When early followers wrote narratives about Jesus, they were not just telling his history, they were engaged in reimagining the world. Four of these gospels came to be in the Bible but other stories were written in the early centuries as well.
Archive of Stewart Lectures
Supported by the S & R Stewart Fund in the Council of the Humanities.
Stewart Lecture: Karen King, "Reimagining the World: 'The Gospel of Mary'"
Mon, Apr 1, 2019, 4:30 pm
Location:
East Pyne 010
Speaker(s):
Karen King
Harvard University
Stewart Lecture: Béatrice Caseau, "Tasting and Touching: Tactile Piety in the Late Antique and Byzantine Religious Culture"
Wed, Oct 25, 2017, 4:30 pm
Location:
Scheide Caldwell 103
Speaker(s):
Béatrice Caseau
Université Paris-Sorbonne
Stewart Lecture: Christoph Markschies, "The Nag Hammadi Library: A Coptic-Gnosrtic Collection or Christian-Monastic LIterature from Egypt"
Thu, Nov 19, 2015, 4:30 pm
Location:
010 East Pyne
Speaker(s):
Christoph Markschies
Humboldt University
Stewart Lecture: Raymond Van Dam, “Constantine at Rome in 312”
Thu, Oct 3, 2013, 4:30 pm
Speaker(s):
Raymond Van Dam
University of Michigan
Stewart Lecture: Guy Stroumsa, “Religious Revolution and Cultural Change in the Roman World”
Thu, Nov 8, 2012, 4:30 pm
Location:
Robertson Hall, Bowl 2
Speaker(s):
Guy Stroumsa
Oxford University
Stewart Lecture: James J. O’Donnell, “The End of Paganism”
Mon, Apr 9, 2012, 4:30 pm
Location:
010 East Pyne
Speaker(s):
James J. O’Donnell
Georgetown University