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Dr. Guy Beck gave the inaugural lecture of The Asian Studies Lecture Series at Christopher Newport University, located in Newport News, VA.
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Dr. Adil Khan will conduct research on Islamic Law and the Qu'ran in the wake of the Arab revolutions.
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Recently appointed faculty member Judith Gruber, Ph.D., published her dissertation thesis, "Theologie nach dem Cultural Turn: Interkulturalitaet als theologische Ressource" (Kohlhammer, April, 2013.)
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Judith Gruber, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, gave a presentation at the conference of the European Society of Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies (ESITIS.)
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Dr. Adil H. Khan participated in Xavier University's Institute for Black Catholic Studies panel discussion entitled, "Race, Culture, and Spirituality."
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Dr. Catherine Wessinger will participate in Baylor University's upcoming event "Reflecting On An American Tragedy: The Branch Davidians 20 Year Later."
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Adil H. Khan, recently appointed Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies, spoke on Islamic Law at the University of Mississippi.
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Dr. Judith Gruber will present a paper to the Catholic Theological Society of America in June 2013.
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Izabela Gasparri will travel to Haiti for an important service mission.
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Robert Gnuse, the James C. Carter, S.J./Bank One Distinguished Professor of the Humanities, has two articles in the press: