Monthly Archives: March 2016

3/26: Lecture on Scientism and mythologies of Progress in modern ‘science-religion’ debates

On Saturday, March 26, 2016, Dr Alexander Pavuk delivered a lecture on scientism and mythologies of progress in modern ‘science-religion’ debates Precis: One of the most influential ongoing discussions in modern public culture centers on the putative relationship between ‘science’ and ‘religion.’ Taken up in recent decades by some influential and renowned figures including physicist […]

Lecture on Byzantine Imperial History and the First Crusade by Dr. Dmitry Korobeinikov

On Thursday, March 24, Dr Dimitri Korobeinikov, Assistant Professor at the Department of History at the University at Albany, SUNY, presented a lecture in the Seminary Hall entitled “The First Crusade (1096–1099) as observed through Byzantine and Muslim sources: Anna Comnena, Matthew of Edessa, Bar Hebraeus, Ibn al-Athir.” Dr Korobeinikov is a renowned specialist in […]