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1<p>Why Study Religion? Faculty Roundtable, spring 2018.</p>

Why Study Religion? Faculty Roundtable, spring 2018.

1<p>Why Study Religion? Faculty Roundtable, in spring 2018.</p>

Why Study Religion? Faculty Roundtable, in spring 2018.

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What kind of Religion Program can we envision for Brooklyn College?

  • Monday, November 16, 12:30-2 p.m.
  • Thursday, November 19, 12-2 p.m.

Faculty and Students welcome!

  • Religion majors and minors: come give us feedback on our curriculum. What should we keep? What should we change? What works? What doesn't?
  • Students interested in Religious Studies: Come hear about our program. Tell us more about why religion interests you.
  • BC faculty: Come hear about our program and help us think how we can include your classes or feature your research.

E-mail Prof. Lauren Mancia for the Zoom link.

All events will be held on Zoom.

Questions, or for Zoom links, e-mail Prof. Mancia in the days before each event at laurenmancia@brooklyn.cuny.edu.

Tuesday, September 22, 12:30-2 p.m.

Thinking Within the Lines: Some Medieval Islamic Views on Permissible and Heretical Interpretations of Scripture

Andrew Arlig, Department of Philosophy/Studies in Religion, Brooklyn College

Co-Sponsored with LAMEM

Thursday, October 8, 3:40-4:55 p.m.

Shimmering Contraries: Medieval Grammar and the Rise of Race and Racism

Prof. Cord Whitaker, English, Wellesley College

Co-sponsored by Africana Studies, Judaic Studies, Classics, History, Studies in Religion, The Wolfe Institute, LAMEM, and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Monday, November 9, 5-6:30 p.m.

Bodies Besieged: Early Modern Plague Literature and The Destruction of Jerusalem

Vanita Neelakanta, Department of English, Rider University

Co-Sponsored with LAMEM

Monday, November 23, 4-5:30 p.m.

Caste: The Origins of our Discontents (by Isabel Wilkerson) in Historical Perspective - A Panel Discussion

Prof. Swapna Banerjee, Department of History; Benjamin Fleming, Studies in Religion; Gunja SenGupta, Department of History; Karen Stern, Department of History

Co-Sponsored with History

Monday, November 23, 5:30-7 p.m.

Monks Learning to be Priests: Bodies, Texts, and Educational Boundaries in the Twelfth Century

Jay Diehl, Department of History, Long Island University

Co-Sponsored with LAMEM

Thursday, December 3, 12:30-2 p.m.

Not Even Past: Salvation History in the Philosophy and Theology of Race

Sameer Yadav, Religious Studies, Westmont College

Co-sponsored by Studies in Religion and the Department of Philosophy

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