2017 Mediterranean Seminar Spring Workshop on “Mysticism and Devotion”
Location:
“Skybox” (top floor)
Duane Physics Building
University of Colorado Boulder
Friday, 04/21/2017 @ 9:15am
Workshop sessions will present three workshop papers and a presentation by our first featured scholar, Prof. Amy Remensnyder.
Workshop papers:
• Marla Segol (Jewish Studies, SUNY Buffalo): “Mystical Embryologies: Knowledge, Practice, and Devotion”
Respondent: Nan Goodman (English and Jewish Studies, Boulder)
• Marianne Kupin-Lisbin (History, U of Rochester): “New Approaches in Understanding the Lived Religious Culture of the Ottoman Balkans”
Respondent: Sabahat Adil (Asian Languages and Civilizations, Boulder)
• Anna Akasoy (Islamic Intellectual History, Hunter College): “Imaginary Spaces of Devotion in Andalusi Mystical Poetry”
Respondent: Cyrus Zargar (Religion, Augustana College)
Featured Scholar:
• Amy Remensnyder (History: Brown University): “Does the Sea Matter to the History of Mediterranean Devotion?”
Saturday, 04/22/2017 @ 9:15
Round-table sessions will feature three round tables, followed by a presentation by our second featured scholar, Dr. Maribel Fierro.
| Mysticism and Doctrine - Are they Compatible or do they Conflict? | Do Mystical Traditions have a Politics? | “Mediterranean Religion”: Does it Function as a Category? |
| Moderator: Sharon Kinoshita (Literature, UC Santa Cruz) • Michelle Hamilton (Spanish & Portuguese, Minnesota) • Janine Peterson (History, Marist College) • Nathan Fisher (Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara) • Aun Hasan Ali (Religious Studies, Boulder) • Robert Pasnau (Philosophy, Boulder) | Moderator: Claire Farago (Art History, Boulder) • Hartley Lachter (Religion, Lehigh University) • Núria Silleras (Spanish and Portuguese, Boulder) • John Curry (History, University of Nevada Las Vegas) • Matt Lynch (Religious Studies, UNC Chapel Hill) • Edward Holt (History, Saint Louis University) • Benjamin de Lee (History, NY Cortland) | Moderator: Brian A. Catlos (Religious Studies, Boulder) • Sabahat Adil (Asian Language & Civilizations, Boulder) • David Williams (History, University of Saint Katherine & Royal Holloway) • Kevin Blankinship (Arabic Literature: University of Chicago) • Karen Pinto (History: Boise State) • Allen Fromherz (History: Georgia State) |
AND
“Mediterranean Studies in Asia”
Yuen-Gen Liang (National Taiwan University) & Eun-Jee Park (Busan University of Foreign Studies)
Featured Scholar
• Maribel Fierro (CSIC, Madrid): “The Political Mystics of al-Andalus”
The event is free, admittance is by registration only. Space is limited. Registered participants should attend the whole event.
For general information contact: mailbox@mediterraneanseminar.org. To register and to receive the workshop papers, and for logistical and site-specific information, please contact Jeffrey Baron (jeffrey.baron@colorado.edu).
Sponsored By:
Boulder College of Arts and Sciences Innovative Seed Grant, the Program in Jewish Studies, Religious Studies, the Center for Western Civilization, History, Philosophy, Asian Languages and Civilizations, Humanities, Spanish & Portuguese, Philosophy and the College of Arts and Sciences. Administrative support provided by Religious Studies ( Boulder).
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