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Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology and Sociology of Religion University of Chicago, USA

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$11268

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Divinity School

Course summary

This program has the dynamics of social relations which can be analyzed from a more social structuralism or a more cultureless perspective. Social structuralisms (from systems theories to network theories) tend to explain cultural phenomena more or less as derivative of structures of social relations. Cultureless (from anthropological theories of culture to interpretative sociological approaches) maintain that structures of social relations and cultural structures of meaning mutually constitute and influence each other and therefore have to be studied in their dialectical relationship. The ASR area regards structures of social relations alone as an insufficient foundation for the understanding and explanation of social phenomena. If human action is centrally based on interests, these interests are shaped not only by the position of actors in a social structure but also by the ways in which actors interpret that position. In other words, “interests” are not naturally given but culturally and socially shaped as well as subjectively appropriated and interpreted.

Program modules

AASR 30001 Rewriting the Past: Narrative, Ritual and Monument. Humans/Cohler, AASR 30100 Culture and Class: Theories and Case Studies. Riesebrodt, AASR 30200 Introduction to Sociology and Religion. Riesebrodt, AASR 31000 Colonial and Postcolonial Perspectives on Religion in North Africa. Zeghal, AASR 35000 Modern Islam and Politics. Zeghal, AASR 36000 Women and Gender in Islam. Zeghal, AASR 40900 Islam and Democracy. Zeghal, AASR 41800 Islamic Education, Ulema and Religious Authorities. Zeghal, AASR 42300 Muslim Diasporas: Religion and Migration. Zeghal, AASR 40700 Theory of Religious Practices. Riesebrodt, AASR 41000 French Sociology of Religion: History and Theories. Zeghal, AASR 42200 Orientalism: Old and New Perspectives. Zeghal, AASR 42100 Charisma and Religious Authority. Riesebrodt, AASR 43300 Max Weber’s Sociology of Religion. Riesebrodt, AASR 43400 Reform and Revival in Modern Islam. Zeghal, AASR 44200 Women and Religious Traditionalism. Riesebrodt, AASR 45000 Religious Institutions in Modern Islam. Zeghal, AASR 50100 Religion and Violence. Riesebrodt, AASR 50200 A Clash of Civilizations? Riesebrodt, AASR 41200 Asceticism. Riesebrodt, AASR 50300 Religion and Power in Ethics and Sociology. Riesebrodt, AASR 50400 Karl Mannheim and the Sociology of Knowledge. Riesebrodt/Glaeser, AASR 50500 Sociology of Religion in Urban Contexts. Zeghal.

Entry requirement for international students

Students should have an Master of Arts degree or its equivalent with a good academic record from an accredited college or university. Students to all programs are required to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) the results are valid for 5 years. All international students whose native language is not English are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) having a score of 600 or higher on the old Paper Based TOEFL, 250 or higher on Computer Based TOEFL, or 104 or higher on the new Internet Based or International English Language Testing System (IELTS) having minimum required scores or an overall score of 7, with sub scores of 7 each are required for admission.

University of Chicago accepts IELTS*

* Please check with your chosen school for the exact entry requirements for your programme.

Qualification

Doctoral

Awarding body

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Department name

Divinity School

Venue / office name

Divinity School

Address

1025 East 58th Street
Swift Hall
CHICAGO
Illinois
60637

Venue description

The Divinity School is located in Swift Hall, on the main quadrangle of the University's campus and in close proximity to the Divisions of the Humanities and the Social Sciences. Cross-disciplinary work, a long-standing hallmark of the University, is strongly encouraged and in some respects institutionalized: many Divinity School faculty hold joint appointments with other departments in the University, students can and regularly do register for courses outside their specific academic location, and dissertation committees frequently feature coadvisers or readers from other parts of the University.

Telephone number

+1 773 702 8200

Is accommodation available at this venue?

Yes

Accommodation details

The University of Chicago is located in a unique residential neighborhood within the city of Chicago Hyde Park. As a graduate student at the University, students may take advantage of the University's large pool of affordable and conveniently located housing in the Hyde Park community. Nearly all of the University's students and over 60 percent of its faculty and staff live in the campus neighborhood. This makes for a very special sense of community and a lively intellectual atmosphere that complements the academic experience. The University owns and operates more than 1,300 apartments throughout the neighborhood for lease to graduate students. A spirit of cooperation, both among the tenants and between landlord and tenant, is the norm in the apartments. The most modern facility available to University of Chicago graduate students, the New Graduate Residence Hall (NGRH) is home to more than 120 students. NGRH is open only during the academic year it is closed during the summer quarter. The three story building is illuminated inside through large windows set in from an overhanging roof. Its spacious lobby has the feel of a luxury apartment building Rooms most of them singles with private bathrooms are well removed from these common areas, and include newer maple wood furniture, carpet, University telephone and internet connections and optional cable television. Students may prepare their own meals in a large common kitchen, which has many stoves and refrigerators and individual dry storage bins. Residents may purchase an optional meal plan to eat at specified campus dining halls . There are conference rooms for group study, a well-equipped exercise room, two music rooms with pianos and wireless access in most common areas. The NGRH is two blocks from the Law School and close to rail and bus lines. Public festivals and concerts are also scheduled on the Midway. The cost of attendance for Room and Board is $11,697.

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