Elina Gertsman
Distinguished University Professor,
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities,
Professor and Acting Chair of Art History,
Case Western Reserve University

Hileq and Bileq Drink Their Share: Wrathful Rites in a Medieval Haggadah

Monday, October 2nd, 6:15 PM ET
612 Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia University

Professor Jessica Lamont (Yale, Classics) will be on campus to discuss her new book In Blood and Ashes: Curse Tablets and Binding Spells in Ancient Greece (Oxford UP, 2023) on Friday, October 6, 11:00-1:00, Room 509 Hamilton Hall.

This in-person event has an author-meets-readers format. We are circulating in advance two chapters: “Introduction: Magic and Curses in Ancient Greece” and “In Blood and Ashes: Curse Tablets and Binding Spells” to prepare for the conversation. To receive the precirculated chapters please get in touch with Lauren Palmer (lp3011@columbia.edu).

After an introduction by Prof. Sailakshmi Ramgopal (CU Department of History), Prof. Lamont will discuss her book, engage in dialogue with Giovanni Lovisetto (CLST), and answer questions from attendees in a seminar-style format.

Department of Anthropology Boas Seminar

Dr. Jacob Bongers

Friday October 20th at 10am. Location to be announced

Title to be announced

Dr Jacob L Bongers holds a PhD in archaeology from the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA. Bongers employs multidisciplinary methodologies built around archaeological science and digital archaeology to investigate how Indigenous communities confront social and environmental change. His doctoral research examined how groups configured ritualized behaviors in response to imperial conquest in southern Peru. He has conducted fieldwork in Portugal, Chile, Ethiopia, Oman, and Peru.