50th Anniversary

We are celebrating our 50th Anniversary this year! UCSB’s Religious Studies Department was officially established on July 1, 1964, starting with a faculty of four. In celebration of this milestone, the Department will be hosting a series of intellectual and social events, including a one-day symposium In April 2014, which will bring together PhD alumni, past and present faculty, current graduate students, and the wider community to consider the intellectual history of the Department and its impact on the interdisciplinary academic study of religion. Please consider donating to the 50th Anniversary Fund to support the important work of Religious Studies graduate education.