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Photos from the Second Session |
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Opening the second session was Prof. Jimmy Mixon (History), himself a specialist in Medieval European history and an early participant in conceptualizing the symposium. |
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The morning's second panel featured Prof. Christine Ames (History, University of South Carolina), along with her respondents: Prof. Tony Clark (left, of the Department of History) and Prof. Steve Jacobs (right, Religious Studies, and holder of the Aronov Endowed Chair in Judaic Studies). |
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Rumor has it that not only do students all sit together
when in public but also that 3 out of 4 faculty members drink coffee
during conference presentations. |
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Prof. Ames's paper, entitled "A Consuming Fire: The Violence of Inquisition and Meanings of Medieval Religion" (PDF; available with your Bama ID and Password) argued that the Inquisition is not adequately understood unless it is also studied as a religious and theological controversy. See the following article for an additional sample of her work on the Inquisition, as well as a blog commentary on her article. |
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Prof. Steve Jacobs--himself a specialist in genocide and holocaust studies--responding to Dr. Ames's paper. As he did in 2005, in the Fall of 2007, Dr. Jacobs serves as the program scholar for the University Library's "Let's Talk About It"--a five part public reading and discussion series on Jewish literature. |
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Although coming to UA only a couple years ago, Prof. Tony Clark has already established the study of China (both in history and (modern day) as an important element of university life--cases in point: the Ron Robel Lecture Series (named after the late Prof. Ron Robel [a longtime History faculty member and Director of the Asian Studies Program]) on "(Mis)interpretations East West: Representations of China, Japan, and the West" (held in February 2007) as well as his Chinese film and lecture series, which continued in 2007. |
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The Q&A following the paper and responses focused largely on historigraphical issues surrounding the study of the Inquisition--whether it is best understood as a matter of conflicting individual belief or dueling institutional powers. |
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Jennifer McClure, with the University Libraries (among whose responsibilities is the acquisition of Religious Studies resources), looks on as Prof. George McClure (History), a specialist in Renaissance and Reformation history, pursues a point with Dr. Ames. |
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Following the close of the second session, |
