GTU Event Calendar - September 2025

Please join us for this virtual discussion of corporality, spirituality, and theology in and after pandemic, hosted by The Lerhaus Institute.

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In this Queer & Latinx Faith Conversation, sponsored by The CLGS Latinx Roundtable | Fe, Familia, Igualdad, Rev. Nicole Garcia talks about her experiences as an ordained pastor in the ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), including her decision to resign her call in July of 2021.  A trailblazer, Nicole has experienced – and called out – racism, transphobia, and homophobia in the...

Join CARe and the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies (CJS) for a special event featuring a performance and conversation with GTU alumna Sara Nesson! Dr. Deena Aranoff, Director of CJS & Senior Lecturer in Medieval Jewish Studies, will open with an introduction.

Sometimes life brings unexpected changes—a loss, an illness, or even a pandemic and we find ourselves on rocky ground. How do we find our way?

Mishkan is a Hebrew word for “...

Join CARe on Zoom to celebrate the opening of the very first Doug Adams Gallery Online exhibition, Draw me after you: a visual Song of Songs.

Bring a beverage of your choice to raise a toast to the start of a new semester!

Draw me after you: a visual Song of Songs is a virtual exhibition of artwork inspired by The Song of Songs, the third and final megilah (scroll) in the Ketuvim, or "Writings," of the Hebrew Bible. With work by artists Hedi...

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Join us for this online CLGS Jewish Queeries Series event as we welcome Rabbi Nikki DeBlosi, Rae Antonoff, MAJE, and Rabbi Erik Uriarte who will explore with us ways to revision polyamory.

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In this CLGS online Lavender Lunch, Benjamin Brenkert reflects on the future church for LGBTQ+ People and their allies.  As a former Jesuit, he proposes the spirituality of Saint Ignatius of Loyola as a means for people of faith to discern membership in churches that thwart their personal and group flourishing.

Join CARe for an Art Break with GTU Art and Religion PhD student Emily Pothast!

Among the most popular and riveting subjects to issue from the print shops of the late 15th and early 16th century were illustrations of scenes from the Book of Revelation. This presentation will trace the early modern reception of Revelation through the development of these printed apocalypses, with attention to how they helped shape politics and faith before,...

Join us for a conversation between author (and CJS alum!) Angela Botelho and CJS Director Deena Aranoff about Botelho's new book German Jews and the Persistence of Jewish Identity in Conversion: Writing the Jewish Self.

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In this online CLGS Lavender Lunch, Tahil Sharma explores the intersection of faith and spirituality with gender and sexuality. This presentation will also explore the ways that the current interfaith movement makes it possible for religious and interfaith spaces to be intersectional and relevant for achieving accountability and equity.

In conjuncture with CARe’s Doug Adams Gallery Online exhibition, Draw me after you: a visual Song of Songs, join student Olivia Tabert (Master of Arts in Theological Studies, San Francisco Theological Seminary, University of Redlands) and three other artists for a panel discussion on the intersections of religion, sensuality, and art.

Olivia Tabert’s work explores the value and sacrality of the erotic found in the Song of Songs. Our panel...

Join author Kaya Oakes for a book talk about her recently published The Defiant Middle: How Women Claim Life's In-Betweens to Remake the World, followed by a conversation with History professor Ronit Stahl, Interim Administrative Chair of the Religious Diversity Cluster. This is a UC Berkeley event co-sponsored by the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies. It can be attended via Zoom webinar or in person at 3555 Dwinelle Hall on UC...

Please join us for this CTNS Public Forum on "Dimensions of Time" with Dr. Carolin Frueh from Purdue University, who is also a MDiv student with CDSP.

Please join the GTU's Interreligious Chaplaincy Program and Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies for a conversation on spiritual care in Israel.

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In this online CLGS Jewish Queeries Series event, Andrew Ramer, Rabbi Jay Michaelson, and Bernie Schlager discuss aspects of gay male spirituality, using Ramer’s recent book Two Hearts Dancing: A Spiritual Journeybook for Gay Men as a springboard for discussion and conversation.

UPDATE: This event is now entirely remote. UC Berkeley has issued a campus-wide emergency alert, meaning both the Cal and GTU campuses have gone into lockdown. We're not sure when this situation will be resolved, and, out of an abundance of caution, we want to make sure no one is on campus if it is unsafe. Be sure to register to join us on Zoom!

Join us either in the Collaborative Learning Space in the Hewlett Building (2400 Ridge Road) or...

Lines embody in their very formation past memory, present action, and future potential. Lines move, grow meander, wander, search, and make connections between diverse elements. Think of maps, the thread of Ariadne, paths through the forest, constellations, borderlines, timelines, and the lines in the palm of your hand -- lines form part of our daily lives and environment, delineating both time and space. Join us for a lively discussion of the...

Please join the GTU's Interreligious Chaplaincy Program for a conversation with Malaysian chaplains sharing their experience of providing care to diverse religious and ethnic communities.

Please join the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies in celebrating the scholarly and communal contributions of our 2022 graduates. 

Mark your calendars as we will be celebrating our graduates at 4 pm on Saturday, May 7 at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, with an in-person commencement ceremony for the first time since 2019!

CARe is delighted to announce an exciting upcoming event with our Dance Scholar in Residence, Dr. Alexander H. Schwan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Theater Studies at Freie Universität Berlin and Visiting Scholar at the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion. 
 
