Asma Barlas, program director at the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, gave the first Spinoza Lecture at the University of Amsterdam on May 8. The talk was entitled, "Believing Women in Islam: Between Secular and Religious Politics and Theology."

ITHACA, NY— The Prison Machine: Race, Torture, and the State series at Ithaca College will conclude on Wednesday, April 23, with a panel discussion on “Jails and Justice.” Free and open to the public, the program will take place at 7 p.m. in Clark Lounge, Egbert Hall.

The discussion will be led by Ithaca College MLK Scholars and moderated by Sean...

Submitted on behalf of Tanya R. Saunders, assistant provost and dean of interdisciplinary and international studies.

Asma Barlas, professor of politics and director of the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, has arrived in the Netherlands and begun her three-month appointment to the Spinoza Chair at the University of Amsterdam.

ITHACA, NY—“Digital Counterpoints: Performance and Networked Media”—a panel discussion on thinking and acting in digital counterpoint—will take place on Thursday, April 3, as part of Ithaca College’s 11th annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF). Free and open to the public, the event will begin at 4 p.m. in Park Hall Auditorium.