Videos

Harper Lecture with Jens Ludwig: Preventing Youth Violence

Each year half a million people are murdered worldwide; and in almost every society on earth, violence is disproportionately concentrated among young people. In the United States, African American males lose nearly as many years of potential life befor...

Chicago Center for Archaeological Heritage Preservation

The archaeological heritage of the world’s first cities is a priceless, nonrenewable resource and is at greater risk now than at any other time in human history. Looting and armed conflict have taken their toll in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewh...

Wednesday Lunch with Richard A. Rosengarten

Richard A. Rosengarten, Associate Professor of Religion and Literature and Director of MA Studies; on "What is the state of the field?" Professor Rosengarten's lunch talk will focus on the state of the field of Religious Studies in regards to the Ameri...

Huntington & Wangchen, “The Emptiness of Emptiness” by Dan Arnold | Introducing Religion: A Swift Hall Colloquium

Divinity School Professors Margaret M. Mitchell, Wendy Doniger, Richard Rosengarten, Jas Elsner, Dan Arnold, Kevin Hector, and Sarah Hammerschlag speak on “Introducing Religion.” One of the most difficult, yet most important, tasks for the scholar ...

Selection of Hindu Texts: Cosmogonic, Devotional, and Political by Wendy Doniger | Introducing Religion: A Swift Hall Colloquium

Divinity School Professors Margaret M. Mitchell, Wendy Doniger, Richard Rosengarten, Jas Elsner, Dan Arnold, Kevin Hector, and Sarah Hammerschlag speak on “Introducing Religion.” One of the most difficult, yet most important, tasks for the scholar ...

The C6 Beth Alpha Synagogue Floor Mosaic by Jaś Elsner | Introducing Religion: A Swift Hall Colloquium

Divinity School Professors Margaret M. Mitchell, Wendy Doniger, Richard Rosengarten, Jas Elsner, Dan Arnold, Kevin Hector, and Sarah Hammerschlag speak on “Introducing Religion.” One of the most difficult, yet most important, tasks for the scholar ...

The Abercius Inscription by Margaret Mitchell | Introducing Religion: A Swift Hall Colloquium

Divinity School Professors Margaret M. Mitchell, Wendy Doniger, Richard Rosengarten, Jas Elsner, Dan Arnold, Kevin Hector, and Sarah Hammerschlag speak on “Introducing Religion.” One of the most difficult, yet most important, tasks for the scholar ...

George Herbert, “Love (III)” by Richard Rosengarten | Introducing Religion: A Swift Hall Colloquium

Divinity School Professors Margaret M. Mitchell, Wendy Doniger, Richard Rosengarten, Jas Elsner, Dan Arnold, Kevin Hector, and Sarah Hammerschlag speak on “Introducing Religion.” One of the most difficult, yet most important, tasks for the scholar ...

Franz Kafka, “Before the Law” by Sarah Hammerschlag | Introducing Religion: A Swift Hall Colloquium

Divinity School Professors Margaret M. Mitchell, Wendy Doniger, Richard Rosengarten, Jas Elsner, Dan Arnold, Kevin Hector, and Sarah Hammerschlag speak on “Introducing Religion.” One of the most difficult, yet most important, tasks for the scholar ...

Ernst Troeltsch, “The Absoluteness of Christianity and the History of Religions” by Kevin Hector | Introducing Religion: A Swift Hall Colloquium

Divinity School Professors Margaret M. Mitchell, Wendy Doniger, Richard Rosengarten, Jas Elsner, Dan Arnold, Kevin Hector, and Sarah Hammerschlag speak on “Introducing Religion.” One of the most difficult, yet most important, tasks for the scholar ...