Religion and Politics Seminar

“Trust Unraveled: The Long Shadow of the Spanish Civil War” (with Ana Tur Prats) Speaker: Felipe Valencia Caicedo, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics, Harvard University. Contact: Liz Thach...

"Prophetic Republicanism: The American Civil Religion from Winthrop to Obama" Discussant: Eric Nelson If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Ofrit Liviatan. Speaker: Philip Gorski, Professor of Sociology, Yale University. Chairs: Ofrit Liviatan, Associate...

“When Peace is Not Enough: How the Israeli Camp Thinks about Religion, Nationalism, and Peace" Discussant: Harvey Cox If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Ofrit Liviatan. Speaker: Atalia Omer, Assistant Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies...

“Ministers Without Portfolio: Constitutionalizing Spiritual Care” Moderator: Malika Zeghal If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Ofrit Liviatan. Speaker: Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, Chair, Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University...

“Rule of Law, Constitutionalism and the Struggle for Power in Modern Syria” Discussant: Malika Zeghal If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Ofrit Liviatan. Speaker: Max Weiss, Assistant Professor of History and Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University...

“Islamism, Humiliation, and the Mobilization of Masculinity” Discussant: Noah Feldman If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Ofrit Liviatan. Speaker: Roxanne Euben, Ralph Emerson and Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of Political Science, Wellesley College...

“Biblical Politics—and Anti-politics” Discussant: Shaye Cohen If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Ofrit Liviatan.*Please note: The location of this week's seminar is not in the usual room.* Speaker: Michael Walzer, Professor, Institute for Advanced...

“Déjà Vu: The Mormon Image in 21st Century Politics” If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Ofrit Liviatan. Speaker: Terryl Givens, James A. Bostwick Chair of English, University of Richmond.

*PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED* “Opportunities and Dangers in Comparing Political and Philosophical Dimensions of Religion and Public Life.” If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Ofrit Liviatan. Speakers: José Casanova, Professor of Sociology...

"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. If you plan to attend RSVP to Ofrit...