[Bilimsel Haber] Conference: Religion, Secularism and Democracy (July 6-9, 2008, Istanbul)

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Enclosed and below you can see the program of the upcoming conference in
Istanbul on Religion, Secularism and Democracy: The History and Politics of
Secularisms with Charles Taylor as the keynote lecture, for your interest.
You are welcome to attend it.

Ayse Kadioglu


ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION AND CONFLICT

Religion, Secularism and Democracy: The History and Politics of Secularisms
This conference is part of a multi-year project funded by the Ford
Foundation.
Conference Schedule

July 6-9, 2008 · Istanbul, Turkey

SUNDAY, JULY 6
7:00pm
OPENING RECEPTION & DINNER
Armada Hotel, Terrace Bar/Sera Restaurant

MONDAY, JULY 7, Armada Hotel, Reis Meeting Room
10:00am
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Linell Cady (Arizona State University)
10:15am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Moderator/Discussant: Linell Cady
Western Secularity
Charles Taylor (McGill University)
11:45am
LUNCH
1:15pm
SESSION ONE: HISTORY AND POLITICS OF SECULARISM IN TURKEY
Moderator/Discussant: Meyda Mutman Yegenoglu (Middle East Technical
University)
Debating Secularism in Turkey: Public/Private Distinctions, the Alevi
Question, and the Headscarf
Markus Dressler (Hofstra University)
Secularism, Democracy and Islam in Turkey
Fuat Keyman (Koc University)
Secularization as a Westernizing Project in Turkey: The Role of the
Appearances of Women
Ayse Kadioglu (Sabanci University)
3:45pm
BREAK
4:00pm
SESSION TWO: HISTORY AND POLITICS OF SECULARISM IN FRANCE
Moderator/Discussant: Nilufer Gole (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences
Sociales)
The Evolution of Secularism in France: Between Two Civil Religions
Jean Bauberot (Sorbonne)
5:15pm
BREAK/DINNER
Participants should make their own plans for dinner. Information about
nearby restaurants and transportation can be found in your conference
packets or through the hotel concierge. There are also several restaurants
within the hotel.

TUESDAY, JULY 8, Armada Hotel, Reis Meeting Room
9:00am
SESSION THREE: HISTORY AND POLITICS OF SECULARISM IN THE UNITED STATES
Moderator/Discussant: Jose Casanova (Georgetown University)
Sacred and Secular in American Politics
James Morone (Brown University)
Sex and Secularity
Michael Warner (Yale University)
10:30am
BREAK
10:45am
SESSION FOUR: HISTORY AND POLITICS OF SECULARISM IN INDIA
Moderator/Discussant: Peter van der Veer (Utrecht University)
The Secular Ideal in India: Cultural Presuppositions and Background
Conditions of its Emergence
Rajeev Bhargava (Centre for the Study of Developing Societies)
Indian Secularism: A Religio-Secular Ideal
T.N. Madan (Institute of Economic Growth)
12:30pm
LUNCH
2:00pm
SESSION FIVE: COMPARATIVE, GLOBAL REFLECTIONS -- PART ONE
Moderator/Discussant: Rajeev Bhargava
Modes of Political Secularism and Regimes of Religious Pluralism
Jose Casanova
Theorizing Religious Resurgence
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd (Northwestern University)
3:30pm
BREAK
3:45pm
SESSION SIX: COMPARATIVE, GLOBAL REFLECTIONS -- PART TWO
Moderator/Discussant: Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
'Smash Temples, Build Schools': Comparing Secularism in India and China
Peter van der Veer
Security Secularism and Public Reason Secularism: Have Contemporary Debates
on Secularism Shifted Focus?
Yolande Jansen (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
5:15pm
BREAK
7:00pm
GROUP DINNER
Participants should meet in the lobby at 7:00pm for transportation to a
nearby restaurant.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, Armada Hotel, Reis Meeting Room
9:15am
SESSION SEVEN: RELIGIOUS REFLECTIONS ON THE SECULAR
Moderator/Discussant: Linell Cady
'The State Cannot be Islamic': What Does Being Secular Mean?
Abdullahi An-Na'im (Emory University)
A Closer Walk on the Wild Side: Some Comments on Charles Taylor's A Secular
Age
John Milbank (University of Nottingham)
Defending the Secular from its Secularist Critics: The Moral Realm of
Belief and Unbelief
John Carlson (Arizona State University)
11:15am
BREAK
11:30am
CLOSING SESSION
Linell Cady
12:15pm
CLOSING LUNCH
2:00pm
GROUP TOUR ACTIVITY (OPTIONAL)
Participants interested in a group tour should meet in the hotel lobby at
2:00pm.


ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION AND CONFLICT

Religion, Secularism and Democracy: The History and Politics of Secularisms

This conference is part of a multi-year project funded by the Ford
Foundation.





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