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Josef Sorett Appointed Dean of Columbia College
Josef Sorett, Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion, has been appointed as the next Dean of Columbia College and Vice President of Undergraduate Education, effective July 1, 2022.
Natalie Cimino Awarded Peter Awn Paper Prize
The Department of Religion is pleased to announce that Natalie Cimino (GS’22) is the recipient of the 2022 Peter Awn Undergraduate Paper Prize.
Zehra Mehdi Awarded International Psychoanalytical Association Research Grant
Congratulations to sixth year PhD student Zehra Mehdi for being awarded the 2021-2022 International Psychoanalytical Association research grant for her project, The 'Work of Religion': Trauma, Mourning, and Political Resistance. Her dissertation is a psychoanalytic exploration of the ways in which Muslims, as persecuted religious minorities in India, articulate their oppression at the hands of the Hindu nationalist regime.