In person (Kaplan 365) or on Zoom Could knowledge about biodiversity loss be advanced through inquiry into the study of religion? Emerging from a lab that integrates humanities, arts, and…
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Shirdi Sai Baba’s Presence: Mediums, Mediations, and Mobilities
Published: September 26, 2023In-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…
Read MoreThe Formation of Classical Islam from Muhammad to the Abbasids
Published: September 18, 2023In 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…
Read MoreRighting the American Dream
Published: September 12, 2023Zoom 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…
Read MoreDiary of a Black Jewish Messiah: David Reubeni’s How-To Manual of Messianic Redemption
Published: August 29, 2023In 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,…
Read MoreWelcome Reception – Fall 2023
Published: August 29, 2023Please 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…
Read MoreEthics in Paul and Paul in Ethics
Published: March 29, 2023This talk looks at a few examples of Paul’s ethical reasoning and then discusses how his ethical discourse compares with those of several types current today. RSVP required for…
Read MoreMark of Contradictions: The Creation of Judah’s History and the Case of Samson
Published: March 29, 2023In biblical texts, we find preserved the “mark of contradictions, fragmentations, and adjunctions,” as intellectual historian Michel de Certeau once wrote (The Writing of History 1988: 313). This talk…
Read MoreThe Mothers, the Mamzers, and the Rabbis: Reconstructing Family and Community in Post-Holocaust Jewish Law
Published: March 29, 2023This talk centers on the little-known story of the children of illicit unions that resulted from a highly unusual situation in post-Holocaust Munkacz, a SubCarpathian town that had been…
Read MoreLost Books: The Forgetfulness of Writing and the Forgetting of Jewish Pasts
Published: March 29, 2023It is often noted how the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls transformed our understanding of ancient Judaism, radically expanding our evidence for Jews and Judaism prior to the…
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