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Read Dr. Sarma’s New Book Chapter

January 7, 2016

Dr. Sarma’s chapter, “Under the Gaze of Kali: Exhibitionism in the Kalighat Painting Exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art”, was recently published as part of the new book Sacred Objects in Secular Spaces: Exhibiting Asian Religions in Museums by Bruce M. Sullivan.

Dr. Deepak Sarma Guest Speaker for the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence: “Decolonizing Museums: On the Ethics of Deploying Emic and Etic Taxonomies”

September 18, 2015

Dr. Sarma will be the guest speaker for the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence on Friday September 25 at 12:30 PM. The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence is located in the Tinkham Veale University Center, suite 280. Lunch will be provided.

New Book by Professor William Deal and Co-author Brian Ruppert

August 18, 2015

A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism offers a comprehensive, nuanced, and chronological account of the evolution of Buddhist religion in Japan.

Professor Haas Made Expert Panelist in Judaism and Jewish Studies for the Religion and Theology, The Research Foundation, Flanders

August 18, 2015

FWO is an independent agency that supports fundamental research in all disciplines in Flanders, including doctoral and post-doctoral work. http://www.fwo.be/en/

Professor Beal receives Public Scholar Award from the National Endowment for the Humanities

August 10, 2015

Dr. Beal is one of 36 authors to win the new NEH fellowship, which aims to promote well-researched books for general audiences. His book, Revelation: A Biography (Princeton University Press), will offer a cultural history of the New Testament book of Revelation and the apocalyptic imaginations it has fueled, exploring the many, often wildly contradictory lives of this strangely familiar, sometimes horrifying, sometimes inspiring biblical vision.