Department of Religious Studies
Colloquium Schedule -- Fall 2009
All sessions will be held in 204 Claudia Cohen Hall, from 3:00-4:30 pm, unless otherwise indicated.
| Sept. 10th: | 3:00-3:45 - Welcome (grad students and faculty) 3:45-4:30 - Faculty meeting |
| Sept. 17th: | Sandy Russell Jones, Graduate student, RELS "Women and Family Law Reform in Bahrain: Re-shaping Shari'a and the Islamic State" |
| Sept. 24th: | READING: Marcel Mauss, The Gift |
| Oct. 1st: | Justin McDaniel, RELS "The Importance of an Ugly Manuscript in Southeast Asian Buddhism" |
| Oct. 8t: | Faculty meeting, no colloquium |
| Oct. 15th: | "On Scholarly Writing for Different Venues: A Discussion" Facilitated by Tammie Wanta, et al. |
| Oct. 22nd: | READING: Jacques Derrida, The Gift of Death |
| Oct. 29th: | Anthea Butler, RELS "Pitbulls, Harpies, and Angry Women: Religion, Image, and Political Womanhood in America" |
| Nov. 5th: | Faculty meeting, no colloquium |
| Nov. 12th: | Alon Segev, ,Philosophische Fakultat, Universitat zu Koln, Martin Buber Institut fur Judaistik, "Walter Benjamin & Ernst Jünger on Religious-Metaphysical Drug Experiences |
| Nov. 19th: | READING: TBA |
| Dec. 3rd: | "On Fellowships and Grantsmanship" Facilitated by Alberta Ferrario & Virginia Wayland |
| Dec. 10th: | Faculty meeting, no colloquium |