Ines Murzaku, Ph.D., Joins Scottish Catholic Studies at the University of Glasgow

Ines Murzaku, Ph.D., professor of Religion and director of the Catholic Studies Program at Seton Hall University has been invited to join the Scottish Catholic Studies Arts Lab at the University of Glasgow in Scotland as an associate member. Leonardo Franchi, co-director of the project, welcomed the move, saying that “Ines will bring tremendous insight and expertise to this new initiative.” Murzaku will advise the Scottish Catholic Studies scholarly team on how best to develop their work.

The Scottish Catholic Studies Arts Lab (SCAL) will bring together expertise from across the University of Glasgow and beyond to engage with the Catholic contribution to Scottish intellectual and cultural life. SCAL will be a forum for scholarly interaction and high-profile internal and public-facing events. It will interact with staff from existing academic units in the University of Glasgow and develop a programme of events for both internal and external audiences. Scottish Catholic Studies is a pioneering field of interdisciplinary critical research and teaching, creatively ranging over every aspect of Catholicism in Scotland, including its cultural and intellectual engagements from the earliest times down to its contemporary expression.

Catholic Studies is an interdisciplinary academic initiative to explore critically the Catholic contribution to culture, education and society. Originating in the higher education institutions of the Catholic Church in the United States of America in the final decades of the twentieth century, Catholic Studies is a creative response to questions around how the Catholic Church’s intellectual traditions can be part of the landscape of higher education.

A Scottish Catholic Studies MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) should be available by Spring 2025. When the course page is available it will be posted here.

Murzaku joins as part of the Associate Staff along with others.

Associate staff:

Gerry Carruthers (College of Arts and Humanities)
Mary McHugh (Archivist, Archdiocese of Glasgow)
Ines Murzaku (Founding Chair, Department of Catholic Studies, Seton Hall University, Newark, USA)

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