Post Tagged with: "Loren Lybarger"

Loren Lybarger and colleagues examine how remembering Argentina state terror drives demands for justice today

Transnational Resonances: A mural on the Ciencias Sociales campus declares solidarity with the Palestinian liberation struggle. 

From Ohio University News On March 24, 1976, military leaders came for Argentine President Isabel Perón, ending her presidency not two years after her husband Juan Perón died in office. Argentinians would suffer more than seven years of persecution, including the murder and/or “disappearance” of approximately 30,000 people deemed “subversive” […]

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February 2, 2022 at 11:14 amNews

Lybarger Authors New Book ‘Palestinian Chicago: Identity in Exile’

Lybarger Authors New Book ‘Palestinian Chicago: Identity in Exile’

Dr. Loren Lybarger authored Palestinian Chicago: Identity in Exile, the first book to appear in the University of California’s new series, New Directions in Palestinian Studies. Palestinian Chicago is available in paperback and as an open-access e-book. The New Directions series “publishes books that put Palestinians at the center of […]

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July 29, 2020 at 9:50 amResearch

Baker Peace Conference | Religion and Peace: Global Perspectives and Possibilities, Feb. 20-21

Dr. Peter Mandaville

Ohio University’s Contemporary History Institute announces the theme of “Religion and Peace: Global Perspectives and Possibilities” for the 2020 Baker Peace Conference on Feb. 20-21 at the Athens campus. The Keynote will be held in Baker Center, Ballroom A. Subsequent panels will be in Walter Hall Rotunda. “Our speakers include […]

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January 2, 2020 at 11:30 amNews

Spring 2020 | Middle East and North Africa Studies Certificate Courses

Spring 2020 | Middle East and North Africa Studies Certificate Courses

Four Spring 2020 courses fulfill requirements for the Middle East and North Africa Studies Certificate. The following list includes course name, time, instructor, and prerequisites. The certificate is offered by the History Department at Ohio University in conjunction with a number of courses from other departments. Students and advisers interested in learning […]

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October 21, 2019 at 11:42 amNews

Newsmakers Gala Touts 112 A&S Faculty Researchers

Newsmakers Gala Touts 112 A&S Faculty Researchers

Applied research relevant to 21st century issues was on stage as College of Arts & Sciences faculty were recognized at Ohio University’s 2019 newsmakers gala. Members of the Ohio University community gathered Oct. 3 to celebrate the hundreds of OHIO faculty who promote the research, expertise and overall excellence of […]

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October 4, 2019 at 12:35 pmNews

Lecture | Islam & the Arab Uprisings, March 7

Dr. Loren Lybarger

Dr. Loren Lybarger will lecture on “Islam & the Arab Uprisings” on Thursday, March 7, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Kennedy Museum. Lybarger, Associate Professor of Classics and World Religion and Director of Islamic Studies, will survey the different types of religious movements and politics that manifested during and […]

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March 1, 2019 at 10:30 pmEvents

Post Quotes Lybarger on World Hijab Day

Dr. Loren Lybarger

Dr. Loren Lybarger, Associate Professor of Classics & World Religions, was quoted in a Post article headlined “World Hijab Day Celebrated In Solidarity with Muslim Women.” “The hijab scarf has, in a sense, become a symbol for Islam and for Muslims,” Loren Lybarger, an associate professor of classics and world religions […]

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February 6, 2019 at 7:47 amFaculty in the News In the News