Women in the Ancient World Lunch Lecture Series
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 100, 3520 University Street, Montreal
Thursdays from 11:30-13:30, 2018-2019
November 15, 2018: Carly Daniel-Hughes (Concordia University) "Truly I Tell You Prostitutes Will Go to the Kingdom of God before You: Sex Workers in Ancient Christianity”
CARLY DANIEL-HUGHES earned her doctorate from Harvard University in Christian Origins. She teaches courses in the history of Christianity, biblical studies, and women, gender and sexuality in Religion. Her research has contributed to the study of ancient Christian constructions of sexuality, gender, and the body, the history of dress. Currently, she is undertaking a study of evangelical anti-sex trafficking campaigns today, with a focus on women's involvement in these ministries. She is a member of the Department of Religions and Cultures Women, Gender, and Sexuality Seminar, and currently serves as Chair of the Department.