Alexander H. Schwan is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Theater Studies at Freie Universität Berlin with a research focus on spirituality,...

Please join us in celebrating 40 years of visionary leadership from Dr. Robert Russell, who recently announced his retirement as Ian G. Barbour Professor of Theology and Science and Director of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS).

Join us in person for the second in our two-part series with CARe's Dance Scholar in Residence, Dr. Alexander H. Schwan, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Theater Studies at Freie Universität Berlin and Visiting Scholar at the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion. 

This workshop will explore grief and healing through the medium of dance. We will be led by Natan Daskal, a core faculty member of the Talmapa Institute, in...

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Join members of our Trans Seminarian Leadership Cohort as they explore the complicated dynamics of ministry and religious leadership in extraordinary times. Presenters will invite attendees to explore their own leadership experiences (both religious and secular) to help “queer” the concept of theological education and activism. Participants will gain tools to further their own calling...

On Thursday, June 23, our Admissions Department will offer a 30-minute virtual, interactive information session on our Certificate in Interreligious Studies program. The GTU offers Certificates designed for students who want to explore theological study for a year before embarking upon a degree program, or who want to add an additional area of expertise to their degree.

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Celebrating the publication The Heresy of Jacob Frank: From Jewish Messianism to Esoteric Myth (Oxford Univ. Press, 2022), the newest book by CLGS Visiting Fellow Dr. Jay Michaelson, this discussion will inquire into the queernesses of Jewish mystical messianism, which would later become known as “Jewish spirituality.”

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In this online CLGS Lavender Lunch Maij Mai, Coordinator of the CLGS Asian/Pacific Islander Roundtable, explores what possibilities can exist when cultivating spiritual/faith-based exploration and formation spaces, particularly for marginalized communities whose experiences do not align with institutionalized faith-based spaces, communities, and traditions.

Enjoy a preview of works by CARe friends at the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble!

Sky Macklay - Canon Cadenza Cadence Cluster - World Premiere

This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Sarah Westwood - Things You Don't Yet Know You Feel

2020 Left Coast Chamber Ensemble Composition Contest Winner

The Musicians: Nikki...

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Join us for the ONLINE CLGS book launch of Liberating Gender for Jews and Allies: The Wisdom of Transkeit (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022), an extraordinary collection of essays by trans Jews and allies explores cutting-edge ideas about gender through the lenses of tradition, art, autobiography, and solidarity.  Co-edited by CLGS staff members Rabbi Jane...

Please join the GTU's Madrasa-Midrasha Program for an online event featuring the work of current GTU students researching topics in Islamic Studies and Jewish Studies.

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Sixteen months after his marriage to his partner Rich, Manuel Frank-Lampon reflects with Rev. Dr. Carla Roland Guzmán, Coordinator of the CLGS Latinx Roundtable, upon his participation in – and experience of – pre-marital counseling.

Join us online for this initial conversion (in a series of upcoming conversations) on the place of pre-marital counseling for people...

Dr. Ronald Burris, Associate Professor of Church History at the GTU, will be playing live jazz for us with his quartet outside the Hewlett Building!

Vallejo-born saxophonist Ron Burris started playing sax at an early age and continued playing through high school when he joined a band called Project Soul, which later became super group Con Funk Shun. Ron’s early years were filled with the great R&B singers and groups of his day, as well as...

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Privileged individuals will always find ways to get the health they need, whereas this is not always the case for Black queer folks.

In this online CLGS Lavender Lunch, Dr. Sylvia Rhue and Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow explore how, in this current intersectional moment, we can educate ourselves on the critical issue of reproductive justice and better advocate for reproductive justice for Black queer...

Join us for our Virtual Graduate Application Workshop, which will include an overview of the GTU, our admission requirements, and application materials to apply.

Please join the GTU's Interreligious Chaplaincy Program for Clinical Pastoral Education Day at the GTU featuring representatives from ACPE-certified CPE programs throughout the greater Bay Area.

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Join the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS) for our 13th annual Georgia Harkness Lecture!

In this online lecture, Professor Julia Watts Belser probes the embodied ethics and spiritual insights of Claire Cunningham’s Thank You Very Much, a contemporary dance performance that brings queer disability culture into provocative conversation...

Sounds Delicious is a new free casual chamber music experience from our friends at the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble!

Hear live chamber music, talk to musicians and composers in a relaxed setting, and enjoy light refreshments. We take the music apart, reassemble it, and answer your questions about how it all works.

Sounds Delicious #2 features music about experiences of the sacred and divine. We'll explore a piece for oboe, piano, and strings by...

Please join the GTU's Madrasa-Midrasha Program for a lunchtime event featuring the work of the 2022 Haas Student Grant recipients.

47th Annual GTU Distinguished Faculty Lecture: Dr. Richard Payne

Please join the GTU's Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies for a lunchtime hybrid event on the "Futures of Jewish Theology," featuring Joy Ladin (Yeshiva University), Mara Benjamin (Mount Holyoke College), and Ariel Mayse (Stanford University), moderated by Sam S.B. Shonkoff (GTU).

Welcome The Light! with the SFTS Seminary Singers and the University of Redlands School of Music Chorale Ensemble. 

Join us for our Virtual PhD Application Workshop: overview of the GTU, our admission requirements, and application materials.

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Join us for this Online CLGS Queer & Latinx Faith Conversation with PSR alum Rev. Rhina Ramos as she shares her experiences working with LGBTQ communities in El Salvador.