Category: Center News and Events

A full list of news and events from the Center for Interfaith Dialogue.

Center for Interfaith Dialogue Open House

In November, the Center for Interfaith Dialogue staff and interfaith fellows hosted an Open House to welcome students, faculty, staff, and campus faith leaders to our new space in 315 Pyle Center. We heard from the Dean of Students Christina Olstad, as well as the Center’s director, Dr. Ulrich Rosenhagen, about the mission of the …

UW-Madison Faith Leaders Call for Humility – not Hate – when exercising our First Amendment Right to Speak about Israel-Palestine

We, the members of the Center for Interfaith Dialogue’s Faith Advisory Council at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have something to say about the power of speech to create both benefit and harm. At this moment, we are most concerned about current events surrounding the socially and politically divisive topic of Israel-Palestine, but our words apply to …

Former White House speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaks about finding her Judaism, writing her novel

Center for Interfaith Dialogue featured in new article

Asia Matters For America Initiative publishes new article featuring perspectives from Interfaith Fellows of Indo-Pacific heritage and underserved religious minorities.

Read about Fellows’ experiences in this in-depth article from the Wisconsin Muslim Journal

A Life of Double-Belonging: Some Religious Leaders Practice Two Faiths

In a dimly lit Roman Catholic church on a recent Monday night in Manhattan, around a dozen congregants sit in the pews watching the Rev. Michael Holleran as he leads them in what is known as contemplative prayer.

Remembering Eric Salitsky

We are deeply saddened by the tragic death of former Lubar Fellow Eric Salitsky. We lost a compassionate, curious, open minded, and creative human being. A real mensch. Eric always credited the Lubar Institute’s Fellowship Program for his interest in interreligious dialogue and shared sacred spaces. After graduating from the UW–Madison, he went on to …

CRGC Featured in Religion’s Role at UW Madison – Emma Conway

Journalism student Emma Conway interviews CRGC staff and campus ministers to capture what role religion plays on UW Madison's campus.

9/11: 20 years later, campus remembers – Käri Knutson

Käri Knutson interviews Dr. Charles Cohen and four others at UW Madison that remember 9/11/01

Two Fellows Featured in Freethought Today – April 2021

Blog posts from two of our fellows this year, Ben Sevart and Kally Leidig, were featured in the April 2021 issue of Freethought Today.