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CANCELLED: Making Schools Safe for Students Who Wear Visible Religious Dress

Tuesday, April 14, 2020
4:00 pm
Art Building 100

Dr. Bucar is an internationally renowned scholar of religion and professor at Northeastern University. She is an ethicist who has done fieldwork in Iran, Indonesia, Turkey, and the US. The author two books on religious clothing--The Islamic Veil: A Beginners Guide and the award-winning Pious Fashion: How Muslims Dress--Bucar has also written on this topic for popular outlets including The Atlantic, LA Times, and Religion News Service.

Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Bucar will host a two-hour conversation about how to make public schools safer spaces for religious minorities who wear visible religious dress. The workshop will be free to all, but seating is limited: get your ticket on our Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-schools-safe-for-students-who-wear-visible-religious-dress-tickets-90999603263.

The event is sponsored by the Humanities Center, Anthropology, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Comparative Religion, Educational Leadership, Teacher Education, and Educational Psychology.

Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Bucar
Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Bucar
Department of Religion, Northwestern University