11/11/2025
Sharing for our friends in Social Sciences. Consider coming to the talk tomorrow!
Dear IU Southeast Community,
I want to invite you to a special, invited talk this Wed. by Dr. Edward E. Curtis IV of Indiana University, Indianapolis.
Topic: The Long History of Arab Americans in Indiana
Date and Time: Wednesday, November 12, from 12:20 to 1:05 pm.
Location: Crestview 111
About: Dr. Curtis is the William M. and Gail M. Plater Chair of the Liberal Arts and Professor of World Languages & Cultures at the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts in Indianapolis, where he also directs the Arabic and Islamic studies minor. Raised in Southern Illinois, where his Syrian-Lebanese family settled in the late 1800s, Dr. Curtis also lived in Evansville during his teenage years and has made Indianapolis his home since 2005. An award-winning author, Dr. Curtis has written or edited a total of fourteen books about Africana religions, Islam, Arab American history, and Muslim American studies.
This talk is funded by the Indiana Humanities’ Speaker Program. For more information, see: https://indianaauthorsawards.org/speakers-program/.
Thank you.
Elizabeth Gritter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
