MONMOUTH,
Ill. — A Monmouth College professor will share her insights on women and
Islam throughout the state of Illinois beginning next fall.
Farhat Haq, who is chair of the department of
political science, has been named a Road Scholar by the Illinois
Humanities Council (IHC), which started the time-tested program three
years ago. It continues the long tradition of the itinerant
teacher-scholar that began with the rise of civilization. Like their
predecessors who traversed the continents and made each town their
classroom, Road Scholars will take their programs on the roads of Illinois
to the diverse communities and peoples who make up the state.
A Monmouth faculty member since 1987, Haq is a
graduate of the State University of New York at Fredonia. She earned a
master’s degree in government from Cornell University in 1983 and her
Ph.D. in government from Cornell in 1987. In her sixth year on Monmouth’s
faculty, she won the prestigious Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty
Achievement Award. In 2002, Haq, who is a native of Pakistan, was invited
to return to her home country as a Fulbright Scholar.
Through Road Scholars, non-profit organizations
are allowed the opportunity to offer high quality, public humanities
programs to local audiences, free of charge. Illinois’ finest writers,
poets, historians, anthropologists and scholar-actors will travel
throughout the state, making presentations that entertain, educate and
challenge. The scholars will encourage Illinoisans to reflect upon the
human condition from a range of perspectives and will offer a context for
discussion and dialogue.
Eligible non-profit organizations include, but are
not limited to: historical societies, libraries, museums, community
colleges, professional groups and community organizations. The IHC
supports the speaker’s honorarium and travel expenses, but interested
parties must contact the speaker, plan the program, promote the event,
provide the space and necessary equipment, keep track of expenses and
provide the IHC with a brief description of how the program went.
To learn more about the program, visit the
following Web site:
http://www.prairie.org/programs/speak2.asp
