Calendar  /  Forum on Belief


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Past Events

"Self Portrait", Gillian Wearing
September 4, 2003 / 5:00 pm
Mass Observation and the Solo Artist
Stuart Semmel
Photo of Alex Boraine
September 23, 2003 / 5:00 pm
Belief in Democracy
Alex Boraine
Poster for Why God Won't Go Away event
October 8, 2003 / 5:00 pm
Why God Won't Go Away
Andrew Newberg, MD
Photo of John Edgar Wideman
October 11, 2003 / 8:30 pm
A Gathering of Family
Poster for Patti Smith: Words and Music
October 16, 2003 / 8:00 pm
Patti Smith: Words and Music
Patti Smith
Poster for Movies: America's Secular Religion event
October 28, 2003 / 5:00 pm
Movies: America's Secular Religion
Robert Cort
November 5, 2003 / 5:00 pm
Great Expectations
Anthony Santomero
Photo of Harry Reicher
December 2, 2003 / 5:00 pm
Holocaust-Era Testimony
Harry Reicher
Photo of Martha Nussbaum
January 29, 2004 / 5:00 pm
Gender Justice, Human Rights, and Human Capabilities
Martha Nussbaum
Golden asian statue
February 5, 2004 / 5:00 pm
Magic and the Problem of Belief in Subaltern History
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Photo of Jonathan Lear
February 11, 2004 / 5:00 pm
Subjectivity, Irony and Belief
Jonathan Lear
February 14, 2004 / 7:00 pm
Penn Presents Gospel with Dottie Peoples
Dottie Peoples
Clayton White
Photo of Tariq Ali
February 18, 2004 / 5:00 pm
Fanaticism, Belief, Empires
Tariq Ali
Medieval Picture
March 16, 2004 / 8:00 pm
Sacred Music for Piano
Christopher Adler
Sidney Marquez Boquiren
H. James Harkins
Painting of the New Masonic Temple
March 23, 2004 / 5:00 pm
Freemasonry
Margaret Jacob
March 26, 2004—March 27, 2004
Suspending (Dis)Belief
Photo of Peter Geschiere
March 29, 2004 / 8:30 am
Witchcraft and Contemporary Africa
Peter Geschiere
Photo of María Rosa Menecal
March 30, 2004 / 5:00 pm
Three Cultures or One?
María Rosa Menecal
A shadow of a fool
April 1, 2004 / 12:00 pm
Feast of Fools
Photo of Larry Hass
April 1, 2004 / 4:30 pm
The Pleasures of Magic and Foolery
Larry Hass
Is seeing believing?
April 3, 2004 / 9:00 am
Belief
Picture of a molecule
April 14, 2004 / 5:00 pm
Should People Believe What Scientists Say?
Richard C. Lewontin
Photo of Allen Wood
April 21, 2004 / 5:00 pm
The Duty to Believe According to the Evidence
Allen Wood
Photo of Robert Farris Thompson
September 29, 2004 / 5:00 pm
Belief and Beauty
Robert Farris Thompson