This talk examines the celebration of Purim in early modern Italy and the emergence of local Purims, unique commemorations established by Jewish communities to mark moments of deliverance from persecution and…
For much of the early 2000s, seduction forum users struggled with magic. They had gathered online to perfect methods for persuading women to have sex with them. Having perfected…
In conjunction with the Wolf Humanities Center’s 2024–2025 Forum on Keywords, this symposium engages mobile concepts and their genealogies, histories, structures of meaning, translations, and adaptations across time…
Jonathan Feuer, Postdoctoral Scholar, Yale University
Feb 20, 2025
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Buddhism is often presumed to be a strictly pacifist religion, thus a Buddhist military chaplaincy would be an oxymoron. Currently, 128 chaplains in the South Korean military, however, see no apparent contradiction…
Emilie M. Townes, Boston University School of Theology
Feb 19, 2025
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The University of Pennsylvania Department of Religious Studies is thrilled to host the first of three Philadelphia-area lectures as part of the American Academy of Religion's prestigious…
This talk centers on the social, political, and affective consequences of living with growing Islamophobia for Indian Muslims. In the years after 2014, memories of riots and…
Please join faculty and graduate students from the Department of Religious Studies on Saturday, November 23 in San Diego. The Fall Boardman Reception previews two major upcoming events on our Spring calendar: The…
