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Mar 29, 5:00 PM: An Evening with Liz Bucar

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Join us for an evening with Professor Liz Bucar, joined in conversation by Brie Loskota, Executive Director of the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion. This event will be in person as well as livestreamed and recorded for future viewing. Liz Bucar is Professor of Religion, Dean’s Leadership Fellow, and Director of Sacred Writes at Northeastern University. An expert in comparative religious ethics, Bucar is a sought-after lecturer on topics ranging from gender reassignment surgery to the global politics of modest clothing. She is the author of four books and two edited collections, including the award-winning trade book, Pious Fashion: How Muslim Women Dress (Harvard, 2017) and Stealing My Religion: Not Just Any Cultural Appropriation (Harvard, summer 2022). Bucar’s public scholarship includes bylines in The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, and Teen Vogue, as well as several radio and podcast interviews. She has a PhD in religious ethics from the University of Chicago’s Divinity School. This program is sponsored by The Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion, the Undergraduate Program in Religious Studies, and The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality.

Date: March 29, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

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