Pluralism-local-list February 2013

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HDS Panel; Harvard Veritas Forum; Movie Night; Summer Opportunities

by Pluralism Project Staff

Dear friends in Greater Boston, Please see below for information about upcoming local events and opportunities, including the following: - "Women's Rights in a Man's World" Panel, Harvard Divinity School (2/27) - Veritas Forum: Under God? The Role of Religion in Public Life, Harvard University (3/5) - Save the date: Movie Night with the Pluralism Project and the Center for Study of World Religions (3/12) - Summer Internships & Opportunities, U.S. & International For more information, please contact each respective sponsoring organization. Best wishes, The Pluralism Project Staff ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------- *Women's Rights in a Man's World* Harvard Divinity School Braun Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA Wednesday, 27 February, 5pm Harvard Divinity School invites you to a discussion about women and Sharia law in Islam with Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih, the Middle East’s first female judge in the religious courts. Hauwa Ibrahim, Nigerian defense attorney and author of *Practicing Shariah Law*, and Leila Ahmed, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity and author of *A Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence, from the Middle East to **America*, will join in the conversation with Judge Al-Faqih, who in 2009 was appointed to the Ramallah Sharia Court in the West Bank, Palestinian Territories and who has been named one of the 10 most powerful Arab women. The Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, MDiv ’97 and co-founder of My Sister’s Keeper, an international nonprofit that works to end human trafficking and educate women and girls in the war-torn African nation of Sudan, will moderate the discussion. More information is available here<http://www.hds.harvard.edu/news-events/public-events-calendar?trumbaEmbed=v…> . ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------- *Under God? The Role of Religion in Public Life* The 17th Annual Veritas Forum at Harvard University Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, MA Tuesday, March 5, 8pm What is the role of religion in public life? How should we order our society around questions of ultimate meaning and purpose? Join legendary Harvard professor *Michael Sandel *and University of Chicago public intellectual *Jean Bethke Elshtain* for an evening dialogue on life's hardest questions. More info at veritas.org/harvard. Please RSVP here <https://www.facebook.com/events/133102600177874/>. Sponsored by Harvard's Christian ministries* *- AACF, ABSK, AIA, BCF, CI, HCFA, HGSCF, HUF, HRCF, HCR&R -* *In Partnership with: Harvard Hillel, Harvard Buddhist Chaplaincy, Humanist Community at Harvard, Harvard Pluralism Project, Harvard Philosophy Department, Center for the Study of World Religions, Episcopal Chaplaincy at Harvard, Foursquare Chaplaincy, The Harvard Ichthus, and Under Construction. ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------- *Save the Date: Movie Night* The Pluralism Project and the Center for the Study of World Religions Tuesday, March 12 The Pluralism Project and the Center for the Study of World Religions will be hosting a movie night featuring "La Trappe" and "In Ordinary Time," two short films by Canadian filmmaker Lina Verchery. More information to come. ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------- *Summer 2013 Internships & Opportunities* U.S. & International The Pluralism Project has compiled a listing of internship opportunities for Summer 2013, available on our website here<http://www.pluralism.org/pages/applications/summer_internships> . If your organization or research program would like to have your available internships considered for posting on this page, please send an email to staff(a)pluralism.org and include 1) Name of the Organization, 2) Location, 3) Website, 4) Brief Instructions to Applicants, and 5) Relevant Dates and Deadlines for Applications. ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------- -- The Pluralism Project at Harvard University 2 Arrow Street, 4th Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 617-496-2481 www.pluralism.org Twittter: @pluralismproj Like The Pluralism Project on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Pluralism-Project-at-Harvard-University/1…>!

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Interfaith Book Panel; Honoring Swami Vivekananda; World Interfaith Harmony Week

by Pluralism Project Staff

Dear Friends, *In honor of Harvard Interfaith Awareness Week, a local celebration of World Interfaith Harmony Week, designated by the United Nations to take place the first week of February, please check out these exciting events happening this week. In particular, please see below for two events, My Neighbor's Faith: A Critical Conversation and Swami Vivekananda at 150: Interfaith Then and Now.* For a full list of events happening at Harvard University this week, please visit http://harvardchaplains.wordpress.com/events/. For more information on World Interfaith Harmony Week, check out http://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *My Neighbor's Faith: A Critical Conversation<http://www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/events/calendar.html#/?i=1> * *Tuesday February 5, 2013 at **5:15pm* *The Sperry Room, Harvard Divinity School (47 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA) * Co-hosted by the Center for the Study of World Religions and The Pluralism Project The event will be based on the recent book,* My Neighbor's Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Transformation* (Orbis, 2012). A panel of speakers will feature the book's co-editors Dr. Jennifer Peace (Andover Newton Theological School) and Rabbi Or Rose (Hebrew College) as well as contributors Dr. Ali Asani and the Reverend Janet Cooper Nelson. Dr. Diana Eck of the Pluralism Project and Dr. Francis X. Clooney of the Center for the Study of World Religions will moderate. A reception will follow and copies of the book will also be available for purchase at the event ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Remembering Swami Vivekananda at 150: Interfaith Then and Now** * *Sponsored by the Center for the Study of World Religions, Dharma: Harvard’s Hindu Student Association, and the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society* Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) was a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and a founder of the Ramakrishna Mission and Vedanta Society. He was also one of the first Hindu swamis to become well-known in the West. He represented Hinduism at the 1893 “Parliament of Religions” held in Chicago, the first great international gathering of religious leaders. Since then he has been a symbol of the interfaith movement, inspiring many by his example and his many lectures on the meaning of religion in a pluralistic world. The focus of this panel will be reflection on his significance for India and the West 150 years after his birth, particularly his legacy with respect to today’s interfaith movement. Room 113, Sever Hall, Harvard Yard (map<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Sever+Hall,+Harvard+Yard,+Harvard+University…>), 5:30-7:30 with reception to follow *Pre-event: Please join us at 5:00 p.m. for a live music prelude and a slideshow of photos of Swami Vivekananda* * * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * **** -- The Pluralism Project at Harvard University 2 Arrow Street, 4th Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 617-496-2481 www.pluralism.org Twittter: @pluralismproj Like The Pluralism Project on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Pluralism-Project-at-Harvard-University/1…>!

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Pluralism-local-list February 2013