Don't forget that the study abroad fair is Friday, February 1.
William Pitt Union, 11 am- 3 pm
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Lectures on Exegesis and Doctrine in Early Christianity at Duquesne
An invitation from Duquesne University’s Department of Theology
SYMBOLON: Exegesis and Doctrine in Early Christianity
(www.theology.duq.edu/SYMBOLON.htm)
Wednesday, February 27, 11:45 am, Fisher Hall 324
Dr. Edith Humphrey (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary)
"Entering the Text: Exegesis, Theology, and A Hermeneutics of the Imagination"
Wednesday, April 9, 11:45 am, Fisher Hall 324
Rev. Dr. John S. Custer (Byzantine Catholic Seminary)
"Recovering Catholic Exegesis: The Byzantine Perspective"
SYMBOLON is an informal study group dedicated to the study of exegesis and doctrine in early Christian literature. We are interested in becoming more familiar with some of the major texts of early Christianity, while keeping our focus on the intimate relation between biblical exegesis, doctrinal developments, and liturgy. The name SYMBOLON seems appropriate, since it is not only a key term for patristic exegesis of Scripture, but also a common designation of creedal texts and Ps-Dionysius’ term for sacraments.
For any questions, please contact Dr. Bogdan Bucur (bucurb@duq.edu).
SYMBOLON: Exegesis and Doctrine in Early Christianity
(www.theology.duq.edu/SYMBOLON.htm)
Wednesday, February 27, 11:45 am, Fisher Hall 324
Dr. Edith Humphrey (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary)
"Entering the Text: Exegesis, Theology, and A Hermeneutics of the Imagination"
Wednesday, April 9, 11:45 am, Fisher Hall 324
Rev. Dr. John S. Custer (Byzantine Catholic Seminary)
"Recovering Catholic Exegesis: The Byzantine Perspective"
SYMBOLON is an informal study group dedicated to the study of exegesis and doctrine in early Christian literature. We are interested in becoming more familiar with some of the major texts of early Christianity, while keeping our focus on the intimate relation between biblical exegesis, doctrinal developments, and liturgy. The name SYMBOLON seems appropriate, since it is not only a key term for patristic exegesis of Scripture, but also a common designation of creedal texts and Ps-Dionysius’ term for sacraments.
For any questions, please contact Dr. Bogdan Bucur (bucurb@duq.edu).
Lecture on Burma February 5
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5
Lecture--Global Issues Lecture Series: Musings on the Saffron Revolution: Is There Hope For Burma?
7:00 pm
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program, Global Solutions Education Fund; Office of Cross Cultural and Leadership Development
Burma, also called Myanmar, has been ruled by secretive, xenophobic military juntas since 1962. Last August and September, an overnight rise in fuel prices of up to 500% propelled a few brave citizens again to the streets. When the protestors were arrested, hundreds of thousands of monks took the helm, demanding the government address the country's ills. This time the world saw the protests and crackdown via images sent through the Internet by citizen journalists. In this primarily Buddhist country, the regime once again, had no compunction of using violence against its unarmed citizens, including highly revered monks. Ms. Aung-Thwin, director of the Burma Project/Southeast Asia Initiative of the Open Society Institute, will discuss the fall out of the so-called "Saffron Revolution" and the prospects for a genuine political transformation in Burma.
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
Lecture--Global Issues Lecture Series: Musings on the Saffron Revolution: Is There Hope For Burma?
7:00 pm
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Audience: Open to the public
Cost: Free
Sponsored by: Global Studies Program, Global Solutions Education Fund; Office of Cross Cultural and Leadership Development
Burma, also called Myanmar, has been ruled by secretive, xenophobic military juntas since 1962. Last August and September, an overnight rise in fuel prices of up to 500% propelled a few brave citizens again to the streets. When the protestors were arrested, hundreds of thousands of monks took the helm, demanding the government address the country's ills. This time the world saw the protests and crackdown via images sent through the Internet by citizen journalists. In this primarily Buddhist country, the regime once again, had no compunction of using violence against its unarmed citizens, including highly revered monks. Ms. Aung-Thwin, director of the Burma Project/Southeast Asia Initiative of the Open Society Institute, will discuss the fall out of the so-called "Saffron Revolution" and the prospects for a genuine political transformation in Burma.
For more information, contact Veronica Dristas - 412-624-2918 dristas@pitt.edu
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Summer Research Fellowships A&S and Brackenridge
Undergraduate Research Awards for Summer 2008 are available through the School of Arts and Sciences and through the Honors College.
