Name: Talk on Sanctuary and Asylum by Anthropologist Linda Rabben
Start: 2025-09-13T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-13T16:00:00-04:00
Location: 400 E Lexington St, Baltimore, MD, United States, Maryland 21202

Talk on Sanctuary and Asylum by Anthropologist Linda Rabben

Please join us for this relevant talk by Anthropologist Linda Rabben
Zion Lutheran Church (City Hall) – Saturday, September 13, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
400 E. Lexington Street Baltimore, MD 21202
Free parking available at 146 N. Gay Street
Event will take place in the Adlersaal. Light refreshments will be served.
From ancient religious traditions to the modern legal institution of asylum, anthropologist Linda Rabben traces the long history of sanctuary and analyzes modern asylum practices in North America, Europe and elsewhere, contrasting them with the role that courageous individuals and organizations play in offering
refuge to survivors of torture, persecution and discrimination.
She will focus on the current refugee crisis, the draconian efforts of the US and other governments to prevent migrants from gaining refuge, and what we can do to help the victims of unjust policies and laws.
Linda Rabben is an associate research professor of anthropology at the University of Maryland. She has published 11 nonfiction books, including Sanctuary and Asylum: A Social and Political History and Through a Glass Darkly: The Social History of Stained Glass in Baltimore, plus a poetry collection, Book of Changes.