James W. Richard Lectures

Upcoming Events:

Dr. Renita J. Weems

Professor of Biblical Studies and Academic Dean at Gammon Theological Seminary

Please save the date for the 2025 Richard Lecture Series, featuring Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems, renowned biblical scholar, preacher, and author. This year’s lecture series, titled Troubling Biblical Waters, will take 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?

Receptions will follow the first and final nights.

Recent Events

Dr. Amy Hollywood

Harvard University

"Religion, Reading, and the Polymorphous

Perversity of Power"

October 28th, 5pm, Rotunda Dome Room

October 29th, 5pm, Rotunda Dome Room

October 30th, 5pm, Hunter Smith Band Building

Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares: Horses in Indian Myth and History

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