Dickinson Distinguished Lecture
The Dickinson Distinguished Lecture is presented by a distinguished scholar who has made a significant impact upon the study of religion. In addition to presenting a public lecture to the community, the visiting scholar engages with students in the Dickinson seminar and critiques their papers.
The Dickinson Distinguished Scholar Seminar in Fall term 2012, convened by Professor Susannah Heschel
| Term | Faculty Instructor | Dickinson Lecture Title | Distinguished Visitor |
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| 12F | Susannah Heschel | Eastern Wisdom in an Era of Despair: Orientalism in 1920s Central Europe | Suzanne Marchand (Louisiana State University) |
| 12S | Nancy Frankenberry | Joseph Smith and the Discovery of the Golden Plates | Ann Taves (University of California, Santa Barbara |
| 09S | Gil Raz | This Foreign Religion of Ours: (Mis)Translation East and West, Medieval and Modern | Stephen R. Bokenkamp (Arizona State University) |
| 08S | Reiko Ohnuma | From Stone to Flesh: The European Encounter with the Buddha | Donald S. Lopez, Jr. (University of Michigan) |
| 07S | Susannah Heschel | The End of History and the Last Jew: Apocalypse and Anti-Semitism from the Middle Ages to Left Behind | Lisa Lampert-Weissig (University of California, San Diego) |
| 04S | Reiko Ohnuma | Convents & Courtesans: Locating Buddhist Nuns in the Cultural & Urban Landscape of Early North India | Gregory Schopen (UCLA |
| 03S | Kent McConnell | Picturing Faith: Religious America in Government Photography, 1935-1943 | Colleen McDannell (University of Utah) |
| 01F | Susannah Heschel | Before the 'Final Solution': Nazi Ghettoization Policy in Poland, 1939-1945 | Christopher R. Browning (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) |
| 01W | Amy Hollywood | How Do I Tell It; Let Me Count the Ways: Representation and the Historian's Promise | Edith Wyschogrod (Rice University) |
| 00S | Nancy Frankenberry | From Nothing Until Now: Faith in the Natural History of Our Universe | Willem B. Drees (University of Twente and Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) |
| 99W | Kevin Reinhart | Religion and Religious Revolutions | Said Arjomand (SUNY at Stony Brook) |
| 98S | Hans H. Penner | Cannibal Vignettes in the South Seas | Gananath Obeyesekere (Princeton) |
| 9F | Ifi Amadiume | Violence, Young Men and the Preparation for Ritual | Maurice Bloch (London School of Economics) |
| 95S | Robert G. Henricks | Early Chinese Mythology | Sarah Allan (School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS, London) |
| 93F | Hans H. Penner | The Charisma of Saints and the Cult of Relics, Amulets and Tomb Shrines: A Comparison | Stanley Tambiah (Harvard University) |
| 93S | Susan Ackerman | Yahweh and the Goddesses of Canaan | William G. Dever (University of Arizona) |
| 92F | A. Kevin Reinhart | Wilfred Cantwell Smith and the Study of Religion | Wilfred Cantwell Smith (Harvard University) |
| 91S | Ronald M. Green | Academic Freedom and Catholic Higher Education | Charles Curran (Auburn University) |
| 90S | Nancy Frankenberry | How My Mind Has Changed, or Reflections on Catholic Theology Today | David Tracy (University of Chicago Divinity School) |
| 88F | Charles Stinson | Themes of Contemporary Christian Thought | Avery Dulles (Catholic University of America) |
| 88S | Confucianism & Christianity | Robert C. Neville (Boston University) | |
| 88W | Robert G. Henricks | The Mudwall Saga: Inter-shrine Competition in Taiwan | David K. Jordan (University of California, San Diego) |
| 87F | Mencius & Aquinas: Theories of Virtue and Conceptions of Courage | Lee H. Yearley (Stanford & Amherst) | |
