CSR-undergrads-list October 2007

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FW: Ethics Center Lecture - Thursday, November 8

by Anne Monius

Dear Undergraduate Concentrators: The following lecture might be of interest to some of you. I hope that you¹re all doing well! Best wishes, Anne -- Anne E. Monius Professor of South Asian Religions, Harvard Divinity School Director of Undergraduate Studies, Committee on the Study of Religion Harvard University Barker Center 308 12 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 telephone: (617) 496-1018 email: anne_monius(a)harvard.edu > - > > > Richard Holton > Professor of Philosophy > Massachusetts Institute of Technology > What Does Empirical Research > on Moral Intuitions > Tell Us about Morality? > > Thursday, November 8, 2007 > 4:30 pm > Starr Auditorium > Kennedy School of Government > 79 JFK Street, Cambridge > > For information about our lecture series, please visit www.ethics.harvard.edu > <http://www.ethics.harvard.edu> > The Study of Religion csrel(a)fas.harvard.edu 617-495-5781 ------ End of Forwarded Message

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FW: REMINDER: Colloquium this Tuesday

by Anne Monius

Dear Undergraduate Concentrators: Please see the following reminder about tomorrow evening¹s Religion ColloquiumI hope to see you there! Best wishes, Anne ATTENTION! All Students and Faculty in the Study of Religion * Fall Religion Colloquium *RE-THINKING RELIGION: STUDYING AND TEACHING THE "CLASSICS" Tuesday, October 23 from 7:00 to 9:00Barker Center, Thompson Room Launching the Discussion with Brief Presentations: Michael Puett, The Chinese ClassicsFarid Esack, The Qur'anKaren King, The New Testament What is the role of the great "classics" of scripture and literature in the study and teaching of religion? This is one of the topics that has been suggested for wide-ranging and lively discussion in the first of two fall Religion Colloquia. How do we think about, study, teach the Bible, the Qur'an, the Tao te Ching, the Analects of Confucius, and a host of other major primary texts? Some scholars just don't do it at all, for others this is the foundation of learning the tradition. But all of us need to know how to read them, and those of us who teach need to figure out how to teach them. We have invited three professors bold enough to frame such courses in the "classics" to talk about what they do. We are asking them: What is it you want students to learn, especially those who are not specialists, perhaps especially undergraduates? How do you approach thinking about the topic? Graduate students will eventually have to grapple with the "classics" in framing their own courses. Undergraduates, even now in this age of "de-centering the text," flock to courses on "scriptures" or "classics." We will have very brief presentations and throw it open for response and, we hope, lively discussion. Pizza, soft drinks, wine & snacks will be offered following the discussion.

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First Religion Colloquium

by Anne Monius

Dear Religion Concentrators, Please see below for the announcement of what promises to be a fascinating first meeting of the Religion Colloquium. All undergraduates are more than welcome to attend, and I hope to see you there! (I don¹t see a location in the announcement, but it¹s scheduled for the Thompson Room on the first floor of the Barker Center.) I hope that all is well with each of you! Best wishes, Anne -- Anne E. Monius Professor of South Asian Religions, Harvard Divinity School Director of Undergraduate Studies, Committee on the Study of Religion Harvard University Barker Center 308 12 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 telephone: (617) 496-1018 email: anne_monius(a)harvard.edu ------ Forwarded Message From: Diana Eck <dianaeck(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:42:21 -0400 To: <dianaeck(a)fas.harvard.edu> Subject: Tuesday, the 23rd is the Right Date! Attention! All Students and Faculty in the Study of Religion Fall Religion Colloquium RE-THINKING RELIGION: STUDYING AND TEACHING THE "CLASSICS" Tuesday, October 23 from 7:00 to 9:00 Launching the Discussion with Brief Presentations will be: Michael Puett, The Chinese Classics Farid Esack, The Qur'an Karen King, The New Testament What is the role of the great "classics" of scripture and literature in the study and teaching of religion? This is one of the topics that has been suggested for wide-ranging and lively discussion in the first of two fall Religion Colloquia. How do we think about, study, teach the Bible, the Qur'an, the Tao te Ching, the Analects of Confucius, and a host of other major primary texts? Some scholars just don't do it at all, for others this is the foundation of learning the tradition. But all of us need to know how to read them, and those of us who teach need to figure out how to teach them. We have invited three professors bold enough to frame such courses in the "classics" to talk about what they do. We are asking them: What is it you want students to learn, especially those who are not specialists, perhaps especially undergraduates? How do you approach thinking about the topic? Graduate students will eventually have to grapple with the "classics" in framing their own courses. Undergraduates, even now in this age of "de-centering the text," flock to courses on "scriptures" or "classics." We will have very brief presentations and throw it open for response and, we hope, lively discussion. We will have pizza for those coming from a day's work, and following the discussion, there will be some soft drinks, wine, and snacks and a chance to continue the conversation. We are looking for two or three graduate or undergraduate students to kick off the discussion with a brief response. If you would like to do this, please email me, Diana Eck, (dianaeck(a)fas.harvard.edu); one of the graduate student reps Taylor Petrey (tpetrey(a)hds.harvard.edu); or Anne Monius (anne_monius(a)harvard.edu) P.S. Please also hold the date Tuesday, November 28, 7-9 for our second Fall Religion Colloquium, "Rethinking Religion: Diasporas, Borderlands, Confluences." Jacob Olupona and Michael Jackson are teaching in this general, unstable terrain this fall, as am I. Again, we would invite graduate students and undergraduates to participate. Send us your ideas. -- Diana L. Eck Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society Barker Center 307 Harvard University Cambridge, MA 02138 Master of Lowell House 50 Holyoke Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Director, The Pluralism Project http://www.pluralism.org ------ End of Forwarded Message

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CSR-undergrads-list October 2007