Friday, March 3, 2006
2005-2006/041
U. of I. professor to discuss
ritual in pre-modern Japan
URBANA—Brian Ruppert, associate professor of religious studies and East Asian languages and cultures at the University of Illinois, will give a lecture entitled, “Veneration and the Wealth of Practice: Constructing Memorials, Inscribing Devotion, and Proliferating Ritual in Premodern Japan," on Friday, March 10, at noon, in Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, on the U. of I. campus.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Ruppert’s presentation is part of the Program for the Study of Religion’s new Works in Progress Series of talks sponsored by the Program for the Study of Religion. The program's purpose is to provide a vehicle for receiving reaction to work in progress by the program's faculty and others with an interest in the academic study of religion. Presenters will give a brief account of a project they are currently working on, leaving time for questions and comments from the audience.
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