Religious Studies
College Introduces New Major in Asian Studies
Program will help expand the geographical and cultural scope of the College’s global offerings Lafayette is offering students a new avenue to study the culture, traditions, history, and politics of the major regions of Asia. The faculty approved an interdisciplinary major in Asian studies at its May meeting. The College previously offered a minor in [...]
Jennifer Bell ’11 Receives Grant to Continue Sustainability Efforts on Campus
Grant will fund community gardens in Metzgar Fields Jennifer Bell ’11 (Purcellville, Va.), a double major in geology and religious studies, has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) to create an organic community garden in Metzgar Fields. Assisted by David Brandes, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, [...]
Engaging the Earth’s Natural Processes
My experience working with Lafayette’s composting initiative. By Jennifer Bell ’11 This summer, Jennifer Bell ’11 (Purcellville, Va.), a double major in geology and religious studies, is leading and performing research for Lafayette’s campus-wide composting initiative as an EXCEL scholar under the guidance of Art Kney, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering. Students, Faculty, [...]
Students Will Study Art and Literature of Medieval and Renaissance Italy
Professors Diane Cole Ahl and Rado Pribic will lead summer interim-session course From May 26 – June 14, Diane Cole Ahl, Rothkopf Professor of Art History, and Rado Pribic, Williams Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures, will lead 26 students through Italy on a three-week, summer interim session course. The students will be studying the [...]
Peter Dimmick ’08 Explores the Possibility of ‘Justice After War’
Religion and politics major is working on honors research with Stephen Lammers, Manson Professor of the English Bible Peter Dimmick ’08 (Sewickley, Pa.) is majoring in religion and politics. He is currently working on his honors thesis “Justice After War” with Stephen Lammers, Helen H.P. Manson Professor of the English Bible. The following is a [...]
A Woman Misunderstood
Kristin Hayes ’08 writes about her exploration of media portrayals of Mary Magdalene As a double major in art and religious studies, Kristin Hayes ’08 (Roseland, N.J.) has come up with some very probing questions about Mary Magdalene and her portrayal in modern forms of entertainment. Under the guidance of Eric Ziolkowski, Dana Professor and [...]
A Personal Exploration
Rachel Abramovitz ’10 shares her perspective on the Jewish Responses to the Holocaust course Rachel Abramovitz ’10 (New York, N.Y.) is currently taking the religious studies course, Jewish Responses to the Holocaust, taught by Robert Cohn, Philip and Muriel Berman Professor of Jewish Studies. The course is especially relevant for Abramovitz as two of her [...]
Students Explore Jewish Responses to the Holocaust
Religious studies course taught by Robert Cohn, Berman Professor of Jewish Studies, examines how the Holocaust has influenced Jewish identity This semester, students in Jewish Responses to the Holocaust, taught by Robert Cohn, Philip and Muriel Berman Professor of Jewish Studies, are examining how Jews and Judaism have experienced, responded to, and remembered the Holocaust. [...]
International Religious Scholar Yen-zen Tsai will Visit Campus Nov. 13
His lecture will explore the emergence of comparative religion in China Yen-zen Tsai, director of the Graduate Institute of Religious Studies at National Cheng-chi University in Taiwan, will present the lecture, “The Current Development of Religious Studies in the Chinese Intellectual World,” 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 in Kirby Hall of Civil Rights room 104. According [...]
Professor Eric Ziolkowski is Co-Editor of 30-Volume Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception
First volumes will be released in fall of 2008 The Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, co-edited by Eric Ziolkowski, is what premier European publisher Walter de Gruyter is calling “the new indispensable biblical research tool.” Ziolkowski, Dana Professor and head of religious studies, is serving as a main editor for the 30-volume publication [...]
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