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Edmund Perry Lecture

 

The Annual Edmund Perry Lecture honors Edmund Perry, who was appointed to Northwestern’s faculty in 1954 and until 1962 was the only full-time faculty member in Religion. He chaired the department during its crucial years of expansion, in which positions were added in several religious traditions. His books include Confessing the Gospel Mark Preached (1957), The Gospel in Dispute: The Relation of Christian Faith to Other Missionary Religions (1958), and A World Theology: The Central Spiritual Reality of Humankind (coauthored, 1991). He had a long-standing interest in Christian-Buddhist dialogue. Named emeritus in 1992, Dr. Perry died in 1998.

Upcoming 2026 Edmund Perry Lecture: 

"Studying Emotions in -- and according to -- Classical Indian Texts" presented by Maria Heim, George Lyman Crosby 1896 & Stanley Warfield Crosby Professor in Religion at  Amherst College 

Date: May 12th at 5pm | Location: Segal Visitors Center 

Maria Heim is the Crosby Professor of Religion at Amherst College. She received her PhD in Sanskrit and Indian Studies from Harvard University Press, and her BA in Religion and Philosophy at Reed College. She is a Guggenheim Fellow. Some of her recent books are How to Feel: An Ancient Guide to Minding our Emotions (Princeton, 2025), a translation of the Questions of Milinda (Harvard, 2025), and Words for the Heart: A Treasury of Classical Indian Emotions (Princeton, 2022). She works in Sanskrit and Pali, and is interested in literature, philosophy, and emotion.



Past Lectures

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