The international background of politics professor Asma Barlas does more than just contribute to her teaching style -- it’s a big part of what she teaches. In and out of the classroom, Barlas challenges her Ithaca College counterparts to examine their beliefs and assumptions and view the world through a global lens.

Barlas grew up in Pakistan and studied English literature...

“I feel like I just took a shower in truth,” said one IC student after watching spoken-word artist Saul Williams perform to a packed house at Ithaca.

Williams took the mike at Ithaca College’s Park Auditorium recently to deliver poetry, song, artistry, and insight to the enthusiastic crowd.

Saul Williams performing in Park...

Singer, poet, emcee, and artist Sunni Patterson will perform in the Clark Lounge this Monday, February 23, at 7:00 p.m. Her performance will kick off the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity's spring lecture series, "Chaos or Community? MLK and the Politics of Resistance."

"Last year was the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination...

The Center for Race, Culture, and Ethnicity kicked off its 2007-2008 discussion series, “The Prison Machine: Race, Torture, and the State,” on Tuesday, September 18th in Clark Lounge with its first lecture titled “Warfare in the America Homeland: Policing and Prison in a Penal Democracy.”  Visiting speaker Dr. Joy...

Asma Barlas, director of the College’s Center for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity, and professor of politics in the School of Humanities and Sciences, was recently named the Spinoza Chair at the University of Amsterdam for the spring 2008 semester. As a distinguished visiting scholar, Professor Barlas will give public lectures, discuss her work with faculty, teach a...