Events

Nov. 17, 2009 (Tue)- Brown Bag Lecture Series: "Sacred Dissent: The rise of oppositional Shi'i Islam in post-election Iran"
12:30-1:30pm, West Green Table Room, Price Center West (Level 2)

Presented by Babak Rahimi, Assistant Professor of Iranian and Islamic Studies, UCSD Department of Literature. Sponsored by the Program for the Study of Religion. Bring your lunch.

Oct. 23, 2009 (Fri)- "Religious Perspectives on Peacemaking and Violent Conflict: A Dialogue with R. Scott Appleby"
10:30-11:45am, The Forum, Price Center East (4th Floor) [PDF flyer]

Why, in the name of religion, do some persons engage in violent conflict while others work for sustainable peace? At this Open Dialogue Forum, students will explore these issues with one another and Dr. Scott Applby, Director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame. Students are encouraged to attend Dr. Appleby’s Burke Lecture, "What can Catholics and Muslims teach each other about the world?" the previous evening, October 22 @ 8:00 pm, Student Services Center: Multipurpose Room.

Oct. 22, 2009 (Thu)- "What Can Muslims and Catholics Teach One Another and the World?"
8pm, Student Service Center Multi-purpose Room

Speaker: Dr. R. Scott Appleby, Director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame. Presented by the Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society.

Oct. 20, 2009 (Tue)- Pizza and Information Session
12:00pm-1pm, Literature Bldg. (Warren), Room 355 (Third Floor) [Flyer]

Professor Richard Cohen invites you for pizza and advising about the Study of Religion major and minor. All interested students welcome.

Oct. 15, 2009 (Thu) - "Middle East Elections & Democracy"
5:30pm, The Great Hall, International Center

Presented by Clark Gibson, chair of the department of political science, and Babak Rahimi, assistant professor Iranian and Islamic Studies.

Registration: $10 UCSD alumni, faculty, staff and students; $20 general. Sponsored by the UCSD Alumni Association. For more information visit http://alumni.ucsd.edu/ucsdnearyou or contact the Alumni Association at (858) 534-3900 or alumni@ucsd.edu

Oct. 8, 2009 (Thu) - "Unquiet Spaces: Ghosts, Histories and Colonial Anxieties in Nineteenth-century Bengal"
4:00-6:00pm, Galbraith Conference Room (H&SS 4026)

Tithi Bhattacharya, Department of History, Purdue University, will present a paper about the production and demarcation of new spaces of death and the outcome of such practices/policies in colonial India. Sponsored by the UCSD Department of History.

Apr. 28, 2009 (Tue)- Pizza and Advising Session
12:30-1:30pm, Literature Bldg. (Warren), Room 323 (Third Floor)

Professor Richard Cohen invites you for pizza and advising about the Study of Religion major and minor. All interested students welcome.

Apr. 2, 2009 - "Why Darwin Matters"
6:30pm, Price Center Ballroom

Guest speaker: Michael Shermer, founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine. His published works include Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time; How We Believe, the Search for God in an Age of Science; The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Care, Share, and Follow the Golden Rule; Why Darwin Matters: Evolution and the Case Against Intelligent Design. Presented by the The Helen Edison Lecture Series. Free and open to the public.

Mar. 4, 2009 - Student Forum with Edward J. Larson
1:30-3pm, HSS 3027
Co-presented by the Science Studies Program and Program for the Study of Religion.
Space is limited. Please RSVP by Wednesday, February 24.

The forum gives students the opportunity to meet Edward J. Larson following his public lecture on March 3 on the Scopes "Monkey" Trial (Tennessee v. John Scopes). Professor Larson is the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion. He specializes in law, science and technology, and health care law. The author of seven books and over sixty published articles, Professor Larson writes mostly about issues of science, medicine, and law from an historical perspective.

Mar. 3, 2009 - "For the Health and Welfare of the Community -- Careers in the Nonprofit Sector"
2:30-4pm, Career Services Center (off Library Walk)

Working in the nonprofit sector is a way of life that brings together professionals from across industries to manage programs, develop resources, advocate, educate, and otherwise improve the lives and well-being of the community. Speakers: An environmental advocate and legal researcher; an economic redevelopment administrator; and an international human rights outreach advisor. Join us to learn how they used their various undergraduate/graduate majors and skills to create a career with meaning. For more information contact Kathleen Self at (858) 534-3750.

Feb. 27, 2009 - "Information Risk Management: Introductory Notes on Perplexity and Mystery"
12pm, Student Services Center - Room 300 [PDF flyer]

Speaker: Professor Richard S. Cohen. Presented by the Program for the Study of Religion Brown Bag Lunch Series. The public is invited. Bring your brown bag lunch.

Feb. 23, 2009 - "Mask of the Self: Theological and Tragic"
6:00pm, Robinson Auditorium at IR/PS

Guest speaker: David Tracy. Presented by The Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society. Free and open to the public.

Jan. 28, 2009 (Wed)- Pizza and Advising Session
12:30-1:30pm, Literature Bldg. (Warren), Room 323 (Third Floor)

Professor Richard Cohen invites you for pizza and advising about the Study of Religion major and minor. All interested students welcome.

Jan. 22, 2009 - "For the Bible Tells Me So: A Legal History of Religion and the Institution of Marriage" 4:00—5:30p.m., Literature Building Room 155 (deCerteau)

Guest speaker: Kari Hong. Ms. Hong is a lawyer with offices in Portland, Oregon and Oakland, California. She has been an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco Law School, teaching a seminar entitled "Marriage Law." Ms. Hong will look at the legal history of marriage and examine the ways in which religion has shaped social and legal restrictions over whom may enter and exit the institution of marriage. Free and open to the public.

Jan. 16, 2009 - Film Screening: Silhouette City
7pm, Price Center Theater

Silhouette City is a harrowing free-fall through the near space of American religious extremism. Using archival video, movement propaganda, original investigative material and custom videogame footage, Silhouette City tracks the movement of apocalyptic Christian nationalism from the margins to the mainstream. Presented by the Program for the Study of Religion and campus partners. Free and open to the public. More

Nov. 9. 2008 - Aesthetic Universals and the Neurology of Hindu Art
Noon - 2:00pm, Seuss Room, Geisel Library

Guest speaker: V.S. Ramachandran, Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego. Hosted by Tom Levy, Associate Director, Center of Interdisciplinary Science for Art, Architecture and Archaelogy.

Nov. 6. 2008 (Thu)- Harvard Divinity School Information Session
12:00-2:00pm, Bear Room (formerly Gallery A), Price Center West

Information will be available on Harvard Divinity School's masters and doctoral programs, financial aid, and general tips for applying for graduate study in religion. Students interested in pursuing ministry or academia or combining religious studies with interests in law, journalism, public policy, education or international relations are encouraged to attend. Interested students may visit the HDS website.

Come in for a chat and learn about the many opportunities at HDS. Please RSVP to Angela Counts at acounts@hds.harvard.edu.

Oct. 26, 2008 - Symposium in Memory of Dr. David Noel Freedman 1922-2008
9:00am-5:30pm, UCSD Price Center, East Ballroom

Open to the public. Please reserve your ticket with the UCSD box office, (858) 534-8497. For more information contact Dorothy Wagoner UCSD Judaic Studies Program Coordinator at (858) 534-4551.

Oct. 22, 2008 (Wed)- Pizza and Advising Session
12:30-1:30pm, Literature Bldg. (Warren), Room 323 (Third Floor)

Professor Richard Cohen invites you for pizza and advising about the Study of Religion major and minor. RSVP appreciated (mention your pizza preference) but drop-ins are welcome.