Bloodstained Buddhas: Warfare, Violence, and Religion in Medieval China
Friday, April 1
4pm - 5:15pm
Blow Memorial Hall, Room 333

Geoffrey Goble introduces Chinese Esoteric Buddhism and reveals the surprising role that warfare and ritual technologies for murdering and afflicting enemies played in the creation and establishment of Chinese Esoteric Buddhism.

The Asian Centennial presents Lloyd Suh's "The Chinese Lady" starring Rinabeth Apostol
Sunday, April 3
2pm - 3:30pm
Williamsburg Regional Library

The Asian Centennial and W&M Theatre proudly present Lloyd Suh's award winning play on the life story of Afong Moy, who at 14 was brought to the US from Guanzhou Province in 1834, and was put on display for the American public as "The Chinese Lady." 

Jacqueline Vayntrub: "Ezekiel's Body Politic and The Bible's Body Poetic" 
Thursday, April 7
6pm - 7:30pm
Blow Memorial Hall, Room 331

A political look at the poetry and prophecy of Ezekiel

Dr. Sarah Cramsey: "Uprooting the Diaspora"
Tuesday, April 12
2pm - 3:30pm
Tucker Hall, Room 111

William & Mary Alum, Dr. Sarah Cramsey of Leiden University discusses the complex intellectual, political, and logistical questions concerning Jewish belonging in East Central Europe as well as their migration into Palestine

    "A Cosmic Struggle? How Historians Grapple with Religion as a Casual Force" (Dr. Sarah Cramsey)
    Tuesday, April 12
    5pm - 7pm
    Tucker Hall, 127A

    Dr. Cramsey explores how historians can understand religious behaviour in biological terms and come closer to the lived reality of the past.

    Historicization in Contemplative Pedagogy
    Wednesday, April 13
    5pm - 6:15pm
    Tucker Hall, 127A

    Dr. Ben Williams will take a cultural-historical look at Naropa University as a site for contemplative pedagogy.

    "The Museum of the Bible and the Politics of Interpretation" (Symposium)
    Thursday, April 21
    6pm - 8pm
    Tucker Hall, 127A

    A discussion of the practices of the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. by Jill Hicks-Keeton and Cavan Concannon re: how it informs the work of both scholars and ordinary persons.

      Dr. Katja Vehlow: "Conservative Judaism in America"
      Tuesday, April 26
      11am - 12:30pm
      Wren Building, ZOOM

      Dr. Vehlow will lead the class in an exploration of Emet Veemunah, Conservative responsa, and role of Halakhah in Conservative Judaism today.