May 20, 2010 - Interdisciplinary Humanities Center UCSB

20 May

Revisioning an Ancient Synagogue: New Light from the UT Excavations at Ostia

L. Michael White (Classics, University of Texas at Austin) Thursday, May 20 / 3:30 PM Phelps 1160 L. Michael White is a Professor of Classics at The University of Texas at Austin and the Ronald Nelson Smith Chair in Christian Origins. White also serves as director of the...

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20 May

Sacred Waters: Arts and Ecologies of Mami Wata and Other Aquatic Divinities in Africa

Henry Drewal (Art History, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Thursday, May 20, 2010 / 4:00 PM McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB Arts for sacred waters in Africa are ancient and widespread. They express deeply-held beliefs and practices about the sanctity and power of water. Mami Wata, Pidgin English for "Mother...

May 2010

Revisioning an Ancient Synagogue: New Light from the UT Excavations at Ostia

Sacred Waters: Arts and Ecologies of Mami Wata and Other Aquatic Divinities in Africa