News, Publications & Research

Calabria presents on Christian-Muslim relations in India

May 07, 2026 | Fr. Michael Calabria, O.F.M., professor of World Languages and Cultural Studies and director of the Center for Arab & Islamic Studies, recorded a lecture for the Henry Martyn Institute in Hyderabad, India, which is holding its annual course on Christian-Muslim Relations May 3-10.

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Eight SBU students inducted into Sigma Delta Pi

Sep 08, 2025 | Eight St. Bonaventure University students were inducted into the Xi Delta chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society.

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Fr. Calabria featured in upcoming PBS film on Islamic love stories

Jul 24, 2025 | Fr. Michael D. Calabria, O.F.M., director of the Center for Arab & Islamic Studies at St. Bonaventure University, is back on the big screen.

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Calabria speaks at Interfaith Harmony Week at Nazareth

Feb 13, 2025 | Fr. Michael Calabria, O.F.M., Ph.D., associate professor of World Languages and Cultural Studies and director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, was the invited guest speaker at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York, on Feb. 6, for observance of U.N. World Interfaith Harmony Week.

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Calabria presents remotely to conference in Izbekistan

Nov 08, 2024 | Fr. Michael D. Calabria, O.F.M., Ph.D., associate professor and director of the Center for Arab & Islamic Studies, presented via Zoom at the 6th International Ebu’l-Hasan Kharkani Symposium, held at Oriental University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Nov. 1.

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Calabria presents in Istanbul on Sufism & interreligious dialogue

Oct 25, 2024 | Fr. Michael Calabria, associate professor of World Languages and Cultural Studies and director of the Center for Arab & Islamic Studies, made two presentations at the Franciscan Formation Course on Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue, held in Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 13-26.

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Faculty members attend three-day sustainability workshop

Sep 10, 2024 | Five faculty members attended the Valley & Ridge Faculty Workshop for Sustainability held at Dickinson College in May.

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Seven SBU students inducted into National Spanish Honor Society Sigma Delta Pi

May 05, 2023 | Seven St. Bonaventure University students were inducted into the Xi Delta Chapter of the National Spanish Honor Society Sigma Delta Pi.

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