The Henry Luce Foundation

Congratulations to 199697 #LuceScholar Amy Weaver, Salesforce President and CFO, who was recently elected to the board of Habitat for Humanity International. She will be the organization’s second LS alum alongside 198687 Luce Scholar, Habitat CEO Jonathan Reckford.

In celebration of its 100th anniversary, The Phillips Collection presents Seeing Differently: The Phillips Collects for a New Century. The exhibition features more than 200 objects from the museum's permanent collection, organized around four themes: the senses, identity, history, and place. On view until September 12.

Venezuelan photographer and Magnum Foundation fellow Fabiola Ferrero has been photographing the journeys and struggles of Venezuelan refugees for several years. Her images are featured in a TIME magazine article that sheds light on the exodus of more than 5 million people since 2015, many of whom have settled in Colombia.

Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University Professor of Islamic Studies, will begin the 4-day symposium on Diversity and Unity in Transnational Shi'i...sm by delivering a keynote address on April 5th on Intra-Shi’a Dialogue. Register today: bit.ly/symposium-signup Cosponsored by The Henry Luce Foundation Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University Harvard University Asia Center Weatherhead Center for International Affairs University of Toronto Mississauga and the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University

Our first panel on the Harvard Symposium on Diversity & Unity in Transnational Shi’ism Approaching Intra-Shi’a Dialogue will occur on April 5th featuring spea...kers Sayed Ali Abass Razawi from the Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society, Zahra Jamal from the Bosniuk Institute of Rice University, Scott Lucas from the University of Arizona, and Eliton Pashaj & Hussain Abiva of the Bektashi Community of America. Sign up here: http://bit.ly/symposium-signup Cosponsored by The Henry Luce Foundation Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University Harvard University Asia Center Weatherhead Center for International Affairs University of Toronto Mississauga and the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University

Register now for our upcoming co-sponsored panel, The Spirits and Spiritual Life of the Mekong, on April 7, 2:00pm - 3:30pm HST. https://www.cseashawaii.org//roundtable-the-spirits-and-s/

In his acclaimed children’s book Fauja Singh Keeps Going, Simran Jeet SinghLuce Fellow at NYU Center for Religion and Mediarecounts the inspiring life and journey of the world’s oldest marathon runner. Named a best book of 2020 by NPR and NYPL The New York Public Library!

Over the next week, join the University of Chicago Divinity School's Marty Center and Interfaith Youth Core for a virtual conference on the "Typologies of Interfaith Education." Panels of scholars, students, and administrators will discuss challenges faced by biblical scholars, pluralism and moral formation, the future of seminary and divinity schools, and how emerging scholars conceive of interfaith education. Register here:

The American Council of Learned Societies has announced its second cohort of Leading Edge Fellows. These twelve early-career scholars studying religion, theology, and ethics represent a variety of disciplines across the humanities. They will each partner with a non-profit organization and will bring their skills and perspectives to publicly-engaged projects aimed at understanding and responding to the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bennington College has been awarded a grant of $25,000 to launch The Henry Luce Foundation Fellowship in Public Action. Beginning in summer 2021, this grant wi...ll support Field Work Term internships for at least one Bennington student per year focused on one or more of CAPA’s overarching initiatives. See more

Register now! Join us on Monday, December 14 at 3pm Eastern Time for a virtual launch of our new Asia Shorts/Education About Asia collaboration, TEACHING AB...OUT ASIA IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC. Many thanks to The Henry Luce Foundation for supporting both our #AASDigitalDialogues series and the production of this volume! For more info and to register, visit https://bit.ly/AASDDTeaching

coLAB Arts recently announced the five artists selected for its 2021 New Brunswick Artist Residencypart of a partnership between Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick and New Brunswick Theological Seminary to respond to the social, economic, and political conditions that leave people without housing. Artists will partner with local organizations on community-focused projects including developing theater pieces about refugees and their service work; documenting the stories of unhoused community members; offering creative workshops; and creating new artistic work in response to collected oral histories. https://buff.ly/3sfCjWY

In her new book Dare to Bloom, 2011-12 Luce Scholar, Forbes 30 under 30 awardee, and serial entrepreneur Zim Flores shares how her faith and the challenges in her life have shaped her sense of purpose.

This article from Olin College of Engineering spotlights the work of recent recipients of Clare Boothe Luce research scholarships, which provide opportunities for women undergraduates to receive mentorship, experience research, and better understand the path of graduate school in STEM fields.

