Past Events



Islamic Origins from the Perspective of Enslaved Persons: A View from Below

Elizabeth Urban, West Chester University
Feb 4, 2021 at -

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

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Book Celebration: J. Brent Crosson, Experiments with Power: Obeah and the Remaking of Religion in Trinidad

J. Brent Crosson (University of Texas, Austin) with Deborah Thomas (Penn) Responding
Feb 4, 2021 at -

A celebration of J. Brent Crosson's 2020 book, Experiments with Power: Obeah and the Remaking of Religion in Trinidad. 



Zakhor: Alex Haley’s Roots, Scriptures, and the Race for America

Richard Newton, University of Alabama
Feb 4, 2021 at -

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



Is the Talmud Racist?

Mira Wasserman, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, & Steve Weitzman, University of Pennsylvania
Jan 28, 2021 at -

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



Book Celebration: Jolyon Baraka Thomas, Faking Liberties: Religious Freedom in American-Occupied Japan

Jolyon Thomas (Penn), with Tisa Wenger (Yale) Responding
Jan 21, 2021 at -

A celebration of Professor Thomas's 2019 University of Chicago Press book, which received an Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion (Analytical-Descriptive Studies) from the American Academy of Religion in…



Colloquium: AAR/SBL Presentation Rehearsals

Nov 12, 2020 at -

Graduate students scheduled to present at the annual AAR/SBL meetings will workshop their presentations. 

Speakers:

Kirby Sokolow

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Dr. Maia Kotrosits: “The Really Real: Fantasies of Materiality in the Study of Religion”

Oct 15, 2020 at -

Maia Kotrosits (Denison University) will give a lecture titled “The Really Real: Fantasies of Materiality in the Study of Religion.”



Pedagogy Colloquium: Experiential Learning Online

Oct 8, 2020 at -

PhD students Hector Kilgoe and Jeremy Steinberg will lead a discussion on "Experiential Learning Online."



Dr. Kathryn Gin Lum, "The Heathen World and America's Humanitarian Impulse"

Oct 1, 2020 at -

Dr. Kathryn Gin Lum (Stanford) will speak on her new book project, "The Heathen World and America's Humanitarian Impulse."



Dissertation Defense: Paul McBain, "A Drunken Bee: Sunthorn Phu and the Buddhist Landscapes of Early Bangkok."

Sep 25, 2020 at -

PhD Candidate Paul McBain will defend his dissertation, "A Drunken Bee: Sunthorn Phu and the Buddhist Landscapes of Early Bangkok." An abstract of the dissertation is below; please…