EVENTS
The Claremont Colleges Intercollegiate Religious Studies Program regularly hosts events (lectures, catering, etc.) that allow students, faculty, and staff from the Five Colleges to mingle and foment a strong sense of community. Stay tuned to this page for upcoming events or to learn about past events.
Forthcoming Events
Thu, February 29, 2024 Humanities Auditorium, Scripps College
Wicker Lecture: “Religion, Abortion, and Reproductive Justice in the US after Dobbs”
6pm
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Wed, November 8, 2023 Stanley Patio, Pomona College
Preregistration Event
4:15pm
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Mon, September 25, 2023, Athenaeum, Claremont McKenna College
Lecture: Some Sacred Lives of Coffee
Prof. Jamel Velji: Associate Professor, Religious Studies, Claremont Mckenna College
Can coffee be religious? Many of us who drink coffee might describe it in terms that are sacred—awakening, invigorating, even eye-opening. The earliest people to popularize the beverage in the 15th century also described it in terms that are strikingly similar to those that we use today. This talk shows how early proponents of the bean argued that it should be part of the sacred landscapes of Islam. I then show how coffee drinking impacted changes in Middle Eastern architecture and ritual. I then consider how knowledge about coffee changed as the beverage took hold in Europe.
Reception: 5:30pm; Dinner: 6:00pm; Lecture: 6:45 Registration for dinner: CMC Athenaeum website Lecture: Open seating
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Tuesday, October 10, 2023, Athenaeum, Claremont McKenna College
Roundtable: Crescit cum Religione Civitas: Why the Study of Religion Matters
Profs. Gary Gilbert, Esther Chung-Kim, Jamel Velji and Daniel Michon
Join members of the Religious Studies Department for a discussion of the study of religion at the Claremont Colleges. The discussion will highlight the ways in which the study of religion contributes to our understanding of cultures past and present.
Reception: 5:30pm; Dinner: 6:00pm; Lecture: 6:45 Registration for dinner: CMC Athenaeum website Lecture: Open seating
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Mon, March 4, 2024, Athenaeum, Claremont McKenna College
Kutten Lecture: Gender, race, and Islam in the South Asian diaspora.
Prof. Khoja-Mulji: Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani Associate Professor of Muslim Societies at Georgetown.
Reception: 5:30pm; Dinner: 6:00pm; Lecture: 6:45 Registration for dinner: CMC Athenaeum website Lecture: Open seating
Past Events
Preregistration Event
April 6th, 4:15pm, Stanley Patio, Pomona
Janet Gyatso Lecture
Being-With Animals on Planet Earth
Thursday February 23rd @ 4:30pm, Estella Lab, Room 1051, Pomona
Spring Semester Preregistration Event
Wednesday November 2nd @ 4pm, Margaret Fowler Garden, Scripps College
Come meet fellow Religious Studies faculty, majors, minors, and prospective students to learn about the exciting course offerings for the Spring of 2023.
Preregistration Event Flyer SP23
Kathleen O’Brien Wicker Lecture
Native American Women’s Sacred Work: Lessons in Survivance
Panel with Inés Hernández Ávila, Natalie Ávalos, and Suzanne Crawford O’Brien
Wed, March 30, 2022, Humanities Auditorium, Scripps College
6:00pm
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Monica Coleman
Kutten Lecture
How Knowledge of African Traditional Religions Created Pandemic Community
Mon, March 28, 2022, Athenaeum, Claremont McKenna College
Reception: 5:30pm; Dinner: 6:00pm; Lecture: 6:45
Registration for dinner: CMC Athenaeum website
Lecture: Open seating
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Rev. Nikia Smith Robert
Chau Mellon Talk
Sanctuary Beyond the Criminal Line: The Unlawful Salvation of Black Motherhood
Flyer: RLST Chau Mellon Talk3
Wed, March 23, 2022, Pearsons Hall, Pomona College
4:15pm
Mark Juergensmeyer: What QAnon and the Taliban Have in Common
Mon, September 20, 2021
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/what-qanon-and-taliban-have-common
Terrence L. Johnson: The Estrangement of Being Without a Name: Critical Race Theory, Constitutional Fidelity, and the Politics of Bad Faith
Tue, October 26, 2021
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/estrangement-being-without-name-critical-race-theory-constitutional-fidelity-and-politics