Public Lectures
Upcoming Lectures
Multiculturalism in Canada. God(s): A User's Guide: Explore and Discuss, February 16, 2012, Canadian Museum of Civilization
William Hoverd. Building Bridges: Lunch and Learn, March 1, 2012, University of Ottawa
Religion in Public Institutions. God(s): A User's Guide: Explore and Discuss, March 1, 2012, Canadian Museum of Civilization
Religion, Gender, and Sexuality in Modern Socieity. God(s): A User's Guide: Explore and Discuss, March 15, 2012, Canadian Museum of Civilization
Cancelled: Saba Mahmood. Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory, March 30, 2012, University of Ottawa
Phillip Connor. Building Bridges: Lunch and Learn, April 5, 2012, Universi¸ty of Ottawa
Religion and Immigration. God(s): A User's Guide: Explore and Discuss, April 5, 2012, Canadian Museum of Civilization
Donald Boisvert, St James Literary Society May 1, 2012, McGill University Faculty Club
Past Lectures
Ayelet Shachar. Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory, February 10, 2012, University of Ottawa
Pascale Fournier. Dishonour, Provocation and Culture: Through the Beholder’s Eye?, January 25, 2012, University of Ottawa
Heather Eaton. Building Bridges: Lunch and Learn, January 26, 2012, University of Ottawa
Daniel Boyarin. Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory, December 8, 2011, University of Ottawa
Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip. Distinguished Visiting Researcher Lecture, November 10, 2011, University of Ottawa
James A. Beckford. Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory, November 4, 2011, University of Ottawa
Gérard Bouchard. Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory, September 23, 2011, University of Ottawa
Public Discussion on Bilsky, April 14, 2011, Université de Montréal
Jeff Spinner-Halev. Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory, March 4, 2011, University of Ottawa
Kim Knott. Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory, February 11, 2010, University of Ottawa
Peter Beyer and Peter Danchin. Varieties of Religious Establishment: Public Session, November 12, 2010, St. Thomas University
Danièle Hervieu-Léger. Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory, November 26, 2010, University of Ottawa
Lori Beaman. Are there no Limits? Religious Freedom in Canada, November 26, 2010, St. Thomas University
God(s): A User's Guide: Explore and Discuss Session
Multiculturalism in Canada: Secularism and Reasonable Accommodation
Panellists:
Charles Taylor (McGill University)
Solange Lefebvre (Université de Montréal)
Natasha Bakht (University of Ottawa)
Lori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa)
Location : Canadian Museum of Civilization Theatre, Gatineau Qc
Date: Thursday February 16, 2012
Time: 18:00
Tickets: $8 (adults) | $6 (members) | $5 (students)
More information available at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Building Bridges: Lunch and Learn
William Hoverd (DFAIT Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa)
Religious Diversity and Biculturalism in New Zealand
Location : Arts 509, University of Ottawa
Date: Thursday March 1, 2012
Time: 12:30-14:00
Abstract: Today, in light of the injustices of the past, New Zealand actively embraces a bicultural partnership between the indigenous Maori and the Pakeha peoples (Europeans). However, recent immigration from other parts of the world is testing this biculturalism. Questions have arisen about the extent to which this partnership excludes the other peoples who now live in the nation. I will outline how these historical and evolving cultural tensions have been replicated in the changing religious diversity of the population. I will cover three periods of New Zealand history: the colonial period, the post-colonial period 1975 - 2000 and post 9/11 period. I will provide a brief overview of the religious players, religious issues and particular tensions of each period. The seminar will conclude by discussing some of the challenges that this evolving history provides for New Zealand scholars of religion.
Biography: William James Hoverd is a DFAIT Government of Canada Post-Doctoral Fellow at University of Ottawa MCRI Religion and Diversity Project where he is supervised by Lori Beaman. He has a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He is a sociologist of religion with specific interest in religious diversity, religion and social change in New Zealand and the moral dimensions of western bodies. Hoverd’s first book entitled Working Out My Salvation: The Contemporary Gym and the Promise of ‘Self’ Transformation (Meyer and Meyer) was published in 2005. His articles have appeared in The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Social Indicators Research, New Zealand Journal of Sociology and the Brill Publication Negotiating the Sacred III: Religion, Medicine and the Body.
Lunch will be provided.
Registration is required. Please register by February 24th. Please email events@religionanddiversity.ca for more information.
