Aga Khan Program Lecture

AGA KHAN PROGRAM FOR ARCHITECTURE LECTURE SERIES 2007-8: A FORUM FOR ISLAMIC ART AND ARCHITECTURE
All lectures will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in Room 318 of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, 485 Broadway. Lectures are free and open to the public - Thursday, February 14, 2008:
“Provincialism and Empire: The Lifeworld of [...]

CFP: Catholic Conference

I am currently seeking a third presenter for a panel centered on using the lens of historical memory to examine the American Catholic experience during the Progressive era. This panel will be submitted through the American Catholic Historical Association for the 2009 AHA meeting in New York City.
The first two papers of this panel focus [...]

An announcement of interest from the Martin Buber Institute and Prescott College

The MA program in the Humanities at Prescott College offers a concentration in Dialogical Ecology. This program is offered through an affiliation with the Martin Buber Institute for Dialogical Ecology. Dialogical ecology refers to the confluence between the communitarian philosophy of Martin Buber and some aspects of communally-engaged Zen. To learn more about this program [...]

What Matters Most

You may have received this already but I still want to share this with you. Our modern life keeps us always on the move and oftentimes we loose the more important side of life. Take care and all the best.
I know the story below is quite long, but trust me - it is [...]

Asian Ways: Traditions and Transitions - 2nd Annual Conference, Bangkok

Call for Papers: Asian Ways: Traditions and Transitions - 2nd Annual Asian Cultural Studies Association Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 5-6 August 2008
DEADLINE 31 MARCH 2008
The insistence of journalistic discourse to refer to Asia today as to a continent in transformation, on the rise, in motion, in progress, in transfer and transition can but make one wonder [...]

CFA: AIIS Fellowship Competition

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INDIAN STUDIES FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION
The American Institute of Indian Studies invites applications from scholars from all disciplines who wish to conduct their research in India. Junior fellowships are given to doctoral candidates to conduct research for their dissertations in India for up to eleven months. Senior long-term (six to nine months) and short-term [...]

CFP: Buddhist Worldviews and Concepts of Peace

Call for papers: “Buddhist Worldviews and Concepts of Peace.”
Blue Pine Books invites submissions of papers on the topic “Buddhist Worldviews and Concepts of Peace” for possible inclusion in an upcoming publication of collected articles. As an addition to our continuing series of publications on Buddhism and peace, the resulting book will investigate the topic from [...]

CFP: Human Rights, Individualism and Globalization

International and Interdisciplinary Conference
Human Rights, Individualism and Globalization
April 10-12, 2008
Sponsored by the Center for Spirituality, Ethics and Global Awareness and the Bethany College School of Arts and Sciences
Bethany College, Bethany, WV, USA
Call for Papers
Some Suggested Topics: Cultural Narcissism; The Lonely
Planet-Literature; Film and Art; Alienable Vs Inalienable Human Rights; Documenting Human Rights Abuse; Film; Art; Literature; [...]

James F.Kenney Undergraduate Prize in English Canadian Catholic History

THE JAMES F. KENNEY PRIZE
This prize is awarded annually by the Canadian Catholic Historical Association in honour of its founder, James F. Kenney (1884-1946), for the best essay on the history of English-speaking Catholicism in Canada written in course by an undergraduate student in any university.
Conditions: Entries must be undergraduate essays between 2500 [...]

Thomas Jefferson

I’d like to share with you two quotations by former US President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) on information and democracy:
“A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry.”
“Information is the currency of democracy.”
Source: www.ifla.org