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Religion and Politics Seminar
Date: September 26, 2011
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"The Enemy's Two Bodies: The Jew, the Arab"

 

Discussant:
Noah R. Feldman
Faculty Associate. Bemis Professor of International Law, Harvard Law School.

 

Speakers
Anidjar, Gil
Associate Professor, Department of Religion, Columbia University.

Religion and Politics Seminar
Date: October 3, 2011
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"Religion, Rawls and Reason: The Case of Soft Authoritarianism in Singapore"

Discussant:
Nancy Rosenblum
Senator Joseph Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government, Harvard University.

 

Speakers
Turner, Bryan S.
Presidential Professor, Department of Sociology, The City University of New York.

Religion and Politics Seminar
Date: October 24, 2011
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"How Judges Justify to Multiple Publics: Islam and Law Across England, France, and Indonesia"

 

Discussant:
Mark Tushnet
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Harvard Law School.

 

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Speakers
Bowen, John
Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts & Sciences, Washington University at St. Louis.

Religion and Politics Seminar
Date: October 31, 2011
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"When The King Renounces His Divine Status: Religious Transformation in the City of 201 Gods, Ile Ife, Nigeria"

 

Discussant:
Kimberley C. Patton
Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religion, Harvard Divinity School.

 

 

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Speakers
Olupona, Jacob
Faculty Associate. Professor of African Religious Traditions, Harvard Divinity School, and Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University.

Religion and Politics Seminar
Date: November 7, 2011
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"Christianity & Politics: The Duties and the Dangers"


Discussant:
Bryan Hehir
Senior Adviser; Faculty Associate. Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life, Harvard Kennedy School, and Secretary for Health and Social Services, Archdiocese of Boston.

 

 

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Speakers
Wehner, Peter
Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center.

Religion and Politics Seminar
Date: February 6, 2012
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"The Many Transitions Facing the Roman Catholic Church in Cuba: Membership, Practice, Pastoral Work, Church-State, and Political Regime "

 

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Speakers
Domínguez, Jorge I.
Chairman, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies; Senior Adviser; Faculty Associate. Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico, Department of Government; Vice Provost for International Affairs, Harvard University.

Religion and Politics Seminar
Date: February 13, 2012
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"Has the Islamic Republic Secularized? Religion-State Relations and the Transformation of Religious Authority in Contemporary Iran"

 

Discussant:
Malika Zeghal
Faculty Associate. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.

 

 

 

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Speakers
Künkler, Mirjam
Assistant Professor of Near East Studies, Princeton University.

Religion and Politics Seminar
Date: March 5, 2012
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"The Longue Durée of America’s 'Mormon Moment'"

 

Discussant:
Noah R. Feldman
Faculty Associate. Bemis Professor of International Law, Harvard Law School.

 

 

 

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Speakers
Flake, Kathleen
Associate Professor of American Religious History, Vanderbilt University.

Religion and Politics Seminar
Date: March 26, 2012
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"Political Theology and Secularization in Early-Modern Europe: A Conversation"

 

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Speakers
Lilla, Mark
Professor of Humanities, Columbia University.
Nelson, Eric
Professor of Government, Harvard University.

Religion and Politics Seminar
Date: April 9, 2012
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge St., Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)
This is open to the public.

"Catholic Faith, Justice, and the Common Good: Thoughts on the Roles of Bishops and the Lay Faithful"

Discussant:
Arthur Applbaum
Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values, Harvard Kennedy School.

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Speakers
George, Robert P.
McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence; Director, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University.