- Founded
2011 - Seminar Number
751
The seminar investigates the roles of literacy and writing in religious traditions. Its goal is to serve as a research group for the comparative study of literacy and the uses of writing as a form of communication technology in world religions. Approaching the relationship between religion and writing through the lenses of literacy and communication technology, the seminar strives to address all media – from inscriptions on stone and clay tablets to internet websites – and all literary genres – from myths and commentaries to divine revelations and hymns – as well as the theoretical and practical implications of the absence, or rejection, of writing.
Chair
Dagmar Riedel
dar2111@columbia.edu
Rapporteur
Heidi Elizabeth Hansen
heh2135@columbia.edu