Morning Sessions

All sessions in 301 Philosophy

8.00 - 9.00: Registration and coffee

9.00 - 10.00: Keynote Address

Ronald Inden
Professor Emeritus of History and of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago
"Who Really Gives Us Experiences of Awe and Ecstasy?''

10.00 - 10.15: Break

10.15 - 12.00: Panel I

Traveling Traditions: Religion and Space

Laura Forlano, PhD student, Columbia University (Communications)
"A Voyage through Airport Prayer Rooms: Photographs and Reflections from Frankfurt, Copenhagen and Amsterdam."

J . Barton Scott, Doctoral candidate, Duke University (Religion)
"A Skeptic's Medium: Madame Blavatsky and the Spaces of Unbelief."

Jennifer Sime, PhD student, Columbia University (Anthropology)
“Publicizing Origins: The New Evangelization of Europe on the Camino de Santiago."

Professor D. Max Moerman, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, Barnard College
Responding