EVENTS

First ICLARS conference
January 22-24 2009

 • Thursday, January 22 18.30 – 19.30
Keynote address and discussion
Grace Davie, University of Exeter
19.30 – 20.00 Welcoming reception

• Friday, January 23
State and Religion in Asia: Problems and Perspectives

Chair: Werner Menski, SOAS, London
09.00 – 09.30 Japan. Hiroaki Kobayashi, Nihon University Tokyo
09.30 – 10.00 India. Tahir Mahmood, Law Commission of India
10.00 – 10.45 Discussion
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break
State and Religion in Africa: Problems and Perspectives

Chair: Roberta Aluffi Beck Peccoz, University of Turin
11.15 – 11.45 South Africa. Lourens M. du Plessis, University of Stellenbosch
11.45 - 12.15  West African countries. Fatou Kiné Camara, Cheikh Anta Diop Universtity, Dakar
12.15 – 13.00 Discussion

13.00 – 14.30 Lunch break

State and Religion in America: Problems and Perspectives
14.30 – 15.00 US and Canada. Cole W. Durham Jr., Brigham Young University, Provo
15.00 – 15.30 Latin America. Juan Navarro Floria, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Buenos Aires
15.30 – 16.15 Discussion
16.15 – 16.45 Coffee break
State and Religion in Europe: Problems and Perspectives
16.45 – 17.15 Europe. Giuseppe Casuscelli, Università di Milano
17.15 - 18.00 Discussion

• Saturday, January 24
09.00 – 12.00 Simultaneous workshops
- Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Expression   Chair: Fred Gedicks, Brigham Young University, Provo
- Proselytism and the Right to Change Religion  Chair: Asher Maoz, University of Tel Aviv
- Religious Symbols in Public Institutions  Chair: Malcolm Evans, University of Bristol
- The Legal Status of Islam in Western Countries  Chair: Mathias Rohe, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

12.00 – 13.30 ICLARS general assembly

13.30 – 15.00 Lunch break

15.00 – 18.00 Simultaneous workshops
- State and Religion in the Post-Communist European Countries  Chair: Giovanni Barberini, Università di Perugia

  Speakers: Balazs Schanda, Pázmány Péter, Catholic University, Budapest; Stanislav Přibyl; Charles University, Prague

- La “laïcité” en Europe Chair: Francesco Margiotta Broglio, Università di Firenze

  Speakers:  Jean-Paul Willaime, École pratique des hautes études, Paris;  Guy Haarscher, Université Libre, Bruxelles;  Brigitte Basdevant-Gaudemet, Université Paris-sud

- Church and State in Northern Europe Chair: Marco Ventura, Università di Siena

  Speakers:  Lisbet Christoffersen, University of Roskilde; Mark Hill, University of Cardiff

18.00 – 18.30 Conclusions