Carss Columbia, the Center on African-American Religion, Sexual Politics and Social Justice, has awarded grants to 16 scholars doing distinctive work at the intersections of Black studies and religion. Learn more about the grantees and their diverse projects:

One of the best parts of Lived Religion in the Digital Age is getting to work with amazing local organizations. Thank you IFCLA - St. Louis Inter-Faith Committe...e on Latin America for partnering with us on this important project! This year, as death and mourning have become so inextricable from daily life, this digital altar creates a place to reflect and remember those whom we have lost due to illness, state violence, gun violence, and more. The practice of intentional remembering is powerful, indeed. If you are looking to find more information on Día de los Muertos or for a place to contribute to an altar, please explore the site! Thanks, as ever, to Saint Louis University and The Henry Luce Foundation for supporting these efforts.

The Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in STEM is excited to announce ten new grants totaling $3.1 million. These awards will support professorships, graduate fellowships, undergraduate scholarships, and undergraduate research awards benefiting 124 women.

This piece by one of The GroundTruth Project’s Preserving Democracy and Voting Rights fellows describes the work of a faith-based criminal justice advocacy groupled by Black Muslimsto educate inmates about their right to vote and help them exercise their right by registering eligible voters from behind bars.

The Center for Law and Social Policy has launched a #NewDealforYouth, a new initiative highlighting the challenges faced by young people and communities of color, many of which have been exacerbated by COVID-19 and racial turmoil. To promote action and investment from both private and public sectors, CLASP has released a data portrait of young people, based on analysis of federal surveys, that examines the lives of young people across three areas: Economic Justice, Healing & Wellbeing, and Safe Communities.

The Luce Foundation is proud to share that Dr. Carlotta Arthur, Program Director for the Clare Boothe Luce Program, has been honored with a STEM Trailblazer award from STEMconnector, which is dedicated to developing a diverse, STEM-ready workforce. The award recognizes individuals who have made a significant contribution in a STEM field.

Congratulations to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on the selection of Boston’s Apollo as a Book of the Year in the Times Literary Supplement! https://buff.ly/2HZkjh3

A project published in the Washington Post features a collection of stories by Magnum Foundation grantees. Seven photographersbased in the Middle East and North Africashare personal experiences and perspectives that reveal the extent to which COVID-19 has impacted the lives of people in already tenuous circumstances.

On Monday 11/2, UC Merced Center for the Humanities continues its Community-Engaged Research Workshop series with a discussion on distinguishing outreach from engagementhow can scholars connect with the public to encourage collaborative, community-engaged research?

As part of its Data Assembly initiative, The GovLab hosted a virtual town hall to present its findings and recommendations on data re-use for COVID-19. The event featured a panel of experts who discussed opportunities for data re-use in responding to crises and strategies for ensuring that re-use of personal data is aligned with people’s expectations and societal values.

Doing Theology in Pandemicsan online lecture series by Chicago Theological Seminary and Odyssey Impactexplores different leadership challenges faced during a time of social crisis. The presentations by leading theologians discuss care practices, mourning, resistance and resilience, and healing. Now available to watch online.

Hearts of Our People, the first major traveling exhibition dedicated to Native women artists, organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Art, is now on view at Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, OK. This exhibition shines a bright light on the powerful role women in Native cultures playand have always playedin shaping their cultures and their communities.

A report from the Center for Latin American & Latino Studies | American University examines the challenges to establishing international consensus on environmental migrants. With a focus on Latin America, the author outlines some of the obstacles to developing a comprehensive international response and offers possible approaches to surmount them.

What is the function of religious coalitions in modern American politics? Will shifting religious identities have any impact on the election results? In case you missed it, the Religion, Race & Democracy Lab at University of Virginiawith support from a Luce/American Council of Learned Societies granthosted a discussion on how religion is shaping the 2020 election. Part of its Informed Perspectives series. Watch it here:

Congratulations to Dr. Elaine Yau, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive's inaugural Associate Curator for the Eli Leon Collection, which comprises nearly three thousand African American quilts. Yau, who co-curated the museum’s acclaimed retrospective of Rosie Lee Tompkins earlier in 2020, will oversee all cataloguing, research, and exhibition of the historic collection. https://buff.ly/35gXEV4

American Council of Learned Societies is accepting applications for its second round of Leading Edge Fellowships! Recent PhDs in religious studies, theology, and ethics will be selected to work with organizations around the country, lending their skills and knowledge to projects that help communities impacted by COVID-19. Deadline is Nov 2.

@RELatUA The University of Alabama’s American Examples projectwhich supports early-career scholars of religion in America across a variety of disciplineswelcomes applications for its 2021 program. Participants will attend three virtual workshops focused on the areas of research, public humanities, and teaching. Deadline to apply is 10/31/20.

The deadline for the Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship is next week 10/22! First Nations Development Institute will select ten Native knowledge holders and knowledge makers, who are engaged in work that benefits Indigenous people and communities, to join its 2021 cohort and receive a $50,000 award. Details here: