Annual Birks Lecture Series

The Faculty of Religious Studies, in partnership with the Centre for Research on Religion (CREOR) and the Département d'histoire de l’UQAM, is pleased to welcome Professor Jan Assmann (Heidelberg) as the featured speaker in this year’s Birks Lecture Series. This distinguished scholar of cultural memory and Egyptology will offer two public lectures on the influence of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean on the intellectual and religious life of the West.

Tuesday, October 12: “The Afterlife of Ancient Egypt in the Intellectual and Religious History of the West,” in the Birks Heritage Chapel at 5:30 pm.

Wednesday, October 13: “From Poly- to Monotheism: Evolution or Revolution?,” in the Birks Heritage Chapel at 5:30 pm.

For further information, please contact Bruna Salhany by calling (514) 398-3995.