2010–11 Activities and Events 

Religion Workshop led by Assistant Prof. Marla Segol

Location: Ladd 307
Date: November 12, 2010
Time: 2:30–4 p.m.
Title:  Bringing up Golem: Letter Magic and Astrology in the Serfer Yetsirah Manuscript Tradition 

 

"American Freakout: Christian Nationalism and the Tea Party"

Location: Emerson Auditorium, Palamountain Hall
Date: April 6, 2011
Time: 8–10 p.m.
Speaker: Journalist and author Michelle Goldberg

Description:
Michelle Goldberg is a journalist and author based in Brooklyn. Her first book, the New York Times bestseller "Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism," explored the ascendant politico-religious fundamentalism dominating the Republican Party and, at the time, the Bush administration. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called it “an impressive piece of lucid journalism … carefully researched and riveting.” After "Kingdom Coming" came out, Goldberg spent two years traveling the world to research "The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power and the Future of the World," a book about the globalization of battles over women's rights. Goldberg is a columnist for the Daily Beast and for Tablet, and her work has appeared in the Nation, New Republic, Glamour, Newsweek, the Guardian (UK) and many other publications. Her third book, about the world-traveling adventuress, actress and yoga evangelist Indra Devi, will be published by Knopf in 2013.

Sponsor:
Department of Philosophy and Religion

Contact:
Mary Stange, 518-580-5408