Religious Norms and Public Spheres: the challenge
UC Berkeley, May 6-7th, 2011
Great Hall, Bancroft Hotel
2680 Bancroft Way, Berkeley (near Café Strada)
Thursday May 5 th, 2011
6:45 PM: Dinner
Friday May 6 th, 2011
8:30-8:45 AM
Opening remarks
8:45-10:15: Religious Norms and Public Spheres: the challenge
Chair: David Lieberman
Olivier Roy: “Muslim democrats vs. European populists”
Silvio Ferrari: “A European perspective”
Peter Danchin: “Islam in the Secular Nomos of the European Court of Human Rights"
10:15-10:30: Break
10:30-12:00: The debate of Islamic Norms in Arab countries
Chair: Hatem Bazian
Enrique Klaus: “Scandals in Egypt and the manufacturing of religious norms in the Public Spheres”
Belkacem Benzenine: “The challenge of secularism in the political and religious spheres in the Arab world?”
Hosam Tamman: “Role of Salafi satellite channels in the integration of Salafi religious criteria in the community and hence in re-structuring public sphere”
Discussant: Charles Hirchkind
12:00-1:00 PM: Lunch
The debate on religious norms in the Public Sphere
1:30-3:40: The case of European countries
Chair: Leti Volpp
Poland
Geneviève Zubrzycki: “Debating the Place of Religious Symbols in the Public Sphere in Poland, 1989 2010”
UK
MatthewFrancis: “Return? It never left. Exploring the ‘sacred’as a resource for bridging the gap between the religious and the secular”
France
Valérie Amiraux: “Burka bashing in the European Union: the racialization of Muslims”
Romain Sèze: “Standardization of the exercise of the Islamic religious authority in France”
Christian Jopke: “Limits of Restricting Islam: The French Burqa Law of 2010”
Discussants:Prof. Sarah Song, Berkeley Law
Prof. Nargis Virani
3:40-4:00: Break
4:00-5:00: North American countries cases
Chair: Ron Hassner
USA
Nadia Marzouki- Pasquale Annichinno: “Mosques controversies in the U.S.: emotions, politics and the right to religious freedom”
Canada:
David Koussens: “Catholic Rituals and Symbols in Government Institutions: Juridical Arrangements, Political Debates and Secular Issues in Quebec”
Discussant: Patrice Brodeur
5:00-5:40: Asian countries cases
Chair: Pradeep Chhibber
Sophie Lemière: “Cracks in the Mosaic: The Rise of Right-Wing Ethno-Religious Groups in Malaysia”
Marco Ventura: "You shall go to hell. Legal arguments on forced conversions before the Supreme Court of India"
Discussant: Mahan Mirza:
5:45-6:30 PM: Keynote lecture
Ebrahim Moosa“Norms in the Madrasa-Sphere: Between Tradition, Scripture and the Public Good”
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7:30 PM: Dinner
Saturday May 7th2011
9:00-10:30
Elise Massicard:“The case of Halevism in Turkey”
Munir Jiwa:“The aesthetic of Islamic Norms through arts, media…”
Soraya Tlatli:
Discussant: Nargis Virani
10:30-10:45: Break
10:45-12:00: Conclusions Panel
Olivier Roy
Naomi Seidman
Ebrahim Moosa
Patrick Haenni
Marianne Farina
Imam Faheem Shuaibe or Imam Zaid Shakir
12:00-1:00PM: Lunch
13:00-4:00 PM: PUF presentation
Jo Gardner: "Religious Nationalism and the Westphalian State”
Alexander Rosas: “Diversification of the Republic:Cultural Diversity in Contemporary France”
Sheherazade Kahil: “Institutionalization in France of the pilgrimage to Mecca”
Mary Hoopes:“Asylum Claims Before the Federal Courts of Appeals: Considering the Role of Religion”
Akasemi Newsome: “Immigrants before German Administrative Courts: Do Islam and Gender Matter for the Application of Foreign Legal Regimes in Germany?”
Zehra Zahin: “The Diyanet -Program of International Theology: Adjustement to Western Norms or Aggiornamento from Inside?”