Religious studies faculty members
The department and its two sectors, Classics and Religious Studies, are among the smallest in the Faculty of Arts. Yet they are also among the most dynamic and friendly. Here are more details concerning them and their research interests.
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Anderson, Emma
Full Professor, Department of Classics and Religious Studies
Room: DMS 10112
Work Number: 613-562-5800 ext. 1176
Beaman, Lori G.
Full Professor, Department of Classics and Religious Studies
Lori G. Beaman, F.R.S.C., is the Canada Research Chair in Religious Diversity and Social Change, and the Director and Principal Investigator of the Nonreligion in a Complex Future project. Her publications include The Transition of Religion to Culture in Law and Public Discourse (Routledge, 2020) and Deep Equality in an Era of Religious Diversity (Oxford UP, 2017).
Room: 55 Laurier Avenue East, Room 10125
Office: 613-562-5800 ext. 2814
Beyer, Peter
Full Professor, Department of Classics and Religious Studies
Room: DMS 10123
Office: 613-562-5800 ext. 1178
Goldenberg, Naomi
Full Professor, Department of Classics and Religious Studies
Room: DMS 10102
Office: 613-562-5800 ext. 1177
Piovanelli, Pierluigi
Full Professor, Department of Classics and Religious Studies
Room: DMS 10122
Office: 613-562-5800 ext. 1169
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Gardaz, Michel
Associate Professor, Department of Classics and Religious Studies
Room: DMS Building, Room 10117
Office: 613-562-5800 ext. 1174
De Bruyn, Theodore
Full Professor and Professor Emeritus
Theodore de Bruyn is an emeritus professor of Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa. His research has focused on various aspects of ancient Christianity: Latin Pauline commentaries, Greek textual amulets, and identity formation among Christians.
Room: Desmarais Building, Room 10101 B
Office: 613-562-5800 ext. 1170
Reinhartz, Adele
Chair, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, Full Professor and Graduate Studies Director
Adele Reinhartz, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Ottawa, is a specialist in the study of ancient Judaism and Christianity, and the Bible in/and Film. Adele was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada in 2005. She served as President of the Society of Biblical Literature in 2020, and was awarded the Konrad Adenauer Prize (Germany) in 2021.
Room: DMS Building, Room 10101B, DMS Building, Room 10118
Office: 613-562-5800 ext. 1339
Vallely, Anne
Associate Professor, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, and Director of Undergraduate Religious Studies
My areas of research include the Anthropology of religion ( in particular, Jainism), the intersection of religion and nature, comparative mysticism, non-ordinary states of consciousness, and religion and healing, death and grief.
Room: DMS 10105
Office: 613-562-5800 ext. 1168
