Religion and Politics Seminar

"Resurgent Religion and Global Politics: The Case of Democratization" 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...

"Religious Origins of the Smithian Revolution in Economics" Discussant: David Hall Bartlett Research Professor, Harvard Divinity School. If you plan to attend RSVP to Ofrit Liviatan. Speaker: Benjamin M. Friedman, Faculty Associate. William Joseph Maier...

"The Islam and Democracy Question, Revisited" Discussant: Harvey Cox Hollis Research Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School. If you plan to attend RSVP to Ofrit Liviatan. Speaker: Robert Hefner, Professor of Anthropology and Director, Institute on...

"European Refugees and ‘Population Redistribution’ in the Early Cold War Period" Comment: Elisa Minoff Ph.D. candidate, Department of History, Harvard University. Speaker: Daniel Cohen, Associate Professor of History, Rice University. Chairs: Erez Manela...

"Scientist and Evangelical Christian Conversations on Climate Change" Discussant: Bryan Hehir Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life, Harvard Kennedy School, and Secretary for Health and Social Services...

"Dien Bien Phu as International History" Comment: Eva Bitran Ph.D. candidate, Department of History, Harvard University. Speaker: Fredrik Logevall, John S. Knight Professor of International Studies, Cornell University. Chairs: Erez Manela, Director...

"What is a Muslim State? Illiberal Secularity in the Tunisian and Egyptian Young Republics" Discussant: Noah Feldman Bemis Professor of International Law, Harvard Law School. If you plan to attend RSVP to Ofrit Liviatan. Speaker: Malika Zeghal, Faculty...

"Judicial Politics and the Secularization of European Nation-States—Religious Diversity at the European Court of Human Rights, 1959–2009" Discussant:Jytte Klausen Lawrence A. Wien Professor of International Cooperation, Department of Politics, Brandies...

"How to Sell the State: Nation Branding, Civil Society and Cultural Diplomacy since 1850" Comment: Ann Wilson Ph.D. candidate, Department of History, Harvard University. Speaker: Jessica Gienow-Hecht, Professor of International History, University of Köln...

"The Christian Roots of the Secular State: A Comparative Analysis" Discussant: Ronald Thiemann Bussey Professor of Theology, Harvard Divinity School. If you plan to attend RSVP to Ofrit Liviatan. Speaker: Silvio Ferrari, Professor of Canon Law, University...