ircpl.org http://ircpl.org Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:48:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Listen to recordings of events sponsored by the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life (IRCPL) at Columbia University. Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life IRCPL religion, culture, public life, arts, literature, humanities, readings, lectures, columbia university no Emily Brennan embrennan422@gmail.com Local Conflicts as a Global Challenge http://ircpl.org/2010/event/local-conflicts-as-a-global-challenge/ http://ircpl.org/2010/event/local-conflicts-as-a-global-challenge/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:05:38 +0000 admin http://ircpl.org/?p=728 Globlization Challenged: Conviction, Conflict, Community (2006). Moderated by Mark C. Taylor, Chair of the Department of Religion. ]]> A conversation with GEORGE RUPP, president of the International Rescue Committee and former president of Columbia University as well as author of Globlization Challenged: Conviction, Conflict, Community (2006). Moderated by Mark C. Taylor, Chair of the Department of Religion.

]]> http://ircpl.org/2010/event/local-conflicts-as-a-global-challenge/feed/ 0 <p>A conversation with GEORGE RUPP, president of the International Rescue Committee and former president of Columbia University as well as author of <em>Globlization Challenged: Conviction, Conflict, Community</em> (2006). Moderated by Mark C. Taylor, Chair of the Department of Religion.</p> <p><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span> </strong></p> A conversation with GEORGE RUPP, president of the International Rescue Committee and former president of Columbia University as well as author of <em>Globlization Challenged: Conviction, Conflict, Community</em> (2006). Moderated by [...] IRCPL Rupp, IRC, IRCPL, International Rescue Committee David Shipley: Covering Conflict http://ircpl.org/2009/event/david-shipley-covering-conflict/ http://ircpl.org/2009/event/david-shipley-covering-conflict/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:05:41 +0000 admin http://ircpl.org/?p=480 A conversation with DAVID SHIPLEY, op-ed editor at The New York Times. He also served in the Clinton Administration as Senior Presidential Speechwriter and was the executive editor of The New Republic Magazine. Moderated by Mark C. Taylor, Chair of the Department of Religion.

Co-sponsored with Columbia Journalism School and the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion.

]]> http://ircpl.org/2009/event/david-shipley-covering-conflict/feed/ 0 <p>A conversation with DAVID SHIPLEY, op-ed editor at The New York Times. He also served in the Clinton Administration as Senior Presidential Speechwriter and was the executive editor of The New Republic Magazine. Moderated by Mark C. Taylor, Chair of the Department of Religion.</p> <p>Co-sponsored with Columbia Journalism School and the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion.</p> A conversation with DAVID SHIPLEY, op-ed editor at The New York Times. He also served in the Clinton Administration as Senior Presidential Speechwriter and was the executive editor of The New Republic Magazine. Moderated by Mark C. Taylor, Chair [...] IRCPL Secularism in Contemporary India http://ircpl.org/2009/event/secularism-in-contemporary-india/ http://ircpl.org/2009/event/secularism-in-contemporary-india/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:03:50 +0000 admin http://ircpl.org/?p=478 A discussion with CHRISTOPHE JAFFRELOT, Alliance Visiting Professor (Sciences Po-CERI, Paris), THOMAS BLOM HANSEN, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam, and RAJEEV BHARGAVA, Professor of Political Science at the University of Delhi and Director of the Center for the Study of Developing Societies.

Co-sponsored with the Alliance Program; the South Asia Institute; the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures; and the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion.

]]> http://ircpl.org/2009/event/secularism-in-contemporary-india/feed/ 0 <p>A discussion with CHRISTOPHE JAFFRELOT, Alliance Visiting Professor (Sciences Po-CERI, Paris), THOMAS BLOM HANSEN, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam, and RAJEEV BHARGAVA, Professor of Political Science at the University of Delhi and Director of the Center for the Study of Developing Societies.</p> <p>Co-sponsored with the Alliance Program; the South Asia Institute; the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures; and the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion.<br /> </p> A discussion with CHRISTOPHE JAFFRELOT, Alliance Visiting Professor (Sciences Po-CERI, Paris), THOMAS BLOM HANSEN, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam, and RAJEEV BHARGAVA, Professor of Political Science at the University of [...] IRCPL Charles Taylor: Can Human Action Be Explained? http://ircpl.org/2009/event/charles-taylor-can-human-action-be-explained/ http://ircpl.org/2009/event/charles-taylor-can-human-action-be-explained/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:58:46 +0000 admin http://ircpl.org/?p=472 A lecture by CHARLES TAYLOR, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University and winner of the 2007 Templeton Prize and the 2008 Kyoto Prize.

