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Vicki Brennan on Burlington Soundscape Project
Mouses dragging Chips crunching Construction noise Keyboard Typing Chairs rattling Voices in the backgroundPosted yesterday. -
SYMPOSIUM: Black Sacred Space
Vicki Brennan on Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic
Upcoming event! Click here for more information.Posted 3 weeks ago. -
Video Vodou TONIGHT!
Vicki Brennan on Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic
The third “Video Vodou” film screening takes place TONIGHT (11/14) at 6:30 in the Champlain College Alumni Auditorium. The film this week will be Judith Gleason and Elisa Mereghetti’s The King does not Lie: […]Posted November 14, 2017. -
Video Vodou: Film Screening TODAY at Champlain College
Vicki Brennan on Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic
Please join us for the second film in the Video Vodou film series. The event will begin at 6:30 pm and will take place in the Champlain College Alumni Auditorium (CCM Bulding rm 305 (Alumni Auditorium), Champlain […]Posted November 07, 2017. -
Two videos about Spirited Things!
Vicki Brennan on Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic
We are grateful to RETN and Across the Fence for their coverage of the exhibition. Get a preview of the exhibition and learn more about the objects on display by viewing these videos. You will also hear from […]Posted October 16, 2017. -
Film Series begins this week!
Vicki Brennan on Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic
This week we also kick off the Video Vodou Film series! Join us for a screening of the film A Pig’s Tale with a lively discussion to follow! October 17, 6:30-9:30 PM @ CCM Bulding rm 305 (Alumni […]Posted October 16, 2017. -
This week: Dr. Elizabeth McAlister speaks on "Power Objects"
Vicki Brennan on Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic
The next “Spirited Things” event will take place this Thursday, October 19 at 5:00PM Featuring Dr. Elizabeth McAlister, Chair of African American Studies and Professor of Religion, Wesleyan University, speaking […]Posted October 15, 2017. -
THIS WEEK! Two events featuring Haitian Vodou Priestess Manmi Maude
Vicki Brennan on Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic
There will be two events at the Fleming Museum this week featuring Marie Maude Evans, Chief Priestess (Manbo Asogwe) of The Sosyete Nago Temple of Jacmel, Haiti, and Mattapan, Massachusetts.Posted October 09, 2017. -
TODAY!! Prof. Rowland Abiodun @ 4pm
Vicki Brennan on Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic
The next lecture in the Spirited Things series takes place today at 4pm in the Livak Ballroom, UVM Davis Center. We hope you can join us!Posted October 03, 2017. -
Related Events in the UVM Lane Series
Vicki Brennan on Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic
The UVM Lane Series includes two concerts this season with performers and genres whose music is connected to the cultures represented in the Spirited Things exhibition. So exciting! From the Dominican Republic: […]Posted October 01, 2017. -
"Spirited" Opening at Fleming
Vicki Brennan on Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic
“Spirited Things” is the main story on the UVM homepage! Read the excellent story about the collaboration between Marsh Professor J. Lorand Matory, the staff of the Fleming Museum, and Religion professor Vicki […]Posted September 26, 2017. -
TOMORROW is the Big Day!
Vicki Brennan on Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic
The Spirited Things exhibition officially opens TOMORROW! There are also two exciting events happening this week: –On Tuesday, September 26 at 4pm, Professor J. Lorand Matory will deliver a lecture on […]Posted September 25, 2017. -
The "Fetish" Revisited: African Gods in the Western Museum
Vicki Brennan on Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic
Next week!Posted September 20, 2017. -
Ideas on Tap: Sacred Objects/Secular Spaces
Vicki Brennan on Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic
September 13 @ 7:00 pm ArtsRiot How are sacred objects transformed when they enter the museum? What does it mean to collect and exhibit religious and sacred objects connected to living peoples and […]Posted September 06, 2017. -
Office Hours with Dr. J. Lorand Matory
Vicki Brennan on Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic
Interested in learning more about the Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic? In this video James Marsh Professor-at-Large, J. Lorand Matory, Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University discusses some of t […]Posted August 29, 2017. -
Welcome!
Vicki Brennan on Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic
Here you will find information about the lectures and other events that will take place in Burlington, Vermont in connection with the Fleming Museum’s exhibition Spirited Things: Sacred Arts of the Black […]Posted August 22, 2017. -
Senior Spotlight: Rebecca Friedlander '17
Vicki Brennan on Religion@UVM
Rebecca Friedlander in the Senior Spotlight: a series on our graduating seniors Why did you major in Religion? I majored in religion because I took a world religions class in high school […]Posted May 21, 2017. -
Responding to the 2016 US Elections
Vicki Brennan on Religion@UVM
The outcome of the 2016 Presidential election was shocking to some, and a surprise to most. However, it is probably not a surprise to anyone who knows us that the REL@UVM faculty have things to say about the […]Posted December 04, 2016. -
Trump 2016: The View from Islamic Studies
Vicki Brennan on Religion@UVM
By Professor Ilyse Morgenstein-Fuerst It’s no secret that Donald Trump ran a campaign that stoked Islamophobic sentiments (in addition, of course, to anti-immigrant, anti-Mexican, misogynistic, ableist and <a […]Posted December 04, 2016.