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Due to the storm, Barnard College closed at 4pm Friday, for non-essential personnel. “Essential personnel" include staff in Facilities, Public Safety and Residence Halls.
Friday evening and weekend classes are cancelled but events are going forward as planned unless otherwise noted. The Athena Film Festival programs are also scheduled to go forward as planned but please check http://athenafilmfestival.com/ for the latest information.
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3:12 PM 02/08/2013
Religion professor draws connections between two non-events: The Rapture and the release of a report on the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church.
The Barnard alumna reflects on her work as a human rights activist mobilizing the Jewish community against US-sponsored torture and modern slavery, while exploring questions of how Judaism reacts to extreme violations of human dignity.
Professor Randall Balmer’s new book, God in the White House: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush, explores the role of religion in American presidential politics in the latter half of the twentieth century. A professor of American religious history at Barnard College, Professor Balmer also is an ordained Episcopal minister, volunteering at a local parish.
For this year’s Salon Series, historians and scholars gather to discuss acclaimed scholar Tabika Sarkar’s latest work, which explores the relations among law, personhood, and Hindu idioms in colonial India.
Religion professor pens article for the Social Science Research Council's online publication, The Immanent Frame: Secularism, Religion, and the Public Sphere.
Religion professor comments on beliefs and rituals of Hindus, Zoroastrians, Bahá'ís.
Religion professor quoted in USA Today article.
Religion professor weighs in on Election 2012.
Anthony Grafton, Professor of History at Princeton University and current President of the American Historical Association, offers a trenchant defense of humanistic scholarship as part of the Barnard Humanities Initiative.
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