Awards from both offices include stipends to support independent research during the summer. All Arts and Sciences research award recipients also participate in the Honors College Brackenridge program.
Applications for the A&S awards are due by Tuesday, February 26, 2008 to the Office of Experiential Learning, B-4 Thaw Hall.
There will be an information session in the Honors College on the Brackenridge Fellowship at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 5, 2008; 35th Floor Cathedral of Learning
University Honors College.
Awards from both offices include stipends to support independent research during the summer. All Arts and Sciences research award recipients also participate in the Honors College Brackenridge program.
Applications for the A&S awards are due by Tuesday, February 26, 2008 to the Office of Experiential Learning, B-4 Thaw Hall.
There will be an information session in the Honors College on the Brackenridge Fellowship at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 5, 2008; 35th Floor Cathedral of Learning
University Honors College.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Next Department Colloquium: February 13
February 13, 2008
A Comparison of Shi'i and Sunni Approaches to Religious Authority in Contemporary Islam
Haider Ala Hamoudi, Associate Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh
Noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning
Department of Religious Studies Brown Bag Lunch Colloquium
Haider Ala Hamoudi, who received his J.D. from Columbia Law School, is a specialist on international human rights law. He acted as both a legal advisor to the Finance Committee of the Iraq Governing Council, as well as a Program Manager for a project managed by the International Human Rights Law Institute of DePaul University School of Law to improve legal education in Iraq. Dr. Hamoudi continues to advise the Iraqi Government, primarily through the Iraq Mission at the United Nations. His scholarship focuses on commercial law, Islamic law, and the intersection of the two in the contemporary era. He has written for numerous law reviews, has spoken at conferences sponsored by the American Association of Law Schools and the New York City Bar Association, and given interviews to news organizations varying from the McNeil-Lehrer News Hour Online to the New York Law Journal. Dr. Hamoudi's publications include "Toward the Establishment of a Rule of Law Society: Introducing Clinical Legal Education Into Iraqi Law Schools" (Berkeley Journal of International Law, Winter 2005); "Jurisprudential Schizophrenia: Form and Function in Islamic Finance" (Chicago Journal of International Law, Winter 2007); "Money Laundering Amidst Mortars: Legislative Process and State Authority in Post Invasion Iraq" (Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems, Spring 2007); "Muhammad's Social Justice or Muslim Cant: Langdellianism and the Failures of Islamic Finance" (Cornell International Law Review, Fall 2007), and "You Say You Want a Revolution: Interpretive Communities and the Origins of Islamic Finance" (Virginia Journal of International Law, Fall 2007). In the spring of 2008, Dr. Hamoudi will be publishing a memoir of his experiences in Iraq entitled Howling in Mesopotamia.
A Comparison of Shi'i and Sunni Approaches to Religious Authority in Contemporary Islam
Haider Ala Hamoudi, Associate Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh
Noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning
Department of Religious Studies Brown Bag Lunch Colloquium
Haider Ala Hamoudi, who received his J.D. from Columbia Law School, is a specialist on international human rights law. He acted as both a legal advisor to the Finance Committee of the Iraq Governing Council, as well as a Program Manager for a project managed by the International Human Rights Law Institute of DePaul University School of Law to improve legal education in Iraq. Dr. Hamoudi continues to advise the Iraqi Government, primarily through the Iraq Mission at the United Nations. His scholarship focuses on commercial law, Islamic law, and the intersection of the two in the contemporary era. He has written for numerous law reviews, has spoken at conferences sponsored by the American Association of Law Schools and the New York City Bar Association, and given interviews to news organizations varying from the McNeil-Lehrer News Hour Online to the New York Law Journal. Dr. Hamoudi's publications include "Toward the Establishment of a Rule of Law Society: Introducing Clinical Legal Education Into Iraqi Law Schools" (Berkeley Journal of International Law, Winter 2005); "Jurisprudential Schizophrenia: Form and Function in Islamic Finance" (Chicago Journal of International Law, Winter 2007); "Money Laundering Amidst Mortars: Legislative Process and State Authority in Post Invasion Iraq" (Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems, Spring 2007); "Muhammad's Social Justice or Muslim Cant: Langdellianism and the Failures of Islamic Finance" (Cornell International Law Review, Fall 2007), and "You Say You Want a Revolution: Interpretive Communities and the Origins of Islamic Finance" (Virginia Journal of International Law, Fall 2007). In the spring of 2008, Dr. Hamoudi will be publishing a memoir of his experiences in Iraq entitled Howling in Mesopotamia.
