GPIS Brown Bag Lunch w/ Dr. Hodes
<p align="center"> <strong>Religious Foundations of Identity and Conflict</strong></p> <p> </p> <p> <strong>Dr. Joseph Hodes</strong></p> <p> </p> <p> Dr. Hodes will talk about his research and the spring graduate course he will be teaching for the Graduate Program in International Studies.</p> <p> Professor Joseph Hodes is a Visiting Professor at Old Dominion University's Institute for Jewish Studies and Interfaith Understanding. Born in Toronto, Canada, Professor Hodes’ principal research focus has been on Israeli history and the Arab Israeli conflict. His book, From India to Israel, examines a Jewish community that lived in India amongst Hindus and Muslims for almost 2,000 years without persecution, and their absorption into the state, upon arriving in Israel. Following his Master degree work in Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and has been the recipient of numerous significant awards for his research and teaching. His doctoral work included several extended stays in India and he traveled extensively throughout the Muslim Middle East over the course of the three years spent living in Israel.</p> <p> </p> <p> <u>IS 795/895 The Religious Foundations of Identity and Conflict, Spring 2015</u></p> <p> Throughout the 20<sup>th</sup> and now, 21<sup>st</sup> century, the world has seen many conflicts come, go and stay. Many of these conflicts are deeply rooted in religious identity. In some cases the conflicts are even being fought between members of the same religion over different understandings of those identities. This course will examine the foundations of religious identity as they are attached to various conflicts throughout the globe. It will look at the Catholic Protestant conflict in Ireland, the Jewish Muslim conflict in Israel and Palestine, the Sunni Shia conflict between Iran and Iraq in the 1980s, the Muslim Hindu conflict between India and Pakistan, the Sikh Hindu conflict in India, The Tibetan Buddhist and Chinese conflict in Tibet as well as the spread of Islamic fundamentalism from its roots in Saudi Arabia to its growing influence in Europe. This course will provide an in-depth exploration of religion and identity allowing students to understand many of the conflicts going on across the globe through a unique lens.</p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> <strong>Thursday, October 16, 2014</strong></p> <p align="center"> <strong>1230 - 1330</strong></p> <p align="center"> <strong>BAL 8009</strong></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> <strong><em>All Welcome</em></strong></p> <p align="center"> </p>
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Date: Mon Sep 29 10:11:27 EDT 2014