Events
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Does Jewish Biblical Scholarship Exist: A Historical Perspective
314 Royce HallBible and Its Interpreters Seminar Series Moderator: William Schniedewind (UCLA) Sponsored by: The UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies Cosponsored by: The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures...
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International Conference on Mahatma Gandhi
Young Research Library & Royce HallThis conference (January 30 to February 2, 2020) aims to offer a scholarly, critical, and nuanced perspective on Gandhi. The conference follows the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, who...
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On the Ethics of Studying Hate Speech: The Case of Medieval Arabic Polemics
Haines 39/Zoom"Hate speech" is as contested as it is distressingly common in contemporary public discourse. It poses dilemmas that extend beyond political and legal debates about how it should be regulated....
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Study of Religion Student and Faculty Social
Kaplan 365Please join the Study of Religion IDP on Thursday, February 6th, for a Student and Faculty Social! Refreshments will be served. RSVP Below:
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Conscripting Bodies, Constructing Authority: The Museum of the Bible on the National Mall
Haines 39/ZoomThe Museum of the Bible on D.C.'s national mall was founded and funded by the billionaire owners of Hobby Lobby. From the start, the museum has been controversial in the...
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Birth Control Battles: How Race and Class Divided American Religion
Haines 279Melissa J. Wilde: Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania. Sponsored by the Sociology Department. Co-Sponsored by the Study of Religion. More Information
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Christianity, Race, Slavery: New Considerations for the Life Sciences
Haines 39/ZoomThe idea that so-called races reflect inherent biological differences between social groups has been a prominent aspect of Western thought since at least the Enlightenment. While there have been moments...
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Le Monde Invisible: Art, Death and Vodou in Urban Haiti
Royce 243In Haitian Vodou, one lwa (deity) is widely celebrated as the spirit of pèp la (the people). The lwa Gede is a trickster who resides over death and sexual regeneration....
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Canceled! Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law Canceled!
Royce 306Canceled! Though typically translated as “Jewish law,” the term halakhah is not an easy match for what is usually thought of as law. This is because the rabbinic legal system...
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Thinking About Religion: Langston Hughes and a Literary Approach to the Study of African American Religious History
Haines 39/ZoomAfrican American religious history has largely been written from the perspective of believers and belief. But what about the religious perspectives of skeptics, the doubtful, and unbelievers? What value can...