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Two high-profile lecture series--the Solomon-Tenenbaum and Joseph Cardinal Bernardin lectures to be held Oct. 17-18--will focus on the dynamic and volatile state of religious intolerance and interaction in Europe.
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| Philip Jenkins |
At 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17, Philip Jenkins, a distinguished professor of history and religious studies at Penn State University, will discuss "Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis."
At 8 p.m. Oct. 18, Paula Hyman, the Lucy Moses Professor of Modern Jewish History and Religious Studies at Yale University, will present the lecture "Antisemitism, Gender, and Jewish Identity in Modern Europe."
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| Paula Hyman |
At 1:30 p.m. Oct. 18, Jocelyne Cesari, a visiting professor at Harvard Divinity School, will join Jenkins and Hyman for a symposium to discuss the migration of new ethnic and religious groups to Europe; the fear of Islamic ascendancy; resistance to the inclusion of Muslim Turkey in the new Europe; the new anti-Semitism; secularization; the continuing decline of religious institutions, especially Christian institutions; and prospects for a genuinely multicultural and multi-religious Europe.
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| Jocelyne Cesari |
All events will be free and open to the public.
"Religion is a powerful force in human society that can unite or divide peoples and nations," said Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. "Our program this year provides a rare opportunity for us to learn from the European experience how those nations struggle to incorporate immigrant minorities into increasingly multi-religious societies."
The schedule is:
- Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Lecture, "Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis," with Jenkins, speaker, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17, School of Law Auditorium
- Symposium, "Secularism, Immigration, and Europe's Religious Crisis," featuring Jenkins, Hyman, and Cesari and moderated by Charles Bierbauer, dean of the College of Mass Communication and Information Studies, 1:30-2:45 p.m. Oct. 18, School of Law Auditorium
- Solomon-Tenenbaum Lecture, "Antisemitism, Gender, and Jewish Identity in Modern Europe," Hyman, speaker, 8 p.m. Oct. 18, Drayton Hall Auditorium.
Jenkins is a scholar who has written extensively on the transformations that Christianity is undergoing as its center moves from Europe and North America to the Southern hemisphere. His book God's Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis was released by Oxford Press this spring.
Hyman, who teaches modern European and American Jewish history, has written several books on the topic. They include The Jew of Modern France (1998), Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia (1997), Gender and Assimilation in Modern Jewish History (1995), and The Emancipation of the Jews of Alsace (1991).
Jocelyne Cesari has been an associate in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University since spring 2001 and has also held teaching positions in the anthropology department and at Harvard Divinity School, where she teaches on Islam in in the West and Islam and international relations. Before coming to Harvard, she served as an Associate Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. She has published numerous books and articles in European and American journals, including the book When Islam and Democracy Meet: Muslims in Europe and in the United States.
The Solomon-Tenenbaum Lectureship is funded by Melvin and Judith Solomon of Charleston and Samuel and Inez Tenenbaum of Columbia. Recent speakers have included Elie Wiesel, Thomas Cahill, and Thomas Friedman.
The Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Lectureship honors the Columbia native, former Carolina student, and distinguished leader in the Roman Catholic Church. In his work as a priest and archbishop of Chicago, Bernardin addressed contemporary social and ethical issues and left a profound legacy of service, social concern, and education.
For more information on both lectureships, go to www.cas.sc.edu/relg or call the Department of Religious Studies at 7-4100.
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