Presented by the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School, Five Books and Wonderstruck
The theme of the symposium is “Embodiment,” but we are particularly interested in accounts of the subtle body, and other extra-ordinary or super-normal embodied possibilities.
The symposium is a collaboration between the Harvard Divinity School Center for the Study of World Religions’ new initiative, Transcendence and Transformation, Wonderstruck, and Five Books. We hope to bring together members of the T&T initiative and other experts on extraordinary embodiment for a three-day gathering in a beautiful setting.
Hosts
Elizabeth Rovere
Clinical psychologist and host of the Wonderstruck podcast
Charlie Stang
Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School
Sophie Roell
Sophie Roell is co-founder and editor of Five Books.
Speakers & Participants
Anna Henchman
Associate professor of English at Boston University
Brandi Beckett
Daoist, artist, and martial arts instructor
Brian Muraresku
Author of The Immortality Key
Brian O'Kelley
Entrepreneur
Charlie Maynard
Liberal Democrat district councillor
Daniela Riva
Expert of Sacred Dance of India
Father Francis V. Tiso
Catholic priest, scholar, and author of Rainbow Body and Resurrection
Gio DiRusso
Doctoral student in the Committee on the Study of Religion
Giovanna Parmigiani
Anthropologist of religion and scholar of Contemporary Paganisms
Giovanni Bazzana
Professor of New Testament, Harvard Divinity School
Joe Loizzo
Founder & Academic Director of Nalanda Institute
John Vervaeke
Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Toronto
Julia Hintlian
Doctoral student in the History of Christianity
Justin Beebe
Chair of Physical Therapy Department at Simmons
Katie Walker
Latinist
Mary Reilly Nichols
Director of yoga program at Nalanda Institute (Mary's website)
Pilar Jimenez de Arechaga
Senior attorney at Inter-American Development Bank
Rachael Petersen
Writer, environmental consultant, and visiting Fellow at HDS
Rev. Rita Powell
The chaplain for the Harvard Episcopal Community
Russell Brand
Comedian, actor, and podcaster
Sarabinh Levy-Brightman
Religious Literacy Project Fellow at HDS
Sara Hansen
Doctor of Dental Surgery and ceramicist
Simon Cox
Independent scholar, translator, and author of The Subtle Body
Sravana Borkataky-Varma
Historian and HDS lecturer (website)
Friday July 29th | ||
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12:00 | Guests arrive and relax | |
12:30 – 14:30 | Buffet lunch – to be enjoyed at leisure as you arrive and settle Location: The Terrace | |
19:00 | Intro and welcome: Charles Stang, Sophie Roell and Elizabeth Rovere
Location: The Lawn – wood-fired pizza dinner and bocce | |