Latest Past Events

Cappella Romana – “In the Footsteps of St. Demetrios”

Cappella Romana presents a world première program - IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ST. DEMETRIOS - Directed by Alexander Lingas, Founder and Director of Cappella Romana. Sunday, October 27, 2024 / 5:00 PM / Reception following the performance This concert brings to life the vibrant soundscape of medieval Thessaloniki, Byzantium’s second largest city. Hear ancient hymns honoring the...

Signs of Faith Against Fascism

Kaplan 365

In this book talk, Eric Martin will explore how people of faith can connect their religious traditions with the rise of overtly fascist violence in the United States. With first-hand accounts from the largest white supremacist gathering in modern American history at Unite the Right in Charlottesville, Virginia, Martin will share how the clergy resisting...

EVENT CANCELLED – Confusion of the Babels: Multilingualism and Translation in Ancient Judaism

Royce Hall 306

EVENT CANCELLED. While the usual rendering and  understanding of the Tower of Babel narrative (Gen 11:1–9) presumes the existence of one unified divine and human language (usually Hebrew, but with other candidates) between Eden and Babel, an alternative narrative imagines there having already existed a totality of ‘seventy” languages from the beginning, and only at...