EVENTS
Muslims in the West After 9/11: Religion, Law and Politics, Religion and Politics Seminar
Seminar
RSVP required - Fainsod Room, Littauer-324
November 23, 2009
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Related Project: Religion in International Affairs
Religion and Politics Seminar
Muslims in the West After 9/11: Religion, Law and Politics
Speaker: Jocelyne Cesari, Associate, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Discussant: Nelly Lahoud, Associate, Initiative on Religion in International Affairs; Assistant Professor of Political Theory, Goucher College
Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
"American Religious Pluralism: Civic and Theological Discourse": Religion and Politics Seminar
Seminar
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 16, 2009
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Related Project: Religion in International Affairs
A presentation by Diana L. Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, Harvard University.
“Western Impact and Turkey” Seminar 5: State and Religion in the Scope of Democracy and Human Rights
Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
November 3, 2009
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Related Projects: Religion in International Affairs, International Security
Western Impact and Turkey Seminar 5: State and Religion in the Scope of Human Rights and Democracy
With Dr. Baskin Oran, emeritus professor of international relations, Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University
Chaired by Monica Toft, director of Initiative on Religion and International Affairs
Sponsored by the Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe and the Initiative on Religion and International Affairs, Belfer Center
Religion, Rationality, and Violence
Seminar
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
October 5, 2009
12:00-1:30 p.m. - Religion and Politics seminar
Related Project: Religion in International Affairs
Speaker: Monica Duffy Toft, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Religion and Government Juxtaposed 2003-2008
Seminar
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
September 14, 2009
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Related Project: Religion in International Affairs
Speaker: Noah Feldman, Bemis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
Sacred Empire: American Missionaries and Filipino Muslims, 1898–1913
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Taubman 275
May 4, 2009
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Karine Walther, Research Fellow, Initiative on Relgion in International Affairs/Dubai Initiative/International Security Program
Related Projects: International Security, Religion in International Affairs, The Dubai Initiative
When the United States took administrative and military control of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War of 1898, they created a "Moro Province" to govern all Filipino Muslims. Although this province grouped together thirteen different cultural-linguistic groups, Islam was the sole factor uniting these peoples; religious identity was the primary tool of classification for U.S. government officials. The colonial government subjected the Moro Province to a unique set of laws, which they believed necessary to regulate Muslims' exceptional character traits. American missionaries became crucial actors influencing U.S. policy with regards to the governance of Filipino Muslims, demonstrating the importance of nongovernmental organizations in shaping U.S. policy.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come-first served basis.
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The Pitfalls of Jihad
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
April 2, 2009
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Nelly Lahoud, Research Fellow, International Security Program/Initiative on Religion in International Affairs
Related Projects: International Security, Religion in International Affairs
The jihadis argue, on the basis of a classical Islamic legal doctrine, that jihad, in the strict sense of fighting, is an individual duty (fard ‘ayn) incumbent upon all Muslims. The presentation discusses the evolution of the doctrine of jihad as interpreted by jihadi ideologues, the attractions of the doctrine in mobilizing Muslims to join their cause, and also the pitfalls of a doctrine that leads ineluctably to organizational fractionalization.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come-first served basis.
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Religious Fundamentalism as the End of History? The Political Demography of the Abrahamic Faiths
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
February 5, 2009
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Eric Kaufmann, Research Fellow, Initiative on Religion in International Affairs/International Security Program
Related Projects: International Security, Religion in International Affairs
This seminar asks whether religious fertility and the moribund state of today's secular religions will combine to usher in an age of conservative religious politics. Finally, with a special focus on Israel and the Muslim world, it asks what this trend may mean for international security.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come-first served basis.
The Evolution of the Secular State in Spain: Recent History and Current Issues
Seminar
RSVP required - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
February 2, 2009
12:00-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Javier Martinez-Torron, Compultense University (Madrid)
Moderator: Ragnhild Nordas, Initiative on Religion in International Affairs
Related Project: Religion in International Affairs
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The Origins of Global Jihad: Explaining the Arab Mobilization to 1980s Afghanistan
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
January 22, 2009
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Thomas Hegghammer, Research Fellow, International Security Program/Initiative on Religion in International Affairs
Related Projects: International Security, Religion in International Affairs
In the 1980s, thousands of Arabs volunteered to fight in Afghanistan against the Soviet occupation. Why had the Muslim world not seen private transnational mobilization for war before the 1980s? Who initiated and led the mobilization effort and why?
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come-first served basis.