God(s): A User's Guide: Explore and Discuss Session
Religion in Public Institutions
Panellists:
James Beckford (University of Warwick)
Pascale Fournier (University of Ottawa)
Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham (Trinity Western University)
Remi Warner (Ontario Human Rights Commission)
Location : Canadian Museum of Civilization Theatre, Gatineau Qc
Date: Thursday March 1, 2012
Time: 18:00
Tickets: $8 (adults) | $6 (members) | $5 (students)
More information available at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
God(s): A User's Guide: Explore and Discuss Session
Religion, Gender and Sexuality in Modern Society
Panellists:
Donald Boisvert (Concordia University)
Pamela Dickey Young (Queen's University)
Nancy Nason-Clark (University of New Brunswick)
Heather Shipley (University of Ottawa)
Location : Canadian Museum of Civilization Theatre, Gatineau Qc
Date: Thursday March 15, 2012
Time: 18:00
Tickets: $8 (adults) | $6 (members) | $5 (students)
More information available at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Cancelled: Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory Public Lecture
Saba Mahmood (University of California Berkeley)
Religious freedom, Family, and Sexuality: A Middle Eastern Genealogy
Location : University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125
Date: Friday March 30, 2012
Time: 16:00
Rescheduled for Fall 2012
Building Bridges: Lunch and Learn
Phillip Connor (Pew Research Center)
Bridge and Barrier: Religion and Immigrant Integration in Transatlantic Comparison
Location : Arts 509, University of Ottawa
Date: Thursday April 5th, 2012
Time: 12:30-13:45
Lunch will be provided.
Registration is required. Please email events@religionanddiversity.ca for more information.
God(s): A User's Guide: Explore and Discuss Session
Religion and Immigration
Panellists:
Peter Beyer (University of Ottawa)
Paul Bramadat (University of Victoria)
Patrice Brodeur (Université de Montréal)
Glen Choi (University of Ottawa)
Location : Canadian Museum of Civilization Theatre, Gatineau Qc
Date: Thursday April 5, 2012
Time: 18:00
Tickets: $8 (adults) | $6 (members) | $5 (students)
More information available at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
St James Literary Society
Donald Boisvert
Has Roman Catholicism in Quebec become merely a cultural artifact?
Location: McGill University Faculty Club at 3450 McTavish Street
Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Time: 19:30
Tickets $10
The Catholic Church in Quebec has gone through some radical changes in the last half-century. From being dominant at one time, it now occupies an almost invisible profile in Quebec society. We presently have the lowest level of church attendance in any province in Canada. Some have argued that we can now speak of a distinctively cultural type of Catholicism. How accurate is that portrayal?
Dr. Boisvert is Associate Professor at Concordia University's Department of Religion. He is the author of several books and scholarly articles. His areas of expertise include the following: Religion in Canada and Quebec, Roman Catholic devotional culture; religion, gender and sexuality; and the history of Christianity. Professor Boisvert is also a postulant for ordination in the Diocese of Montreal of the Anglican Church of Canada.
Click here for more information. http://www.stjamesliterarysociety.com/programme.php
Past Lectures
Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory Public Lecture
Ayelet Shachar (University of Toronto)
Family Matters: Is There Room for "Culture" in the Courtroom?
Location : University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125
Date: Friday February 10, 2012
Time: 16:00
Ayelet Shachar is Canada Research Chair in Citizenship and Multiculturalism, and Professor of Law, Political Science, and Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. She has published and lectured widely on citizenship theory, immigration law, highly skilled migration and global inequality, multiculturalism and women's rights, family law and cultural difference, law and religion in comparative perspective, and transnational legal process and legal ethics. Shachar’s most recent works include Multicultural Jurisdictions: Cultural Differences and Women's Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2001) and The Birthright Lottery: Citizenship and Global Inequality (Harvard University Press, 2009).
Ayelet Shachar est titula ire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en citoyenneté et multiculturalisme et professeure de droit, de science politique et d’affaires internationales à l’Université de Toronto. Elle a à son actif de multiples ouvrages et conférences sur la théorie de la citoyenneté, le droit de l’immigr ation, les migrants hautement qualifiés et les inégalités mondiales, le multiculturalisme et les droits des femmes, le droit de la famille et les différences culturelles, le droit et la religion dans une perspective comparative, ainsi que les procédures judiciaires transnationales et l’éthique juridique. Parmi ses plus récents ouvrages, on compte Multicultural Jurisdictions: Cultural Differences and Women's Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2001) et The Birthright Lottery: Citizenship and Global Inequality (Harvard University Press, 2009).
