Events
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From Enchanted to Re-enchanted: Trajectories of Vietnamese Buddhism in a Post-modern World
Royce 243Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies. It is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion and the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies. Buddhist modernity has...
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Welcome Reception – Fall 2023
Royce 306Please join us to welcome in the new academic year, see old friends and meet new people. Click here to let us know that you will be coming by October...
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Diary of a Black Jewish Messiah: David Reubeni’s How-To Manual of Messianic Redemption
ZoomIn the 16th century, a Hebrew-speaking, battle-scarred, Black-skinned Jew named David Reubeni appeared suddenly in Venice with a desperate plan to restore Jewish pride and political independence. Why did kings,...
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Righting the American Dream
Kaplan 365Zoom or In-Person event Click here to register In this book talk, author Diane Winston explores how after two years in the White House, an aging and increasingly unpopular Ronald...
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Shirdi Sai Baba’s Presence: Mediums, Mediations, and Mobilities
Royce Hall 306/ZoomIn-person and Zoom Register here for both in-person or Zoom The South Asian saint Shirdi Sai Baba has an ever-growing global diaspora. His inspiration and healing energies are boons reinforced...
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Teach-in for Peace
6275 Bunche HallROOM FULL for in- person attendance. Accepting Zoom registration only. RSVP required. Register here Explore sources of peace and non-violence with leading teachers, including: Salam Al-Marayati - Muslim Public Affairs Council...
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The Formation of Classical Islam from Muhammad to the Abbasids
Haines 39/ZoomIn person (Haines 39) or on Zoom Register here for both in-person or Zoom attendance Returning to UCLA by popular demand, this lecture by Walid Saleh (University of Toronto) provides...
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How Archaeologists Study the People of the Gospels
Royce 306In Person (Royce 306) or on Zoom Register here How do archaeologists unearth the daily life of people from Jesus’s time? Contrary to popular belief, archaeology of first-century Roman Galilee...
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Colonial Encounters: Sor Juana, Guaman Poma, and the Birth of the Brown Church
Kaplan 365In person (Kaplan 365) This guest lecture examines the little known multicultural religious protests to the Spanish Conquest of colonial Latin America. Such protests began in 1511 under the guidance...
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Making a Refuge of Resistance: A History of the U.S. Sanctuary Movement
314 Royce HallIn person (Royce 314) Is sacred space protective space? This question lies at the heart of the Sanctuary Movement, the most confrontational progressive religious social movement in the United States...