Research

Our Department is home to faculty and student scholars with a wide array of expertise on differing geographic ranges and historical time periods.

Faculty expertise and teaching clusters around women, gender, and sexuality, decolonizing religion, lived religion and ethnography, literature and popular culture. We also conduct outreach and programming related to Southern Asia, Canadian Jewish Studies, and the history and politics of Montreal.

Ongoing research in the Department

Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies

The Institute is committed to providing resources, learning and other culturally enriching experiences within the Jewish community.

Southern Asia Studies

Events, funding and research related to the region including the Chair in Hindu Studies.

Faculty bookshelf

Explore a range of books written by our expert faculty members.

The Journal of Religion and Culture

A research journal founded and run by graduate students in the Department.

Published theses

Check out the theses that our graduate students have published upon completing their studies.

Meet our graduate students

Get to know how our graduate students are engaging with the research on religions and cultures.