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“Islam, Democracy, and Human Rights”

IASC and the Virginia Club of New York co-host a lecture and discussion led by Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina

When: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 | 6:30 p.m.

Where: Virginia Club of New York at The Yale Club, 50 Vanderbilt Avenue, NYC

A keen observer of religious and political cultures in various parts of the Middle East, including Iran and Iraq, Dr. Sachedina will explore the possibilities that bridge Koranic sources and democratic institutions.

Contact Ashley Berner for more information.
 

Year-End Fellows Conference

When: Friday, April 24, 2009 | 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Where: Watson Manor, 3 University Circle, Charlottesville, VA

IASC fellows Matthew Mutter (“Modernism, Secularism, and the Problem of Magic”), Jeffrey Dill (“Pedagogy of the Cosmopolitan? The Forms and Practices of Educating Global Citizens”), Ryan McDermott (“Why Hyssop Does Not Purge or Clean: John Wyclif and the Crisis of Ethical Interpretation”), and Hilde Restadt (“American Exceptionalism and American Unilateralism: The Link between Identity and Foreign Policy”) will present their work and receive comments from UVa professors including Kevin Hart, Carol Anne Spreen, and Michael Smith.

If you would like to attend, please contact Jenny Gladding for more information.

Culture (Order here)

You’ve heard plenty about the financial crisis from the economic and political perspectives. What about the financial crisis as a cultural crisis? Read Joshua J. Yates’s essay, “A Bailout of a Different Sort,” to be reminded that we have cultural resources from which to draw in challenging financial times.

Listen to Institute Faculty Fellow Charles Mathewes’s recent talk at the Virginia Club of New York: American Faith: Going Strong, Going Down, or Going to the Mall?

Hear Rob Riemen, President of the Nexus Institute in The Netherlands, speak on The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Faith, Art, and Truth in the 21st Century.