Religious Studies
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Events
Fall 2009-Spring 2010
Fall Semester
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Global China Forum and Religious Studies post-talk coffee-chat
• New Developments of Church-State Relations in China: Ideology or Interests?
Dedong Wei, Associate Professor at Renmin University of China. His major areas of research interest include the sociology of religion and Buddhist studies. His major publications include “On Religious Market Theory,” and “Ecological Views in Buddhism,”
6:00 p.m .
Stone Hall 215
Special invitation by Center on Religion and Chinese Society.
• Post-talk (free) coffee-chat, for Religious Studies faculty, students, and friends.
7:30 p.m.
Location to be determined after the talk
Friday, September 4, 2009
Religious Studies and Society for Religious Studies Meet, Greet, and Eat
4:00-6:00 p.m.
West Lafayette home of Angelica Duran, Director of Religious Studies
Complimentary appetizers, refreshments, and desserts. Guests and families welcome.
Call (765) 496-3957 or email duran0@purdue.edu for address and directions.
Wednesday, September 9, 23 and October 7, 2009
Religious Studies Reading and Bagel Circles
Camoen's The Lusiads, the Portuguese epic that joins Classical and Christian religions
Silvia Olivera (FLL) discussion leader.
1:30-2:20 p.m.
BRNG 1284
Complimentary bagels and coffee
Please consider assigning students extra credit for attendance.
Please consider including the text on your syllabus.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Purdue Medieval Studies Colloquium and Activities
Student discussion circle with David Nirenberg (U of Chicago)
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Location The Brass Rail Room (alcove in the room across the hall from the PMU Oasis Coffee Shop
Complimentary refreshments.
Co-sponsored with Medieval & Renaissance Studies (MARS)
Course tie-ins:
Please consider assigning students extra credit for attendance.
Associeated Reading: “What Benedict Really Said” (2006) and “Love and Capitalism” (2009) by David Nirenberg
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Annual Symposium: Jews and Judaism in Medieval Europe
Krannert Auditorium
7:30 PM
Speakers: David Nirenberg (University of Chicago), "The Unbearable Jewishness of Being in Medieval Spain" and Andrew Scheil (University of Minnesota), "Paradigms of Transition: Jews and the Discourse of Renewal in Anglo-Saxon England."
Co-sponsored by the Department of English, the Jewish Studies Program, and the Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MARS) Program
Please consider assigning students extra credit for attendance.
Associated reading forthcoming.
Wednesday-Thursday, October 7-8, 2009
Global China Forum
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“Thinking about China’s Power and What it Means for the World”
David Lampton (Johns Hopkins University)
October 7, 7:00-9:00 PM
Location: STEW 206
Co-sponsored with The Center on Religion and Chinese Society; The Confucius Institute; Purdue’s Indiana Center for Cultural Exchange, China Center, and Asian Studies Program; and the Purdue-Calumet Office of Research and Professional Development
Course tie-ins:
Please consider assigning students extra credit for attendance.Please consider reading or assigning “Confucianism in the Modern World” and/or “Boston Daoxue é?“å¸: A Modern Transposition of Zhu Xi’s 朱熹Philosophical Vision” - Student discussion circle with John Berthrong (Boston University)
October 8, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Location STEW 202
Complimentary refreshments.
Co-sponsored with Medieval & Renaissance Studies (MARS)
Course tie-ins:
Please consider assigning students extra credit for attendance.
Associated readings forthcoming. - "Chinese New Confucianism and its American Future"
John Berthrong (Boston University)
October 8, Time 7:00-9:00 P.M. Location STEW 206
Co-sponsored with Asian Studies, The Confucius Institute, and the Center for Religion and Chinese Society
Course tie-ins:
Please consider assigning students extra credit for attendance.
Please consider assigning students to read "Neo-Confucianism" entry from the on-line International Encyclopedia of Philosophy; or see - “Architectonic of Ti é«” Yong 用 He å’Œ De å¾· States, Functions, Unification & Moral Outcome” and “Themes, Traits and Motifs of Neo-Confucian and New Confucian Philosophical Lexicography Boston Daoxue’s é?“å¸ Chart Tu 圖 of å„’ Ru/Confucian Architctonic.”
