Contact: Sarah Nicholas

STARKVILLE, Miss.—As part of International Education Week running Nov. 15-19 at Mississippi State, the Holmes Cultural Diversity Center and the College of Arts and Sciences’ Institute for the Humanities are hosting a panel discussion spotlighting how different faiths view the “afterlife.”

Presented at 6 p.m. on Nov. 16 in Griffis Hall’s fourth floor Forum Room, the event is free and open to the public and also will be available on the Institute’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/msu.humanities.institute.  

Albert Bisson and William Kallfelz—both instructors in MSU’s Department of Philosophy and Religion—and Fumiko Joo, an assistant professor in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, will share their thoughts and expertise on religion and the afterlife.

“I’m excited to learn about what the afterlife looks like, not just in Buddhism, but also the Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism and faiths from East Asia,” said Julia Osman, institute director and an associate professor of history. “This program is building on last year’s successful one on Buddhism and suffering. We had such a fantastic turnout and great questions from students, and we thought this would be the logical next step—talking about the afterlife and expanding the number of religions we cover.”

For additional questions about the event, contact Osman at humanities@msstate.edu.

Part of MSU’s College of Arts and Sciences, the Institute for the Humanities promotes research, scholarship and creative performances in the humanistic disciplines and raises their visibility, both within Mississippi State University and the wider community.

For more details about the College of Arts and Sciences or the Institute for the Humanities visit www.cas.msstate.edu or www.ih.msstate.edu.

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