AP/HUMA 1847 9.00 (crosslisted with AP/RLST 1847 9.00) Sikhs and Sikhi(sm): Texts, Contexts, and Living Traditions The Religious Studies Program is excited to announce that Professor Julie Vig is offering a new course in Fall/Winter 2023 RLST 1847 9.0 Sikh and Sikhi(ism). Looking for a course on Asian Religions? Or know a friend looking for […]
Every year the Religious Studies program awards two prizes for the best essays written in Religious Studies courses in the past year. Now that the semester is over, I want to encourage you to consider submit your work to be considered for the prizes. The William R. Coleman Prize: This book prize is offered to the […]
Religion and Childhood: A Modest (Course) Proposal The Religious Studies Program presents a talk with Prof. Gurbir Jolly of the Children, Childhood, and Youth Studies program. The title of the talk is “Religion and Childhood: A Modest (Course) Proposal.” As with other events in the RESTtalks series, the presentation will be filmed and posted on […]
RESTtalk lecture with Prof. Marc Herman The Religious Studies Program presents a talk with Marc Herman, professor of medieval Judaism, on “The Oral Torah in the Islamic West.” Prof. Herman joined the Humanities faculty last year, so this event will be the perfect opportunity to get to know Marc and his work. As with other […]
RESTtalk lecture with Prof. Tony Burke The Religious Studies Program presents the first lecture in the second season of the RESTtalks lecture series. Tony Burke, professor of Early Christianity, will speak on "Cursing Jesus." The short talk will be filmed and posted on the Religious Studies website. A Q&A session will follow. The event will […]
Congratulations to Christopher Bauer and Elaine Slonim for winning the LA&PS Writing Prize at both the third- and fourth-year level! At the third-year level, Christopher Bauer won for his essay "When Myth Meets the Moment: How the Ancient Greek Tragedians Constructed the Age of Heroes to Explore Their Contemporary Society". And Elaine Slonim won at the […]
Theatre Auditions York University’s Programme in Classical Studies presents Lysistrata, A Greek comedy by Aristophanes Interested students should attend ONE of the following audition dates: Monday, October 17th: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM McLaughlin Junior College Room (MC 014) Tuesday, October 18th: 2 PM - 4 PM McLaughlin Junior College Room (MC 014) OPEN TO […]
The road to Marathon, the 42 kilometers between the center of Athens and the site of the battle of 490 BCE against an expedition of the Persian Empire, was the course taken by the first modern marathon race in 1896, and continues as the route of the Athens Classic Marathon each fall. In antiquity, too, […]
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