Book of Hours exhibit in Bryn Mawr
Since many of you are from the Philadelphia area, here's something to do during spring break or when you go home for the summer.
The Friends of the Bryn Mawr College Library invite you to the opening of the exhibition:
"Intimate Devotion: The Book of Hours in Medieval Religious Practice"
The exhibition was curated by students in Professor Martha Easton's undergraduate seminar last fall "The Book of Hours and the Art of Devotion," and it features some of Bryn Mawr's most gorgeous manuscripts and printed books.
The exhibition will be open from January 31st through May 30th. The exhibition hours are 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday through Friday. For additional information, contact the Special Collections Department at 610-526-6576.
The Friends of the Bryn Mawr College Library invite you to the opening of the exhibition:
"Intimate Devotion: The Book of Hours in Medieval Religious Practice"
The exhibition was curated by students in Professor Martha Easton's undergraduate seminar last fall "The Book of Hours and the Art of Devotion," and it features some of Bryn Mawr's most gorgeous manuscripts and printed books.
The exhibition will be open from January 31st through May 30th. The exhibition hours are 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday through Friday. For additional information, contact the Special Collections Department at 610-526-6576.
Non-Profit Job Fair
For Immediate Release
Contact:Nancy Cifrulak
Monday, January 28, 2008
Career Services
University of Pittsburgh (412) 648-7130 – ph
cifrulak@pitt.edu
Pittsburgh Nonprofit Job and Internship Fair
Pittsburgh, PA – On Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm the first annual Pittsburgh Nonprofit Job and Internship Fair will be held at the University of Pittsburgh’s William Pitt Union (WPU). The event is open to undergraduate and graduate students from colleges and universities in the Western Pennsylvania area, as well as interested parties from the general public. Nearly seventy nonprofit organizations will be on hand to speak with attendees about job and internship opportunities. The event is being co-sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University, Duquesne University, Point Park University, Robert Morris University and the University of Pittsburgh, with generous funding from The Forbes Funds. There is no admission fee for job-seekers. Pre-registration is not required.
Speakers include:
Keynote Address: “Investing in the Next Generation Leadership”
9:30am-10 am WPU, Lower Lounge, Main Floor
Diana Bucco, President, The Forbes Funds
Breakout Session 1: “Growing or Building Your Career in the Nonprofit Sector”
11 am-12 pm WPU, Dining Room A, First Floor
Peggy Outon, Executive Director
The Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management
Robert Morris University
Breakout Session 2: “How to Find a Job/Internship in the Nonprofit Sector and Realistic
1 pm – 2 pm Compensation Expectations”
WPU, Dining Room A, First Floor
R. Todd Owens, Manager, Dewey & Kaye
Breakout Session 3: “Climbing the Career Ladder in the Nonprofit Sector: Experiences of
3 pm – 4 pm Young Professionals”
WPU, Lower Lounge, Main Floor
Dave Coplan, Executive Director, Human Services Center; Director, Mon Valley Providers Council
Evan Frazier, President & CEO, Hill House Association
Vivien Luk, Community Resources Officer, The Forbes Funds
Erin Molchany, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project
Nicole Molinaro, Executive Director, Communities In Schools of
Pittsburgh – Allegheny County
For more information log onto: http://www.careers.pitt.edu/events/pittsburghnonprofit/index.html
Contact:Nancy Cifrulak
Monday, January 28, 2008
Career Services
University of Pittsburgh (412) 648-7130 – ph
cifrulak@pitt.edu
Pittsburgh Nonprofit Job and Internship Fair
Pittsburgh, PA – On Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm the first annual Pittsburgh Nonprofit Job and Internship Fair will be held at the University of Pittsburgh’s William Pitt Union (WPU). The event is open to undergraduate and graduate students from colleges and universities in the Western Pennsylvania area, as well as interested parties from the general public. Nearly seventy nonprofit organizations will be on hand to speak with attendees about job and internship opportunities. The event is being co-sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University, Duquesne University, Point Park University, Robert Morris University and the University of Pittsburgh, with generous funding from The Forbes Funds. There is no admission fee for job-seekers. Pre-registration is not required.
