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2022 Commencement

Saturday, May 7th 2022, 4:00pm

Mark your calendars as we will be celebrating our graduates at 4 pm on Saturday, May 7 at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, with an in-person commencement ceremony for the first time since 2019!

First Congregational Church of Berkeley

GTU Alumni Reception at AAR-SBL

Saturday, November 17th 2018, 7:00pm to 10:00pm

Join the GTU for our Alumni Reception at the 2018 Annual Meetings of the AAR-SBL in Denver. We'll honor our alum of the year, announce the winner of the Borsch-Rast Prize, and enjoy a time to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones.

Embassy Suites Downtown (Denver)

GTU Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Victims of Synagogue Attack

Monday, October 29th 2018, 4:30pm

Today (Monday, Oct, 29) at 4:30, the GTU community will is invited to gather for prayer, remembrance, and solidarity with the Jewish community in the aftermath of the horrific attack at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this past Saturday. The brief interfaith prayer service will be held on the steps of the chapel at Pacific School of Religion (1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley). 

 

Chapel, Pacific School of Religion

CJS Alumni Reunion

Wednesday, May 2nd 2018, 7:00pm

Please help us celebrate this reunion of current CJS students, graduates, and former faculty affiliated with the Center for Jewish Studies. Then plan to join us the following day for the CJS@50 Conference and Celebration. 

Easton Hall

Reading the Bible with the Eunuchs

Thursday, April 19th 2018, 6:30pm

The Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies at PSR invites you to the 2018 Boswell Lecture, featuring GTU alum Dr. Sean Burke, Associate Professor of Religion at Luther College. 

Chapel, Pacific School of Religion

PDP Workshop: Exploring Job-Positions Beyond Tenure Track

Wednesday, April 11th 2018, 11:00am

Join us for the last PDP workshop of the semester, as GTU alumnae Wendy Arce, Beth Kumar, and Lisa Webster engage us in conversation on different career paths beyond tenure track. Workshop sponsored by the GTU's Professional Development Group. All current students and alumni are welcome.

GTU Student Lounge

PDP Workshop: Excellence in Academic Writing

Wednesday, April 4th 2018, 11:00am

As PDP continues with this semester’s focus on teaching and writing, Dr. Jean-Françoise Racine and Dr. Eduardo Fernández will deliver a dynamic conversation on developing strong writing skills for academic writing success. Workshop sponsored by the GTU's Professional Development Group. All students and alumni welcome.

GTU Student Lounge

First Annual Borsch-Rast Book Lecture

Thursday, March 22nd 2018, 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Join the GTU for the First Annual Borsch-Rast Book Lecture, where Daniel Boyarin and Judith Butler will join Borsch-Rast Book Prize winner Naomi Seidman, to share perspectives on Seidman's award-winning book, The Marriage Plot, Or, How Jews Fell in Love with Love, and with Literature.

Chapel, Pacific School of Religion

PDP Workshop: Contexts and Skills for Teaching

Wednesday, March 21st 2018, 11:00am

In this workshop, Dr. Judith Berling will share her exceptional acumen on teaching—challenges and possibilities for educators in multicultural and interreligious contexts. Workshop sponsored by the GTU's Professional Development Group. All current students and alumni are welcome.

GTU Student Lounge

PDP Workshop: Excellence in Teaching--Senior Faculty Lecture

Wednesday, March 7th 2018, 11:00am

Dr. Cynthia Moe-Lobeda is this year’s invited senior faculty lecturer. Her talk will focus on vocation and excellence in teaching. Workshop sponsored by the GTU's Professional Development Group. All current students and alumni are welcome.

GTU Student Lounge

Disability and the Jewish Body: Ancient Resistance to Empire

Wednesday, January 17th 2018, 4:00pm

The Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, the Disability Studies Occasional Lecture Series and the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies at the GTU present Julia Watts Belser, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies,Georgetown University and CJS alum.

Dwinelle Hall

GTU Alumni Reception at AAR-SBL

Saturday, November 18th 2017, 8:00pm

The GTU's 2017 Alumni Reception will be held on Saturday, November 18, at 8:00 pm at the Westin Copley Place during the annual meetings of AAR-SBL in Boston. 

Westin Copley Place, Boston

GTU Reception at AAR/SBL

Saturday, November 19th 2016, 8:00pm

All GTU alumni, students, and prospective students are cordially invited to the GTU reception at the annual meetings of AAR/SBL in San Antonio.

