The university stands in a peculiar relationship to twenty-first-century American culture. On the one hand, that culture imagines institutions of higher education to be providers of vitally important credentials for…
In this presentation, Professor Mohammad Khalil offers his pedagogical approach to teaching Islam through music videos. He will examine major themes in Islamic thought as presented in devotional music videos…
Structural analyses of violence have become a critical component in understanding the resilience of racism and sexist racism in fields traditionally associated with cultural neutrality and objectivity, such as law…
In 1959, C.P. Snow famously described the humanities and sciences as “two cultures” separated by a “gap” of “mutual incomprehension.” But in 2018, is this still true? Or, is it…
The Industrial Revolution, of the 18th and 19th centuries gave rise to modern cities removing humans from an entangled connection with nature. A growing body of genetic, physiological and psychological evidence suggests…
What do fifteenth-century religious paintings of the souls and sixteenth-century drawings and engravings of Pictae(people who lived in tenth-century Scotland) and Indians of the Americas have in common? Nudity, either associated with…
Nida Abdullah's presentation will discuss a participatory design driven project among an interdisciplinary research team, exploring opportunities and conditions for facilitating and emphasizing a shared understanding between team members. Additionally,…
Indigenous peoples are among the most vocal advocates of climate justice globally. One key dimension of this movement is Indigenous efforts to make climate science more multicultural and equitable. The…