| 87S | Hans H. Penner | Rationality and Ritual | Jonathan Z. Smith (University of Chicago) |
| 87W | Robert G. Henricks | Hereditary Rulership in Ancient China | Angus C. Graham (SOAS, London) |
12F
Susannah Heschel
Eastern Wisdom in an Era of Despair: Orientalism in 1920s Central Europe
Suzanne Marchand (Louisiana State University)
12S
Nancy Frankenberry
Joseph Smith and the Discovery of the Golden Plates
Ann Taves (University of California, Santa Barbara
09S
Gil Raz
This Foreign Religion of Ours: (Mis)Translation East and West, Medieval and Modern
Stephen R. Bokenkamp (Arizona State University)
08S
Reiko Ohnuma
From Stone to Flesh: The European Encounter with the Buddha
Donald S. Lopez, Jr. (University of Michigan)
07S
Susannah Heschel
The End of History and the Last Jew: Apocalypse and Anti-Semitism from the Middle Ages to Left Behind
Lisa Lampert-Weissig (University of California, San Diego)
04S
Reiko Ohnuma
Convents & Courtesans: Locating Buddhist Nuns in the Cultural & Urban Landscape of Early North India
Gregory Schopen (UCLA
03S
Kent McConnell
Picturing Faith: Religious America in Government Photography, 1935-1943
Colleen McDannell (University of Utah)
01F
Susannah Heschel
Before the 'Final Solution': Nazi Ghettoization Policy in Poland, 1939-1945
Christopher R. Browning (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
01W
Amy Hollywood
How Do I Tell It; Let Me Count the Ways: Representation and the Historian's Promise
Edith Wyschogrod (Rice University)
00S
Nancy Frankenberry
From Nothing Until Now: Faith in the Natural History of Our Universe
Willem B. Drees (University of Twente and Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
99W
Kevin Reinhart
Religion and Religious Revolutions
Said Arjomand (SUNY at Stony Brook)
98S
Hans H. Penner
Cannibal Vignettes in the South Seas
Gananath Obeyesekere (Princeton)
9F
Ifi Amadiume
Violence, Young Men and the Preparation for Ritual
Maurice Bloch (London School of Economics)
95S
Robert G. Henricks
Early Chinese Mythology
Sarah Allan (School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS, London)
93F
Hans H. Penner
The Charisma of Saints and the Cult of Relics, Amulets and Tomb Shrines: A Comparison
Stanley Tambiah (Harvard University)
93S
Susan Ackerman
Yahweh and the Goddesses of Canaan
William G. Dever (University of Arizona)
92F
A. Kevin Reinhart
Wilfred Cantwell Smith and the Study of Religion
Wilfred Cantwell Smith (Harvard University)
91S
Ronald M. Green
Academic Freedom and Catholic Higher Education
Charles Curran (Auburn University)
90S
Nancy Frankenberry
How My Mind Has Changed, or Reflections on Catholic Theology Today
David Tracy (University of Chicago Divinity School)
88F
Charles Stinson
Themes of Contemporary Christian Thought
Avery Dulles (Catholic University of America)
88S
Confucianism & Christianity
Robert C. Neville (Boston University)
88W
Robert G. Henricks
The Mudwall Saga: Inter-shrine Competition in Taiwan
David K. Jordan (University of California, San Diego)
87F
Mencius & Aquinas: Theories of Virtue and Conceptions of Courage
Lee H. Yearley (Stanford & Amherst)
87S
Hans H. Penner
Rationality and Ritual
Jonathan Z. Smith (University of Chicago)
87W
Robert G. Henricks
Hereditary Rulership in Ancient China
Angus C. Graham (SOAS, London)
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The Dickinson Distinguished Scholar Seminar in Spring term 2012, convened by Professor Nancy Frankenberry
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The Dickinson Distinguished Scholar Seminar in Spring term 2009, convened by Professor Gil Raz
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The Dickinson Distinguished Scholar Seminar in Spring term 2004, convened by Professor Reiko Ohnuma
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