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 CURRENT EVENTS

Spring 2013

 
SEMINARS
 
February 15, 2013, Noon, 300 McMahon Hall.
Scott Johnson, Dumbarton Oaks Teaching Fellow, Georgetown University
“Real and Imaginary Geography in the Long Fifth Century."
 
April 5, 2013, Noon, 300 McMahon Hall.
Rebecca Rine, Department of Religion, George Mason University
"How To Read the Song of Songs: Patristic Perspectives on Its Genre and Pedagogy."
 
April 25, 2013, 5:15 pm, 300 McMahon Hall.
Georgia Frank, Professor of Religion, Colgate University
"Collective Emotions in Romanos's Biblical Retellings."
 
The Early Christian Seminar will meet in 300 McMahon Hall on the following Thursdays at 5:15 p.m.:
 
  • February 7, Nathan Gibson, Graduate Student, Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures, “The Miaphysite Arabian Triangle: Ghassaniya-Hirta-Najran in the Sixth Century CE.” 
  • March 14, Andrew Hagstrom, Graduate Student, Department of Greek and Latin, "Early Christianity and the Cult of Attis: Defining the Relationship." (Note: seminar will begin at 5:30pm).
  • April 29, Erik Kolb, Graduate Student, Early Christian Studies Program, "Punishment and Pedagogy in the Monasteries of Pachomius and Shenoute."
 
Seminars are restricted to members of the University and invited guests; buffet lunch (Fridays) or supper (Thursdays) is provided without charge.
 
 

 

 

 Other Events of Interest

2nd Annual Hyvernat Lecture

March 21, Lukas van Rompay, Duke University, "Christianity and Scholarship in the Syriac-Orthodox Monasteries of the Early Islamic Period."  5:00 pm, Aquinas Hall Auditorium.