Events

Prof. Cary Nelson--literary critic and President of the American Association of Universty Professors (AAUP)--will be our 11th annual Aronov Lecturer for 2012-13.

To serve not only the needs and interests of our students but also the wider University as well as the local Alabama community, the Department of Religious Studies is pleased to host a number of lectures each semester, organized by Prof. Steven Ramey, which include the:

Aronov Lecture

Religion in Culture Lecture Series

Religion in Culture Lunchtime Discussion Series

TAK Lunchtime Discussion Series

This discussion series is an informal opportunity for our students to meet scholars--whether professors on our own campus or visitors from other campuses--and discussion their work with them.

Both of the Department's lecture series are open to the public and are free of charge.

The lunchtime discussion series, however, is limited to majors and minors in the Department of Religious Studies.

Although some of these events are funded by generous grants from the College of Arts & Sciences' Anonymous Lecture Fund for the Humanities, others are funded by the Department or in cooperation with other units.

Please consider joining us at an upcoming event. For more information, call our main office at 205-348-5271.

Past Events

2003-04

2005-06

2007-08

2009-10

2011-12

Obtain the 2012-13 lectures
flyer here (PDF)

In this period of accountability and assessment in higher education, with serious competition for limited funds, what can experts in the Humanities and Social Sciences contribute to society and their institutions through their research and pedagogy? In public discourse, the necessity of the Natural Sciences is often cast as self-evident, but what of the liberal arts?

We believe that the disciplines typically associated with the Humanities and Social Sciences need to illustrate more intentionally their necessity and contributions. To that end, this series of public events planned for 2012-2013, and organized by the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama, focuses on explicitly addressing the question of the relevance of these disciplines.

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on our new events blog!

REL's 2012-13 Speakers

Gregg Lambert
Founding Director of the Syracuse Humanities Center
Visiting Campus: Sept 23-25, 2012
Public Lecture: Sept 24, 2012
3:30 in Gorgas 205
Learn more here.
Coming to his lunchtime discussion...?

Greg Johnson
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder
Visiting Campus: Nov 5-7, 2012
Public Lecture: November 6, 2012
3:30 in Gorgas 205
Read an article here.
Coming to his lunchtime discussion...?

Naomi Goldenberg
Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies, Univ. of Ottawa
Visiting Campus: February 11-13, 2013
Public Lecture: February 12, 2013
3:30 in Gorgas 205
Watch an interview here.
Coming to her lunchtime discussion...?

David Watt
Associate Professor,
History Department, Temple University
Visiting Campus: March 11, 2013
Public Lecture: March 11, 2013
3:30 in Gorgas 205
Coming to his lunchtime discussion...?

Cary Nelson
Professor, Department of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Visiting Campus: April 7-10, 2013
Aronov Lecture: April 8, 2013
7:00 pm in Gorgas 205
Roundtable Discussion: April 9, 2013
3:30 in Gorgas 205
Watch an interview here.
Coming to his lunchtime discussion...?