The Overwhelming Event and Black Testimony from the Immanent Divine
Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesDr. Youssef Carter, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, will be a key note speaker in the Department of African, African American, & Diaspora Studies' Colloquium series! The talk is titled: "The Overwhelming Event and Black Testimony from the Immanent Divine". "Within the past year, two prominent hip-hop artists — Kanye West and Jay Electronica — […]
Melancholic Redemption and the Hopelessness of Hope: From Kafka to Dylan
Zoom Chapel Hill, NC, United States"Since late antiquity, a connection was made between Jews and the psychological state of despondency based, in part, on the link between melancholy and Saturn, and the further association of the Hebrew name of that planet, Shabbetai, and the Jewish Sabbath. This depiction seemingly contradicts the common assumption that Judaism is a life-affirming religion that […]
Schochet Lecture: Jewish Studies Today
Schochet Family Lecture – remote lecture organized by Carolina Public Humanities and hosted by Wake Tech Community College. Co-sponsored by the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies. With Andrea Cooper, Department of Religious Studies
Heaven and Hell: Ancient Ideas about the Afterlife
Zoom Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesA Distinguished Scholar Webinar featuring Bart D. Ehrman Bart D. Ehrman, James A. Gray Professor of Religious Studies, is the author or editor of more than 30 books, including the forthcoming Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife. According to the most recent Pew Research Poll, 72 percent of all Americans believe in a literal heaven […]
“Menashe” Netflix Party
Interested in Jewish Studies? Undergrad or Grad student? Want to meet like-minded students? Join the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies for their "Menashe" Netflix Party! Join this GroupMe for the link or scan this QR: tinyurl.com/MenasheNetflixParty
Alone Again in Fukushima, A documentary screening and conversation
Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesProf. Barbara Ambros will be taking part in the following documentary film viewing, which is also co-sponsored by our department and moderated by Ph.D. candidate, Joanna Smith. Alone Again in Fukushima A documentary screening and conversation This spring will mark the tenth anniversary of the triple disaster that on March 11, 2011, brought an earthquake, […]
Undergraduate Research Symposium / Spring 2021
The Department of Religious Studies is pleased to hold its inaugural Undergraduate Research Symposium on Wednesday, April 13, 2021, 5:00PM-7:00PM. For the Zoom link, click here. Meeting ID: 967 6706 6005 Passcode: religion
2021 Graduation Ceremony
On Friday, May 14, 4:00-5:30PM, the Department of Religious Studies is pleased to hold its Graduation Ceremony via Zoom. You are cordially invited to attend. The Zoom link is here Passcode: 290786 During the ceremony, we will announce the honor society recipients in each subfield, then participants will be invited to informal student-faculty-friends meet-and-greet breakout […]
Reli Fall Semester Film Screening 2021 “Two Gods”
Howell Hall 115 Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesWebinar: Dune & Islam
Zoom & YouTube EventSee a preview of the webinar here! Register here. The webinar is free. $10 suggested donation: https://go.unc.edu/PeckFundDonation
Unravelling the Ṭawāsīn of Ḥallāj, A conversation
FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJoin us for a conversation between Nomanul Haq (Dean, University of Management and Technology, Lahore) and Carl Ernst (Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Islamic studies, UNC Chapel Hill). The Kitāb al-Ṭawāsīn of the Sufi al-Ḥallāj (d. 922 CE) is a fascinating versified mystical treatise of a monumental and intriguing figure in the history of Sufism. Ḥallāj was mercilessly executed by […]
Reli Club Introductory Meeting, Join us!
Carolina Hall, Room 104 220 E Cameron Ave, Chapel HillCurious about Religious Studies at UNC? Love pizza? Join us on Thursday, 9/29 at 6:30pm for an introduction to Religious Studies at UNC (and yummy pizza, of course). Please email Adam Tatum (agtatum@live.unc.edu) for more information.
Emerging Scholars Lecture: “Breathing Out Violence”
Zoom Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesEmerging Scholars Lecture with Emily Branton, department of religious studies. Remote event via Zoom. Registration will be required, please check back in early November for registration link. Monday, November 14, 2022, 5:30pm, remote event: Zoom “Breathing out violence:” Fake News and other dangerous speech in Ancient Israel In the era of social media, we are […]
Trivia Night, all invited
Carolina Hall, Room 220 220 Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesJudith Weisenfeld, speaker for Mclester Seminar
UNC Campus Y, Anne Queen Lounge 180 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, United StatesWebinar: More Than Just Mosaics: The Ancient Synagogue at Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee
Zoom & YouTube EventWebinar by Professor Jodi Magness Hosted by Prof. Bart D. Ehrman (This event will not be recorded) Time: Wednesday March 1, 2023 6:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Registration Link https://unc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P-QfyEAKQhOgfDwl54T6ng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ5TWcKl-pw Since 2011, Professor Jodi Magness has been directing excavations in the ancient village of Huqoq in Israel's Galilee. The excavations have brought […]