Dr. Jill Carroll who is a faculty member at Rice University in
Houston, TX and the executive director of
Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance
was the guest of SEF to give a lecture entitled "Dialogue of
Civilizations." The lecture discussed the well-known Muslim scholar
Fethullah Gulen, and was based on her latest book
"A
Dialogue of Civilizations: Gulen's Islamic Ideals and Humanistic
Discourse."
Rebecca Nelson, the director of Multicultural Center and assistant
vice president for Student Affairs at OSU, welcomed the guests at the
lecture, and also introduced Dr. Carroll for her speech. The lecture
took place at the Ohio State University on the 25th of January, 2008.
Dr. Carroll also was the guest Fred Andrle and the Open Line radio
program. You can access the video from the lecture and Dr. Carroll's radio show recording below. The event was sponsored by the
Multicultural Center at the Ohio State University, and Students for
Dialogue at OSU.