Hermeneutics in History: Mircea Eliade, Joachim Wach, and the Science of Religions

November 3-4, 2006

The University of Chicago
Divinity School
1025 E. 58th St.
Chicago, IL 60637

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Plenary sessions are open to the public. Panels are open to members of an accredited college or university community who register in advance or at the door. A University ID is required. To register for the panels, please email Susie McGee at smcgee@uchicago.edu, with "Wach/Eliade conference registration" in your email subject. Please include your academic affiliation in your email.

Friday, 3 November 2006

9:15–10:00 Welcome addresses

Divinity School Lecture Hall (Swift Hall, 1025 E 58th Street, 3rd Floor)

RICHARD A. ROSENGARTEN, Dean of the Divinity School
WENDY DONIGER, Conference Convenor, University of Chicago Divinity School
CHRISTIAN K. WEDEMEYER, Conference Convenor, University of Chicago Divinity School

10:00–12:00 Panel #1: Eliade’s Influences I

Divinity School Lecture Hall (Swift Hall, 1025 E 58th Street, 3rd Floor)

FLORIN TURCANU, University of Bucharest
South-eastern Europe and the Idea of the History of Religions for Eliade abstract
BRYAN RENNIE, Westminster College
The Influence of Eastern Orthodox Christian Theology on Mircea Eliade’s Understanding of Religion abstract
Moderator: WENDY DONIGER, University of Chicago

2:30–4:30 Panel #2: Eliade’s Influences II

Divinity School Lecture Hall (Swift Hall, 1025 E 58th Street, 3rd Floor)

MATEI CALINESCU, Indiana University
Eliade and Ionescu in the Post-World War II Years: Questions of Identity abstract
ANTOINE FAIVRE, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sciences Religieuses, Sorbonne
The Extent and Limits of Eliade’s Interest in Western Esoteric Currents abstract
Moderator: CHRISTIAN K. WEDEMEYER, University of Chicago

5:00–6:30: Plenary Session (Eliade)

Divinity School Lecture Hall (Swift Hall, 1025 E 58th Street, 3rd Floor)

CARLO GINZBURG, University of California, Los Angeles
Eliade: A Reappraisal abstract

Saturday, 4 November 2006

9:00–12:00 Panel #3: Eliade and Literary Culture

Divinity School Lecture Hall (Swift Hall, 1025 E 58th Street, 3rd Floor)

MOSHE IDEL, University of Jerusalem
Camouflaged Sacred in Mircea Eliade’s Self-perception, Literature, and Scholarship abstract
DANIEL DUBUISSON, CNRS/Université Paris 3
The Poetical and Rhetorical Structure of the Eliadean Text abstract
JONATHAN Z. SMITH, University of Chicago
To be announced
Moderator: WENDY DONIGER, University of Chicago

2:30–4:30 Panel #4: Joachim Wach

Divinity School Lecture Hall (Swift Hall, 1025 E 58th Street, 3rd Floor)

STEVEN M. WASSERSTROM, Reed College
The Master-Interpreter: Notes on the German Career of Joachim Wach (1922–1935) abstract
GREGORY D. ALLES, McDaniel College
Joachim Wach’s Unfinished Project abstract
Moderator: CHRISTIAN K. WEDEMEYER, University of Chicago

4:30–5:00 Break

5:00–6:30: Plenary Session (Wach)

Divinity School Lecture Hall (Swift Hall, 1025 E 58th Street, 3rd Floor)

HANS GERHARD KIPPENBERG, Universität Erfurt
Joachim Wach and German Constructions of Religious History abstract

6:30–8:00 Reception

Divinity School Common Room (Swift Hall, 1025 E 58th Street, 1st Floor)

Sunday 5 November 2006

Morning: University of Chicago Divinity School Student Conference on the “Chicago School”

Schedule to be announced.