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The Universities of Cambridge and Oxford are delighted to invite colleagues, friends, alumni and prospective graduate students to a reception at the AAR and SBL Annual Meetings in San Diego. Come hear an update on developments in Cambridge’s Faculty of Divinity and Oxford’s Faculty of Theology and Religion, and meet current faculty members. Prospective students are warmly welcome to come and learn about the benefits of studying in Cambridge or Oxford. Further information is available at divinity.cam.ac.uk and theology.ox.ac.uk

The DU/Iliff Joint PhD in the study of religion is hosting a reception for faculty, students, alumni, prospective students and friends on Sunday evening, Nov. 24 from 7 – 9 pm. Join us at Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, 380 K Street at 4th.

Princeton University, Department of Religion - Annual Reunion Reception at the AAR-SBL Meetings.

University of Iowa Reception for Alumni & Friends; We hope you will drop by for appetizers and deserts compliments of the UI Religious Studies Department (cash bar)

The Department of Religion at Columbia University and the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life invite alumni, faculty, friends, and current and prospective graduate students to join us for a reception. All are welcome. Drinks and light refreshments will be provided.

Carving the Divine offers a rare and intimate look into the life and artistic process of modern-day Busshi – practitioners of a 1400 year lineage of Buddhist woodcarving. Determined to pass his craft down to future generations, Master Koun Seki, the former apprentice of renowned Busshi, Kourin Saito, interviews a candidate applying to be his new apprentice. Quickly though, we discover this apprenticeship and the Busshi’s life to be far less glamorous, and much more austere, than we (or the Candidate) would’ve likely imagined.
If you are interested in hosting a screening event with Director Q&A and/or acquiring a copy of Carving the Divine for an educational institution (universities, colleges, cultural centers, libraries, etc.), please contact us at info@carvingthedivine.com. You can also check out our website www.carvingthedivine.com for more information about the film.

Welcome Space Brothers (Director: Jodi Wille, 2023) is a feature documentary that unveils the true story of The Unarius Academy of Science, a long-running extraterrestrial-channeling, self-healing spiritual school in El Cajon, California, whose students in the late 1970s became a wildly prolific filmmaking and art collective under the direction of outlandish spiritual leader and visionary filmmaker Ruth E. Norman, AKA “Archangel Uriel.” [https://jodiwille.com/films]

The Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto invites alumni, faculty, current and future students, as well as post-docs to join us at our reception. We are excited to announce plans for our 50th anniversary coming up in 2025-2026.

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