Event Details

SOLD OUT! The in-person event is full, but there are still spots remaining for the livestream. 

Please note, this free one-day conference will be held both in-person and on livestream. This registration is for the in-person event. Doors open at 8:30, and speakers begin at 9am. Please enter via the library 1st floor entrance on Scenic Avenue at 8:30am and take the stairs or elevator to the 3rd floor.

Keynote lecture by Vincent Medina & Louis Trevino: holše mak-nuunu — Our Culture is Beautiful Cafe Ohlone and the ‘oṭṭoy Initiative

Presentations:

• "Oryoki: Ritualized Zen Eating Practices" by Rev. Gesshin Greenwood, Communications & Admissions Director, Institute of Buddhist Studies (10:00am to 10:40am)
• "Catholic Saints: Their Feasts and Foods" by Dr. Chris Renz, OP, Academic Dean & Professor of Liturgical Studies, Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology (10:45am to 11:15am)
• "Food Insecurity, Islamic Charity, and Giving for the Sake of God" by Dr. Munir Jiwa, Founding Director, Center for Islamic Studies & Associate Professor of Islamic Studies & Anthropology, GTU (11:20am to 11:50am)
• "Shi’i Inscribed Votive Food" by Zeinab Vessal, Ph.D. Student, GTU (1:30pm to 2:00pm)
• "Gathering Ingredients: Mormon Women and the Recipe for Backstage Rites" by Kristine Wright, Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Religion at Princeton University (2:05pm to 2:35pm)
• "Dining with the Dead: Meals as Mortuary Ritual in Judean Bench Tombs " Dr. Aaron Brody, Professor of Bible & Archaeology, Director of the Badè Museum, Pacific School of Religion  (2:50pm to 3:20pm)
• "Food and Fulfillment in Jewish Practice" by Dr. Deena Aranoff, Director of the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies & Senior Lecturer in Medieval Jewish Studies, GTU(3:25pm to 3:55pm)

Lunch Provided by Simurgh Bakery and Catering

About this lecture series:

Each Spring since 1993, the GTU Library has hosted a speaker with a connection to a “sacred text,” written, spoken, or sung; ancient or new. The presentations provide fresh insights into the words, sounds, and rituals that shape our sense of the sacred. This year, we will explore the role of food from an array of practices and cultures.

This conference is sponsored in part by an Atla Library Impact Grant

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