We are an interdisciplinary association of scholars, academic programs, and research centers drawn from the eight campuses of Indiana University.
We support the Religion and Ethics Seminars and sponsor events relating to religion, ethics, and values.
We are now accepting proposals for Religion and Ethics Seminars to run next year, Spring 2018 through Fall 2018. In connection to our RRRIJ initiative, we are particularly interested in proposals relating to race and/or ethnicity, though we maintain our interest in supporting seminars on a variety of topics. You’ll find additional details here.
Dr. Heather Reynolds
Associate Professor of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington
IU South Bend, Education and Arts Building, 1011
Dr. Reynolds’ talk will lay out the rationale and conceptual framework for ecological economics as an essential paradigm shift for prosperity on a finite planet. She will also discuss the need for systems thinking as an essential aspect of public literacy about sustainability.
Hosted by THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY: ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE seminar series
Alex Lion, MD, Fellow, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology,
Indiana University and Ethics Fellow, Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics
Woody's Library Restaurant
40 E Main St. Carmel, IN
Dinner and books provided, please RSVP to srush7@iuhealth.org (Sarah Rush)
Hosted by the Religion, Spirituality, Healthcare, and Ethics seminar
IU Bloomington, GISB Building, Room 3067
Research Roundtable and lunch with Alisa Clapp-Itnyre (IU East, English); Megan Musgrave (IUPUI, English and Native American Studies); Rebekah Sheldon (IUB, English)
Hosted by The Ethical and Religious Dimensions of Children's Literature seminar series
Brian Payne
President and CEO Central Indiana Community Foundation
Starla Hart
Program Officer with Local Initiatives Support Corporation Indianapolis
IUPUI University Library, UL 4115P
There are a limited number of seats; please register for this event here.
Hosted by the Ethics, Values, and Practices of Public Art in Urban Contexts seminar series
Richard McCoy
Director Landmark Columbus
IUPUI University Library, UL 4115P
There are a limited number of seats; please register for this event here.
Hosted by the ETHICS, VALUES, AND PRACTICES OF PUBLIC ART IN URBAN CONTEXTS seminar series
John Duong
Lumina Foundations' Director of Lumina Impact Ventures
Holiday Hart McKiernan
Lumina Foundations' Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
IU Bloomington, Hodge Hall, Room 1046
Food Provided.
Sponsored by the Economic Justice and Inclusive Markets: The Ethics of Doing Business with the Poor seminar series & NetImpact, and the Trockman Microfinance Initiative student groups.
IPFW Campus; LA 160
Assistant Professors Andrew Kopec and Steve Buttes will host a reading group to discuss several films, poems and essays that explore the relationship between ideas of morality and notions of economic success and economic failure in the 19th Century U.S. The session will introduce ideas motivating the seminar and invite students and faculty to engage in conversation about these texts as well as those at the center of their own work.
Hosted by the MORAL THINKING IN ARTWORKS OF ECONOMIC SUCCESS AND ECONOMIC FAILURE seminar series
Dr. Jennifer Kanine
Director of Natural Resource for the Pokagon Band
Jason S. Wesaw
Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
IU South Bend, Education and Arts Building, 1011
The speakers at this event will discuss Potawatomi heritage, culture, and traditional ecological knowledge and values
Hosted by THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY: ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE seminar series
Professor of English at Brooklyn College, City University of New York; Columnist for The Guardian
Bloomington campus, Woodburn Hall, Room 104
Faculty and student discussion with Professor Moustafa Bayoumi regarding his highly-acclaimed, best-selling book How Does it Feel to Be a Problem: Being Young and Arab in America.
Bloomington Campus, Hodge Hall, Room 2075
Bayoumi will discuss what the War on Terror looks like from the vantage point of Muslim Americans, highlighting the profound effect that surveillance has had on how they live their lives. To be a Muslim American today often means to exist in an absurd space between exotic and dangerous, victim and villain, simply because of the assumptions people hold. Bayoumi exposes how contemporary politics, movies, novels, media experts and more have together produced a culture of fear and suspicion that not only willfully forgets the Muslim-American past, but also threatens all of our civil liberties in the present. This Muslim American Life was awarded the 2016 Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Arab American Book Award.
Sponsored by the Islam in the American Public Sphere seminar
IU Bloomington, Hodge Hall, Room 1000
The water-rich highlands of the Colombian Páramo de Santurbán are nearly pristine, evidently preserved by the traditional mining communities inhabiting the region. The delicate balance maintained between economic needs, exploitable natural resources, and environmental protection has recently been disrupted by the arrival of foreign large-scale mining companies. Otra Cosa No Hay (There is Nothing Else) transports its audiences to this remote region of Colombia in order to provide complex insights into the conflicts between local people, foreign companies and environmentalists over the proper use of Colombia’s natural treasures.
Food provided.
Executive Producer and Director Ochoa will talk about Economic Activity and Human Well-Being's Impact on indigenous people following the film's screening.
Hosted by the Economic Justice and Inclusive Markets: The Ethics of Doing Business with the Poor seminar series
Vice President Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Christian Education and Practical Theology at Christian Theological Seminary
IUPUI Multicultural Center, UC 104
The shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson reignited a long-smoldering movement for justice, with many St. Louis-area clergy stepping up to support the emerging young leaders of today’s Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Leah Gunning Francis was among the activists while she was a seminary professor in St. Louis. Her book, Ferguson and Faith: Sparking Leadership & Awakening Community, is based on interviews with more than two dozen faith leaders and movement organizers. It takes us behind the scenes of the continuing protests. Dr. Francis will discuss her book and the continuing relevance of the lessons that can be learned from Ferguson.
Co-hosted by the IUPUI Multicultural Center, the IUPUI Africana Studies Program, and the IU Consortium for the Study of Religion, Ethics, and Society
Fr. Terry Ehrman
Asst Director for Life Sciences Research and Outreach, University of ND
Krista Bailey
Director of the Center for a Sustainable Future, IU South Bend
IU South Bend, Education and Arts building, 1011
Hosted by THE ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY: ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE seminar series
Heather Blair; Religious Studies; College of Arts and Sciences; Bloomington; heablair@indiana.edu
Alisa Clapp-Itnyre; English; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; IU East; aclappit@indiana.edu
Ronald Day; Information and Library Science; School of Informatics and Computing; Bloomington; roday@indiana.edu
Nazareth Pantaloni III; Scholarly Communication Department; Indiana University Libraries; Bloomington; nazapant@indiana.edu
Zachary Schrank; Sociology and Anthropology; IU South Bend; zschrank@iusb.edu
April Lidinsky; Women's and Gender Studies; IU South Bend; alidinsk@iusb.edu
Asma Afsaruddin; Near Eastern Languages & Cultures; School of Global and International Studies;
Bloomington; aafsarud@indiana.edu
Abdulkader Sinno; Political Science and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures;
College of Arts and Sciences; Bloomington; asinno@indiana.edu
Stephen Buttes; International Language and Culture Studies; College of Arts and Sciences;
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne; buttess@ipfw.edu
Andrew Kopec; Department of English and Linguistics; College of Arts and Sciences;
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne; kopeca@ipfw.edu
Amber Comer; Assistant Professor IU School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences;
Department of Health Sciences; IUPUI; comer@iu.edu
Alexia Torke; Associate Professor Department of Medicine; IU School of Medicine;
IUPUI; atorke@iu.edu
Jason M. Kelly; History/Arts & Humanities Institute; School of Liberal Arts;
IUPUI; Jaskelly@iupui.edu
Pamela Napier; Visual Communication Design Department; Herron School of Art;
IUPUI; pcnapier@iupui.edu
