The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University is co-sponsoring a conference later this week on “credulity.”
events
March 26th, 2013
Credulity: Enchantment and Modernity in the 19th-Century U.S.
posted by Jonathan VanAntwerpen
December 6th, 2012
Upcoming talks by Robert Bellah
posted by John D. BoyRobert Bellah, the eminent American sociologist whose latest book, Religion in Human Evolution, was the subject of a recent discussion series on this blog, will be delivering two talks in the coming week.
December 6th, 2012
Conference on René Girard and international relations
posted by Wei ZhuOn May 23-24, 2013, the University of Central Lancashire will convene a conference on “Politics, Violence and the Sacred: Exploring René Girard’s thought in Security and International Studies.”
May 31st, 2012
Conference: Varieties of Continental Thought and Religion
posted by Wei ZhuFrom Thursday, June 14th, to Sunday, June 17th, the Philosophy Department at Ryerson University will host Varieties of Continental Thought and Religion, featuring speakers John Caputo, Bettina Bergo, Morny Joy, Nikolas Kompridis, Ron Kuipers, and Robert Sinnerbrink.
April 25th, 2012
Book launch: Rethinking Religion and World Affairs
posted by Jessica PolebaumOn Tuesday, May 1, the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs will host the launch of Rethinking Religion and World Affairs, featuring a panel discussion with the volume’s editors, Timothy Samuel Shah, Alfred Stepan, and Monica Duffy Toft, and three of its contributors, Michael Barnett, Thomas Farr, and Katherine Marshall.
April 17th, 2012
Why religious studies?
posted by David SloaneOn April 18th, Columbia University’s Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life will host Nathan Schneider for a talk on “Why the World Needs Religious Studies (and Why Religious Studies Needs the World).”
March 28th, 2012
Durkheim and belief
posted by John D. BoyThis Friday, March 30, at 12:30pm, the Committee for the Study of Religion at the City University of New York Graduate Center is hosting a lecture by Steven Lukes with the title “Is Durkheim’s Understanding of Religion Compatible with Believing?” The lecture marks the centenary of the publication of Émile Durkheim’s classical work, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life.
March 15th, 2012
Syposium on Derrida and religion
posted by Charles Gelman“Of Miracles and Machines: A Symposium on Derrida and Religion” will take place Thursday, March 22, at Fordham University, New York, NY.
January 17th, 2012
Conference: Reworking Political Concepts
posted by Charles GelmanOn Friday-Saturday, Feb. 3-4, the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University will host Reworking Political Concepts II: A Lexicon in Formation, featuring presentations by Gil Anidjar, Susan Buck-Morss, Stathis Gourgouris, Jacques Lezra, and Uday Mehta, among others.
November 9th, 2011
Gary Shteyngart: Rewiring the Real, at Columbia University
posted by Charles GelmanTomorrow evening, at Columbia University’s Rennert Hall, Kraft Center for Jewish Life, author Gary Shteyngart will engage in a conversation with McKenzie Wark, professor of media and cultural studies at The New School, as part of Rewiring the Real, a yearlong series of conversations with writers about the interplay of literature, technology and religion, organized by Columbia’s Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life.
Subscribe to the RSS feed for events
