Public Lectures 2007-8
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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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