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A discussion with Director Nakul Singh Sawhney follows a free screening of Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai (Muzaffarnagar, Eventually) on Wednesday, April 13, from 3 to 5.45 p.m. at the Athena Cinema, Court Street (upstairs). The 2014 film is 135 minutes in Hindi with English subtitles. Sponsors are the departments of English, […]

Steve Hays, Associate Professor of Greek and Classics, longtime Faculty Senate senator, and commentator on various University matters, has announced his retirement after 33 years from full-time teaching. Please come to congratulate Steve on a job well done at his retirement reception, which will be held on Wednesday, April 13th, […]

Ohio University welcomes Dr. Abdinur Sheikh Mohammed to speak on the current predicament of Somalia in relation to the Al-Shabaab insurgency and the ongoing effort stabilize governance in the country. The talk on “Somalia Between a Rock and a Hard Place: State Formation, Foreign Intrusion, and Al-Shabab” is Tuesday, April 19, […]

What was the cause of the Trojan War? Was it the abduction of Helen? Was it the marriage of Peleus and Thetis? Was it men’s impiety? Was it Earth’s request to Zeus to relieve her from the burden of people? Was it gods’ or men’s decision? What was the will […]

Café Conversations presents Dr. Loren Lybarger on “Radical Islam’: What’s Religion Got to Do with It?” on Wednesday, March 30, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Center Front Room. The rise of the Islamic State has once again reignited debate about whether Islam is compatible with modern political institutions founded […]

The Gawande Lecture Series presents Dr. Francis X. Clooney on “Faith and Doubt in the Bhagavad Gita” on Thursday, March 31, at 7 p.m. in Ellis 106. The lecture is centered on the cross-culturally applicable religious dimensions of Arjuna and Krishna’s famous battlefield dialogue from the Mahabharata. Clooney is Parkman Professor […]

The Knowing the Future theme presents Dr. Joshua Sosin on “Slaves, Aliens, Freedmen, and Citizens: Ancient Athenian Legal Status” on Thursday, March 10, at 6 p.m. in Porter 105. A reception and refreshments follow the lecture. Sosin is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Duke University. This event also is sponsored by the departments of History and […]