Workshop: 1.27.11

Dear Workshop, On Thursday, January 27, Jerome Tharaud, Ph.D. Candidate in the English Department will present the introduction to his dissertation: “Evangelical Space: Art, Experience, and the Ethical Landscape in America, 1820-1860” Time: 12:00,...

Workshop: December 2, 2010

Dear Workshop, On Thursday, December 2, Monica Mercado, Ph.D. Candidate in the History Department will be sharing some work from her dissertation in a presentation entitled: “Home Reference, Home Religion: Catholic Almanacs and Family Reading in...

Workshop: 11.18.2010

Dear Workshop, On Thursday, November 18, Seth Perry, Ph.D. Candidate in the Divinity School will present his essay: “Meanings in the Margins: The Marginalia of Early-National Bibles” Seth writes: Chapter 2 of my dissertation will discuss five general...

Special Workshop on Pedagogy

On Thursday, November 4th, we will be having a special workshop discussion on pedagogy. We have three very interesting documents to discuss. 1) The transcript of a special panel on teaching the History of Christianity from the American Academy of Religion (AAR) annual...

Workshop: April 29th

M. Cooper Harriss, Ph.D. Candidate, Religion and Literature “The Dark Tower: Invisible Man’s Theological Occasion” Time: 12:00pm, Thursday, April 29th, 2010 Place: Swift Hall, Room 400 Food: Snacks provided, feel free to bring your lunch Paper:...

Jerome Thauraud, Ph.D. Candidate, English Language and Literature “Evangelical Space: Art, Experience, and the Ethical Landscape in America, 1825-1900” Time: 12:00pm, Thursday, April 15th, 2010 Place: Swift Hall, Room 400 Food: Snacks provided, feel free...

Clinical Ethnography and the American Religious History Workshop Present: Tanya Luhrmann, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, Stanford University “Hearing God: report on an experiment on prayer and unusual sensory experience” Time: 4:30pm, Tuesday, April...

David Mihalyfy, PhD Student, University of Chicago Divinity School “Troubling Thoughts: American Christianity and the Origin of the Gospels, 1790-1840” Time: 12:00pm, Thursday, April 1st, 2010 Place: Swift Hall, Room 400 Food: Snacks provided, feel free to...

Sarah Imhoff, PhD Candidate in History of Judaism Time: 12:30pm, Monday, March 1st, 2010 Place: Swift Hall, Room 400 Food: Snacks provided, feel free to bring your lunch Paper: Copies available by emailing kwagner@uchicago.edu Sarah will be presenting an untitled...

W. Clark Gilpin, Margaret E. Burton Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Christianity and Theology “Anthropomorphism: Human Connection to a Universal Society” Time: 12:30pm, Monday, February 22nd, 2010 Place: Swift Hall, Room 400 Food: Snacks...