Speakers include:
Keynote Address: “Investing in the Next Generation Leadership”
9:30am-10 am WPU, Lower Lounge, Main Floor
Diana Bucco, President, The Forbes Funds
Breakout Session 1: “Growing or Building Your Career in the Nonprofit Sector”
11 am-12 pm WPU, Dining Room A, First Floor
Peggy Outon, Executive Director
The Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management
Robert Morris University
Breakout Session 2: “How to Find a Job/Internship in the Nonprofit Sector and Realistic
1 pm – 2 pm Compensation Expectations”
WPU, Dining Room A, First Floor
R. Todd Owens, Manager, Dewey & Kaye
Breakout Session 3: “Climbing the Career Ladder in the Nonprofit Sector: Experiences of
3 pm – 4 pm Young Professionals”
WPU, Lower Lounge, Main Floor
Dave Coplan, Executive Director, Human Services Center; Director, Mon Valley Providers Council
Evan Frazier, President & CEO, Hill House Association
Vivien Luk, Community Resources Officer, The Forbes Funds
Erin Molchany, Executive Director, Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project
Nicole Molinaro, Executive Director, Communities In Schools of
Pittsburgh – Allegheny County
For more information log onto: http://www.careers.pitt.edu/events/pittsburghnonprofit/index.html
Monday, January 28, 2008
Septuagint in English on-line
I don't usually post about new electronic resources (e-mail me and tell me if you would like me to), but this one seems worthwhile given how often the Septuagint comes up in the classes on early Christianity and ancient Judaism.
A free copy of Oxford University Press's New English Translation of the Septuagint is now up at UPenn.
A free copy of Oxford University Press's New English Translation of the Septuagint is now up at UPenn.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Study Buddhism in a Taiwanese Monastery
the 7th Annual *Woodenfish* Program—Humanistic Buddhist Monastic Life
Program in Fo Guang Shan, Taiwan
Study Buddhism in a Traditional Chinese Monastery This Summer
*Spend one month in a monastery in Taiwan
*Study Humanistic Buddhism and Chinese culture
**Earn college credit*
*Open to undergraduate and graduate students
**All the living expenses are paid*
**Financial aid for travel expenses available*
*Deadline for application: March 17, 2008
Information and download the application visit: www.woodenfish.org
Note: You would need to check with the study abroad office to find out if Pitt has a relationship with this program.
Program in Fo Guang Shan, Taiwan
Study Buddhism in a Traditional Chinese Monastery This Summer
*Spend one month in a monastery in Taiwan
*Study Humanistic Buddhism and Chinese culture
**Earn college credit*
*Open to undergraduate and graduate students
**All the living expenses are paid*
**Financial aid for travel expenses available*
*Deadline for application: March 17, 2008
Information and download the application visit: www.woodenfish.org
Note: You would need to check with the study abroad office to find out if Pitt has a relationship with this program.
Study Abroad Fair next Friday and information on Haifa
Friday February 1, 11 am-3 pm, William Pitt Union, Ballroom and Assembly Room.
Carmia Bitzan, Admissions Assistant of the International School of the University of Haifa in Israel, wrote to me and said she will be at the fair and would like to meet with Religious Studies students. The International School in Haifa has programs for summer, semester, and year-long study. They offer courses in in Judaism, Religion, Middle Eastern Studies, Contemporary Israel, and more, plus honors programs, including an Honors Program in Jewish Culture and Civilizations as well as Peace & Conflict Studies. You can write her at cbitzan@univ.haifa.ac.il or meet her at the fair for more information.
I have spent a little time in Haifa and can say that it is a fascinating city, with beautiful views, and interesting religious and ethnic diversity. In addition to the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim populations, Haifa is home to Bahai headquarters as well. The university there is the most multicultural in Israel and is one of the major research centres as well. Haifa is also home to the Technion, Israel's version of MIT (or CMU?). If you are interested in study abroad in Israel and went to explore options beyond Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, I recommend meeting with Ms. Bitzan.
Carmia Bitzan, Admissions Assistant of the International School of the University of Haifa in Israel, wrote to me and said she will be at the fair and would like to meet with Religious Studies students. The International School in Haifa has programs for summer, semester, and year-long study. They offer courses in in Judaism, Religion, Middle Eastern Studies, Contemporary Israel, and more, plus honors programs, including an Honors Program in Jewish Culture and Civilizations as well as Peace & Conflict Studies. You can write her at cbitzan@univ.haifa.ac.il or meet her at the fair for more information.
I have spent a little time in Haifa and can say that it is a fascinating city, with beautiful views, and interesting religious and ethnic diversity. In addition to the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim populations, Haifa is home to Bahai headquarters as well. The university there is the most multicultural in Israel and is one of the major research centres as well. Haifa is also home to the Technion, Israel's version of MIT (or CMU?). If you are interested in study abroad in Israel and went to explore options beyond Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, I recommend meeting with Ms. Bitzan.
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