ALL ARE WELCOME! -- Vous êtes les bienvenus.
Lecture will be followed by a reception. -- La conférence sera suivie par une réception.
Dishonour, Provocation and Culture: Through the Beholder’s Eye?
Speakers:
Pascale Fournier, Pascal McDougall et Anna Dekker
Commentator:
L’Honorable Patrick Healy, Cour du Québec (Chambre criminelle), district de Montréal
Location: Fauteux 202, University of Ottawa
Date: January 25, 2012
Time: 11:30-13:00
Abstract : In Canada, as throughout most of the geopolitical West, honour crimes have recently been the object of growing hostility from politicians and media pundits. In many ways, the projection of a "civilized" Canada simultaneously reifies the notion of Islamic and/or "Eastern" law as inherently contrary, even antithetical, to Canadian law. It also contributes to a dichotic, binary vision of law, culture and identity through which West/East, secular/religious, or public/private are never mutually constitutive. Perhaps due to this (mis)perception of law, the ancient notion of honour in law has sparked a perplexing resurgence in public debate in Canada and in the West generally, fuelled by an international campaign for women's rights, but also by the other great legal issue of the last decade: the widespread discussions on the limits of multiculturalism. Yet honour is no foreign notion to Western law, including Canadian law. In this article, we outline how socio-legal hybridity manifests itself in the notion of honour in law. Part I of the article will sketch a definition and history of honour crimes, focusing on two case studies which have been extensively debated: Jordan and Pakistan. Uncovering the partly Western origins of this phenomenon will help us set aside the conception of honour violence as a fixed, culturally-determined practice. Instead, we will outline that gender violence has travelled through inter-cultural encounters and that cultural boundaries are in this regard porous. After having traced the (Western) provocation defence's genesis in honour-based medieval British law, part II will expose some of the defence's concrete implications for honour as a discursive practice. We will outline how femicides (women killings) committed in Canada by both Westerners and Non-Westerners have been processed through the channel of the provocation defence. We will argue that the provocation defence is historically rooted in male honour, and that its concrete operation in Canada, notably in domestic femicide cases committed by Canadians, has been to uphold some machistic schemes that are no stranger to notions of bruised honour. We aim to outline that passion and honour, while often presented as polar opposites, are found intertwined in violent crimes in both the "East" and the "West". Finally, part III will present a quantitative analysis of Canadian cases involving the provocation defence in contexts of intimate femicides, classifying them according to the "ethnicity" of the accused. We will present the success rate of both categories and elaborate hypotheses as to why accused identifiable as non-Western seem to have less success in raising the provocation defence. We will argue that courts' translation of honour violence through the language of the provocation defence sometimes has the effect of negating the similarity between Western and Eastern legal institutions, thus considerably impairing our understanding of gendered violence, obscuring the internal flaws of Western law and hampering pressing law reform projects.
If you are interested in attending and would like to read an article on the topic written by the speakers please email Morgan Hunter at info@religionanddiversity.ca
Building Bridges: Lunch and Learn
Heather Eaton (Saint Paul University)
Religion and Ecology: Players, Problems, Possibilities.
Location : Arts 509, University of Ottawa
Date: Thursday January 26, 2012
Time: 11:30-13:00
Abstract: The academic field of religion and ecology has expanded into recognized research areas and specializations with most religious studies faculties offering courses or programs. This lecture begins with an overview of the field of religion and ecology, and the various stages of development over the past 20 years. The topic then moves to an emerging conversation at the intersection of religions and natural sciences, including evolutionary biology and animal studies. We will explore this new work, and how it is reshaping the terrain of religion and ecology. Throughout the discussion questions of what roles could or should religions play in cultures responding to ecological issues and how these questions surface in the scholarship on religion and ecology will be examined.
Bio: Heather Eaton, is a Professor at Saint Paul University in Ottawa. She has an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in ecology, feminism and theology from the University of St. Michael's College, Toronto School of Theology, and a Master's of Divinity. Eaton is engaged in religious responses to the ecological crisis, particularly the relationship between ecological, feminist and liberation theologies and is committed to inter-religious responses to ecological crisis. She has taught courses in these areas at St Michael's College, T.S.T.; Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University; and Saint Paul University. Eaton is the co-founder of the Canadian Forum on Religion and Ecology. Her publications include Ecofeminism and Globalization (with Lois Ann Lorentzen, 2003), Introducing Ecofeminist Theology (London: T&T Clark, 2005), “The Revolution of Evolution” (Worldviews 11:1, 2007), and Ecological Awareness (with Sigurd Bergmann, 2011).
