Recent Events:
The 2026 Richard Lecture Series
Dr. Gavin Flood
Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion in the Theology and Religion Faculty and academic director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
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The 2026 Richard Lecture Series featured Professor Gavin Flood, FBA, renowned scholar of Hindu studies and comparative religion, and author. This year’s lecture series was titled "The Categories of Person and Self in India and Europe," and took place September 28-30 in the Contemplative Commons. An overview is included below:
Lecture Schedule:
- September 28, 5:00 PM — "Ritual and Person in Indian traditions"
- September 29, 5:00 PM — "Christian Scholastic Views of Person and Self"
- September 30, 5:00 PM — "Comparing Cultures, Comparing Ourselves"
The 2025 Richard Lecture Series
Dr. Renita J. Weems
Professor of Biblical Studies and Academic Dean at Gammon Theological Seminary
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The 2025 Richard Lecture Series featured Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems, renowned biblical scholar, preacher, and author. The lecture series, titled Troubling Biblical Waters, took place November 10–12 at the Rotunda.
Lecture Schedule:
- November 10, 5:00 PM — The Bible’s Complicated History
- November 11, 6:30 PM — Confronting the Bible’s Texts of Terror
- November 12, 5:00 PM — Does the Future Have a Bible, Does the Bible Have a Future?
The 2024 Richard Lecture Series
Dr. Amy Hollywood
Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studies at Harvard Divinity School
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The 2024 Richard Lecture Series featured Professor Amy Hollywood, the Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studies at Harvard Divinity School, renowned scholar of Christian mysticism and author. The lecture series, titled Religion, Reading, and the Polymorphous Perversity of Power, took place October 28–30, 2024 at the Rotunda and the Hunter Smith Band Building.
Wendy Doniger's 1997 Richard Lectures
Published with University of Virginia Press 2021
The publication of Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares will be released next month (April 2021) by the University of Virginia Press.
In anticipation of its publication, Wendy Doniger delivered the keynote address at the Lahore Literary Festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9-T7pN9Q8Y&feature=youtu.be
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