CSR-undergrads-list February 2008

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by Anne Monius

Dear Seniors-To-Be, Even though snow is still on the ground, we at the Committee on the Study of Religion have already started thinking about the end of this academic year and the start of the next. For those among you who will be seniors next year, we want to start a conversation with you about the decision to write an honors thesis or do a capstone project. So, please plan to attend our first informational meeting about the thesis and capstone processes. It will be held Tuesday, March 4th, from 7:00-9:00PM in the Barker Center, room 403. Both of us, Brent and Anne, will explain the timeline for the writing process, provide you with advice about whether a thesis or a capstone might be a better fit for you, and answer any questions or concerns you might have about this final stage in your concentration. Thanks, and see you there! Best wishes, Brent Landau and Anne Monius

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FW: This Tuesday * The Study of Religion Colloquium * Feb. 26, 7 PM * Thompson Room

by Anne Monius

Dear Concentrators, Below is a reminder about tomorrow¹s Religion Colloquiumit promises to be a great discussion! Best wishes, Anne ------ Forwarded Message From: Committee on the Study of Religion <csrel(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:51:38 -0500 To: Study of Religion <csrel(a)fas.harvard.edu> Subject: This Tuesday * The Study of Religion Colloquium * Feb. 26, 7 PM * Thompson Room > > > The Study of Religion Colloquium: > > "Religion, Complex Identities, & American Politics: > The 2008 Presidential Race" > > Religion has been an issue this primary season and will continue to have some > traction as the primaries roll on. There is Huckabee's evangelical base, there > was Romney's Mormonism, there were so-called "accusations" that Obama is or > was a Muslim, and there are the many ways in which the "line" seems to have > been crossed by pastors in endorsing candidates, such as the Rev. Calvin O. > Butts endorsement of Hillary Clinton on the steps of Abyssinian Baptist > Church. How important are "identity" issues in American politics today > --religion, race, culture, ethnicity? What does this presidential race say > about the United States, about us? Have the issues changed over the last few > decades? Can scholars of religion shed any light on these issues? > > * Tuesday, February 26 * > 7:00 p.m. > Thompson Room, Barker Center > > Panelists: Richard Parker, Kennedy School > Melissa Proctor, Lecturer at Harvard Divinity > Marla Frederick, Religion, African & African American Studies > Sarah Eltantawi, Ph.D. Student, the Study of Religion > > Doctoral students are invited to a pizza dinner and discussion before the > colloquium at 6 p.m. > > > > > > The Committee on the Study of Religion > csrel(a)fas.harvard.edu > 617-495-5781 > > > > > The Committee on the Study of Religion csrel(a)fas.harvard.edu 617-495-5781 ------ End of Forwarded Message

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Karen Armstrong at Lowell House

by Anne Monius

Dear Undergraduate Concentrators: Diana Eck, Chair of the Committee on the Study of Religion and Co-Master of Lowell House, cordially invites you to dinner with Karen Armstrong, a prolific scholar of religions who has written on a wide variety of topics and traditions. The dinner will take place in the Lowell House small dining room on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19th, at 6:00 pm. More information on Karen Armstrong's published work can be found at: http://books.google.com/books?as_auth=Karen+Armstrong&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title &cad=author-navigational&hl=en Enjoy the long week-end! 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

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FW: funding for thesis research

