GRADUATE COURSE OFFERINGS 2026-2027
**all topics courses can be repeated for credit
Fall 2026
REL 200A- Historical Roots of the Study of Religion- Lynna Dhanani- Wednesdays, 2:00-5:00, Sproul 922
In this graduate seminar, we examine how "religion" emerges as distinct category of analysis and understanding by looking at its relationship with the intertwined categories of alchemy, medicine, and science from premodernity through the Reformation, Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, and modern period. Drawing on primary sources-including theological, alchemical, yogic, scientific, medical, and theosophical texts-from European, Islamic, and Indian contexts, we trace the shifting boundaries and epistemologies between religion, science, and medicine as we explore views of the material world, body, and self in these texts and contexts.
REL 2XX- Archana Venkatesan