Co-sponsored with the Committee on Global Thought; Heyman Center for Humanities; Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion.

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]]> http://ircpl.org/2009/event/charles-taylor-can-human-action-be-explained/feed/ 0 <p>A lecture by CHARLES TAYLOR, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University and winner of the 2007 Templeton Prize and the 2008 Kyoto Prize.</p> <p>Co-sponsored with the Committee on Global Thought; Heyman Center for Humanities; Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion.</p> <p><strong>audio:</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>video:</strong><br /> </p> A lecture by CHARLES TAYLOR, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University and winner of the 2007 Templeton Prize and the 2008 Kyoto Prize. Co-sponsored with the Committee on Global Thought; Heyman Center for Humanities; Center for the [...] IRCPL Jon Meacham: Covering Conflict http://ircpl.org/2009/event/jon-meacham-covering-conflict/ http://ircpl.org/2009/event/jon-meacham-covering-conflict/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:52:29 +0000 admin http://ircpl.org/?p=467 A conversation with JON MEACHAM, the editor of Newsweek magazine and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House as well as American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation. Moderated by Randall Balmer, Professor of Religion.

Co-sponsored with Columbia Journalism School and the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion.

]]> http://ircpl.org/2009/event/jon-meacham-covering-conflict/feed/ 0 <p>A conversation with JON MEACHAM, the editor of Newsweek magazine and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography <em>American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House </em>as well as <em>American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation</em>. Moderated by Randall Balmer, Professor of Religion.</p> <p>Co-sponsored with Columbia Journalism School and the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion.<br /> </p> A conversation with JON MEACHAM, the editor of Newsweek magazine and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House as well as American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation. [...] IRCPL Jack Miles: The Future of Religious Language http://ircpl.org/2009/event/the-future-of-religious-language/ http://ircpl.org/2009/event/the-future-of-religious-language/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:48:52 +0000 admin http://ircpl.org/?p=463 A talk by JACK MILES, Senior Fellow for Religious Affairs with the Pacific Council on International Policy and Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies, University of California, Irvine. A MacArthur Fellow, he is winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for God: A Biography.

For directions to the Heyman Center, visit: http://heymancenter.org/visit.php

Co-sponsored with the Heyman Center for the Humanities.

]]> http://ircpl.org/2009/event/the-future-of-religious-language/feed/ 0 <p>A talk by JACK MILES, Senior Fellow for Religious Affairs with the Pacific Council on International Policy and Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies, University of California, Irvine. A MacArthur Fellow, he is winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for <em>God: A Biography</em>.</p> <p>For directions to the Heyman Center, visit: <a href="http://heymancenter.org/visit.php">http://heymancenter.org/visit.php</a></p> <p>Co-sponsored with the Heyman Center for the Humanities.</p> A talk by JACK MILES, Senior Fellow for Religious Affairs with the Pacific Council on International Policy and Distinguished Professor of English and Religious Studies, University of California, Irvine. A MacArthur Fellow, he is winner of the 1996 [...] IRCPL SUSANNAH HESCHEL: Distinguished Scholar in Residence http://ircpl.org/2009/event/susannah-heschel-distinguished-scholar-in-residence/ http://ircpl.org/2009/event/susannah-heschel-distinguished-scholar-in-residence/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:42:03 +0000 admin http://ircpl.org/?p=459 Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus, which won a National Jewish Book Award and Germany's Geiger Prize. Intrigued with Islam: Jewish Scholars, Travelers, and Converts in Modern Europe Tuesday, October 13, 6:30-8pm International Affairs Building, Room 707 420 W. 118th St. Jesus as Aryan Hero: The Peculiar Conversion of Christianity into National Socialism Thusday, October 15, 6:30-8pm International Affairs Building, Room 707 420 W. 118th St.]]> Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and author of Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus, which won a National Jewish Book Award and Germany’s Geiger Prize.

Intrigued with Islam: Jewish Scholars, Travelers, and Converts in Modern Europe
Tuesday, October 13, 6:30-8pm
International Affairs Building, Room 707
420 W. 118th St.

Jesus as Aryan Hero: The Peculiar Conversion of Christianity into National Socialism
Thusday, October 15, 6:30-8pm
International Affairs Building, Room 707
420 W. 118th St.

