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The Middle East and North Africa Film Series presents The “Other” Threat: Arab and Muslim Immigrants in Europe on Monday, Feb. 2, at 6:30 p.m. in Baker Center 231. This documentary (directed by Bassam Haddad) reveals the history and contemporary politics of Arab/Muslim migration to two European countries that featured terrorist attacks […]

In Spring 2015, a number of Ohio University departments, centers, and programs are teaming up to present six films that highlight various aspects of historical and contemporary life in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. The series showcases both documentaries and feature films, covering various geographic areas and […]

The Gawande Lecture Series presents Dr. Wendy Doniger on “Blasphemy and Censorship in India, Past and Present” on Monday Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. in the Baker Center Theater. Doniger’s talk is the third in the Gawande Lecture Series, a biannual series of lectures by distinguished scholars of Indian philosophy and […]

The Friends of India present “The Open Door: Dargahs and Multi-Religious Devotion in India,” a talk by talk by Professor Anna Bigelow of North Carolina State University, on Monday, March 19, at 7 p.m. in the Grover Center, W305. “We all know the sacred places in India (e.g. Ayodhya and […]

Bice Peruzzi, from the University of Cincinnati, will speak on “Dancing around the grave? Central Apulian funerary practices between the 6th and 3rd century BCE.” at 5:35 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19, in Ellis 212. Peruzzi is a Ph.D. candidate in Classical Archeology writing a dissertation on burial customs in […]

Throughout the Spring Semester 2014, the Department of Classics & World Religions hosts a series of colloquia featuring faculty members from both Ohio University and from other institutions. They will all take place in Ellis 212 starting at 5:35 pm on the dates specified. Wednesday, Feb. 19: Bice Peruzzi, from […]

Dr. Brian Collins will conduct the Scholars Colloquium on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 4:30 p.m. in Ellis 111. The theme of the colloquia this year is, “What does it mean to be Human,” and his presentation will be on “Being Human in a Buddhist Context.” Collins began teaching at Ohio […]