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Public Lectures
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Fifth Annual Aronov Lecture |
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March 7, 2007
7:00p.m.-9:30p.m.
Gorgas Library, Room 205
"Return of the What?—or Why We Should Care about
the (Mere) Concept of Religion"
Dr.
Tomoko Masuzawa
Program
in Comparative Literature
Department
of History
University of Michigan
Prof. Masuzawa earned her Ph.D. from the University of California,
Santa Barbara, in 1985 and is the author of In
Search of Dreamtime: The Quest for the Origin of Religion
and the recently published The
Invention of World Religions: Or, How European Universalism
Was Preserved in the Language of Pluralism and Diversity
(both published by the University of Chicago Press). Her work
covers a broad and timely area, moving between critical and
discourse theory as well as the history and effects of European
colonialism. Most recently, she has examined in detail the
political context of the study of religion's own nineteenth-century
history. She is the President of the North
American Association for the Study of Religion and one
of the leading theorists of the field today.
As part of its celebration of its 175th anniversary, this
event is also supported by the College
of Arts & Sciences.
View
the Flyer (PDF) or read the press
release.
Prof. Masuzawa
will also participate in a Religion in Culture lunch
while on campus.
Read an article
on her Aronov Lecture.
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in Culture Lectures |
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April 5, 2007
3:00 p.m.-5:00p.m.
Gorgas Library, Room 205
"The Two Deaths of Lady MacDuff: Politics, Metaphysics,
and Violence
in William Davenant's revision of Macbeth"
Prof.
Ted H. Miller
Department
of Political Science
University
of Alabama
Prof. Miller graduated from the University of Chicago (B.A.),
and received his Ph.D. from the University of California,
San Diego (1999). His work has been published in Inquiry
(1997, 1999) and he is currently preparing a book manuscript
on Thomas Hobbes. His interests include Early Modern and Contemporary
Political Thought, and Critical Theory. His work connects
Political Philosophy with Early Modern British History, the
History of Science, and with English Literature. He has been
awarded Huntington Library Fellowships, and an Earhardt Foundation
Fellowship. He has taught and held research positions at the
University of Michigan and Dartmouth College.
This lecture is part of the Department's Honors Week celebrations.
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January 25, 2007
3:00 p.m.-5:00p.m.
Gorgas Library, Room 205
"Mediating Culture and Religion: A Colonial and Post-Colonial
African Perspective"
Prof. Josephine Nhongo-Simbanegavi
Department
of History
University
of Alabama
Learn more about this event here.
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October 11, 2006
7:00 p.m.
125 tenHoor
"Game Day and God: Football, Faith, and Politics in the
American South"
Eric
Bain-Selbo
Department
of Religion and Philosophy
Lebanon Valley College
This event is co-sponsored with the Department
of American Studies and the College
of Arts and Sciences.
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September 27, 2006
3:00–5:00 PM
Gorgas Library, Room 205
"Sunday in Depression Era America"
Prof.
Alexis McCrossen
Clements
Department of History
Southern
Methodist University
Learn more about this lecture here.
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Alabama's
Lectures on Life's Evolution (ALLELE)
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November 2, 2006
7:30 p.m.
Biology Auditorium
"The Wedge Strategy: The Political Relevance of Intelligent
Design Creationism"
Prof.
Barbara Forrest
Department
of History and Political Science
Southeastern
Louisiana University
Learn more
about Prof. Forrest's work.
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This event, part of the ALLELE series, is co-sponsored by
the Department of Religious Studies. To learn about other
lectures in this series, see their schedule.
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