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.
Peter MandavilleInternational Affairs, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
Bloomington campus, Indiana Memorial Union, Persimmon Room
Reflecting on his three years working at the State Department during the Obama administration, Professor Mandaville will discuss the complex and at times contradictory approaches to Islam and Muslims that have characterized recent U.S. administrations. He will explore the legacy of Obama’s famed 2009 Cairo speech, US policy towards Islamist parties during the Arab Uprisings and their aftermath, as well as efforts to address the rise of ISIS. He will also assess how the Trump administration has approached these same issues. Arguing that Republican and Democratic administrations alike have followed a policy of “Muslim exceptionalism,” he will highlight some of the challenges associated with governments engaging world religion as an object of diplomacy.
Hosted by the Islam in the Global Sphere Seminar
Business sustainability is an example of ethics in action. This seminar explores approaches to sustainability that contemporary firms are adopting.
Julie Manning Magid Business Law, Kelley School of Business, IUPUI
Kelly Eskew Business Law & Ethics, Kelley School of Business, IU-Bloomington
Steven Kreft Business Economics & Public Policy, Kelley School of Business, IU-Bloomington
When it comes to religion and politics in contemporary America, most of the attention is devoted to white Christians, particularly evangelicals. Drawing on insights from both the humanities and social sciences, this seminar shifts the lens to illuminate how African Americans experience and engage religion and politics.
Joseph Tucker Edmonds Religious Studies and Africana Studies, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
Amanda Friesen Political Science, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
Heather Blair Religious Studies, College of Arts & Sciences, Bloomington
Alisa Clapp-Itnyre English, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, IU East
Megan Musgrave English, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
Dimitrios Efstathiou
Senior Vice President, Player Relations & Competition
IU Bloomington, Hodge Hall, Room 1059
Dimitrios Efstathiou is Senior Vice President at Major League Soccer, where he oversees player acquisition and club roster management, ensuring compliance with League rules and regulations. He also assists in the management of MLS relationships with other professional soccer leagues and national federations.
Dimitrios began his career with MLS in the Business & Legal Affairs Department, where he advised on a wide array of commercial and legal matters. Prior to joining the League, Dimitrios was in-house counsel at EFG Private Bank in London and an associate at Allen & Overy with the firm’s U.S. Corporate and Capital Markets practice. Dimitrios also serves on the Board of FC Harlem, a New York City urban soccer academy and leadership program.
Dimitrios is a graduate of Vassar College, and subsequently received his JD from Harvard Law School and his master's degree from The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University.
*Food provided
Hosted by the ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND INCLUSIVE MARKETS: THE ETHICS OF DOING BUSINESS WITH THE POOR seminar
Set to run in 2018
This seminar will explore the overlapping intellectual goals of comparative religious ethics and global or comparatively oriented political theory, much of which is based in religious thinking about politics and justice. These two fields are both combinations of descriptive and normative analysis, frequently drawing on religious as well as philosophical thinking about fundamental issues of human social order.
Aaron Stalnaker; Religious Studies; College of Arts and Sciences; Bloomington; astalnak@indiana.edu
Hussein Banai; International Studies; School of Global International Studies; Bloomington; hbanai@indiana.edu
This seminar investigates how religious ideas have shaped attitudes to the natural environment by focusing on the Mounds of the Midwest. It will examine the meanings and burial practices of the early Native American peoples, highlight the history of these indigenous groups, and explore the multiple meanings of the Mounds today as revealed in contemporary governmental policies and the American public educational system. The goal is to create critical conversation around environmental ethics and the complex intersections of state power and religion.
Charmayne Champion-Shaw; Native American Indigenous Studies; School of Liberal Arts; IUPUI; cchampio@iupui.edu
Kelly Hayes; Religious Studies; School of Liberal Arts; IUPUI; keehayes@iupui.edu
Continuing through 2018
