
b. Students should have exposure to at least three
different religions traditions. This may be
accomplished through classes in which three
different traditions are taught, or through three
courses, each focused on a different religious
tradition, or through some combination thereof.
The advisor and the chair of the Department of
Religion must approve the courses taken to
fulfill this requirement.
c. One other course numbered above 100. This
course may not be counted as one of the three
courses of the above requirement.
For more detailed information, please visit the
website http://ase.tufts.edu/religion/.
Romance Languages
Professor Juan M. Alonso, Nineteenth- and twentiethcentury
literature of Spain, Spanish American literature
Professor Gérard Gasarian, Nineteenth- and twentiethcentury
French poetry
Professor Zeina Hakim, Seventeenth- and eighteenthcentury
French literature and culture
Professor Elizabeth T. Howe, Spanish Golden Age, medieval
literature, mysticism
Professor José Antonio Mazzotti, Latin American
literature, colonial period, modern poetry, film studies
Professor H. Adlai Murdoch, Francophone literature
Professor Isabelle H. Naginski, Nineteenth-century French
prose, Franco-Russian literary relations, women writers
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