Author: Mary Kate Long
Save the date! April 2 Brownbag on Chinese Political Thought
Welcome back from Spring Break! The next Brownbag will be on Wednesday, April 2 from 1-2 pm. As usual, we’ll be at the Jewish Studies Library (147 Bay State Rd, second floor). Pizza provided by the IR department! This month we’ll be reading two articles from Leigh Jenco, Associate Professor of Political Theory at the […]
Bernard Faure Readings Posted for Feb. 27
Hi all, Here are the readings from Bernard Faure’s Double Exposure: Cutting Across Buddhist and Western Discourses, for the upcoming Brownbag on Thursday, February 27. We’ll meet from 12:00-1:00pm at the Judaic Studies Library (147 Bay State Rd, second floor). Pizza lunch provided! Don’t forget to RSVP to longmk@bu.edu. Prologue & Chapter 1: Do We […]
Save the Date! Next Brownbag on February 27
Note that this month we’re meeting on a Thursday and not a Wednesday as we have previously. We’ll meet on Thursday, February 27 from 12-1 pm at the Jewish Studies Library (147 Bay State Rd, second floor). Pizza as usual, provided by the IR department. This month we’ll be reading Chapters 1, 4 and 7 […]
Link to Daniel Philpott Readings
The reading for our next meeting on Wednesday, January 29 is available for download as a PDF . We are reading Chapters 1-4 of Daniel Philpott’s book Just and Unjust Peace: An Ethic of Political Reconciliation (2012). The reading is 70 pages, and discussion will be guided by IRRN MA students Matisse Reischl and Louise Klann. […]
Save the Date! First 2014 Brownbag on January 29
Hello all, and welcome back to BU! Here’s to Spring! I’m writing to invite all of you to our first Brownbag of 2014. It will be on Wednesday, January 29 from 12:00-1:00pm in the Judaic Studies Library at 147 Bay State Road. Pizza from Otto’s, courtesy of the IR Department, will be served! Since Daniel […]
Links to Charles Taylor Readings
For those planning to join us for the next Brownbag, where we’ll discuss 4 sections of Charles Taylor’s massive A Secular Age, the readings are here! They are available for download as PDFs. The files here are not entire chapters, only the sections that we’ll focus on for the Brownbag. Remember that our next meeting […]
Save the Date! Next Brown Bag Wednesday, Nov. 20 at 1:00pm
Thank you to everyone who attended our second Brownbag today! It was wonderful to have a big group spanning several different departments sharing ideas and responses to Talal Asad’s Formations of the Secular. To extend our conversation on Asad toward some of his conversation partners, we decided that for our next meeting, we will read […]
Reminder: next Brownbag on Wednesday, October 23!
Remember that the next IRRN Brownbag will be next Wednesday October 23 from 12:30 to 1:30 at the Judaic Studies Library (147 Bay State Rd). Please RSVP to Mary Kate Long at longmk@bu.edu by Monday the 21st if you would like to attend (so we know how much pizza to order). We will enjoy pizza from Otto’s […]
Talal Asad Chapters Available
The next meeting of the IRRN Brownbag will be Wednesday, October 23 from 12:30 to 1:30 at the Judaic Studies Library (147 Bay State Rd). Please join us for pizza from Otto’s and some lively discussion of 4 chapters of Talal Asad’s Formations of the Secular: Christianity, Islam, Modernity facilitated by Professor Gina Cogan from […]
Save the Date! Next Brown Bag Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 12:30pm
Save the Date! The second monthly meeting of the IRRN Brownbag will be on Wednesday, October 23 from 12:30 to 1:30pm in the Judaic Studies Library at 147 Bay State Road. More information will follow soon. Our first meeting, on September 18, was a great success! Six enthusiastic participants enjoyed delicious pizza from Otto’s and […]