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Dr. Deepak Sarma Will Lead the Ethics Noon Conference “The Karma and Dharma of Hindu Bioethics” at Cedars-Sinai on Wednesday, September 12, 2018

“The Karma and Dharma of Hindu Bioethics”

Identify principles of Hindu bioethics in order to improve physician- patient, physician-family, physician-nurse, and/or physician- physician communication and interaction.

Describe different strategies and techniques for identifying and responding to Hindu bioethical issues.

Noon-1:00 p.m.
Lunch will be available at 11:30 a.m.

Harvey Morse Auditorium
South Tower, Plaza Level

https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Patients/Programs-and-Services/Healthcare-Ethics-/Ethics-Noon-Conference.aspx

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Dr. Joy R. Bostic will present as part of the 2018-2019 Social Justice Research Lunch Series, Tuesday, September 11, 2018

“God Complexes” and “Complex Gods”: Emancipatory Practices in
Religion and Hip Hop

Dr. Joy Bostic, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, will explore the use of “divine grammars” by Black hip hop and contemporary pop artists to address complex issues of race, gender, sexuality, power and divinity.  A discussion will follow.

Tuesday, September 11 from 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Crawford Hall, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Room A13 (Ground Floor)

RSVP REQUESTED TO socialjustice@case.edu.

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Dr. Joy R. Bostic selected to receive the 201​8 Faculty Diversity​ Award

Dr. Joy R. Bostic, and the other award winners, will be recognized at the Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity Annual Diversity Achievement Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, April 18, 2018​ at 11:30 a.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom A.  During the luncheon, members of the CWRU community will be recognized for their​ ​contributions to enhancing and promoting diversity and inclusion on campus.  The luncheon is free and open to the CWRU community.

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Dr. Joy R. Bostic presenting papers at Kent State University on Friday, April 13 and Harvard University on Saturday, April 14th

Dr. Joy R. Bostic will present the paper, “The Lemonade Class, Kendrick Lamar, and Afrofuturism from P-Funk to Get Out: Emancipatory Pedagogies and Black Cultural Production” at the Africa and Global Atlantic World Conference at Kent State University, Friday, April 13. She has also been invited to present the paper “Hip Hop, God Complexes, and Complex Gods” at the Spiritual but not Religious: Past, Present, Future(s) Conference at Harvard Divinity School’s’ Center for the Study of World Religions Center on Saturday, April 14th.

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Dr. Timothy Beal to present at Cyberinfrastructure Day 2018: Innovative Technology on Friday, April 13

Timothy Beal, Florence Harkness Professor of Religion, will be presenting at Cyberinfrastructure Day 2018 on “Neural Machine Translation of Classic Texts, And Other Adventures of a HPC Newb from the Humanities” at 9:00 am on Friday, April 13, in the Wolstein Research Building auditorium. https://case.edu/utech/research-computing/ci-day-2018/

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SPRING 2018 RATNER FAMILY LECTURE IN RELIGION, Wednesday, April 11 at 4:30 pm

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE SPRING 2018 RATNER FAMILY LECTURE IN RELIGION at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Distinguished Lecturer: Albert J. Raboteau
Emeritus Professor of Religion, Princeton University

“Balm in Gilead: Memory, Mourning, and Healing in African American Autobiography”

Wednesday, April 11 at 4:30 pm
Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom C
Reception to Follow

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