Congratulations to Dr. Jason BeDuhn, Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions, on his recent presentation at the 10th Quadrennial Manichaean Studies Conference in Aarhus, Denmark. He presented the paper “Is there a Manichaean ‘Christology’? The Dangers of Looking at Manichaeism through the Lens of Church History.”
Abstract: Manichaean Studies originated as an adjunct of the study of… Read more
Congratulations to Dr. Jason BeDuhn, Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions, on his recent publication “Ambivalent Beauty: Divine Transgendering in the ‘Seduction of the Archons’ and Elsewhere in Manichaean Myth” in Women in Western and Eastern Manichaeism (Leiden: Brill, 2022).
Congratulations to Dr. Zsuzsanna Gulácsi, Professor of Art History and Asian Studies, on her recent invited lecture at the tenth meeting of the International Association of Manichaean Studies in Aarhus in August 2022. The Carlsberg Research Foundation at the University of Aarhus, Aarhus (Denmark) sponsored the conference.
Abstract: The Manichaean Prayer and Confession Book in the collection of the Asian Art Museum, Berlin (III 53)—also known as the BBB (M801a) after… Read more
Professor of Art History Dr. Alexandra Carpino presented at the Archaeological Institute of America on March 27, 2022. Her talk was titled “Maternal Undress in Etruscan Mirror Iconography” and was part of the public lecture series in honor of Professor Larissa Bonfante by the Long Island chapter of the AIA.
Congratulations to Dr. Zsuzsanna Gulácsi, Professor of Art History and Asian Studies on her recent publication! She coauthored the book A Manichaean Prayer and Confession Book about the earliest known pre-Islamic Iranian manuscript, (Brepols 2022). The surviving 48-page portion the manuscript was once part of an Uygur-era (762-1124 CE) Manichaean liturgical book (written in Middle Persian, Parthian, and Sogdian languages) issued in the… Read more
Professor of Art History and Asian Studies Dr. Zsuzsanna Gulácsi gave a public invited lecture at The Baker Museum in Naples, Florida titled “Zoroastrian, Buddhist, & Manichaean Art across the Silk Routes: Divine Guides of the After Life” on February 15, 2022. Her 75 minute talk focused on mediaeval Sogdian, Uygur, and Chinese images of the Maiden of Light, Jesus, and Avalokiteshvara and was part of the event Artis—Naples: Lifelong Learning Series on Asian Art and History (https://artisnaples.org/education/lifelong-learning).
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