Department of Religious Studies
Events
Brown Bag Lunch Colloquium Series
2009-2010
- St. John the Baptist Carpatho-Rusyn Church
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All colloquia are free and open to the public. Coffee and cookies provided.
September 16, 2009
Would Hell be Unjust?
Tony Edwards, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pittsburgh
Noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning
Dr. Edwards works in the areas of philosophy of religion, theories of religion, and the history of Christian thought.
October 14, 2009
Is the "Problem of Evil" Still Broadly Relevant?
Eric Boynton, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Allegheny College
Noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning
Eric Boynton is the editor of The Enigma of Gift and Sacrifice (2002) and Saintly Influence: Edith Wyschogrod and the Possibilities of Philosophy of Religion (2009), both published by Fordham University Press. He has published articles on the Continental philosophy of religion and aesthetics.
November 11, 2009
The Muwallad Era (711-1085): The Christians of al-Andalus amid Islamic Rule and Christian Kingdoms
Diego Olstein, Lecturer in History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Visiting Scholar, World History Center, University of Pittsburgh
Noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning
Dr. Olstein is in residence as a researcher at the World History Center from mid-September through mid-November.
December 2, 2009
Transcendence and Religiously Feeling the State in Central Asia
David W. Montgomery, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
Noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning
Dr. Montgomery has conducted long-term anthropological field research in the Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, and Albania, and his work focuses on the transmission of religious and cultural knowledge; expressions of everyday religious life; social aspects of religious change in Central Asia and the Balkans; and religion, conflict, and peacebuilding. He coordinates the International Summer School on Religion and Public Life.
January 20, 2010
Conscience, Constituents, and Culture Wars: The Partisan Face of Political Representation
David C. Barker, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
Noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning
David Barker works in the areas of American politics, political psychology, and methodology. He is author of Rush to Judgment: Talk Radio and American Political Behavior (Columbia University Press, 2002).
February 17, 2010
Helena Valero's Yanomamo Captivity Narrative
H. David Brumble, Professor of English and Religious Studies, University of Pittsburgh
Noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning
Dr. Brumble has published five books, including two on American Indian autobiography and three on Medieval and Renaissance literature. Another book, The Bible in Cross-Cultural Perspective, is forthcoming. He has taken students to 28 countries, mostly in the Developing World.
March 3, 2010
Medieval Hebrew-French Wedding Songs: Expressions of Identity
Kirsten Fudeman, Assistant Professor of French, University of Pittsburgh
Noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning
Kirsten Fudeman specializes in French linguistics, Old French, and Jewish culture in Medieval France. She is co-author [with Mark Aronoff] of What is Morphology? (Oxford: Blackwell, 2005) and author of the forthcoming Vernacular Voices: Language and Identity in Medieval French Jewish Communities (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press).
April 7, 2010
The Canaanite Woman is Everyman
Nancy Klancher, Cooperative Doctoral Program in Religion, University of Pittsburgh
Noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning
Nancy Klancher works in the areas of New Testament studies, Second Temple Judaism, and early Christianity.