POCATELLO — Humanities Café presented by Idaho State University’s Committee for the Study of Violence, Conflict, and War in Society, will have a presentation Nov. 15 at 6 p.m., at Portneuf Valley Brewery, 615 S. First Ave., Pocatello.

Topic will be “India and Its Borders: Weaving Cloth and Stories,”by Naomi Adams, MFA, assistant professor of art, and Alan Johnson, Ph.D., professor of English, both at ISU.

Art professor Naomi Adams’ textile research, including that of India, and English professor Alan Johnson’s work on the theme of blurred boundaries in Indian literature would seem to have little connection to one another. But both their interests concern borders: Women weaving patterns across the India-Bangladesh border, writers whose characters refuse to stay in one place. On cloth or on the page, artists convey the reality that we live in a world of borders — national, cultural, religious, gendered — and that when we divide ourselves accordingly, violence is never far away. 

Hors d’oeuvres will be provided; free and open to the public. For additional information please contact Erika Kuhlman at kuhlerik@isu.edu or Linda Leeuwrik at leeulind@isu.edu.