Past Events



The Sleep of Adam, the Making of Eve: Sin, Sex and Creation in Eriugena.

Feb 28, 2013 at -



Book Launch & Signing for Jamal J. Elias' Aisha's Cushion

Feb 16, 2013 at

Event at Twelve Gates Arts in Philadelphia. 



The Religious Studies department office will be closed on 12/21/2012 and 1/3/2013 for Winter Break

Dec 21, 2012 - Jan 3, 2013 (All Day)

The Department of Religious Studies wishes you and yours a happy and safe holiday season and a prosperous new year!



PSCO at 50: Reflecting on the Category of "Christian Origins"

Dec 6, 2012 at

Panel discussion with David Efroymsen (LaSalle), Phil Fackler (Penn), John G. Gager (Princeton), and Ross Kraemer (Brown). 



Talk by Jamal J. Elias at Penn Bookstore

Nov 8, 2012 at

Prof. Elias talks about his new book Aisha’s Cushion: Religious Art, Perception and Practice in Islam.



Departmental Colloquium- Towards Understanding Thai Buddhism

Oct 18, 2012 at

The dominant religion of the Thais has many unique characteristics. Baas Terwiel will first draw attention to the way the Thais depict the Buddha and the unusual shape of certain monastery buildings. This will lead…



Center for Ancient Studies Symposium: THE END OF TIME

Oct 13, 2012 (All Day)

Whether or not the end of the time is predicted in the Maya calendar, many of the ancient world civilizations hosted a belief in a universal cataclysm—the Eschaton, the coming of the Antichrist, the Last Judgment,…



Packaging Legal Traditions in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages: An Interdisciplinary Workshop

May 6, 2012 at -

Participants in this interdisciplinary workshop will explore the impact of genre on the reception of legal traditions, and thus, on the shaping of discrete legal cultures. The collaboration of established and…



PSCO - John G. Gager, "The Toledot Yeshu – Jewish Memories of Jesus and Christian Beginnings"

Apr 26, 2012 at -



RELS colloquium: Josh Dubler & Joel Blecher, "The Prophet's Toothbrush is on 52nd Street: Tradition, Modernity and the Miswak"

Apr 19, 2012 at