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Maxine Katz

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Contact Information

3022 Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics Building

Office Hours

FA24: Thursdays, by appointment
M.A. Student
Teaching Assistant

Research Interests

  • Religions of India
  • Cultural Adaptation and Cultural Heritage Studies
  • Heterotopias, Utopias, and Third Spaces
  • Theory of Religion and Ritual

Education

B.A. in Religion (Spanish Minor, Interfaith Certificate), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Grants

David L. Boren Fellowship, Hindi, South Asian Flagship Language Institute Summer 2023 - Fall 2023

Foreign Language Acquisition Scholarship, Beginner Hindi, Center for Global Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 

Full Tuition Fee Remission, Beginner Sanskrit, South Asian Summer Language Institute, Summer 2021

 

 

Awards and Honors

Ronald Filler Scholarship, The Program of Jewish Culture and Society, Fall 2020

Marjorie Hall Thulin Study Abroad Scholarship, Department of Religion, Summer 2019

Frances E Smith Scheidel Scholarship, School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics, 2019-2020

 

Courses Taught

REL 120/ JS 120

  • Teaching Assistant: Spring 2024, Fall 2024

REL/PHIL 110

  • Teaching Assistant: Fall 2021, Spring 2022

Additional Campus Affiliations

Center for Global Studies