Month: August 2022
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In Germany, Two Professors and A Student Discover the Past and Prepare a Class for the Future
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This post comes to us from Dr. Marcia Bunge, describing her summer travels in Germany and her hopes for the course it will inspire. Recent graduate Allison James ’22 and I spent two weeks in Germany at the beginning of June. Our travels, generously funded by a donor, served as pilot for a future course in Germany.…
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As Summer Ends, A Look at What Some of Our Faculty Have Been Reading
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As summer break ends and the fall semester approaches, here’s a look at some of what the Religion faculty have been reading — outside of work and research — these past couple of months. Dr. Casey Elledge I finally had time to study Gershom Scholem’s (900 page!) critical masterwork, Sabbatai Ṣevi, the author’s authoritative treatment of the rise and…