Thursday, March 9

Henry Glassie
"A Story of Work and Devotion: The Ethnographer in a Muslim Land"

Yeager Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Henry Glassie is Professor of Folklore at Indiana University and serves as co-director of Turkish Studies. Glassie has published 13 books including
Turkish Traditional Art Today for which he was honored with the award
for Superior Service by the Turkish Ministry of Culture. Drawing upon
twenty years of enthographic field student in the cities and villages
of modern Turkey, Glassie will use the art of everyday life as an entry
into Islamic history, culture and thought.

Co-sponsored by PERCS: The Program for Ethnographic Research and
Community Studies, The Isabella Cannon Center for International Studies,
the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, the International Studies
Program, & the departments of Sociology/Anthropology, Religious Studies and Art.

Online Resources

 Henry Glassie's Biography
http://www.indiana.edu/~alldrp/members/glassie.html

Interview with Henry Glassie ~ September 24, 2004
IU Home Pages
http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/092404/text/conversations.shtml

Ticket Information

Admission is free and the public is invited. A ticket is not required.