Elizabeth Bucar Associate Professor of Religious Studies e.bucar@neu.edu 617.373.3636 Expertise comparative religious ethics, gender and sexuality, Islam, material cultures and ethics, muslim ethics, Roman Catholicism Elizabeth Bucar in the Press Article Avoiding Curricular Pitfalls of Study Abroad Liz Bucar is a professor of religion and Dean’s Leadership Fellow at Northeastern University and author of Stealing My Religion: Not Just Any Cultural Appropriation. Article More mainstream retailers are offering Ramadan goods “There was a strategic move of these corporations to tap into the buying power of the (Muslim) community that they’ve been kind of ignoring for a while,” said Liz Bucar, religious ethicist at Northeastern University in Boston and author of “Stealing My Religion: Not Just Any Cultural Appropriation.” Article Balaclavas Are Trendy, but for Some Muslim Women It’s More Complicated Elizabeth Bucar, a professor of religion at Northeastern University and the author of “Pious Fashion,” said that it was “marketed as a symbol of cosmopolitan chicness, even while Sikhs who wear turbans are subject to violence.” Article Power Up: Trump wants masks to be a 2020 wedge issue. But Americans, including Republicans, support them. “The meaning we give to these masks matter,” Liz Bucar, a professor of religion at Northeastern University, told our colleague Robin Givhan about society’s sartorial shift. Article Masks are here to stay. And they’re quickly becoming a way to express ourselves. “The question about face masks is how will they morally change us? To some extent the answer depends on our motivation for wearing them,” says Liz Bucar, a professor of religion at Northeastern University. “If you are wearing a mask to protect yourself from others, you are forming a habit of fear. Every time you […] Article The Public Writing Life: the Venue, the Pitch, and the Fee For insights on how to connect with editors, I reached out to Liz Bucar, a professor of philosophy and religion at Northeastern University and project lead of the Luce-funded Sacred Writes: Public Scholarship on Religion. Article How Muslim women use fashion to exert political influence Northeastern professor Elizabeth Bucar writes about the rebellious potential of an apparently conservative style. Article Islamic style is showing up on catwalks, in mainstream stores, and on non-Muslim women For most of the years of Elizabeth Bucar’s research, the fashion world barely noticed Muslim style and the style makers I studied. But now, the Northeastern professor sees pious fashion showing up on catwalks, in department stores and on non-Muslim women. Article The fashionable woman in the Islamic attire It may be that someone steeped in Islamic traditions would find Elizabeth Bucar’s exploration of style among Muslim women in Iran, Turkey and Indonesia simplistic. Indeed, the main message in her book, “Pious Fashion: How Muslim Women Dress,” is quite basic: Fashion among Muslim women, whether they are fully cloaked in a chador or wearing […] Article The Christian Science Monitor Saudi women petition to end male guardianship laws Social media and online journalism has “added to the groundswell,” in that it “gets the word out” and “allows for collaboration in new sorts of ways,” says Elizabeth Bucar, a professor of religious studies at Northeastern University. The rise of the internet has also led to “a lot more international interest and knowledge” of the […] Elizabeth Bucar for Northeastern Global News The NBA’s Toronto Raptors partnered with Nike to create team-branded hijabs for Muslim women The NBA’s Toronto Raptors partnered with Nike to create team-branded hijabs for Muslim women The NBA team formed a partnership with Nike to market and sell the head coverings, which are worn by some Muslim women. “Representation matters, especially when you think about Muslim girls seeing themselves represented as athletes,” says Liz Bucar, a professor of religion at Northeastern. Scholars of sociology, religion, and civil rights to take on gun violence and hate speech Scholars of sociology, religion, and civil rights to take on gun violence and hate speech Following the recent mass shootings in New Zealand, Texas, and Ohio, people of different faiths and beliefs banded together to help the victims and their families. Northeastern will train religious scholars to work more effectively with the media Northeastern will train religious scholars to work more effectively with the media The program, funded by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, will teach the scholars how to pitch op-ed articles, build scholarly brands, and use social media to get the word out. 3Qs: Why Pope Francis has been so influential 3Qs: Why Pope Francis has been so influential On Wednesday, TIME magazine named Pope Francis as its “Person of the Year,” describing him as “The People’s Pope” who is “poised to transform a place that measures change by the century.” Francis became pope in March, succeeding Pope Benedict XVI, the first leader of the Catholic Church to step down in 600 years. Nancy […] 3Qs: Benedict XVI resigns the papacy 3Qs: Benedict XVI resigns the papacy The leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, shocked the globe on Monday when he announced he would be stepping down as pontiff—the first pope to do so in nearly 600 years. We asked Elizabeth Bucar, an associate professor of religious studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, to weigh in on the […]
Article Avoiding Curricular Pitfalls of Study Abroad Liz Bucar is a professor of religion and Dean’s Leadership Fellow at Northeastern University and author of Stealing My Religion: Not Just Any Cultural Appropriation.
Article More mainstream retailers are offering Ramadan goods “There was a strategic move of these corporations to tap into the buying power of the (Muslim) community that they’ve been kind of ignoring for a while,” said Liz Bucar, religious ethicist at Northeastern University in Boston and author of “Stealing My Religion: Not Just Any Cultural Appropriation.”
Article Balaclavas Are Trendy, but for Some Muslim Women It’s More Complicated Elizabeth Bucar, a professor of religion at Northeastern University and the author of “Pious Fashion,” said that it was “marketed as a symbol of cosmopolitan chicness, even while Sikhs who wear turbans are subject to violence.”
Article Power Up: Trump wants masks to be a 2020 wedge issue. But Americans, including Republicans, support them. “The meaning we give to these masks matter,” Liz Bucar, a professor of religion at Northeastern University, told our colleague Robin Givhan about society’s sartorial shift.
Article Masks are here to stay. And they’re quickly becoming a way to express ourselves. “The question about face masks is how will they morally change us? To some extent the answer depends on our motivation for wearing them,” says Liz Bucar, a professor of religion at Northeastern University. “If you are wearing a mask to protect yourself from others, you are forming a habit of fear. Every time you […]
Article The Public Writing Life: the Venue, the Pitch, and the Fee For insights on how to connect with editors, I reached out to Liz Bucar, a professor of philosophy and religion at Northeastern University and project lead of the Luce-funded Sacred Writes: Public Scholarship on Religion.
Article How Muslim women use fashion to exert political influence Northeastern professor Elizabeth Bucar writes about the rebellious potential of an apparently conservative style.
Article Islamic style is showing up on catwalks, in mainstream stores, and on non-Muslim women For most of the years of Elizabeth Bucar’s research, the fashion world barely noticed Muslim style and the style makers I studied. But now, the Northeastern professor sees pious fashion showing up on catwalks, in department stores and on non-Muslim women.
Article The fashionable woman in the Islamic attire It may be that someone steeped in Islamic traditions would find Elizabeth Bucar’s exploration of style among Muslim women in Iran, Turkey and Indonesia simplistic. Indeed, the main message in her book, “Pious Fashion: How Muslim Women Dress,” is quite basic: Fashion among Muslim women, whether they are fully cloaked in a chador or wearing […]
Article The Christian Science Monitor Saudi women petition to end male guardianship laws Social media and online journalism has “added to the groundswell,” in that it “gets the word out” and “allows for collaboration in new sorts of ways,” says Elizabeth Bucar, a professor of religious studies at Northeastern University. The rise of the internet has also led to “a lot more international interest and knowledge” of the […]