Past Events



“Rethinking ‘Magic’ in Ancient Christianity and Judaism: A View from Ethiopian Prayer Scrolls”

Aaron Butts, Catholic University of America
Mar 25, 2021 at -

A talk in the Philadelphia Seminar on Christian Origins "Popular Piety" series.



“We are the Ethiopian Hebrews, Brothers to the Fair White Jew”: Race, Religion, and Jewish Identity in Harlem

Judith Weisenfeld, Princeton University
Mar 25, 2021 at -

A talk in the "Jews, Race, and Religion" lecture series.



Book Launch: Hsiao-wen Cheng, "Divine, Demonic, and Disordered"

Hsiao-wen Cheng (Penn), with Lori Meeks (USC) Responding
Mar 18, 2021 at -

Hsiao-wen Cheng (Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Penn) will talk about her brand-new book …



Race, Class and Privilege: How Latino Jews Navigate Life in the United States

Laura Limonic, College of Old Westbury at the State University of New York
Mar 18, 2021 at -

A talk in the "Jews, Race, and Religion" lecture series.



Prof Robb interviewed for New Books in Islam Podcast 12 March 2021

She talked with Prof SherAli Tareen about her book Print and the Urdu Public published with Oxford University Press
Mar 12, 2021 at

Listen to the Podcast interview with Prof. Robb here.



Book Celebration: Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada, Lifeblood of the Parish: Men and Catholic Devotion in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada (Kalamazoo College) with Anthea Butler (Penn) Responding
Mar 4, 2021 at -

A celebration of Dr. Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada's 2020 book Lifeblood of the Parish: Men and Catholic Devotion in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.



Limpieza de Sangre and the “Clash of Civilizations”; Or, What Hath the Soul to Do with Racialized Bodies?

Sylvester A. Johnson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Mar 4, 2021 at -

A talk in the "Jews, Race, and Religion" lecture series.



Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s

Marc Dollinger, San Francisco State University
Feb 25, 2021 at -

A talk in the "Jews, Race, and Religion" lecture series.



Book Launch: Megan Eaton Robb, Print & the Urdu Public: Muslims, Newspapers, & Urban Life in Colonial India

Megan Eaton Robb (Penn), with Anand Taneja (Vanderbilt) Responding
Feb 18, 2021 at -

A celebration of Dr. Megan Eaton Robb's new book, Print & the Urdu Public: Muslims, Newspapers, & Urban Life in Colonial India.



Religion and White Supremacy in the United States

Sophie Bjork-James, Vanderbilt University
Feb 18, 2021 at -

A talk in the "Jews, Race, and Religion" lecture series.