Lunch will be provided.
Space is limited and registration is first come first serve. Please RSVP by January 18th to events@religionanddiversity.ca if you would like to attend.
Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory Public Lecture
Daniel Boyarin
Nominalist "Judaism" and the Late-Ancient Invention of Religion
Location : University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125
Date: Thursday December 8, 2011
Time: 16:00
Daniel Boyarin is the Hermann P. and Sophia Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture in the Department of Near Eastern Studies and Rhetoric at the University of California at Berkeley. His research is multi and interdisciplinary, with interests in the Talmud, Judaism and Christianity in Late Antiquity, religion and systems of sex and gender, rhetoric of interpretation, politics of rhetoric/philosophy in antiquity, and women, gender, and sexuality. Professor Boyarin’s recent publications include Queer Theory and the Jewish Question (co-edited with Daniel Itzkovitz and Ann Pellegrini, Columbia University Press, 2003); Border Lines: The Partition of Judeo-Christianity (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004); and Socrates & the Fat Rabbis (University of Chicago Press, 2009).
Daniel Boyarin est le Hermann P. and Sophia Taubman Professor of Talmudic Culture au département d’études du Proche-Orient de l’Université de la Californie à Berkeley. Dans ses recherches multi et interdisciplinaires, il s’intéresse au Talmud, au judaïsme et au christianisme de la fin de l’Antiquité, à la religion et aux systèmes de sexe/genre, à la rhétorique de l’interprétation, aux politiques de la rhétorique et de la philosophie dans l’Antiquité, et à la problématique femme, genre et sexualité. Parmi les publications récentes du Professeur Boyarin, on compte Queer Theory and the Jewish Question (codirigé avec Daniel Itzkovitz et Ann Pellegrini, Columbia University Press, 2003); Border Lines: The Partition of Judeo-Christianity (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004); et Socrates & the Fat Rabbis (University of Chicago Press, 2009).
ALL ARE WELCOME! -- Vous êtes les bienvenus.
Lecture will be followed by a reception. -- La conférence sera suivie par une réception.
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Distinguished Visiting Researcher Lecture
Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip
Meanings and Connections: A Multi-faith Exploration of Young Religious Believers
Location : University of Ottawa, Arts Hall, Room 509
Date: Thursday November 10, 2011
Time: 16:00
Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip will be in residence at the University of Ottawa this fall, funded through the Distinguished Visiting Researcher Program. Professor Yip is an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham. His research explores the lived experiences and life circumstances of individuals within sexual, religious and ethnic minorities and it aims to contribute to academic, policy and political debates on social diversity, human rights, social justice, and social inter-dependence. He was a lead researcher (along with Michael Keenan and Sarah-Jane Page) on the Religion, Youth and Sexuality Project, funded by the AHRC/ESRC. His publications include Queer Spiritual Spaces (co-edited with Kath Browne and Sally R. Munt, Ashgate, 2010) and “Researching lesbian, gay, and bisexual Christians and Muslims: Some thematic reflections,” in Sociological Research Online 13(1), 2008.
Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip sera en résidence à l'Université d'Ottawa cet automne grâce au financement du Programme pour Éminents Chercheurs Invités (PÉCI). Monsieur Yip est professeur agrégé à l'Université de Nottingham. Ses activités de recherche portent sur les expériences et circonstances de vie d'individus à l'intérieur de minorités sexuelles, religieuses et ethniques. Cette recherche vise à contribuer aux débats académiques et politiques par rapport à la diversité sociale, aux droits de la personne, à la justice sociale, ainsi qu'à l'interdépendance sociale. Le professeur Yip a été l'un des chercheurs principaux (aux côtés de Michael Keenan et Sarah-Jane Page) du projet Religion, Jeunesse et Sexualité (Religion, Youth and Sexuality Project), projet financé par l'AHRC/ESRC. Parmi ses publications se démarquent "Queer Spiritual Spaces" (coédité avec Kath Browne et Sally R. Munt, Ashgate, 2010) ainsi que "Researching lesbian, gay, and bisexual Christians and Muslims: Some thematic reflections", publié dans la revue "Sociological Research Online" (volume 13, numéro 1, 2008).
