| 1956 | Boyd Sinyard (Assistant Professor 1963) offers courses in Religion through the Education Department |
| 1958 | Department of Religion formed |
| 1961 | Boyd Sinyard first Chair of Department |
| 1963 | John Rossner joins as Lecturer (Assistant Professor 1964) |
| 1964 | Sheila McDonough joins as Assistant Professor |
| 1965 | Michel Despland joins as Lecturer (Assistant Professor 1966, Associate Professor 1970, Professor 1974) |
| G. Albert B. Moore joins as Assistant Professor | |
| 1968 | Jean Ouellete joins as Assistant Professor |
| 1970 | Peter Slater Associate Professor and Chair of Department |
| Charles Davis joins as Professor | |
| Burton M. Leiser joins as Associate Professor | |
| David Miller joins as Assistant Professor | |
| Elizabeth MacLean joins as Assistant to the Chair | |
| 1971 | Charles Davis Chair of Department |
| Frederick Bird joins as Assistant Professor (Associate Professor 1975, Professor 1989) | |
| Robert Goldenberg joins as Assistant Professor | |
| George Moore joins as Assistant Professor | |
| 1974 | Michael Oppenheim joins as Assistant Professor (Associate Professor 1980, Professor 2002) |
| Ehud Luz joins as Assistant Professor | |
| Alti Rodal joins as Assistant Professor | |
| Robert Goldenberg departs to SUNY Stony Brook | |
| 1976 | Jack Lightstone joins as Assistant Professor (Associate Professor 1981, Professor 1987) |
| Michel Despland named Associate Vice Rector, Academic (Research) (to 1984) | |
| Ph.D. program in Religion instituted | |
| 1977 | Dennis Lishka Visiting Assistant Professor |
| 1979 | Jack Lightstone Chair of Department |
| Ira Robinson joins as Lecturer (Assistant Professor 1980, Associate Professor 1984, Professor 1993) | |
| 1980 |
Alti Rodal departs |
| 1981 | M. Hanson joins as Assistant Professor |
| Charles Davis named Killam Research Fellow | |
| 1986 | Michael Oppenheim Chair of Department |
| Lynn Teskey-Denton joins as Assistant Professor | |
| 1988 | Joint Doctoral Program with Université du Québec à Montréal is implemented |
| 1989 | Steven Collins joins as Associate Professor |
| Jack Lightstone named Associate Vice Rector, Academic (Research) (to 1992) | |
| Lynn Teskey-Denton resigns for reasons of health (passes away 1995) | |
| 1990 | Krishna Sivaraman joins as Professor and first Chair in Hindu Studies (the first endowed Chair at Concordia) |
| 1991 | Ira Robinson Chair of Department |
| Leslie Orr joins as Lecturer (Assistant Professor 1991, Associate Professor 1998, Professor 2013) | |
| Michel Despland named Killam Research Fellow | |
| Steven Collins departs to the University of Chicago | |
| Krishna Sivaraman passes away as Chair of Hindu Studies | |
| 1992 | Norma Joseph joins as Assistant Professor (Associate Professor 1998, Professor 2013) |
| Rosemary Hale joins as Assistant Professor | |
| Michel Despland named Killam Research Fellow (bis) | |
| Diane Boulé joins as Graduate Program Assistant | |
| 1993 | Charles Davis retires (named Professor Emeritus) |
| Elizabeth MacLean departs | |
| 1995 | Jack Lightstone named Provost and Vice-Rector (to 2004) |
| John Rossner retires | |
| 1996 | T.S. Rukmani joins as Professor and second Chair of Hindu Studies |
| Donald Boisvert named Dean of Students (to 2003) | |
| 1997 | Munit Merid joins as Assistant to the Chair |
| Rosemary Hale named Associate Dean of Graduate Studies | |
| Michel Despland named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada | |
| 1997 | Michael Oppenheim Chair of Department |
| Sheila McDonough retires (named Distinguished Professor Emeritus 2003) | |
| 1998 | Lynda Clarke joins as Assistant Professor (Associate Professor 2005) |
| Tina Montandon joins as Assistant to the Graduate Program Directors | |
| Diane Boulé leaves | |
| David Miller retires | |
| 1999 | Leslie Orr Chair of Department |
| Norm Ravvin joins as Assistant Professor (Associate Professor 2004) and first Chair of Canadian Jewish Studies | |
| 2000 | Frederick Bird named Concordia University Research Chair in Comparative Ethics (to 2007) |
| Rosemary Hale departs to Brock University as Dean, Faculty of Humanities | |
| 2001 | Philip Harland joins as Assistant Professor |
| Université Laval joins the Joint Doctoral Program | |
| 2003 | Norma Joseph Chair of Department |
| Donald Boisvert joins as Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor 2011) | |
| 2005 | Philip Harland departs to York University |
| Richard Foltz Visiting Associate Professor | |
| 2006 | Marc des Jardins joins as Assistant Professor (Associate Professor 2011) |
| Richard Foltz joins as Associate Professor (Professor 2011) | |
| Jack Lightstone retires and departs to Brock University as President (named Distinguished Professor Emeritus 2010) | |
| 2007 | Lynda Clarke Chair of Department |
| Naftali Cohn joins as Assistant Professor (Associate Professor 2012) | |
| Carly Daniel-Hughes joins as Assistant Professor (Associate Professor 2012) | |
| Shaman Hatley joins as Assistant Professor (Associate Professor 2012) | |
| 2008 | Frederick Bird retires and departs to the University of Waterloo as Research Professor (named Distinguished Professor Emeritus 2010) |
| 2009 | Lorenzo DiTommaso joins as Associate Professor (transfer from Theology, Professor 2013) |
| Marc Lalonde joins as Lecturer (Senior Lecturer 2013) | |
| 2011 | Lorenzo DiTommaso Chair of Department |
| Hillary Kaell joins as Assistant Professor | |
| Norma Joseph named co-director of the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies | |
| Michel Despland retires (named Distinguished Professor Emeritus 2012) | |
2012 |
André Gagné joins as Associate Professor (cross-appointment with Theology) |
| Ira Robinson named second Chair of Canadian Jewish Studies | |
| T.S. Rukmani retires (named Distinguished Professor Emerita 2013) | |
| Currently 16 Full-Time Faculty |
Page Title: History of the Department - Concordia University - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Date Printed: Thu June 20, 2013
