Join us in celebrating Native and Indigenous Heritage Month this November at Missouri State University! Several events are planned throughout the month beginning Saturday, 5 November 2022: The 2nd Annual Honoring Our Veterans POW-WOW American Indian Center of Springfield and Missouri State University The Pow-Wow is open to everyone and begins at 2:00 p.m. at Greenwood … [Read more...] about Native and Indigenous Heritage Month Events
Congratulations to MSU Religious Studies M.A. graduate Niyati Sethi on securing grant funding for the upcoming Festival of Festivals: Tour of the Globe event! After identifying grant opportunities from the Missouri Humanities Council, Ms. Sethi worked with Daezia Smith, leadership programs specialist, to apply for and secure the funds. The result: a Festival of Festivals: … [Read more...] about REL MA Graduate Secures Funding for Tour of the Globe Event
Voter Awareness Week begins next week on the MSU campus and all students are encouraged to attend the events Monday-Thursday, 3-6 October. As part of Missouri State University's Public Affairs mission and especially as a department in the College of Humanities and Public Affairs, it is our privilege and responsibility to offer our students opportunities to engage in our … [Read more...] about Voter Awareness Week!
If you follow the Missouri State University Meyer Library blogposts, then you are aware that the Smithsonian Institution, along with the MSU Libraries, will host a special Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in the summer of 2023. The library's blogpost today announced the dates of the festival - 28 June-9 July 2023, and a few of the planned details, … [Read more...] about Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2023!
Dr. Richard Hughes, who previously taught at MSU (then Southwest Missouri State University), recently published an article about our former Department Head and founding professor of the Department of Religious Studies, Dr. Gerrit ten Zythoff. The article, "Yes, they are children of Nazis, but we are Christians, and we will stand with those who suffer", appeared in the … [Read more...] about Former REL Professor Publishes Article on Gerrit ten Zythoff