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Davíd Carrasco returning to teach the Summer Course: Native American and Indigenous Religious Traditions: Shamans, Cities and Ceremonies

March 21, 2024

Davíd Carrasco (Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America at Harvard University) will be returning to CU to teach a summer course “Native American and Indigenous Religious Traditions: Shamans, Cities and Ceremonies” in the Religious Studies Department. Carrasco is a Mexican American historian of religions with particular...

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What is an Islamic Tradition? A Book Talk with Aun Hasan Ali

March 18, 2024

Join the Department of Religious Studies for a Book Talk with Professor Aun Hasan Ali on April 1 at 12pm in HUMN 230! Professor Ali’s research focuses on the intellectual history of Twelver Shi’ism, particularly law and legal theory. His first book, The School of Hillah and the Formation of...

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Conversation on ChatGPT with Loriliai Biernacki on March 20th

March 6, 2024

Please join us for a colloquium with Professor Loriliai Biernacki on ChatGPT on Wednesday March 20th in HUMN 230 at 12:15pm. Is ChatGPT a precursor to the Singularity? ---Indeed where AI becomes conscious? How do we understand Large Language learning Models? What are the problems of the models and are...

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Sam Boyd honored alongside other CU faculty members at the CU Men's Basketball game on 2/28

March 1, 2024

As part of Faculty and Staff Appreciation Night on Wednesday, Feb. 28, Professor Sam Boyd was honored and brought out on the court during the men's basketball game. It was a really exciting night spent with family. We hope you enjoy these fun pictures! With March Madness right around the...

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Aun Hasan Ali to present ICAIR Virtual Seminar: The Book of God and My Family Shall Never Part Ways

Feb. 5, 2024

ICAIR Virtual Seminar: The Book of God and My Family Shall Never Part Ways Join Professor Aun Hasan Ali on February 17th at 12:30pm for a virtual seminar on the relationship between the Qur'an and Hadith in Shi'i Islamic thought. Reserve your spot here ! A belief in the primacy...

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Feeding Asceticism: Himalayan Buddhist Renunciation, Devotion & Embodied Intimate Care | Lecture by Annabella Pitkin at 6pm on February 22nd

Jan. 31, 2024

Please join us for a lecture by Annabella Pitkin, Lehigh University on: Feeding Asceticism: Himalayan Buddhist Renunciation, Devotion & Embodied Intimate Care 6pm on Thursday, February 22nd Humanities 250 In Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhist biographies, devotion frames stories of the intimate, emotionally intense connections between gurus and disciples. By contrast,...

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Aun Hasan Ali to speak at Trinity United Methodist Church - Islamic Mysticism

Jan. 29, 2024

Two-part series: February 4 & 11, 2024 Feburary 11, 9:30-10:30am Dr. Ali will discuss some of the core themes of Islamic mysticism, including the quest for certitude, “sainthood,” the unity of being, and whether personal certitude is a sufficient justification for action. He will also present examples of literary and...

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Celebrating our Grad Students' Achievement at the Fire on the Mountain Conference

Jan. 10, 2024

CU Boulder's Center for Media, Religion, and Culture (CMRC) hosted a conference, “ Fire on the Mountain: Media, Religion, and Nationalism ,” from Jan. 10-13, 2024. Organized by Center Director Nabil Echchaibi and Associate Director Deborah Whitehead, the conference explored the intricate relationship between media, religion, and nationalism in today's...

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Svarodaya: Breath and Divination at the Nexus of Religion, Science, and Magic

Oct. 13, 2023

This graduate symposium analyzes the ancient Hindu breath-centered divination practice known as svarodaya (Sanskrit: “attainment of toned breath”) to untangle a knot of discourses which scholars usually study as isolated threads. By the 14th century CE, Muslims in India began to interpret svarodaya, and titled their translations `ilm-i dam (Persian:...

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Holly Gayley in conversation with Andrew Quintman at the Jaipur Literature Festival

Sept. 22, 2023

Their session “The Lives and Afterlives of Buddhist Masters” delves into the lives of Yeshe Tsogyal and Milarepa and their ongoing influence and presence in ritual, pilgrimage, visual arts and more. Visit https://jlflitfest.org/colorado for the schedule and to register. JLF Colorado is an annual literary festival held at the Boulder...

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