CSR-undergrads-list May 2013

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* Tonight! May 8th 5-7 PM * Study of Religion Spring Party!

by Committee on the Study of Religion

Please join us for our end-of-year, spring party! Wednesday, May 8th 5-7 PM Barker Center, Thompson Room We look forward to seeing you all there! [cid:59A48E22-AF1D-4A77-9AB5-0B6DBAA5096C@fas.harvard.edu] Kate Bowen 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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Announcement: Noma-Reischauer Prizes in Japanese Studies 2013

by Committee on the Study of Religion

NOMA-REISCHAUER PRIZES IN JAPANESE STUDIES 2013 NOTICE: Dear Harvard students, Attached is the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies Noma-Reischauer Prizes in Japanese Studies 2013 description. The deadline is June 17, 2013 by 5pm. The prizes are awarded annually for the best essays on Japan-related topics written by Harvard University students during the current academic year. There is one $1,500 graduate student award and one $1,000 undergraduate award. Papers on Japan-related topics, written this academic year are eligible, including course and seminar papers, B.A. or M.A. theses or essays written specifically for the competition. However, doctoral dissertations as such will be excluded from consideration. One entry per student, per year. For more information please see the attached description and guidelines or visit: http://rijs.fas.harvard.edu/fellowships/index.php under Fellowships and Grants. For specific questions, please email Dr. Theodore Gilman: <tgilman(a)fas.harvard.edu><mailto:tgilman@fas.harvard.edu> or Catherine Glover <cglover(a)fas.harvard.edu<mailto:cglover@fas.harvard.edu>>.

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* This Wednesday, May 8th 5-7 PM * Study of Religion Spring Party!

by Committee on the Study of Religion

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The Paul Tillich Lecture Monday, May 6 at 5:30 PM

by Committee on the Study of Religion

The Paul Tillich Lecture [http://www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu/images/robert_bellah.jpg] ��Paul Tillich and the Challenge of Modernity��<http://www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu/seasonal.php?cid=4&sid=61> Monday, May 6, 5:30 p.m. in the Memorial Church Free and open to the public Robert N. Bellah Elliott Professor of Sociology, Emeritus University of California Berkeley, California www.robertbellah.com<http://www.robertbellah.com/index.html> Robert N. Bellah is one of this country��s most eminent and influential sociologists, internationally renowned for his work in sociological theory, for his studies of diverse cultures and societies, and especially for his studies of American society, its ethics, politics and religion. Professor Bellah received his two academic degrees at Harvard, the A.B. in social anthropology, the Ph.D. in Sociology and Far Eastern Languages (1955). Both his undergraduate honors thesis and his doctoral dissertation were published by the Harvard University Press. For two years a post-doctoral Research Associate in Islamic Studies at McGill University, Bellah returned to teach at Harvard (1957�C1967), becoming tenured as Professor of Sociology. A colleague for five of University Professor Tillich��s seven Harvard years, on November 4, 1965 with President Nathan M. Pusey he was one of six distinguished faculty to speak at Tillich��s memorial service. In 1967 Bellah moved to Berkeley where for the next three decades he was the Ford Professor of Sociology. Bellah has written and lectured widely on ��American Civil Religion,�� a concept he introduced. Among his notable books are Beyond Belief, The Broken Covenant, Habits of the Heart, and The Good Society (both collaborative), books which ��shape the discipline.�� In 2000 President Clinton awarded him the National Humanities Medal and in 2007 he received the American Academy of Religion Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion. Professor Bellah��s magisterial Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age (2011) has been called ��the most important systematic and historical treatment of religion since Hegel, Durkheim, and Weber.�� In it, following Emile Durkheim and Max Weber, he names Tillich one of his ��three great teachers.�� He is currently writing a book on modernity, the encompassing direction of his life��s work. Professor Bellah will be introduced by Noah Feldman, Bemis Professor of International Law, Harvard Law School, and Member, Faculty Committee on Religion. Kate Bowen 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: "Religion and Terror" event at HDS - May 7

by Committee on the Study of Religion

“Religion and Terror: A Conversation in the Wake of the Boston Marathon Bombing.” You can read more about the event at the description linked here<http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news-events/public-events-calendar?trumbaEmbed=v…> - the event will involve a discussion featuring some of Harvard’s top scholars, including David Hempton, Harvey Cox, and Jocelyne Cesari, on religious conflict and interfaith peace-building in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings.

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CSR-undergrads-list May 2013