Events
Town Hall Meetings
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
