Past Events



The Evangelical Bible

Constructing Authority and (Re)Writing History in the Nation's Capital
Jill Hicks-Keeton (University of Oklahoma)
Feb 20, 2020 at -

Jill Hicks-Keeton (Phd, Duke University) is the author of Arguing with Aseneth: Gentile Access to Israel's Living God in Jewish Antiquity (Oxford University Press, 2018) and numerous academic articles. She…



The History of Emotions and Medieval Arabic Pietistic Literature

Nancy Khalek (Brown University)
Feb 6, 2020 at -



Soul Science

Parapsychology in India, ca. 1952–1977
Projit Mukharji (Penn)
Nov 14, 2019 at -



Toward a Pacific Era

Peace and Empire in the Pan-Pacific Buddhists' Associations Conferences of the 1930s
Justin B. Stein (Bukkyō University)
Nov 7, 2019 at -

In recent years, research into the links between Japanese Buddhism and Japanese colonialism has become a distinct subfield. At the same time, Japanese American studies has begun to look at Japanese migration to the U…



Forging the Ideal Educated Girl

The Production of Desirable Subjects in Muslim South Asia
Shenila Khoja-Moolji (Bowdoin College)
Oct 24, 2019 at -



Medicalizing Salvation

Pathography and Drug Lore in Early Christian Ritual
John Penniman (Bucknell University)
Oct 17, 2019 at -



Disney Devotees

Religion and the Walt Disney Company
Jodi Eichler-Levine (Lehigh University)
Sep 26, 2019 at -



At Home

Community and Agency in Roman Domestic Religion
Kimberly Bowes (Penn)
Sep 19, 2019 at -



Making Moral Subjects

The 1958 Introduction of "Morality Time" in Japanese Public Schools
Jolyon Thomas (Penn)
Sep 12, 2019 at -



Colloquium Schedule Fall 2019

Sep 12, 2019 - Nov 14, 2019 (All Day)