Past Events - Centre for Studies in Religion & Theology
2009
June
Who am I as a citizen? Religion, ethnicity and citizenship
How do religion, ethnicity and citizenship shape us?
Find out in this fascinating public conversation with two speakers: the Venerable Thich Phuoc Tan OAM and Toltu Tufa.
* Date: Sunday 14 June 2009
* Time: 3.00pm-4.00pm
* Venue: Immigration Museum, Old Customs House
400 Flinders Street, Melbourne
* Bookings: Essential 13 11 02
July
Who am I in sickness and in health? Spirituality and wellbeing
Does spirituality shape health and well-being? Speakers are Ian Gawler OAM and Rob Moodie.
* Date: Monday 20 July 2009
* Time: 6.00pm-7.30pm
* Venue: St Michael's Uniting Church
Cnr Collins and Russell Streets, Melbourne
* Booking: reception@stmichaels.org.au
August
Who am I in my inner life? Mysticism across religions
Presentation of Hindu, Buddhist and contemporary teachings on inner life with Jewish, Christian and Muslim responses. Speakers are Isobel Crombie, Padmasiri de Silva, Ken and Elizabeth Mellor, Constant Mews, Nathan Wolski, Salih Yucel and Claire Renkin.
* Date: Sunday 16 August 2009
* Time: 2.00pm-4.00pm
* Venue: Monash University Caulfield Campus Building K, Room K309
900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East
* Bookings: susan.grist@arts.monash.edu.au
September
Who am I in cyberspace? Spirituality and identity online
What is cyberspace doing to people's identity and spirituality? Speakers are Mandy Salomon and Rev.Francis McNab
* Date: Monday 21 September 2009
* Time: 6.00pm-7.30pm
* Venue: St Michael's Uniting Church
Cnr Collins and Russell Streets, Melbourne
* Booking: reception@stmichaels.org.au
October
Who am I in hungry world?
Two people with a radical commitment to addressing issues of hunger and injustice locally and internationally ask how we can do so within the affluent West. Speakers are Margaret Fyfe CSB and Shanaka Fernando.
* Date: Wednesday 7 October 2009
* Time: 8.00pm-9.30pm
* Venue: Sala Venezia 2nd Floor
Veneto Club
191 Bulleen Road, Bulleen Vic 3105
* Contact: Giulia 9850 7111
November
Who am I in multireligious society: Religion across generations
Vibrant speakers from the Muslim, Sikh and Jewish communities reflect on religious identity across the generations. Speakers are Esma Yucel, Manpreet Kaur Singh and Sam Lipski AM.
* Date: Monday 9 November 2009
* Time: 6.00pm-7.00pm
* Venue: Village Roadshow Theatrette, State Library of Victoria
328 Swanston Street (entry 3 La Trobe Street)
Postgraduate Advance Training Seminar (PATS)
Many postgraduate students pursuing research in the medieval and early modern field will be familiar with the importance of the study of religion and spirituality in these fields. Over the last decades the trend towards interdisciplinary studies has called for a greater methodological awareness of one's own discipline and that of other related disciplines. Researchers are required to develop a familiarity with a wider range of sources studied, for example not just written texts, but other types of material culture including visual objects, and awareness of the role of context, literary, social, political, and intellectual. Researchers are also expected to develop a more sophisticated technical knowledge of the genres specific to the study of medieval and early modern religion and spirituality.
* Date: Thursday 19 November 2009
* Time: 10am-4pm
* Venue: The Carmelite Library
214 Richardson Street, Middle Park
* Contact: Constant.Mews@arts.monash.edu.au
Library: (03) 9682 8553 or librarian@carmelitelibrary@org
Interpreting St Francis and St Clare in a multi-religious society: from the middle ages to the present
A conference celebrating the 800th anniversary of the founding of the Franciscan movement
Plenary speakers at the conference include Michael Cusato ofm ( Dean of the School of Franciscan Studies at St Bonaventure's University, New York), Maurice Carmody (Nelson, New Zealand), author of two books on the history of the Franciscan order, Jacques Dalarun, of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, former director of medieval studies at the Ecole française de Rome and a Visiting Professor at the Franciscan Institute of St Bonaventure's, New York and Sister Briege O'Hare osc (Ireland), a contemporary exponent of the eremitical Poor Clare way of life.
* Date: Friday 20 to Saturday 21 November 2009
* Venue: Study Centre
Yarra Theological Union
98 Albion Road, Box Hill Vic 3128
December
Who am I? The visions of Jung, Darwin, Mondrian and Ramana Maharshi
Explores the responses of a groundbreaking psychologist (Jung), a scientist who probed the origins of human life (Darwin) an artist whose creativity tapped into metaphysical issues (Mondrian) and a great yogi with a profound spiritual philosophy (Ramana Maharshi). Speakers are Patrick Mahaffey, Doug McCann, Jason Smith and Mahant Swani Shankarananda.
* Date: Sunday 6 December 2009
* Time: 2.00pm-4.00pm
* Venue: Great Hall, National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne