College of Arts and Sciences

The Department of Religious Studies and the Program in Jewish Studies are proud to welcome award-winning filmmaker and virtual reality creator, Avi Dabach, to our campus for two exciting events! Through an immersive virtual reality workshop and a lecture, Dabach will showcase his use of virtual reality and documentary filmmaking to explore history, memory, and cultural heritage.

Registration is requested for both events, found at the links below.

Click here for more information on both events

Inside the Great Synagogue of Aleppo: An Immersive Virtual Reality Experience
Tuesday, February 17th at the Geller Hillel Student Center
5:00pm dinner and presentation

Searching for Jewish Aleppo: A Filmmaker’s Quest to Restore Syria’s Lost Heritage
Wednesday, February 18th at the Baker-Nord Institute in Clark 206
6:00pm refreshments | 6:30pm lecture

Two Evenings with Avi Dabach are sponsored by: the Baker-Nord Institute, Geller Hillel, the Department of Religious Studies, and the Program in Jewish Studies

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What happens when a scholar of religion is confronted with evidence that challenges the boundaries between science, belief, and the unexplained? In this provocative talk, “When the Evidence Changed: A Humanities Professor’s Encounters with Aerospace Insiders – and How They Transformed Her Scholarship and Belief“, Dr. Diana Pasulka, professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, recounts her unexpected journey into the world of aerospace insiders and emergent technologies that blur the line between the natural and the supernatural.

Monday, September 29th

12:45 pm

TVUC Ballroom C

Boxed lunches will be provided at 12:30pm. Registration requested.

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