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It was a busy week for IU Indianapolis Arabic and Islamic Studies Program Director Edward Curtis, the Gail M. and William M. Plater Chair of the Liberal Arts. On April 8, he received the Chancellor’s Award for Civic Engagement and then just five days later, Curtis took home the Asian Student Union’s Faculty Leader of the Year …

Join us for an interesting discussion in which faculty from IU McKinney School of Law and IU Indianapolis Department of Philosophy will debate the topic of “Is there a God?” Panel Members: John Hill, R. Bruce Townsend Professor of Law, IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law & Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, IU Indianapolis School …

The act of storytelling is among the most profound of human endeavors. Across centuries and civilizations, we have crafted narratives to make sense of the universe and our place within it. Ray Bradbury understood this well. His work—equal parts poetry and prophecy—bridged the imagined and the inevitable, the speculative and the deeply human. And so, …

Indiana University-Indianapolis Professor Karen Kovacik will be reading from a new collection of poems on Tuesday, April 29, at the University Library, Lilly Auditorium, at 7:30 p.m. “Portable City is primarily a travelogue composed of introspections on movement through both the physical world and nonlinear timelines. Introducing the concrete and the abstract to one another, …

Department of Communication Studies professors Drs. Maria Brann and Jennifer Bute and alumna Dr. Kelsey Binion presented recent research to health care practitioners at a plenary session at the international Institute of Reproductive Grief Care symposium. Their research, based on interviews with health care providers and patients experiencing pregnancy after reproductive loss, provides evidence for …

IU-I Professor Edward Curtis invites you to attend the Arab American Community Fair at the Indianapolis Global Village on April 12, 2025, from 12 Noon to 4pm.  A professional dabka (Arab line dancing), troupe from Detroit in addition to an art exhibit and free food are headlining the community fair. The fair, which will take …

The Indiana University Indianapolis Philosophy Department is proud to announce the publication of Dr. Kahn’s most recent book, Problem-Based Ethics. As noted on the Rowman and Littlefield website, as a broad critique and invitation to reframe the study of ethics, Problem-Based Ethics welcomes scholars and students across disciplines to engage with ethics as a way …

The IU Indianapolis Philosophy Department is proud to announce the publication of Dr. De Waal’s latest edited volume, The Oxford Handbook of Charles S. Peirce. As noted on the Oxford UP website, the volume presents thirty-four original essays on the work of Charles S. Peirce; draws on seasoned as well as emerging Peirce scholars; puts …

The Indiana University Philosophy Department is proud to announce the release of Dr. Timothy Lyons’ recent book, Scientific Realism, published with Cambridge University Press. The scientific realism debate directly addresses the relation between human thought and the reality in which it finds itself. A core question: can we justifiably believe that science accurately describes the …

IU Indianapolis Professor Erik Saak’s latest work, Confessions of a Heretic. Volume One: Philosophical Considerations, is written for all those who have struggled with the concept of God. It is the first of a planned three-volume systematic theology. It seeks to answer the question of how can one believe in God when horrible things happen, …