Events
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Prof. Arjun
Appadurai, the year's Aronov Lecturer
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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 Lunch Series.
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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.
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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.
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Please consider joining us at an upcoming event. For more
information, call our main office at 205-348-5271.
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Past Events
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For a complete listing of past events, please visit the following
pages for past years:
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2001-02
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2002-03
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2003-04
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2004-05
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2005-06
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| 2006-07 |
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Public Lectures 2008-9
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For the upcoming academic year, we already have two important
events in the early stages of planning....
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The Seventh
Annual Aronov Lecture
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Prof.
Bruce Lincoln
University of Chicago
Prof. Lincoln is among the most influential and rigorous Historians
of Religions in the U.S. His expertise runs from the ancient
world to the modern and his lecture promises to be intellectually
stimulating.
Click here
for books by Prof. Lincoln.
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| Religion
in Culture Lecture |
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Prof.
Hayden White
Emeritus, UC Santa Cruz
April 16, 17, 2009
There is no more influential theorist of historiography than
Prof. White--his work revolutionized how it is that we conceive
of the past and writing about the past. He will visit campus
for two full days, to offer workshops for students and faculty.
Click here
for books by Prof. White.
This event is co-sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences,
English, and New College.
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Public Lectures 2007-8
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| The
Sixth Annual Aronov Lecture |
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Arjun
Appadurai
"The Offending Part: Sacrifice and Ethnocide in the
Era of Globalization"
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
7:00 p.m.
205 Smith Hall
View the Flyer
(PDF)
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Prof. Appadurai, who holds the Distinguished Professorship
as the John Dewey Professor in the Social
Sciences at New York's The
New School, is an internationally noted anthropologist
and social theorist whose work focuses on such issues as cultural
pluralism, globalization, and ethnic violence.
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The 2007-8 Aronov Lecture would not be possible
without the support of the following units: College
of Arts & Sciences, African
American Studies, Anthropology,
English,
History,
New
College, and Women's
Studies.
Learn
about the lunchtime discussion of Prof. Appadurai's work.
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On April 2, 2008, the Department helped to
support American
Studies' annual Rose
Gladney Lecture (PDF), delivered this year by Dr. Dorsey
Blake, a faculty member of UA's Department of Religious Studies
in the mid-1970s.
Learn more here.
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| Religion
in Culture Lectures |
Prof.
Herbert Berg
Department
of Philosophy and Religion
April 14, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Gorgas 205
"The Historical Muhammad and the Historical Jesus: A
Comparison of Scholarly Reinventions and Reinterpretations"
Associate Professor Berg, an expert on Islamic origins and
African-American Islam, is the Director of Graduate Liberal
Studies and the Coordinator of the Middle East Studies Minor
at University
of North Carolina, Wilmington.
Prof. Berg will also be hosted by TAK
at a Religion
in Culture Lunchtime Discussion.
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Interdisciplinary
Perspectives on Religion and Conflict
A University of Alabama Symposium September 28, 2007
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This one day event, held in Gorgas Library, was co-sponsored
by the Department of Religious Studies, the Department of
History, and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
See photos
from the event.
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Religion
in Culture Lunch Series
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Prof.
Michael Murphy
Professor and Chair
Department of Anthropology
Wednesday, Oct. 24
12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Manly 210
Visit the
discussion series page to find the article to be read
for this lunchtime event.
Majors and minors in the Department of Religious Studies are
invited to sign-up for this event in the main office (Manly
212), a week or so before the event. Lunch is provided by
the Department.
The event is hosted by the Religious
Studies Student Association.
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Prof. Tim Murphy
Assistant Professor
Department of Religious Studies
Wednesday, Nov. 7
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Manly 210
Visit the
discussion series page to find the article to be read
for this lunchtime event.
Majors and minors in the Department of Religious Studies are
invited to sign-up for this event in the main office (Manly
212), a week or so before the event. Lunch is provided by
the Department.
The event is hosted by the Religious
Studies Student Association.
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Prof. Russell McCutcheon
Professor and Chair
Department of Religious Studies
Wednesday, Nov. 14
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Manly 210
Visit the
discussion series page to find the article to be read
for this lunchtime event.
Majors and minors in the Department of Religious Studies are
invited to sign-up for this event in the main office (Manly
212), a week or so before the event. Lunch is provided by
the Department.
The event is hosted by the Religious
Studies Student Association.
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Prof.
DoVeanna Fulton
Director, African
American Studies Program
Wednesday, Jan. 30
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Manly 210
Visit the
discussion series page to find the article to be read
for this lunchtime event.
Majors and minors in the Department of Religious Studies are
invited to sign-up for this event in the main office (Manly
212), a week or so before the event. Lunch is provided by
the Department.
The event is hosted by Theta
Alpha Kappa, the REL Honors Society.
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2008-9
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Prof.
John Giggie
Assistant Professor
Department
of History
Fall '08; day/time: To be announced
Visit the
discussion series page to find the article to be read
for this lunchtime event.
Majors and minors in the Department of Religious Studies are
invited to sign-up for this event in the main office (Manly
212), a week or so before the event. Lunch is provided by
the Department.
The event is hosted by Theta
Alpha Kappa, the REL Honors Society.
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