by Anne Monius

Dear Concentrators: Please see the announcement below regarding funding for thesis research, for those among you who are juniors contemplating writing a thesis next year. Best wishes, Anne ------------------------------------ Dear juniors in Study of Religion, Greetings from the Warren Center, Harvard's American history research center. If you are planning a thesis in American history broadly defined, please consider applying for a Warren Center Senior Thesis Research Grant for summer 2008. More information appears below, and at: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cwc/grantsundergradapp.html. Note that our deadline is March 10th. We also welcome you at our events, a listing of which appears at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cwc/fsprogramschedule.html. Our theme this year is "Politics and Social Movements," and we imagine you might be interested in presentations on topics such as Guts, Greyhounds, and Gandhi: Pauli Murray's Civil Rights Movement, 1935-1973 on February 22nd. My best wishes for the spring term. Arthur Patton-Hock, Warren Center administrator CHARLES WARREN CENTER FOR STUDIES IN AMERICAN HISTORY SENIOR THESIS RESEARCH GRANT SUMMER 2008 Each spring, the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History awards roughly four summer research fellowships to Harvard College juniors writing a senior thesis on any topic in American history. The award amount is commensurate with the research budget, up to a maximum of $2,500 each. Undergraduates in any concentration are welcome to apply, but the focus of the thesis must be on American history and the methodology must be primarily historical. The purpose of the fellowship is to enable students to spend a significant period of time on thesis research in the summer preceding the senior year. A complete application consists of the following: * Submission of the materials listed below by 5pm on Monday, March 10th, 2008; deliver materials in hardcopy to the Warren Center, Emerson Hall Fourth Floor * Printed output from the Common Application for Research and Travel (CARAT) found at https://admin-apps.fas.harvard.edu/carat/ <https://admin-apps.fas.harvard.edu/carat/> Please contact Warren Center administrator Arthur Patton-Hock (apattonh(a)fas.harvard.edu) if you encounter any difficulties accessing or using the CARAT application. * The research proposal, (no more than four pages, double-spaced) including the following three elements: 1) statement of the subject proposed, 2) list and discussion of the sources, libraries and archives to be consulted, and 3) itinerary and plan of summer research. This proposal should be developed in consultation with the recommender (see next item). If the recommender will not be the thesis adviser, please say so in the research proposal, with an indication of plans to date towards the identification of the thesis adviser. * One letter of recommendation from a faculty member, tutor or teaching fellow. You may direct the recommender to her/himself send the letter to the Warren Center by the deadline, or collect the letter yourself for submission along with the rest of the application. If the latter, the letter should be in a sealed envelope, signed by the recommender across the seal. * An official grade transcript (through the fall semester) sent to the Warren Center. Again, applications and supporting materials are due at the Warren Center, Emerson Hall 400, on Monday, March 10, 2008. Applicants will be notified of the Center's decisions in April. Note that you must inform the Warren Center immediately in the unlikely event that you receive an award for the same or similar research from another source. Successful applicants will receive the total stipend in May. Each fellowship winner is required to submit in the fall a brief report of his or her summer's research and to give a copy of the completed thesis to the Center. ------ End of Forwarded Message

16 years, 2 months

FW: The Study of Religion Colloquium * Tuesday, February 26, 7 PM * Thompson Room

by Anne Monius

Dear Undergraduates: Please see the announcement below about the first spring Religion Colloquium. Undergraduates are warmly invited, and I hope to see you there! Best wishes, Anne ------ Forwarded Message From: Study of Religion <csrel(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:21:58 -0500 To: Study of Religion <csrel(a)fas.harvard.edu> Subject: The Study of Religion Colloquium * Tuesday, February 26, 7 PM * Thompson Room The Study of Religion Colloquium: "Religion, Complex Identities, & American Politics: The 2008 Presidential Race" Religion has been an issue this primary season and will continue to have some traction as the primaries roll on. There is Huckabee's evangelical base, there was Romney's Mormonism, there were so-called "accusations" that Obama is or was a Muslim, and there are the many ways in which the "line" seems to have been crossed by pastors in endorsing candidates, such as the Rev. Calvin O. Butts endorsement of Hillary Clinton on the steps of Abyssinian Baptist Church. How important are "identity" issues in American politics today --religion, race, culture, ethnicity? What does this presidential race say about the United States, about us? Have the issues changed over the last few decades? Can scholars of religion shed any light on these issues? * Tuesday, February 26 * 7:00 p.m. Thompson Room, Barker Center Panelists: Richard Parker, Kennedy School Melissa Proctor, Lecturer at Harvard Divinity Marla Frederick, Religion, African & African American Studies Sarah Eltantawi, Ph.D. Student, the Study of Religion Doctoral students are invited to a pizza dinner and discussion before the colloquium at 6 p.m. The Study of Religion csrel(a)fas.harvard.edu 617-495-5781 ------ End of Forwarded Message

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CSR-undergrads-list February 2008