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The Department of Religion presents the Annual Dickinson Distinguished Lecture
- Suzanne L. Marchand, Professor of History, Louisiana State University
- Title: TBD
- November 2012 (exact date TBD)
- 4:15 pm
- Location: TBD
- Free and open to the public
The Religion Department's Dickinson Seminar, REL 81, in 2012 Fall, will be offered by Prof. Susannah Heschel on the topic "Orientalism and the Origins of Religion." Students will read and discuss Prof. Marchand's books and articles on the topic of Orientalism and prepare papers for discussion with Prof. Marchand in person during her visit to campus in November, 2012.
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The Department of Religion presents the James & David Orr Memorial Lecture on Culture and Religion at Dartmouth
- Robert Tonkinson, Senior Honorary Research Fellow, Anthropology and Sociology, The University of Western Australia
- Title: TBD
- Thursday, September 27, 2012
- 4:15 pm
- Location: TBD
- Free and open to the public
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"Aztec Gods, Angels of Bread, and the 'Puerto Rican Christ': Religion in the Poetry of Martín Espada"
- Martín Espada, Latino poet, editor, essayist, and translator, will give a lecture and reading of his most spiritual and visionary poems
- Tuesday, May 1, 2012
- 5:00 pm
- Location: Wren Room, Sanborn House
- Book sale and signing will follow the lecture
- Free and open to the public
Co-sponsored by the Department of Religion, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies Program, the English Department's Creative Writing Program, and the Tucker Foundation.
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The Department of Religion presents the Annual Dickinson Distinguished Lecture
- Thursday, May 17, 2012
- Ann Taves, University of California-Santa Barbara
- Lecture title: Joseph Smith and the Discovery of the Golden Plates: The Role of Skilled Perception in the Making of Special Things
- 4:15 pm
- Location: Kemeny 8
- Reception to Follow
- Free and open to the public
The Religion Department's Dickinson Seminar, REL 81 in 2012 Spring, will be offered by Prof. Nancy Frankenberry on the topic "Religious Experience Reconsidered." Students will read and discuss Prof. Taves' ground-breaking books and articles on the topic of religious experience and prepare research papers for discussion with Prof. Taves in person during her visit to campus from May 16-20, 2012.
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The Department of Religion presents the James & David Orr Memorial Lecture on Culture and Religion at Dartmouth
- Anthony Aveni, Russell B. Colgate Professor of Astronomy and Anthropology and Sociology, Colgate University
- Lecture title: The End of Time: Maya Apocalypse Soon?
- Monday, January 30, 2012
- 4:15 pm
- Location: Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
- Book Signing and Reception to Follow
- Free and Open to the Public
- See: The Dartmouth's coverage of the talk
- See also: Dartmouth College Hopkins Center Film Society Winter Series: End of Times
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The Department of Religion presents the Hardigg Family Fund Lecture
- Amy Hollywood, Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studies, Harvard Divinity School
- Lecture title: Song, Experience, and the Book in Christian Monasticism
- Tuesday, January 24, 2012
- 4:30 pm
- Location: 41 Haldeman
- Free and Open to the Public
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The Department of Religion presents the James & David Orr Memorial Lecture on Culture and Religion at Dartmouth
Adam Nicolson, author of God's Secretaries: The Making Of The King James Bible, to deliver a lecture in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible
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New England Medieval Conference
- October 3-4 2008
- Keynote Lecture title: Crusade, Jihad, and Identity in the Medieval World
- Keynote speaker: BENJAMIN KEDAR, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Convened by Professor Christopher MacEvitt & Cecilia Gaposchkin
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Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program and the Department of Religion present
- Sandra Harding, Professor of Education and Women's Studies University of CaliforniaLos Angeles
- Lecture title: Can Women Ever Become Modern? New Directions in Thinking about Gender, Science, and Modernity
- Monday, April 14, 2008
- 4PM
- Location: Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall
- Sponsored by the Religion Department and Phi Beta Kappa
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