Past Events



Religious Studies Colloquium: Abdul Manan Bhat, "Prophethood in Poetic Wisdom: Beginnings, Adab and Muhammad Iqbal"

Apr 22, 2021 at -

Religious Studies PhD student Abdul Manan Bhat will present his work "Prophethood in Poetic Wisdom: Beginnings, Adab and Muhammad Iqbal." 



Purity Politics and the Problem of Jewish Solidarity

Shana Sippy, Centre College
Apr 22, 2021 at -

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



"Demonology and Popular Piety in Second Temple Judaism and Beyond"

Annette Yoshiko Reed, New York University
Apr 15, 2021 at -

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



Religious Studies Colloquium: Joseph Blankholm, "Is There a Secular Tradition? How Religious Studies Can Help Us Understand Secular People”

Joseph Blankholm, University of California-Santa Barbara
Apr 15, 2021 at -

Dr. Joseph Blankholm (University of California, Santa Barbara) will join us to speak on his work in progress, "Is There a Secular Tradition? How Religious Studies Can Help Us Understand Secular People”



The Diaspora Within: Mizrahi Jews from Minneapolis to Jerusalem

Claris Harbon, Al Akhawayn University
Apr 15, 2021 at -

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



Religious Studies Colloquium: Max Johnson Dugan on Religious Studies and Digital Humanities

Max Johnson Dugan, University of Pennsylvania
Apr 8, 2021 at -

PhD Candidate Max Johnson Dugan will give a presentation on using digital humanities methods in religious studies. 



Funny—You Don’t Look Jewish!

Helen Kim, Whitman College, & Noah Leavitt, Whitman College
Apr 8, 2021 at -

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



Book Launch: Anthea Butler, White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America

Anthea Butler (University of Pennsylvania) with AAR President Marla Frederick (Emory University) responding
Apr 1, 2021 at -

A celebration of Dr. Anthea Butler's book White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America



“Rethinking ‘Magic’ in Ancient Christianity and Judaism: A View from Ethiopian Prayer Scrolls”

Aaron Butts, Catholic University of America
Mar 25, 2021 at -

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



“We are the Ethiopian Hebrews, Brothers to the Fair White Jew”: Race, Religion, and Jewish Identity in Harlem

Judith Weisenfeld, Princeton University
Mar 25, 2021 at -

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