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Departmental News
Members of the Religious Studies faculty regularly teach outside of the classroom: in books, at conferences, through public lectures, and in major news outlets such as the New York Times, USA Today, NPR, Religion Dispatches, and others. The following is an archive of recent news releases about department members’ activities.
Liberal Arts Faculty Receive $209,000 in IU/IUPUI Research Grants
May 22 | News Categories: Anthropology | Centers | Communication Studies | English | Grants | History | International | Museum Studies | News | Philanthropic Studies | Philosophy | Political Science | Religious Studies | Research | World Languages and Cultures
Fourteen Liberal Arts faculty have received IU/IUPUI research grants in support of their research totaling $209,000. The faculty are appointed in the departments/programs of communication studies, philosophy, English, world languages and cultures, history, anthropology, museum studies, religious studies, philanthropic studies, and political science.
Information on the research projects follows in alphabetical order by faculty member:
Jennifer Bute, assistant professor of communication studies, received a $14,824 Developing Diverse Researchers with InVestigative Expertise (DRIVE) grant for her project "Managing Private Information about Miscarriage: Couples’ Perspective." The project will explore how couples manage private information about the experience of miscarriage, using in-depth interviews with …
Cochrane, Mullen, Peterson Honored at IUPUI Retiring Faculty Luncheon
May 22 | News Categories: Communication Studies | Faculty and Staff | Philosophy | Religious Studies
Three Liberal Arts faculty were recognized May 1, 2012, at University Place Hotel during the annual IUPUI Retiring Faculty Recognition Luncheon.
Chancellor of IUPUI Charles Bantz thanked the retirees for their years of service saying: "You have helped to build a great university. And you have given to generations of students the best legacy of all-the ability and commitment to keep learning, which is the instrument of a meaningful life."
IUPUI Executive Vice Chancellor Uday Sukhatme added his thanks and remarked: "Your contributions have shaped IUPUI into Indiana’s premier urban public research institution… As you leave your formal duties, be assured that those …
In the News – April 2012
May 14 | News Categories: Anthropology | Centers | Communication Studies | Economics | English | History | Museum Studies | Political Science | Religious Studies
Experts from Liberal Arts departments and centers are regularly cited in the local, national, and international media. A selection from online sources provides a sampling of the types of issues and kinds of research Liberal Arts faculty are called upon to talk about in the public sphere. Also included is general Liberal Arts news covered by the media.
Senator Richard Lugar under Attack from all Sides
The Indianapolis Star, April 1, 2012
Senator Richard Lugar is facing one of his toughest elections yet. Groups have lined up with his opponent, Richard Mourdock, including fiscal conservatives, social conservatives, and tea party groups, causing …
School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI and Center for Interfaith Cooperation offer look at Islamic law
May 10 | News Categories: Campus News | Event Announcements | Faculty and Staff | General News | International | Religious Studies
Prominent local scholars, lawyers and religious practitioners will debate and discuss the role of sharia—Islamic law and ethics—in American life at a symposium next month organized by the newly established Center for Interfaith Cooperation and the School of Liberal Arts at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
“Sharia Beyond the Headlines” offers an in-depth examination of sharia in the U.S. courts and its meaning in the lives of Muslim Hoosiers. The symposium takes place from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday, June 14, at the Indiana Interchurch Center, 1100 W. 42nd St. in Indianapolis.
…The History of Cardenio Ticket Prices Reduced
April 18 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Anthropology | Campus News | Communication Studies | Event Announcements | English | Faculty and Staff | Geography | History | Individualized Major Program | International | Lectures and Seminars | Museum Studies | Opportunities | Philanthropic Studies | Philosophy | Political Science | Religious Studies | Sociology | Women's Studies | World Languages and Cultures
Ticket prices for the performances of The History of Cardenio this month at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis have been reduced.
Cardenio, a “lost play” by William Shakespeare and his younger contemporary John Fletcher, is the inaugural performance in the new IUPUI Campus Center Theater. Florida State University professor Gary Taylor has recreated and reimagined the script for the play, directed by IUPUI associate professor Terri Bourus, who teaches in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.
Tickets are now $10 for students, $20 for general admission, and $15 for groups of …
In the News - March 2012
April 09 | News Categories: Centers | Communication Studies | Economics | History | Political Science | Religious Studies
Experts from Liberal Arts departments and centers are regularly cited in the local, national, and international media. A selection from online sources provides a sampling of the types of issues and kinds of research Liberal Arts faculty are called upon to talk about in the public sphere. Also included is general Liberal Arts news covered by the media.
Author Will Address World Affairs Conference Later This Month
Journal Star, March 5, 2012
John Gillingham, author of Design for a New Europe and speaker at Central Illinois World Affairs Conference, argues that there is too much debt in the European Union, and that the union …
Tickets on Sale for Performances of ‘History of Cardenio,” Rarely Seen Shakespeare Play
March 08 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Anthropology | Campus News | Communication Studies | Event Announcements | English | Faculty and Staff | Geography | History | Individualized Major Program | International | Lectures and Seminars | Museum Studies | News | Opportunities | Philanthropic Studies | Philosophy | Political Science | Religious Studies | Sociology | Women's Studies | World Languages and Cultures
Tickets are now on sale at IUPUI for the April performances of The History of Cardenio, a “lost play” by William Shakespeare and his younger contemporary John Fletcher. The play is recreated and reimagined by Professor Gary Taylor, a prize-winning editor of both Shakespeare and Fletcher, and directed by IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI Associate Professor of English drama, Terri Bourus.
The world premiere of the reconstructed play is the result of 20 years of research by Taylor, who presented a public reading of his most advanced and refined iteration of the script at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London …
In the News - February 2012
March 05 | News Categories: African American and African Diaspora Studies | Anthropology | English | History | Political Science | Religious Studies
Experts from Liberal Arts departments and centers are regularly cited in the local, national, and international media. A selection from online sources provides a sampling of the types of issues and kinds of research Liberal Arts faculty are called upon to talk about in the public sphere. Also included is general Liberal Arts news covered by the media.
Super Bowl Economics
NUVO, February 1, 2012
Football fans have been eager for the chance to experience a hometown Super Bowl since the completion of Lucas Oil Stadium nearly four years ago. The Indianapolis Capital Improvement Board says the National Football League is likely …
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