Events
March 20, 2008
Crisis Carnival 2008
Transgressions of the Sacred and Profane
3:45-5:15
Scripps Cottage
Session with Religious Studies Faculty:
Featuring the following session with Religious Studies Faculty:
Wilburn Hansen, “Sex and the Siddhi: Pornography as a Substitute for Sex”
Sthaneshwar Timalsina, “Vasistha and Borges: In Quest of Postmodern Enlightenment”
Rebecca Moore, “The Sacred and the Profane in Wilson Harris’ Jonestown”
Roy Whitaker, “The Bible in Hip-Hop Music: How KRS-One Overcomes the Sacred/Profane Dichotomy”
Pam Fox Kuhlken, “Does God Sleep Alone or Sleep Around? Between the Covers of William Dever’s Did God Have a Wife?”
Thursday, April 10, 7:00 p.m., Smith Recital Hall on the SDSU Campus
"COMMON CHORDS" will feature the Pakistani rock star Salman Ahmad (guitar) and internationally renowned Indian tabla player Samir Chatterjee in concert with acclaimed klezmer ethnographer Yale Strom (and members of his band Hot Pstromi). This concert celebrates the common roots of Muslim and Jewish music.
And, Thursday, April 10, 3:00-4:30 p.m., in Smith Recital Hall
A musical workshop featuring Salman Ahmad and Yale Strom.
Salman Ahmad formed his band Junoon (They just played at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo 2007) in the early 1990's. Since then, Junoon has become a phenomenon on the South Asian music scene and beyond. Ahmad has combined Sufi poetry, Qawaali singing and improvisation with rock music and has used his popularity to promote humanitarian efforts throughout the world. As a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations, one of his main goals is to foster mutual respect and understanding between Muslims and Jews by bringing these two groups of people together in concert settings. Through his dialogue, poetry and music, he demonstrates the many mutual "common chords" (especially music) these two ancient civilizations share.
Yale Strom and Ahmad first performed together in February 2007 at Queens College in NYC as part of a large exhibit called "The Grandeur of Islamic Art in Image and Object." After the concert, they realized how effective their jamming together, a Jew and a Muslim, on stage was for the audience. They decided to continue having these musical dialogues across the country, hoping to demonstrate and foster positive and constructive conversations between people from all walks of life. These great artists and friends now bring this spiritual and musical energy to San Diego State University.
Co-Sponsored by Institute for Islamic and Arabic Studies, The Jewish Studies Program at SDSU, The SDSU Cross-Cultural Center, and the Department of Religious Studies-Many Paths Fund
SORRY THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Friday, April 25, 3:00 p.m. "The Unity of Religious Ideals”
Lecture by Murshida Rabia Ana Perez-Chisti
Dr. Perez-Chisti is head of the Sufi Movement International in the United States, and is a core faculty member and chair of the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology’s Global doctoral program. She is also a Professor at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, teaching in the Distance Learning Program in the Department of Religion and Philosophy. This lecture will address the univeral principles that underlie all religions. Sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies Many Paths Fund.
Sunday, May 18, 2:00 p.m. "The Humanism of Confucius”
Lecture by Prof. Julius Tsai, Assistant Professor of Chinese Religions, Department of Religious Studies, San Diego State University
Wangenheim Room, San Diego Public Library, Downtown Branch
Sponsored by the San Diego Humanist Fellowship of San Diego
April 1 to May 23, 2008 "The Mind of Krishnamurti: World Citizen, World Teacher"
Exhibition at the Love Library, San Diego State University
This exhibit, sponsored by the Krishnamurti Foundation of America, features artifacts from the life of Krishnamurti, an important philosopher and teacher from India. An opening reception will be held in the Love Library, Room 430, on Thursday, April 10 at 4:00 p.m.
