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2005-06 Religious Studies Back

Abu-Rabi, Ibrahim M.
Professor, MacDonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT
Distinguished Lectureship: Nation-Building, Multiculturalism, Secularism and Religion in Contemporary Singapore
Nanyang Technological University, Institute for Defense and Strategic Studies, Singapore, Singapore
Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
January 2006 - August 2006
(Asia and Pacific Distinguished Lectureships)

Berkwitz, Stephen Carl
Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
Lecturing and Research: Buddhism in America: The Ethics of Sinhala Poetry in Early Modern Sri Lanka
University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
January 2006 - October 2006

Lawrence, Bruce B.
Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Professor, Department of Religion, Duke University, Durham, NC
Lecturing: The Critical Study of Islam in the Modern University
Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta, Indonesia
January 2006 - May 2005

McCann, Dennis Patrick
Professor and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
Lecturing and Research: Scholar in Residence, Hong Kong-America Center
Hong Kong-America Center, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
August 2005 - August 2006

Mullen, Eve L
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
Lecturing: Hinduism and Buddhism: Contemporary Forms
Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
February 2006 - July 2006

Omar, Irfan Anis
Assistant Professor, Department of Theology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Lecturing: Secularism, Islam and Nonviolence: Discussing Jihad and Pluralism in a Contemporary Muslim Society
Muhammadiyah University of Malang, Malang, Indonesia
February 2006 - July 2006

Terian, Abraham
Dean and Professor, St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, New Rochelle, NY
Distinguished Lecturing and Research: Philo's De Providentia
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
March 2006 - July 2006
(Fulbright-Israel Distinguished Chair in the Humanities and Social Studies)

Uddin, Sufia Mendez
Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Research: “Speaking the Same Language: Muslim and Hindu Veneration of Bonbibi of the Sundarbans in India and Bangladesh”
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India
September 2005 - June 2006
(Middle East and North Africa Regional Research Program)

Vest, Jay Hansford Charles
Associate Professor, Department of American Indian Studies, University of North Carolina--Pembroke, Pembroke, NC
Research: Pikuni:Blackfeet Oral Traditions and Sacred Geography/ A Tutelo Inquiry: Ethnohistory of the Yesang
University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
December 2005 - August 2006

Ziporyn, Brook Anthony
Associate Professor, Department of Religion/Philosophy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Research: Tiantai Buddhist 'Pessimism' and Chinese Modernities
Huafan University, Taipei, Taiwan
September 2005 - July 2006