CSR-undergrads-list August 2012

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Reminder: Next Wednesday * Sept., 5th * 5-7 p.m. * Study of Religion Fall Ingathering!

by Committee on the Study of Religion

Please join us for the Study of Religion Fall Ingathering! Wednesday, September 5th 5:00 7:00 p.m. Thompson Room, Barker Center We welcome back Professor Michael Puett as our chair, wish a warm welcome to our new graduate students and undergraduate concentrators, and look forward to seeing all our returning faculty and students. We also invite faculty to share a brief description about their upcoming courses. This year will be our first "zero waste" party! The plates, cups, utensils, napkins and food scraps will all go directly into the compost! Catherine Bowen The Committee on the Study of Religion Harvard University 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 617-495-5781 csrel(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:csrel@fas.harvard.edu> www.studyofreligion.fas.harvard.edu<Kate%20Bowen *Mon-Thur,%209-2%20p.m. The%20Committee%20on%20the%20Study%20of%20Religion Harvard%20University 12%20Quincy%20St.,%20Cambridge,%20MA%2002138 617-495-5781 csrel(a)fas.harvard.edu http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k70796> [cid:DF3F3C0E-BC64-40AB-BF86-5E916544DF29@fas.harvard.edu]

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Send us your news!

by Committee on the Study of Religion

Dear Students, In an effort to keep our website up to date, we would love to hear from you about what you have been doing, are doing, will be doing! As always news is appreciated whenever, but this year we would be especially grateful if we could include your news in an upcoming newsletter this fall, so please send us your stories by Monday, Sept. 3rd. Thank you! Kate The Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 www.studyofreligion.fas.harvard.edu<http://www.studyofreligion.fas.harvard.edu> csrel(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:csrel@fas.harvard.edu> 617-495-5781

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Fwd: Literature 113 Existential Fictions: From St. Augustine to Jean-Paul Sartre

by Committee on the Study of Religion

The Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 www.studyofreligion.fas.harvard.edu<http://www.studyofreligion.fas.harvard.edu> csrel(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:csrel@fas.harvard.edu> 617-495-5781 Begin forwarded message: From: "Torbidoni, Juan" <jtorbid(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:jtorbid@fas.harvard.edu>> Date: August 17, 2012 4:11:46 PM EDT To: Committee on the Study of Religion <csrel(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:csrel@fas.harvard.edu>> Subject: Literature 113 Existential Fictions: From St. Augustine to Jean-Paul Sartre We would greatly appreciate if you could forward this information to your students. Thank you in Advance, Juan M Torbidoni Department of Comparative Literature Harvard University Dana Palmer House 16 Quincy Street Cambridge MA, 02138[cid:A3C9A1A7-89A2-4426-B709-2F53E5E8FC76@fas.harvard.edu]

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Welcome Back!

