I have recently started offering online courses through The Religion Department! This past spring I had the great pleasure of offering a Guided Reading on Farid ud-Din `Attar’s classic “The Conference of the Birds.” You can purchase the course at The Religion Department’s website…where you can also check out the next Guided Reading I am offering, this one on Rumi’s much beloved Masnavi! The Rumi Guided Reading runs from August 11th through September 22nd, 2026. We will meet seven times for live sessions. Anyone registered for the Guided Reading is able to watch recordings of the sessions as well as post questions and comments using the course website.

Previous online courses:

Winter 2024 - “Worlds Within Worlds: Religion and Science Fiction” (Humanities North Dakota) - Course included discussion of Star Wars, Star Trek, Dune, Battlestar Galactica, Lord of the Rings (and other elements of Tolkien’s writings), Afro-Futurism & African Futurism, Islamicate SFF, Indigenous SFF & More!