ALL ARE WELCOME! -- Vous êtes les bienvenus.
Lecture will be followed by a reception. -- La conférence sera suivie par une réception.
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Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory Public Lecture
James Beckford
Religious freedom, religious diversity, and prisons
Location : University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125
Date: Friday November 4, 2011
Time: 16:00
James A. Beckford is a Fellow of the British Academy, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Warwick, and the 2010-11 President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. The focus of his research is on sociological aspects of religions, with a special emphasis on the position of minority religious movements in various countries including the UK, the USA, France and Japan. The study of religion in prisons has been at the centre of his research for the past two decades, producing Muslims in Prison: Challenge and Change in Britain and France (2005), with D. Joly and F. Khosrokhavar. Among his many publications are The SAGE Handbook of the Sociology of Religion, co-edited with Jay Demerath in 2007, Social Theory and Religion (2003) and the classic Cult Controversies (1985). In 2008 a collection edited by Eileen Barker was published celebrating Beckford’s contribution to the field titled The Centrality of Religion in Social Life: Essays in Honour of James A. Beckford.
James A. Beckford est fellow de la British Academy, professeur émérite de sociologie à l’Université de Warwick et président 2010-2011 de la Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Il s’intéresse dans ses recherches aux aspects sociologiques des religions, et en particulier à la position des mouvements religieux minoritaires au sein de divers pays, dont le Royaume-Uni, les États-Unis, la France et le Japon. L’étude de la religion dans les prisons est au centre de ses travaux depuis deux décennies et a entraîné la publication de Muslims in Prison: Challenge and Change in Britain and France (2005, codirigé avec D. Joly et F. Khosrokhavar). Parmi les nombreuses publications de M. Beckford, mentionnons The SAGE Handbook of the Sociology of Religion (2007, codirigé avec Jay Demerath), Social Theory and Religion (2003) et le classique Cult Controversies (1985). En 2008, un ouvrage en collaboration dirigé par Eileen Barker et célébrant la contribution de M. Beckford au domaine est paru sous le titre The Centrality of Religion in Social Life: Essays in Honour of James A. Beckford.
ALL ARE WELCOME! -- Vous êtes les bienvenus.
Lecture will be followed by a reception. -- La conférence sera suivie par une réception.
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Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory Public Lecture
Gérard Bouchard
Interculturalism and the Management of Ethno-Cultural Diversity in Québec
Location : University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125
Date: Friday September 23, 2011
Time: 16:00
Gérard Bouchard occupe la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur la dynamique comparée des imaginaires collectifs à l’Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, où il enseigne depuis 1971. Il a été professeur invité à l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales à Paris ainsi qu’au Département de sociologie de l’Université Harvard. De pair avec Charles Taylor, M. Bouchard a coprésidé la Commission de consultation sur les pratiques d’accommodement reliées aux différences culturelles en 2007-2008 et corédigé le rapport final de la Commission, intitulé Fonder l’avenir : Le temps de la conciliation (2008). Au nombre de ses publications récentes, mentionnons également La culture québécoise est-elle en crise? (2007, corédigé avec Alain Roy), Mythes et sociétés des Amériques (2007, codirigé avec Bernard Andrès) et La pensée impuissante. Échecs et mythes nationaux canadiens-français (1850-1960) (2004).
Gérard Bouchard holds a Canada Research Chair in the Comparative Dynamics of Collective Imaginaries at the University of Québec à Chicoutimi, where he has taught since 1971. He has been a visiting professor at l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, and Harvard University, Department of Sociology. Bouchard served with Charles Taylor as Co-Chair of the Québec Consultation Commission on Accommodation Practices Related to Cultural Differences from 2007-2008 and co-wrote with Taylor the final report entitled Building the Future. A Time for Reconciliation (2008). Additional recent publications include: La culture québécoise est-elle en crise? with Alain Roy (2007); Mythes et sociétés des Amériques, edited with Bernard Andrès (2007) ; and La pensée impuissante. Échecs et mythes nationaux canadiens-français (1850-1960) (2004).
ALL ARE WELCOME! -- Vous êtes les bienvenus.
Lecture will be followed by a reception. -- La conférence sera suivie par une réception.
