Comparative Study of Religions

Anime: an old way to tell new stories

Posted by Laura on October 24, 2023

The popularity of anime television shows like Naruto (2002-2007) and Demon Slayer (2019) highlight the longevity and continued impact of anime across the globe. So, it might come as a bit of surprise to discover that the origins of anime are in the centuries old practice of kabuki theater in Japan, an influence that still informs anime today.

Incredible showmanship, elaborate costumes, and exaggerated performances are long standing characteristics of kabuki theater and manifest in the the bright colors, high… Read more

Israel & Gaza Forum with the Martin-Springer Institute, Tuesday Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in LA 136

Posted by adl245 on October 16, 2023

The Martin-Springer Institute at NAU presents a forum about Israel and Gaza on Tuesday Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Liberal Arts room 136. The session will be a student-centered discussion with faculty panelists, which include:

Emily Schneider, Criminology and Criminal Justice

Paul Lenze, Politics and International Affairs

Bjorn Krondorfer, Martin-Springer Institute and Comparative Cultural Studies

Leah Mundell, Anthropology and Sustainable Communities

Moderated by Julie Piering, Philosophy

The forum will start with short reflections shared by the panelists. They will then open the floor-in the… Read more

CCS Professor Dr. Jason BeDuhn will present a public lecture at The Catholic University of America on Oct. 11

Posted by adl245 on October 6, 2023

Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions Dr. Jason BeDuhn will present an invited public lecture, “Rethinking Asceticism through the Example of the Manichaeans” at The Catholic University of America on Oct. 11, 2023.

Abstract: Manichaeans and Christians share many ascetic practices and common ideals of the disciplined, perfected body.  Yet the respective motivations and purposes of these ascetic regimes differ significantly between the two traditions, calling into question whether they belong to… Read more

Upcoming public talks in November by CCS faculty Dr. Diana Murtaugh Coleman and Dr. Björn Krondorfer

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Assistant Teaching Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions Dr. Diana Murtaugh Coleman and Regents’ Professor Dr. Björn Krondorfer will both present public talks in November 2023 as part of the exhibit Tom Kiefer: El Sueño Americano / The American Dream at the Coconino Center for the Arts. His work is a photographic documentation of the personal belongings carried by migrants and those seeking asylum that were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at a processing facility near the… Read more

CCS Assistant Professor Dr. Dunja Jelesijevic recently presented at the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs in September

Posted by adl245 on October 5, 2023

Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and the Comparative Study of Religions Dr. Dunja Jelesijevic recently presented the paper “Implements of Dissent: Resisting Family Structures in the Noh” at the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs in September.

Abstract: The 14th century Nō plays Kanawa and Kinuta take as the subject matter marital relationships, betrayal, and abandonment. In Kanawa, husband takes a mistress, upon which his wife seeks to exact revenge by ritually transforming into… Read more

Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and the Comparative Study of Religions Dr. Dunja Jelesijevic recently presented the paper “Walking the Suffering: Travel Sequence as Path to Enlightenment in Onnamonogurui Plays” at the European Association for Japanese Studies

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Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and the Comparative Study of Religions Dr. Dunja Jelesijevic recently presented the paper “Walking the Suffering: Travel Sequence as Path to Enlightenment in Onnamonogurui Plays” at the European Association for Japanese Studies in August. Her paper analyzed michiyuki – travel sequences – in two “mad women” Noh plays arguing that depictions of travel and landscapes create symbolic language which articulates the protagonists’ frantic wandering as a… Read more
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