Past Events



RELS colloquium: Phil Webster, "Copying the Unoriginal: Combabus's Eunuch Body"

Feb 23, 2012 at

This event forms part of the Professionalization component of RELS Colloquium, focusing on graduate student presentations and practical advice about teaching, publication, conferences,  the academic job search, etc…



RELS colloquium: Book discussion: David Frankfurter's Evil Incarnate

Feb 16, 2012 at



RELS colloquium: Article Discussion: Debating the Mosaic Distinction

Feb 9, 2012 at

READINGS:

  • Jan Assmann, “No God but God: Exclusive Monotheism and the Language of Violence,” in Of God and Gods (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008), 106-26.
  • Jan Assmann, “The Mosaic…



RELS colloquium: Discussion of "The Sanctuary," New Yorker, December 2011.

Jan 26, 2012 at



PSCO - Matthew Roller, "The Exemplarity of Women"

Dec 8, 2011 at



The Gospel of John and the "Parting of the Ways"

Dec 8, 2011 at -

"The Gospel of John and the "Parting of the Ways" (Topic Subject to Change)

Please note, this lecture takes place in Cohen 402 at 4:30pm.

Espresso and light refreshments will be served in Cohen Hall…



Panel on Becoming the People of the Talmud

Nov 30, 2011 at -

Penn's Jewish Studies Program and Religious Studies Department host a panel book discussion of Talya Fishman's new book: …



Thanksgiving Holiday

Nov 24, 2011 - Nov 25, 2011 (All Day)

Classes will not meet during the Thanksgiving Holiday