Past Events



No RELS colloquium [FALL BREAK!]

Oct 8, 2015 at



PSCO: Aaron Butts (Catholic University) and Simcha Gross (Yale), “Judaism and Syriac Christianity”

Oct 1, 2015 at -



No RELS colloquium [faculty meeting]

Oct 1, 2015 at



RELS colloquium - Reading session in preparation for “The Language of the Past and the Future of Ancient Studies”

Sep 24, 2015 at -

This RELS colloquium will be a special student-lead—and student-only!—Reading Discussion centering on the themes of the upcoming Center for…



RELS colloquium with Angela Locatelli (U.Bergamo), "Emotions and/in Religion"

Sep 17, 2015 at

ABSTRACT - This talk situates the exploration and discussion of religious emotions in the context of recent findings on emotions in general. Philosophy and the cognitive sciences (Robert C. Solomon,  Martha Nussbaum…



RELS colloquium with Joloyn Thomas, "The Buddhist Virtues of Raging Lust and Crass Materialism in Contemporary Japan"

Sep 10, 2015 at

The Buddhist Virtues of Raging Lust and Crass Materialism in Contemporary Japan



RELS colloquium: Welcome and Group Reading

Sep 3, 2015 at



Commencement

May 18, 2015 at -



Penn Lightbulb Cafe presents "Why There’s Opposition to Depictions of Muhammad"

Apr 7, 2015 at -

After events like the attacks on Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical weekly that routinely published caricatures of Muhammad, and on other satirists and cartoonists in Europe, many may be wondering if depictions of…



Hinduism Presentation

Oct 15, 2014 at