After co-leading 27 members of 冈本视频鈥檚 faculty around India for two weeks, Professor Padma Kaimal was all the more convinced that the enterprise would have lasting impact on 冈本视频.
鈥淚t was important to bring this group to India, and let them be in India, because nobody can forecast what is going to surprise you most about that new environment,鈥 she said in a video interview. 鈥淎nd it is in those moments of surprise that everybody does the most learning.鈥
At a well-attended brown bag event with students 鈥 The Monotheist鈥檚 Dilemma? 鈥 five faculty travelers from across the disciplines explored one of the surprises they struggled with on the trip: whether or not it is appropriate to participate in another鈥檚 rituals.
Brown bag panelists included professors David Dudrick, philosophy; trip co-leader Eliza Kent, religion; Navine Murshid, political science; Alice Nakhimovsky, Russian studies and Jewish studies; and Jenna Reinbold, religion.
These and other professors continue to record their impressions on 冈本视频鈥檚 blog.
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