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William & Mary Students walking on el Camino de Santiago
William & Mary students on a study abroad program through the Reves Center for International Studies walk along the Camino de Santiago in 2019. (Photo by Catherine Schefer ’21)

Institute for Pilgrimage Studies

The Institute for Pilgrimage Studies was established February, 2011 with the dual purpose of bringing together scholars to discuss research on pilgrimage around the world and with special attention to journeys to Santiago de Compostela. The Institute has evolved as the premier US-based hub for interdisciplinary research and teaching on pilgrimage as transformative travel in every time, territory and tradition.

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Symposium for Pilgrimage Studies

The symposium will be held November 7-8, 2025. The deadline for our call for papers [pdf] is June 20, 2025.

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William & Mary student sitting down on a wall at el Camino de Santiago
Adryan Flores ’16 sketches the landscape in O Cebreiro, Spain, between the O Courel and Os Ancares mountain ranges while walking the Camino de Santiago in 2016. (Photo by  Matthew Allar)

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