Enroll for Spring '24 classes now like Supernatural Folklore, Hip Hop Religion, Zoroastrianism and more:

Our Spring RS classes span a critical religious studies lens, to global perspectives, to timeless concepts. Check out Ancient Egyptian Art, Global Indigenous Film, Religious Dialogue, Mideast Diasporas, All About Eve, Economics and Religion, Gender and Religion, Great Jewish Books, Middle East Climate & Conflict,  and our new courses on and Philosophy of Science and Religion, among many others here. 

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News

Jain Award winner announcement
2023-24 Shri Parshvanath Presidental Chair in Jain Studies Essay Award
UCI Religious Studies is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023-24 Shri Parshvanath Presidental Chair in Jain Studies Essay Award.  Each of the two winners…
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Tang Ho Winners 2024
2023–24 Betsy Tang and Kent W. Ho Award in Buddhist Studies Winners
The UCI Religious Studies community congratulates three student winners of the 2023–24 Betsy Tang and Kent W. Ho Award in Buddhist Studies for their early promise in…
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F21 student temple visit

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F22 Meaning of Life lunch

Student Experiences

Students explore the wooden temple at the Jain Center of Southern California, Fall 2021 (top), Students and faculty complicate the "Religion vs. Atheism" split during Meaning of Life Lunch conversation, Fall 2022 (bottom)