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MA Student René Chestnut Named Columbia Alumni Association Scholar
MA Student René Chestnut has been named a Columbia Alumni Association (CAA) Scholar, a distinction awarded to students who demonstrate academic engagement and leadership in their school and across the university.
The Department Congratulates René on this achievement.
Professor Engelke publishes new book with Princeton University Press
Congratulations to Professor Engelke on the publication of An Honest Death: Life's End and Humanist Funerals with Princeton University Press.
A fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at non-religious funerals in contemporary London
Professor Hale publishes new book with Yale University Press
Congratulations to Professor Hale on the publication of Fugitive Religion: The Ghost Dance and Indigenous Resistance After the U.S. Civil War with Yale University Press.
A bird’s-eye look at the Ghost Dance, the first instance of modern, collective racial self-consciousness for Native peoples in the United States