Secrets and Revelations Conference

Celebrating the Career of Elaine Pagels
Date
  • May 4, 2025, 12:30 pm5:30 pm
  • May 5, 2025, 10:00 am3:45 pm
Location
Chancellor Green (Sun) & Aaron Burr 219 (Mon)

Details

Event Description

Sunday, May 4
Chancellor Green Rotunda - View Map

12:30 - 2:00 pm  Lunch and gathering

2:15-2:30 pm  Judith Weisenfeld, Chair, Department of Religion

2:30-3:30 pm  Elaine Pagels as a Scholar

Karen King, Harvard University
Annette Reed, Harvard University 

3:45-4:45 pm  Elaine Pagels as a Teacher 

Sarit Kattan Gribetz, Yale University
Elena Dugan, Phillips Academy 
Ari Lamm, Yeshiva University

5:00-5:30 pm  Halim Flowers on his Dialogue with Elaine and the intersection of art and the study of religion 
 


Monday, May 5
Aaron Burr 219 - View Map

10:00 -12:00 pm Panel 1

Eduard Iricinschi, University of Erfurt 
Philippa Townsend, University of Edinburgh 
Lance Jennott, Washington University, St. Louis 

12:00-1:00 pm Lunch served

1:00–3:00 pm  Panel 2 

Nicola Denzey, Claremont Graduate University 
David Frankfurter, Boston University
Mark Letteney, University of Washington, Seattle 

3:15–3:45 pm The State of Ancient Christianity: Final Remarks and Discussion 
Paula Fredriksen, Boston University and Hebrew University 

 

Sponsors
  • Department of Religion
  • Humanities Council
  • Center for Culture, Society and Religion
  • Program in Judaic Studies
  • Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies
  • Committee for the Study of Late Antiquity
Contact
Mary Kay Bodnar