Events2013

Janet Gyatso inaugurated a Buddhist Studies Lecture Series, a collaboration between the University of Colorado and Naropa University. The lecture, "Ways of Knowing the Body in Buddhist Tantra and Tibetan Medicine," took place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 17 in Hale 270. Ways of Knowing the Body in Buddhist...

“The Sound of Ecstasy” Symposium and Exhibit Honor Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and his Contributions to Music in Contemporary Judaism on Thursday, October 17 from 4:15-6:30PM on the CU Boulder campus. A light reception precedes presentations which will begin at 4:45PM. The inaugural Embodied Judaism project, which includes a symposium and...

Catherine Keller delivered the 2013 Lester Lecture on Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. in the Hellems Building, Room 201. A reception immediately preceded the lecture at 5:00 p.m. The title for her talk was " The Matter of Entanglement: On the Physics, Sex and Spirit of a Relational...

The Rumi Club presents "BESA: The Promise" on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. in Humanities room 150. There will be a discussion following the movie. Free event open to the public. RSVP to the rumiclub@colorado.edu BESA: The Promise weaves Albania’s heroism in WWII through the vérité journeys of...

S. Brent Plate, visiting associate professor of religious studies at Hamilton College, gave a lecture at CU-Boulder on Monday, Sept. 30, at 5:30pm in Hale 270. His presentation, "A History of Religion in 5 1/2 Objects," was drawn from his forthcoming book of the same title, and engaged the ways...

The Religious Studies Department hosted their annual graduation reception and celebration on Friday, May 10, 2013 starting at 11:30 a.m. in the Humanities Building, room 150. The main campus commencement event took place in the Folsom Stadium from approximately 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. on Friday, May 10, 2013. Graduating students...

Visions & Prophecies in Tibetan Buddhism : An evening with Khenpo Sodargye from Larung Buddhist Academy. 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Wolf Law Building - Room #304 on 2450 Kittredge Loop Road. ~ Enter campus from Broadway via Regent Drive and then turn right on Kittredge Loop to...

Public panel on "Ecumenism in Tibet" with Ringu Tulku, & Visiting Scholars took place Thursday, April 18th at 7p.m. in the British Studies Room on the 5th floor of Norlin Library. This was part of a conference titled, "Translating Buddhist Luminaries: A Conference on Ecumenism and Tibetan Translation." In nineteenth-century...

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 from 5:30-7:00 p.m., Humanities Room 150 The Department of Religious Studies and the Center for Media, Religion and Culture at the University of Colorado Boulder invite you to join us for an interactive presentation and talk on gaming and religion. This event brings together 2 prominent...

Professor Loriliai Biernacki was awarded the University of Colorado Marinus Smith Award for 2013. The award is given for having a significant impact on undergraduate education. The award will be given in a ceremony on April 13th, 2013.