Pluralism-local-list September 2014

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Dear Greater Boston Friends, Please see below for two upcoming events of interest. For more information, please contact each sponsoring organization directly. We hope to see you at one or both of these events. Thank you! All the best, The Pluralism Project Staff ______________________________________________________________ *TOMORROW: To Speak or Not to Speak, When Should Professors Speak Out?* 5:15-7:00PM Center for the Study of World Religions This talk explores tensions & creative possibilities in playing & limiting the role as professor & public intellectuals. Please join the CSWR for our opening panel featuring: Diana L. Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society in, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Director of the Pluralism Project; Charles Hallisey, Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures; Karen L. King, Hollis Professor of Divinity; Elizabeth Lee-Hood, PhD candidate in Islamic Studies at the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University; Jacob K. Olupona, Professor of African Religious Traditions, with a joint appointment as Professor of African and African American Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences This panel will tease out the tensions and creative possibilities found in playing and limiting the role as professor in a chosen field and as public intellectuals. How does one individual - or a community of teachers and scholars - negotiate the tension between expertise and focus in a chosen field, and the expectation that, as scholars and professors and advanced students at Harvard, one can or (as some would say) should speak to larger issues of concern, ranging from violence and religion to the environment to religious literacy and religion in political campaigns, from themes such as the "spiritual not religious" theme to specific issues that capture the public attention in any given period, such as violence with a religious dimension, abortion and the death penalty, religious and political tensions here or at home, et cetera? How does one decide when to speak more broadly, beyond our expertise – or rather to pull back and decline any such involvement? For more information, please visit: http://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/upcoming-events#/?i=1 ______________________________________________________________ *Greater Boston Premiere: Kultar's Mime* *September 27th (Cabot Theater, Harvard University) & 28th (Center for the Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA)* Kultar’s Mime is an immersive theater experience, which uses the 1903 Kishinev Pogrom as a point of departure to tell the stories of Sikh children in the aftermath of the 1984 Delhi Massacre. It synthesizes the sufferings of innocent victims of organized violence, separated by thousands of miles, numerous years and insurmountable differences of religion, language and culture. Blending Poetry, Art and Music, it tells a story of human suffering and courage, reminding us that in the end all innocent victims are the same, regardless of which God they worship and what tongues they speak. *September 27th, 7pm - Cabot House Theater, Harvard University (space is limited)* *September 28th, 2:30pm - Center for Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA (For free tickets and more information, please visit http://www.eventbrite.com/e/kultars-mime-tickets-12668946159) <http://www.eventbrite.com/e/kultars-mime-tickets-12668946159>* <http://www.eventbrite.com/e/kultars-mime-tickets-12668946159>-- 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 September 2014