Pluralism-list February 2016

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Photo Contest; WFDD/PP Event; Summer Opportunity for Teachers; HarvardX; RCC Conference

by Pluralism Project Staff

Dear Friends, Please see below for information about several upcoming opportunities, including: - Meridian International Center/Pluralism Project Photo Contest "Indian Faiths in America" - *Cash Prizes available, Deadline 3/31* - World Faiths Development Dialogue and Pluralism Project Event *This Thursday at Georgetown University* - *RSVP required* - The Interfaith Center of New York's "Religious Worlds of New York" Summer Seminar for Schoolteachers - *DEADLINE: 3/1* - Harvard Divinity School's New HarvardX course "World Religions Through Their Scriptures" - *Launches 3/1* - Religion Communicators Convention in New York City -* 3/31-4/2* Please be in touch with the organizers for any questions related to a specific event. All the best, The Pluralism Project Staff *===========================================================* *Photo Contest: Indian Faiths and Religious Traditions in the United States – Call for Entries * *DEADLINE: MARCH 31ST * Meridian International Center and the Pluralism Project are now accepting submissions for a crowd-sourced exhibition on Indian faiths and religious traditions in the United States. Funded by U.S. Embassy New Delhi and implemented by Meridian International Center, this project is designed to capture the diversity of the Indian American community and represent the broad range of religious traditions celebrated by various Indian faiths. The exhibition will reach India, where it will travel to various cities, in the fall of 2016. *Awards of $250 will be given to the top three submissions.* *Project Goals* - Capture the diversity of the Indian American community and represent the broad range of religious traditions celebrated by various Indian faiths - Demonstrate how Indian traditions have been adopted and are practiced by a multicultural population in the United States - Spark a conversation among Indian leaders and community members about diversity and religious tolerance *Organizing Institution and Partners* Founded in 1960, Meridian International Center <http://www.meridian.org/> is a non-profit educational and cultural institution dedicated to promoting international understanding through the exchange of people, ideas, and the arts. The Meridian Center for Cultural Diplomacy (MCCD) designs and develops cultural exhibitions, exchanges, and related programming. Meridian works with the U.S. government, embassies, museums, and artists worldwide. For more information about MCCD, please visit meridian.org/mccd. *Dr. Diana Eck*, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University, will be a co-curator for this exhibition. Her academic work has a dual focus—India and the United States—and in both cases she is interested in religious pluralism in a multi-religious society. She also founded The Pluralism Project <http://www.pluralism.org/>, which includes a network of some 60 affiliates exploring such topics as the growth of Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, and Zoroastrian communities in the United States. For more information about Dr. Eck and her work, please visit scholar.harvard.edu/dianaeck. To learn more about The Pluralism Project, please visit pluralism.org. The U.S. Embassy in New Delhi <http://www.meridian.org/profile/u-s-embassy-in-new-delhi/>is one of the largest U.S. diplomatic missions in the world. Diplomatic ties with India were established in 1947 after India gained independence. The U.S.-India bilateral relationship is based on five pillars: strategic cooperation; energy and climate change; education and development; economics, trade, and agriculture; science and technology, health, and innovation. Richard R. Verma is the 25th U.S. Ambassador to India. For more information about the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, please visit newdelhi.usembassy.gov. *Program Timeline* Submissions due: March 31, 2016 Submissions reviewed: April 2016 Final submissions selected and approved: May 2016 Exhibition development: May-August 2016 Exhibition reaches U.S. Embassy New Delhi: September 2016 *For more information, including submission guidelines, please visit: http://www.meridian.org/project/indianfaithsinamerica/ <http://www.meridian.org/project/indianfaithsinamerica/>. * *===========================================================* *Religion and Resettlement: The role of religion in diaspora communities in the US* *THIS WEEK! February 25, 2016, 9:00-10:45am, Berkley Center, Georgetown University* The United States has been described as a nation of immigrants, but refugee and diaspora communities have come under close scrutiny in recent months. The World Faiths Development Dialogue, with support from the GHR Foundation, has undertaken a pilot project in partnership with Harvard University’s Pluralism Project in early 2015. Its goal was to explore the religious lives of refugees who settle in the US to better understand how religious communities, traditions, networks, or personal faith affect their adaptation and community-building in America's plural context. The pilot focused on refugees from two countries–Myanmar and Bhutan–resettled in two US cities. Researchers from the Pluralism Project will present study methodology and initial findings. Susan Martin of Georgetown University’s Institute for Study of International Migration will offer a response, followed by discussion moderated by Katherine Marshall. Coffee and light breakfast will be served. Co-Sponsored by the Pluralism Project at Harvard University; Georgetown University’s Institute for Study of International Migration *RSVP required. *More information: http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/religion-and-resettlement-the-ro… *===========================================================* *Religious Worlds of New York Summer Institute for Schoolteachers* *DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: MARCH 1ST!