To kick off the celebrations for the 50th anniversary in 2025-26 of the Department for the Study of Religion (DSR), we present a conversation with two distinguished DSR alumni, with opening remarks provided by U of T President, Melanie A. Woodin. The eminent scholar of the Qur’an and Muslim-Christian relations, Jane McAuliffe, completed her MA and PhD at the DSR, and also holds an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto. Professor McAuliffe served as chair of the DSR from 1992 to 1998, before becoming dean of Georgetown College at Georgetown University and then president of Bryn Mawr College. She also served as President of the American Academy of Religion in 2004.

In conversation with Professor McAuliffe will be Professor Amir Hussain, DSR MA and PhD alumnus, also a leading scholar of religion specializing in the study of Islam. A professor in the Department of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University, Professor Hussain also served as the President of the American Academy of Religion in 2022, after a long run as the editor of the flagship Journal of the American Academy of Religion.

We are delighted to have Professor McAuliffe and Professor Hussain return to the University for this landmark conversation, moderated by Professor Amira Mittermaier.

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