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Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory: Public Lecture
Jeff Spinner-Halev
Religiously Justified Discrimination
Location: University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 129
Date: Friday, March 4, 2011
Time: 16:00
Jeff Spinner-Halev, professeur éminent Kenan en éthique politique à l’Université de Caroline du Nord à Chapel Hill aux États-Unis, est titulaire d’un B.A. et d’un Ph.D. de l’Université du Michigan. Il est l’auteur des ouvrages The Boundaries of Citizenship Race, Ethnicity and Nationality in the Liberal State (Johns Hopkins, 1994) et Surviving Diversity: Religion and Democratic Citizenship (Johns Hopkins, 2000), corédacteur de Minorities within Minorities: Equality, Right and Diversity (Cambridge, 2005), et auteur de nombreux chapitres de livres et articles de revues spécialisées. Il travaille actuellement à un livre intitulé Enduring Injustice. Jeff Spinner-Halev a été professeur invité Laurance-S.-Rockefeller au University Center for Human Values de l’Université de Princeton, professeur invite Lady-Davis à l’Université hébraïque de Jérusalem et professeur invité à l’Institute for Advanced Studies, aussi à l’Université hébraïque.
Jeff Spinner-Halev is the Kenan Eminent Professor of Political Ethics at UNC–Chapel Hill. He received his BA and PhD from the University of Michigan. He is author of The Boundaries of Citizenship Race, Ethnicity and Nationality in the Liberal State (Johns Hopkins, 1994) and Surviving Diversity: Religion and Democratic Citizenship (Johns Hopkins, 2000) and co-editor of Minorities within Minorities: Equality, Right and Diversity (Cambridge, 2005) and also responsible for many book chapters and journal articles. He is currently working on a book called Enduring Injustice. Spinner-Halev has been a Laurance S. Rockefeller Fellow at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, a Lady Davis Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies, also at the Hebrew University.
All are welcome! -- Vous êtes les bienvenus.
Lecture will be followed by a reception. -- La conférence sera suivie par une
réception.
Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory: Public Lecture
Kim Knott
Spaces of Religious Diversity and Encounter: Research, agenda-setting and policy intervention.
Location: University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125
Date: Friday February 11, 2011
Time: 16h
Based at the University of Leeds in the UK, Kim Knott is director of the Research Programme on Diasporas, Migration and Identities, a multimillion-dollar research program funded by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council. Together with Sean McLoughlin, she is co-editor of the recently published book Diasporas: Concepts, Intersections, Identities (Zed 2010). Knott is currently preparing both publications and events that bring together and analyze the theoretical and empirical advances of the Diasporas program and will maximize the impact of the program. Alongside this work, her personal research focuses on the development of a spatial methodology for locating religion; for examining its engagement with other social and cultural institutions, activities and issues; and for breaking open the “secular.” In her book The Location of Religion: A Spatial Analysis (Equinox 2005), she considers the application of socio-spatial theory in the study of religious, secular and post-secular relations, and applies her methodology to the first of several case studies, the left hand. Subsequent studies have included an examination of the location of religion and secular values in an English medical centre, in urban multicultural landscapes and in the disciplinary relationship between theology and religious studies. She is currently directing research on British media portrayals of religion and the secular sacred, a longitudinal study that compares media coverage and representations from the early 1980s with those of today. She was involved in the creation of and was actively involved in the early development of the European Association for the Study of Religion and has participated in a variety of national and international research projects and consultations on religion, migration, communities and diversity.
À l’Université de Leeds, au Royaume-Uni, Kim Knott est la directrice du programme de recherche sur les diasporas, la migration et l’identité, une initiative de recherche de plusieurs millions de dollars financée par l’Arts and Humanities Research Council du RU. Elle a codirigé, avec Sean McLoughlin, la publication de l’ouvrage Diasporas: Concepts, Intersections, Identities (Zed 2010). La professeure Knott vise à réaliser des publications et des événements pour réunir et analyser les progrès théoriques et empiriques du programme sur les diasporas et pour en maximiser l’impact. De plus, ses recherches personnelles sont axées sur la création d’une méthodologie spatiale pour la localisation de la religion, pour l’examen de son engagement avec d’autres institutions, activités et questions sociales et culturelles, et pour l’éclosion du monde laïque. Dans son ouvrage The Location of Religion: A Spatial Analysis (Equinox 2005), Mme Knott considère l’application de la théorie sociospatiale à l’étude des relations religieuses, laïques et post-laïques, et elle applique sa méthodologie à une première étude de cas, la main gauche. D’autres études ont porté sur la localisation des valeurs religieuses et laïques dans un centre médical anglais, dans les paysages urbains multiculturels et dans la relation disciplinaire entre théologie et études religieuses. Ses recherches actuelles examinent les représentations que font les médias de la religion et du sacré « laïque », soit une étude longitudinale comparant la couverture et les représentations médiatiques du début des années 80 à celles d’aujourd’hui. Elle a participé à la création et au développement de la European Association for the Study of Religion ainsi qu’à divers projets de recherche et consultations, à l’échelle nationale et internationale, sur la religion, la migration, les communautés et la diversité.
