Women in the Ancient World
Women in the Ancient World
CREOR Lunch Lecture Series 2018-2019
This Thursday lunch lecture series focuses on women in the ancient world. How did women live 1500-3000 ago, what did they feel, think and believe in, what did they produce and achieve? Recent research has uncovered many hidden treasures about the world in which women lived and were part of, from ancient Egypt and Babylonia to ancient Israel and Early Judaism, from the Greco-Roman world and Early Christianity to Byzantium and early Islam, of which much is now accessible through ancient writings, art and archeology. Join our lecture series with informative and exciting presentations, images never seen before, and a light lunch and fellowship with graduate students and faculty. Topics will include women in the Ancient Near East, Women in Ancient Israel, women in Early Judaism, women in the Greco-Roman World, women in early Christianity, women in Rabbinic Judaism, and women in Byzantium.
This lecture series is organized by McGill’s Centre for Research on Religion, the Montreal Biblical Colloquium, the School of Religious Studies and the Department of History and Classics.
Audience: Members of the McGill Center for Research on Religion, students and faculty of the School of Religious Studies, the Department of History and Classical Studies, the Montreal School of Theology, MORSL, interested lay people.
Date & Location
Birks Heritage Chapel and Senior Common Room Rm 100, 3520 University Street, Montreal
Thursdays from 11:30-13:00, 2018-2019
November 1, 2018: Bernadette Brooten (Brandeis University) “Beyond the Binary: Rethinking Early Christian Opposition to Woman-Woman Marriage”
BERNADETTE BROOTEN is the Kraft-Hiatt Professor of Christian Studies and of Women's and Gender Studies at Brandeis University, and the founding director of theFeminist Sexual Ethics Project. Professor Brooten's primary areas of research include Early Christian Literature and History, Women and Religion, History of Sexuality, and the History of Slavery. Most recently she has taught Introduction to Christianity; The New Testament: A Historical Introduction; and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Jews and Christians: Sources and Interpretations.