* The religious landscape of the United States has shifted dramatically in recent years, with the arrival of new Americans from every corner of the globe and every faith tradition. If America's K-12 students are to become truly educated, engaged citizens of their multicultural democracy, they need to understand its rich religious diversity. The *Religious Worlds of New York* summer institute contributes to such understanding by helping public, private, and parochial school teachers teach about the everyday lives of American religious communities. The *Religious Worlds* institute is a project of the* Interfaith Center of New York <http://www.interfaithcenter.org/> *and *Union Theological Seminary <http://www.utsnyc.edu/>*, with support from the* National Endowment for the Humanities <http://www.neh.gov/>. * In July of 2016, the next summer institute will bring 25 teachers from throughout the United States to New York City, where they will work with leading scholars of religion, meet with diverse religious leaders, visit local houses of worship, explore the religious life of the city, and develop their own religious diversity curriculum projects. Learn more about the 2016 summer institute here: http://www.religiousworldsnyc.org. *Contact: *Dr. Henry Goldschmidt <http://religiousworldsnyc.org/contact-page/contact-us>, Interfaith Center of New York *===========================================================* *World Religions Through Their Scriptures HarvardX Course created by Harvard Divinity School* *Launches March 1st* What do scriptures of major religions really say? What interpretations rise to prominence in a given historical or cultural moment? Which decline, and why? Who gets to interpret what scriptures mean? How do communities of faith negotiate differences within their own traditions? On March 1, Harvard Divinity School is launching a new edX <https://www.edx.org/> course, “World Religions Through Their Scriptures <https://www.edx.org/xseries/world-religions-through-scriptures>,” a free open online course that introduces participants to some of the central texts of five major world traditions and examines common themes (gender, violence and peace, the arts, etc.) through the lens of their different scriptures. Registration <https://www.edx.org/xseries/world-religions-through-scriptures#courses> is now open. A panel of distinguished professors <http://hds.harvard.edu/news/public-events-calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent…> will discuss their new HDS/HarvardX online course “World Religions Through Their Scriptures <https://www.edx.org/xseries/world-religions-through-scriptures#courses>" on March 1st at 5:30pm in the Sperry Room, Andover Hall. The course instructors and panelists are: Diane Moore, Senior Lecturer on Religious Studies and Education and director of the Religious Literacy Project; Karen King, Hollis Professor of Divinity; Charles Hallisey, Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures; Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures; Shaye Cohen, Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy; and Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, Associate Professor of South Asian Studies, Wellesley College. More information: <goog_2023150546> https://www.edx.org/xseries/world-religions-through-scriptures *===========================================================* *Religion Communicators Council 2016 Convention: Faith-based Communications: Bridges, Avenues, and Intersections**March 31-April 2, New York City* Join the Religion Communications Council in Manhattan as we build “bridges” among faith groups, find “avenues” to new communications skills and discover “intersections” between faith groups and the world at large. Plenary and workshop topics at different locations throughout the city will include multi-religious activism, Google News Lab and the future of media, finding funding and resources, advanced social media training, and issues of religious freedom. More information: http://www.religioncommunicators.org/convention *===========================================================* -- The Pluralism Project at Harvard University 2 Arrow Street, 4th Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 617-496-2481 www.pluralism.org Twittter: @pluralismproj <http://www.twitter.com/pluralismproj> Like The Pluralism Project on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Pluralism-Project-at-Harvard-University/1…>!

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