Religious Studies as a field in the academy is often linked to the field known as "cultural studies" (since as many of you have realized in your classes it's often difficult to distinguish between "religion" and "culture"). If this interests you and you are free this afternoon, you might want to check out this panel discussion at Carnegie-Mellon (no guarantees that they'll address religion but you never know):
The State of Cultural Studies
Monday, September 11th
4:30-6:00 PM
Jeff Williams, Professor, CMU
Victor Cohen, recent PhD, CMU
Kathy Newman, Professor, CMU
Salita Siebert, PhD candidate, CMU
Swank room (255 B Baker Hall),
