PSCO

Schedule

2018–2019 Topic:
Beyond Patristics: North Africa in the First Millennium

All sessions will be held in the Second Floor Lounge (Room 254) of Cohen Hall at the University of Pennsylvania and will run from 7:00-8:30 p.m., preceded by an informal dinner, starting at 6:00 p.m. (This year, we will end PSCO sessions at 8:30 p.m.)

Thursday, 13 Sept. 2018
7:00–8:30 p.m.
Cohen Hall, Penn
“Egyptology, the Bible, and Black Intellectuals”

Vanessa Davies (University of California, Berkeley)

audio recording

Thursday, 8 Nov. 2018
7:00–8:30 p.m.
Cohen Hall, Penn
“Aksumite Christianity: The Sources and Their Limitations”

Aaron M. Butts (Catholic University of America)

Thursday, 6 Dec. 2018
7:00–8:30 p.m.
Cohen Hall, Penn
“Doing it in Greek: Translating Perpetua”

Brent Shaw (Princeton University)

audio recording

Thursday, 31 Jan. 2019
7:00–8:30 p.m.
Cohen Hall, Penn
“How Should an African Respond to Donatism?”

Catherine Conybeare (Bryn Mawr)

audio recording

Thursday, 21 Feb. 2019
7:00–8:30 p.m.
Cohen Hall, Penn
“Jews in North Africa Revisited:
New Evidence, Old Problems”

Karen B. Stern (Brooklyn College)

audio recording

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