All are welcome!
Lecture will be followed by a reception.
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Varieties of Religious Establishment: Public Session
Beyer, Peter
Privileging Religion in a ‘Post-Westphalian’ State: Shadow Establishment, Organization, Spirituality, and Freedom in Canada
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Danchin, Peter
Freedom of Religion and the Claims of Religious Minorities in South Africa
Location: St. Thomas University, Brian Mulroney Hall, Room 101
Date: Friday November 12, 2010
Time: 15h30-17h30
Reception to Follow
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Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory: Public Lecture
Hervieu-Léger, Danièle
La fabrique des identités religieuses dans des sociétés de haute modernité
Location: University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125
Date: Friday November 26, 2010
Time: 16h
Danièle Hervieu-Léger est diplômée de l'Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, licenciée en Droit (Faculté de Droit de Paris), Docteur en sociologie (EPHE Vie section), Docteur d'État en Lettre et Sciences Humaines, elle a commencé sa carrière au Groupe de Sociologie des Religions du CNRS, comme chargé, puis directrice de recherche, de 1974 en 1992. Directrice d'études à l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales à partir de 1992, elle y dirige le Centre d'Études Interdisciplinaires des Faits Religieux de 1993 à 2004. Elle a été rédactrice en chef de la revue Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions de 1986 à 2004. Elle a été Présidente de l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales de 2004 à 2009. Actuellement membre du Centre d'Études Sociologiques et Politiques Raymond Aron, elle est présidente du Conseil d'Administration de l'Institut National d'Études Démographiques depuis 2009. Parmi ses nombreux ouvrages et articles consacrés à l'exploration sociologique de la modernité religieuse, et spécifiquement du christianisme contemporain, on peut citer : Le pèlerin et le converti. La religion en movement (1999) ; La religion en miettes ou la question des sectes (2001) ; Catholicisme, la fin d'un monde (2003). Elle travaille aujourd'hui à une sociologie du temps chrétien en modernité, à partir du dossier des (re)fondations, réformes et créations monastiques contemporaines en Europe.
Danièle Hervieu-Léger holds degrees from the Institute of Political Studies in Paris, a licentiate in law (Faculty of Law, Paris), a doctorate in sociology (EPHE Vie section), and a doctorate in the humanities. Hervieu-Léger began her career in the Group de Sociologie des Religions du CNRS and was director of research from 1974 to 1992. Director of studies at L'Écoles des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales from 1992, Hervieu-Léger ran le Centre d'Études Interdisciplinaires des Faits Religieux from 1993 to 2004, and was the president of EHESS from 2004 to 2009. Currently a member of Centre d'Études Sociologiques et Politiques Raymond Aron, Hervieu-Léger is president of the Conseil d'Administration de l'Institut National d'Études Demographiques since 2009. The following are some of her many publications which explore the sociology of modernity and religion, specifically contemporary Christianity: Le pèlerin et le converti. La religion en mouvement (1999); La religion en miettes ou la question des sectes (2001); Catholicisme, la fin d'un monde (2003). Dr. Hervieu-Léger's recent work concentrates on the process of dislocation and the remodelling of the Christian cultural matrix of European societies.
All are welcome! -- Vous êtes les bienvenus.
Lecture will be followed by a reception. -- La conférence sera suivie par une
réception.
Are There no Limits? Religious Freedom in Canada: Public Lecuture
Lori Beaman
Are there no Limits? Religious Freedom in Canada
Location: Kinsella Auditorium McCain Hall, St Thomas University
Date: Friday November 26th, 2010
Time: 15h30-17h30
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