Spring 2024 Events

Works-in-Progress Research Colloquium

For access to pre-circulated material, contact David Zeile, Department Coordinator, ddz4@pitt.edu. All sessions will be in 2628 Cathedral of Learning.

  • Wednesday February 28, 1-2:30 pm--Raja Rosenhagen (Pitt Philosophy and Asian Studies): Jain Perspectivalism and (Religious) Epistemic Justice
  • Wednesday March 20, 1-2:30 pm--Paula Kane (Pitt Religious Studies): Catholics and Jews in Napoleonic Germany
  • Wednesday April 17, 1-2:30 pm--Ana Sekulic (Pitt History and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies): Catholic Things: Materiality, Space, and Catholic Ritual in the Ottoman Empire

 

Healthcare and Religion Virtual Lecture Series

Co-sponsored with the Center for Bioethics and Health Law; the Jewish Studies Program; and the Palliative and Supportive Institute of UPMC. For details and information on registration, visit the Center for Bioethics and Health Law. 

  • Tuesday February 6, 8-9 am--Ahmed Abdul Rheman (Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad): Ethical and Legal Approach ofIslam to Gene Editing
  • Tuesday March 5, 8-9 am--Laurie Zoloth (U. of Chicago): Second Texts and Second Opinions: Religion, Medicine, and Jewish Thought
  • Tuesday April 2, 8-9 am--Hilla Nehushtan (Pitt Jewish Studies/Religious Studies): Body Size and Religion: Views from Judaism and Christianity

 

Cosponsored and Related Events

Thursday January 18, 12 noon-1 pm--Aala Abdelgadir (Pitt Political Science): Anti-Muslim Discrimination and the Limits to Equality in Europe (Race and... Lecture Series) For registration, visit this page.

Friday January 19, 12 noon-1:30 pm, 4120 Posvar Hall--Faculty Roundtable: Pedagogy in an Age of Religious Nationalism: Confronting Intergenerational Collective Memory of Violence and Displacement. (World History Center and Global Studies Center)

Monday March 4, 6 pm, 548 William Pitt Union--Laurie Zoloth (U. Chicago): Climate Change and Jewish Thought (co-sponsoredwith the Jewish Studies Program)

Sunday March 17, 12-5:30 pm, Frick Fine Arts Auditorium--Symposium on Feminist Perspectives on Mizrahi Music (co-sponsored with the Jewish studies Program and the Buncher Chair in Jewish Studies at Carnegie Mellon University)

Friday April 5, 3-4:30 pm, 3415 Posvar: Mika Chase (U. Wisconsin-Madison): The End of Motherhood: On Jain Voluntary Death ina Mode of Rift and Repair (co-sponsored with Asian Studies Center).

Thursday April 11, 5:30 pm--Yasmine Flodin-Ali (Pitt Religious Studies) will facilitate a Faculty Book Discussion of I Cannot Write My Life: Islam, Arabic, and Slavery (Consortium for Educational Resources in Islamic Studies)

Thursday April 18, 12:30-2 pm, Humanities Center, 602 Cathedral of Learning--Finbarr Barry Flood (NYU): European Moments in the Making of Islam’s “Image Problem” (Humanities Center Colloquium).

If you are interested in cosponsoring an event with Religious Studies or would like Religious Studies to promote an event, please contact Adam Shear, ashear@pitt.edu.