The Luce Symposium on Global Religion and Human Security



The Luce Symposium on Religion and Human Security

May 8, 9, 2008

Comparative Religion Program

Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies

University of Washington, Seattle

THURSDAY, May 8

9:00 - 10:30 Discussant: Christian Novetzke, University of Washington

ROWENA ROBINSON, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Indian Muslim Leadership: Possibilities and Predicaments

YÜKSEL SEZGIN, University of Washington

Human Security through Lenses of Human Rights: Progressive Religious Groups Working toward Advancement of Women’s Rights

SIPRA MUKHERJEE, Bhairab Ganguly College, University of Calcutta, India

Being Hindu in Urban India: The Role of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission in Bengal

KARENJOT BHANGOO, George Mason University,& Dispute Resolution Services, Los Angeles County Bar Association

Religion, Resilience and Relationship: Civil Society in Malerkotla

10:30 – 10:45 Break

10:45 - 12:15 Discussant: Steven J. Pfaff, University of Washington

BERNADETTE NADYA JAWORSKY, Yale University and

SARA CURRAN, University of Washington

Immigration, Religion and Human Security in the United States

LUCIAN LEUSTEAN, Aston University, Birmingham, UK

Religion and Security Behind the Iron Curtain: The Orthodox Church and the Romanian Road to Communism’

EMILY A. MORRISON, University of Washington

Divided We Stand: The Religious Case against Reconciliation in Northern Ireland

12:30 – 1:25 LUNCH

1:30 - 3:00 Discussant: Steven R. Smith, University of Washington

DANIEL ALFRED MÉTRAUX, Mary Baldwin College

Religion, Politics and Constitutional Reform in Japan: How the Lay Buddhist Organization Soka Gakkai and Its Political Affiliate Komeito Have Thwarted Conservative Attempts to Revise the 1947 Constitution

RANJANA MUKHOPADHYAYA, Nagoya City University, Japan

Religious Volunteerism, Faith-based NGOs and the Civil Society of Japan: Study of Transnational Voluntarism of Buddhist NGOs in Japan

3:00 – 3:30

Session on public policy impact and future symposium/speakers 2008-09.

Announcements: Transportation arrangements for dinner.

Confirm hotel shuttle to campus for tomorrow

Confirm towncars to airport for departures

6:00 PM

Dinner at Ciao Bella, Transportation provided.

5137 25th Ave NE

Seattle, WA 98105

(206) 524-6989

FRIDAY, May 9

9:00 - 10:30 Discussant: Daniel Chirot, University of Washington

RICHARD FOX, University of Chicago Divinity School

Mediating security: Religion-Related Violence and the Islamic Press in Indonesia

SHANE JOSHUA BARTER, University of British Columbia

Ulama, The State, & War: Islam-State Relations in the Aceh Conflict

SAYRES RUDY, Amherst College

Algerian Clients, Polish Workers, and the Flow of Religious Violence

10:30 – 10:45 Break

10:45 - 12:15 Discussant: Daniel Chirot, University of Washington

JAYE A. HOUSTON, University of La Verne

Systems of Power and Human Security: Religion, Rape, Genocide-War

GLADYS GANIEL, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Religion and Human Security in Zimbabwe: Evaluating the Role of Christian Organizations in Reconstruction and Reconciliation

SULAYMAN KHALAF, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage

The Matam: Exploring the Dynamics of a Community-Centered Religious Institution in Modern Bahrain

AMY UNDERKOFLER, University of Washington

Sect-sy Hamas: The Rise of a Violent Religious Market in Palestine

12:15 – 1:25 Lunch

1:30 - 3:00 Discussant: Cabeiri Robinson, University of Washington

CHARLES McDANIEL, Baylor University

Reinventing the Brotherhood: The 1992 Cairo Earthquake and the Transformation of al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun

MURAT SOMER, KoÇ University, Istanbul

Religious Non-State Actors and Secular Democracy: Evidence from Political Islam in Turkey

JAMES AUGUSTO PIRES TIBURCIO, University of Brasilia

Human Security in Angola: The Role of Religious Non-State Actors

3:00 Wine Reception, UW Club upstairs.

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