Our reception is a time to connect with GTU friends old and new. You'll also have opportunity to greet our 2016 alumnus of the year, Dr. Jeffrey Richey, as well as Dr. Uriah Kim, who will become the GTU's new Academic Dean in January 2017.

We hope to see you there! Prospective students: please let us...

GTU Alumni Reception at AAR/SBL

Saturday, November 22nd 2014, 8:00pm

Join us as we honor our 2014 Alumna of the Year, Dr. Suzanne Holland (PhD, '97). Harbor Terrace at the Grand Hyatt, 1 Market Place, San Diego. Please RSVP by November 14 to alumni@gtu.edu, 510-649-2431. GTU alumni, faculty, students, and prospective students welcome.   

GTU Reception at AAR/SBL Annual Meetings

Saturday, November 23rd 2013, 7:00pm

Alumni, faculty, and students are invited to join us as we celebrate and also honor our Alum of the Year, Uriah Kim (Ph.D. ‘04) during the Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature.

Maryland Ballroom, Salon F, Renaissance Harborplace, 202 East Pratt Street, Baltimore

RSVP by Nov. 15 to events@gtu.edu, 510/649-2420. This event is not open to the public.

 

Prospective doctoral students are also welcome...

The World Through Arab Eyes

Thursday, September 26th 2013, 7:30pm

International House at UC Berkeley, Chevron Auditorium, 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley

Shibley Telhami (GTU M.A. '78), Anwar Sadat Chair, University of Maryland

Sponsors: Institute of International Studies, International House, Center for Middle Eastern Studies

The Arab uprisings that began in 2010 profoundly altered politics in the Middle East. Once a voiceless region dominated by authoritarian rulers, the Arab world developed a new identity...

Being Good Without (Much) God: Ethical Practices of the Religiously Unaffiliated

Wednesday, March 13th 2013, 12:00pm

Elizabeth Drescher (GTU Ph.D. '09), Santa Clara University

UC Berkeley Religion, Politics and Globalization Program Spring 2013 Lecture Series

223 Moses, UC Berkeley

Much attention has been focused of late on the so-called “Nones”—people who do not identify or affiliate with traditional religions. While a number of Nones identify as atheists or agnostics, most do not, with the majority retaining a belief in God or a Universal Spirit. Still,...

Spiritual Other/Spiritual Self: Models of Transformative Interfaith Work - Surjit Singh Lecture 2013

Thursday, February 21st 2013, 7:00pm

People of diverse religious backgrounds encounter each other daily in coffee shops, hospitals, classrooms, and around the dinner table. What might these encounters teach us about ourselves, our neighbors, or about God? Drawing on stories from My Neighbor’s Faith (Orbis, 2012), this year's Singh Lecture will explore what these encounters tell us about the nature of transformative interfaith work today.

Jennifer Howe Peace (Ph.D. '05) is Assistant...

Reception at AAR/SBL

Saturday, November 17th 2012, 8:00pm

Monroe Room, Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago.

RSVP by Nov. 9, alumni@gtu.edu, 510/649-2422. Not open to the public.

2012 Distinguished Faculty Lecture

Thursday, November 8th 2012, 7:00pm

Dr. James Noel, H. Eugene Farlough, Jr. Professor of African American Christianity at SFTS will deliver this year’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture entitled “Black Religion in the Atlantic World During the Age of Revolution: Excavating the ‘Sublime.’”

Fall 2012 Meeting of the Pacific Coast Theological Society

Friday, November 2nd 2012 to Saturday, November 3rd 2012

You are cordially invited to attend the Fall Meeting of the Pacific Coast Theological Society (PCTS) on Friday, November 2 from 2pm-8:30pm and Saturday, November 3 from 9 am–12pm in the Tucson Room at Church Divinity School of the Pacific.

The theme is “How Should We Read Romans?” Utilizing the new commentary from Herman Waetjen (SFTS, Emeritus), The Letter to the Romans: Salvation as Justice and the Deconstruction of the Law, papers and...

Worship on the Way: Exploring Asian North American Christian Experience

Friday, September 7th 2012, 7:00pm

BOOK RELEASE EVENT

Free and open to the community.

Russell Yee (GTU Ph.D., 1997) will discuss his new book, Worship on the Way: Exploring Asian North American Christian Experience (Judson Press, 2012) on Friday, September 7, 2012, at 7 PM, at the American Baptist Seminary of the West (2606 Dwight Way, Berkeley, CA; Crouch Classroom, Hobart Hall first floor). This is the first book-length treatment of Christian worship in Asian North American...

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