Research, ideas, and leadership for a more secure, peaceful world
Meetings will be held on Mondays, 12:00-1:30 PM in the Bowie-Vernon Room (2nd floor of CGIS 1737 Cambridge Street)
Meetings will be held on Mondays, 12:00-1:30 PM in the Bowie-Vernon Room (2nd floor of CGIS 1737 Cambridge Street)
Fall 2011:
September 26 - Gil Anedjar - (Columbia): "The Enemy's Two Bodies: The Jew, the Arab"
October 3 - Brian Turner (CUNY): “Religion, Rawls and Reason: The Case of Soft Authoritarianism in Singapore”
October 24 - John R. Bowen (WUSL): "How Judges Justify to Multiple Publics: Islam and Law Across England, France, and Indonesia”
October 31 - Jacob Olupana – (Divinity, Harvard): Aspects of his book "The City of 201 Gods"
November 7 - Peter Wehner (Ethics and Public Policy Center): “Christianity & Politics: The Duties and the Dangers”
Spring 2012:
February 6 - Jorge Dominguez (FAS): "The Many Transitions Facing the Roman Catholic Church in Cuba: Membership, Practice, Pastoral Work, Church-State, and Political Regime"
February 13 - Mirjam Künkler (Near Eastern, Princeton) – “Islamic Thought and Social Movement Activism on the Transformation of Authoritarian Rule” - Discussant: Malika Zeghal, Harvard.
March 5 - Kathleen Flake (Vanderbilt): "The Longue Durée of America’s ‘Mormon Moment’”
March 26 – Joint session – No commentator needed - Mark Lilla (Columbia) and Eric Nelson (FAS): "Political Theology and Secularization in Early-Modern Europe: A Conversation"
April 9 - Robert P. George (Princeton) – Title TBD