by Committee on the Study of Religion

August 22, 2012 Dear Concentrators in the Study of Religion, I hope that you’ve all been enjoying a productive and relaxing summer! I’m writing with some important information that may be of use as we gear up for an exciting academic year. As most of you know, I am the new Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Comparative Study of Religion, and Lecturer on Religion in FAS, teaching in the areas of modern Christian thought and the philosophy of religion. We are delighted that Chip Lockwood, an advanced doctoral student in philosophy of religion, will continue this year as Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies. Along with Michael Puett, Chair of the Committee on the Study of Religion, who has returned from his research leave, we welcome you back and look forward to working with all of you in the year ahead. Please take note of the following announcements: FALL CONCENTRATORS’ MEETING: Wednesday, September 5th at 5:00 pm. The Concentrator’s Meeting will take place as part of the general Fall Ingathering for all students and Faculty affiliated with the Committee on the Study of Religion. It is scheduled for September 5th at 5:00 pm in the Thompson Room (on the first floor of the Barker Center). We will have information on religion courses offered this term, introductions of students and faculty, and other announcements. Juniors will have a chance to meet briefly with their tutorial leaders. Please arrive promptly at 5 pm so that we can get through our agenda items before the larger gathering gets going, and note that the meeting is mandatory for all concentrators! As always, there will be a delectable spread of food and drink! The event offers an excellent opportunity to catch up with friends and faculty after the summer, to meet new people, and to talk about the many exciting courses being offered this fall. PURSUING ETHNOGRAPHY?: Students who wish to pursue a senior thesis using ethnographic or anthropological approaches are required to complete Malika Zeghal’s course, Religion 20: Ethnographies of Religion, or another approved course introducing these methods of study (contact me for questions about other courses that may count toward this requirement). All students pursuing such thesis research, but who have not already taken such a course, are required to enroll in Religion 20 this fall. Any student interested in pursing ethnographic work during their course of study is strongly advised to take this course. The course “presents ethnographic works on Religion in the humanities and social sciences and introduces students to the concept and practice of ethnography.” Religion 20 will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-11:30 am. Click here to visit the course iSite where the syllabus is posted: *Religion 20. Ethnographies of Religion, Texts and Contexts<http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/46043> NEW COURSE: Religion, Law and American Politics. We are fortunate to have our College Fellow, Bronwyn Roantree, returning to teach courses designed especially for undergraduates. This fall, she will be offering a new course, Religion 50: Religion, Law and American Politics, which “explores the complex relationship between religion and the law from the earliest debates about the limitations of state power to compel conscience in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the prominent role religious discourse about law—as well as legal discourse about religion—have played in the 2012 elections.” Religion 50 will meet Mondays and Wednesdays, 1-2:30 pm. The course iSite can be found here: Religion 50. Religion, Law and American Politics - (New Course) <http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/18768> ADVISERS: Attached is a list of concentrators and advisers. With some faculty on leave, a few of you may be assigned to a new adviser. Chip Lockwood serves as the adviser for all seniors, and I am the adviser for all Secondary Field students. If you have not yet declared your concentration, I’ll be your adviser until the declaration date in November. Please take note of your adviser for the coming year, and be sure to meet with him or her before Study Cards are due on Tuesday, September 11th. It is vital that we have updated Plans of Study from each of you. Thus, also attached are blank Plans of Study for each of our four concentration options; please fill out the one relevant for your course of study and bring it to the meeting with your adviser, and, after having it signed by your adviser, please place a copy in my mailbox in the Study of Religion office. I have asked advisers not to sign Study Cards unless you’ve filled out a new Plan of Study, so please take note! For my advisees, and for those of you who would like to meet with me before or during the first week of classes, my open office hours are Wednesdays, 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm, and Fridays by appointment. Please feel free to drop by Barker 308 on a Wednesday, or if you’d like to schedule an appointment at another time, please email me at: lamberth(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:lamberth@fas.harvard.edu>. I was fortunate to get to know many of you last term, and look forward to connecting with all of you in the coming months. I am delighted to be serving as Director of Undergraduate Studies and look forward to a great year. As you return to Cambridge and begin thinking in earnest about the fall semester, please be in touch with any questions or concerns you may have. Enjoy what remains of the summer, and I look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday, September 5th at 5:00 pm in the Thompson Room! With best wishes, Courtney Lamberth Lecturer on the Study of Religion Director of Undergraduate Studies Committee on the Study of Religion Harvard University Barker Center 308 617-496-1018 The Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 www.studyofreligion.fas.harvard.edu<http://www.studyofreligion.fas.harvard.edu> csrel(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:csrel@fas.harvard.edu> 617-495-5781

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Save the Date! Sept., 5 from 5-7 p.m. for the Study of Religion Fall Ingathering!

by Committee on the Study of Religion

Please join us for the Study of Religion Fall Ingathering! Wednesday, September 5th 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Thompson Room, Barker Center We welcome back Professor Michael Puett as our chair, wish a warm welcome to our new graduate students and undergraduate concentrators, and look forward to seeing all our returning faculty and students. We also invite faculty to share a brief description about their upcoming courses. This year will be our first "zero waste" party! The plates, cups, utensils, napkins and food scraps will all go directly into the compost! Catherine Bowen The Committee on the Study of Religion Harvard University 12 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA 02138 617-495-5781 csrel(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:csrel@fas.harvard.edu> www.studyofreligion.fas.harvard.edu<Kate%20Bowen *Mon-Thur,%209-2%20p.m. The%20Committee%20on%20the%20Study%20of%20Religion Harvard%20University 12%20Quincy%20St.,%20Cambridge,%20MA%2002138 617-495-5781 csrel(a)fas.harvard.edu http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k70796>

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CSR-undergrads-list August 2012