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
2nd Annual Larry Axel Memorial Lecture
"The Promise of Incorporating the Art of Film into Theological Reflection"
Marjorie Suchocki (Claremont School of Theology)
8:00-9:00 p.m.
Krannert Auditorium
Co-sponsored with Jewish Studies
Course tie-ins:
Please consider assigning students extra credit for attendance.
Associated reading forthcoming.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Albertus Magnus Evening Lecture
"Moral Action at the Core of Personhood: The Enduring Legacy of Pope John Paul II's Moral Philosophy"
Thomas Ryba (Notre Dame Theologian-in Residence/Purdue Philosophy)
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Krannert Auditorium
Co-sponsored with the Aquinas Educational Foundation
Course tie-ins:
Please consider assigning students extra credit for attendance.
Associated Reading: “At the Lublin Workshop: Retrieving the Tradition” (1993) by Kenneth L. Schmitz, available as a pdf by linking to the title.
This event is part of the CLA “Experience Liberal Arts.”
October 2009 - February 2010
Religion and Science 2009-10 a Darwin "Mini-Series"
Wednesday, October 21, November 4, 18, 2009
Religious Studies Reading and Bagel Circles
Kenneth Miller’s Finding Darwin’s God
Complimentary bagels, 1/2 price book copies upon request.
1:30-2:20 p.m., BRNG 7150
Co-sponsored with the Society for Religious Studies, Metanexus
Course tie-ins:
Please consider assigning students extra credit for attendance.
Please consider including the text on your syllabus.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
"Holiday Readings," Greater Lafayette Dickens of a Christmas
10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
West Lafayette Public Library
Complimentary refreshments.
Course tie-ins:
Please consider assigning students extra credit for attendance.
Spring Semester
Wednesday, January 27, February 10, 24, March 17, 14 and April 7, 2010
Religious Studies Reading and Bagel Circles
2 texts based on 1) Eastern traditions and 2) Religion and Science TBA
Complimentary bagels. Some 1/2 price book copies upon request.
1:30-2:20 p.m., BRNG 1284
Co-sponsored with the Society for Religious Studies, Metanexus
Course tie-ins:
Please consider assigning students extra credit for attendance.
Please consider including the text on your syllabus.
TBA
Religion and Science Lecture
Time and location TBA
Co-sponsored with Metanexus
Potential collaborators welcome.
Sunday-Sunday, April 11-18, 2010
"Annual Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance Conference"
- Primo Levi's The Drowned and the Saved
Book Reading Club Discussion and Panel
Date and time TBA
West Lafayette Public Library
Co-sponsored with the GLRHC Committee
Course tie-ins:
Please consider assigning students extra credit for attendance.
Please come to the RS Spring 2010 faculty, staff, student Reading and Bagel Circles.
Please consider including Primo Levi's The Drowned and the Saved on your syllabus. - DVD viewing, discussion and dinner.
Date and time TBA
West Lafayette Public Library
Co-sponsored with the GLRHC Committee and Society for Religious Studies (SRS)
Course tie-ins:
Please consider assigning students extra credit for attendance.
Please consider including the DVD on your syllabus (copy available upon request).
TBA, April 2009
IDIS Outstanding Seniors and Religious Studies Graduating Seniors Recognition
- IDIS Outstanding Seniors Recognition
Complimentary appetizers, refreshments, and desserts. Guests and families welcome.
Date and time TBA
PMU, Anniversary Drawing Room - Religious Studies Graduating Seniors Recognition
Date and time TBA
4:00-6:00 p.m.
West Lafayette home of Angelica Duran, Director of Religious Studies
Complimentary appetizers, refreshments, and desserts. Guests and families welcome.
Call (765) 496-3957 or email duran0@purdue.edu for address and directions.
Co-sponsored with the Society for Religious Studies
More to Come...