Islam in West and South Asia Expert to Speak at Butler

Carl W. Ernst (left), a specialist in Islamic studies, with a focus on West and South Asia, is one of the speakers during the fall series of lectures hosted by the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series at Butler University. His appearance is co-sponsored by the Change and Tradition Program.

Ernst's presentation is 7:30 p.m. 5 November in the Reilly Room, Atherton Union, Butler. It's free and open to the public. For more information, call 317:940-9861.

His most recent book, Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World, received several international awards. Ernst has been on the faculty in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Department of Religious Studies since 1992.