Post Tagged with: "classics and World Religions event"

“Songs of the Loom: Reading Kabir, Singing Kabir,” a talk by Professor Madhu Singh from the University of Lucknow in India, is Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7.15 p.m. in Bentley 120. A great mystic from the 15th century, Kabir was poet and mystic who saw God as nirakar (formless), nirgun (without attributes), and niranjan (absolutely pure and flawless). He […]

Alumni and friends are invited for an insiders’ look at the newly renovated Ellis Hall during Homecoming weekend, on Saturday, Oct. 20, after the parade. RSVP for the Friends of Ellis Tour. Stop by the front entrance to Ellis on University Terrace for a guided tour of new student study […]

The Middle East & North Africa Studies Certificate program seeks to provide the Ohio University and Athens communities with an interdisciplinary understanding of the history and contemporary dynamics of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. While the bulk of its efforts are focused on the undergraduate certificate in Middle East […]

  Students, faculty, and staff at Ohio University as well as the broader Athens community are invited to a free and public screening of the critically acclaimed film In the Last Days of the City, the multi-award winning feature film debut of director Tamer El Said. The filmmaker also will […]

The Friends of India Endowment and the Gawande Speaker Series in Indian Religion and Philosophy present Dr. Signe Cohen discussing “I, Robot: Self and No-Self in Ancient Indian Android Tales” on Thursday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Gordy Hall 104. Cohen is Associate Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at the University […]

The Gawande Lecture Series in Indian Religion and Philosophy and the Women’s Gender, and Sexuality Studies Spring Colloquium present Dr. Amanda Lucia discussing “Touching God: Charisma, Proxemic Desire, and the Haptic Logics of the Guru Disciple Relationship” on Thursday, Feb. 8, from 4 to 5:15 p.m. in the WGSS Conference […]

The Geography Colloquium Series presents Dr. Cory Crawford on “Building a Temple, Constructing a Nation: Sacred Space and Cultural Memory in Iron Age Jerusalem” on Friday, Feb. 9, at 3:05 p.m. in Clippinger 119. Crawford is Assistant Professor of Classics & World Religions at Ohio University, where he teaches biblical […]