]]> http://ircpl.org/2009/event/susannah-heschel-distinguished-scholar-in-residence/feed/ 0 <p>Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and author of <em>Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus</em>, which won a National Jewish Book Award and Germany’s Geiger Prize.</p> <p><strong>Intrigued with Islam: Jewish Scholars, Travelers, and Converts in Modern Europe</strong><br /> Tuesday, October 13, 6:30-8pm<br /> International Affairs Building, Room 707<br /> 420 W. 118th St.</p> <p><strong> Jesus as Aryan Hero: The Peculiar Conversion of Christianity into National Socialism</strong><br /> Thusday, October 15, 6:30-8pm<br /> International Affairs Building, Room 707<br /> 420 W. 118th St.</p> Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and author of <em>Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus</em>, which won a National Jewish Book Award and Germany's Geiger Prize. Intrigued with Islam: Jewish Scholars, [...] IRCPL James Traub: Covering Conflict http://ircpl.org/2009/event/james-traub-covering-conflict/ http://ircpl.org/2009/event/james-traub-covering-conflict/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:34:47 +0000 admin http://ircpl.org/?p=456 A conversation with JAMES TRAUB, who writes on politics and international affairs for The New York Times Magazine and has also written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly and National Review. Moderated by Jack Snyder, The Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Relations.

Read a review of the event at the Columbia Journalism School’s website.

Co-sponsored with Columbia Journalism School and the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion.

]]> http://ircpl.org/2009/event/james-traub-covering-conflict/feed/ 0 <p>A conversation with JAMES TRAUB, who writes on politics and international affairs for <em>The New York Times Magazine</em> and has also written for <em>The New Yorker</em>, <em>The Atlantic Monthly</em> and <em>National Review</em>. Moderated by Jack Snyder, The Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Relations.</p> <p>Read a review of the event at the <a title="Columbia Journalism School's website" href="http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/ContentServer/jrn/1165270052298/JRN_News_C/1212611644902/JRNNewsDetail.htm" target="_blank">Columbia Journalism School’s website</a>.</p> <p>Co-sponsored with Columbia Journalism School and the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion.</p> A conversation with JAMES TRAUB, who writes on politics and international affairs for The New York Times Magazine and has also written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly and National Review. Moderated by Jack Snyder, The Robert and Renée [...] IRCPL Culture, Identity and Politics http://ircpl.org/2009/event/culture-identity-and-politics/ http://ircpl.org/2009/event/culture-identity-and-politics/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:29:06 +0000 admin http://ircpl.org/?p=453 A discussion with CHARLES TAYLOR, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University and winner of the 2007 Templeton Prize and the 2008 Kyoto Prize, ALAN MONTEFIORE, Emeritus Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, and EMMANUEL PICAVET, Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Paris.

Co-sponsored by Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life, the Committee on Global Thought, and the Alliance Program

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]]> http://ircpl.org/2009/event/culture-identity-and-politics/feed/ 0 <p>A discussion with CHARLES TAYLOR, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University and winner of the 2007 Templeton Prize and the 2008 Kyoto Prize, ALAN MONTEFIORE, Emeritus Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, and EMMANUEL PICAVET, Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Paris.</p> <p>Co-sponsored by Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life, the Committee on Global Thought, and the Alliance Program</p> <p><strong>Video of the Panel</strong></p> <p><strong>Video of the Discussion</strong></p> A discussion with CHARLES TAYLOR, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University and winner of the 2007 Templeton Prize and the 2008 Kyoto Prize, ALAN MONTEFIORE, Emeritus Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, and EMMANUEL PICAVET, Professor of [...] 01:12:31 taylor, culture, identity, politics Jonathan Safran Foer: Literature and Terror http://ircpl.org/2009/event/jonathan-safran-foer-literature-and-terror/ http://ircpl.org/2009/event/jonathan-safran-foer-literature-and-terror/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:27:09 +0000 webadmin http://ircpl.org/wp_test/?p=261 A conversation with Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and the acclaimed Everything is Illuminated, which was adapted into a feature film directed by Liev Schreiber.

Moderated by Jenny Davidson, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.

Copies of his book will be on sale courtesy of Book Culture.

]]> http://ircpl.org/2009/event/jonathan-safran-foer-literature-and-terror/feed/ 0 <p>A conversation with<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Jonathan Safran Foer</span>, author of <em>Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close</em> and the acclaimed <em>Everything is Illuminated</em>, which was adapted into a feature film directed by Liev Schreiber.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Moderated by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jenny Davidson</span>, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> <p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Copies of his book will be on sale courtesy of <a href="http://www.bookculture.com/" target="_blank">Book Culture</a>.</p> A conversation with Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and the acclaimed Everything is Illuminated, which was adapted into a feature film directed by Liev Schreiber. Moderated by Jenny Davidson, Associate [...]