Student Clubs
Folk Traditions Club
Folk Traditions celebrates the lore and traditions of your place of origin, and of this place where we all find ourselves. We hold a dinner and regional ghost story swap around Halloween where we share the uncanny stories popular where we're from. Around the end of fall quarter, we go wassailing around the neighborhood. Winter and spring quarter events are different every year, but have included singing labor movement songs and putting on a Purim spiel. If you have an idea for a club activity, let's talk!
Leader: Natalie Nitsch and Miriam Attia
Poetry Club
Join the Divinity School Poetry Club! We are a passionate group of poets and word-lovers, looking to build community and improve ourselves as witnesses to ourselves and the world around us. Whether you are an established poet, a budding writer, or just someone who loves to dabble in words, our club is a welcoming space for you to grow, learn, and express.
Our club meets weekly to workshop new pieces, offering a supportive platform where we collectively edit and share new ideas. To stir your creative juices, we also suggest weekly prompts or styles to try, encouraging you to push your boundaries and explore new territories of the mind. At the end of the year, we celebrate our journey with a public poetry reading, a party, and the publication of a zine!
Leaders: Avani Solanki and Ian Palmer
Mortarbordis Border Morris
Mortarbordis carries on and updates the ritual folk tradition of Border Morris, a dance form that involves skipping, sticks, handkerchiefs, and bells. We learn and perform traditional and original dances in this tradition on campus and around Chicago. Although historically this tradition has reflected and reinscribed historical social hierarchies, our aesthetic is egalitarian and inclusive, and we enthusiastically welcome all interested in learning to dance!
Leaders: Natalie Nitsch and Miriam Attia
Divinity Writing Group
This club hosts a weekly writing group in Swift Hall. The purpose of this club is to create community, especially among PhD students and candidates who are in the post-course work phase of their program. This group provides space for writing and helps foster community for accountability and encouragement.
Leader: Kat Myers