Call for papers for biannual conference of International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies
I would like to announce a call for papers for the Third Biannual Conference of the International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ICLARS), which will be held August 21-23, 2013 at the University of Virginia and the College of William Mary. ICLARS is a global umbrella organization for law and religion scholarship founded by Prof. Silvio Ferrari (Milan) and now having members in over 40 countries. Prior conferences have been held in Milan, Italy and Santiago, Chile. Additional information is available at www.iclars.org The general conference theme will be “Religion, Democracy, and Equality.” Subthemes include: (1) Religious pluralism and treatment of religious minorities; (2) Religion and anti-discrimination norms; (3) Hate speech, hate crimes, and religious minorities; and (4) Religion and gender issues. There will also be a session for scholars in the first seven years of their teaching experience. Confirmed speakers include: Prof. Heiner Bielefeldt, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief (keynote) Rex Adhar (University of Otago, New Zealand) Katayoun Alidaldi (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) Pieter Coertzen (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) Kent Greenawalt (Columbia University) Andrew Koppleman (Northwestern University) Douglas Laycock (University of Virginia) Asher Maoz (Tel-Aviv University) Lawrence Sager (University of Texas) Jeroen Temperman (Erasmus University, the Netherlands) John Witte (Emory University) Please send proposals for papers (with an abstract and CV) to the steering committee at wrigh...@law.byu.edu by June 1, 2013. -- Professor Elizabeth A. Clark Associate Director International Center for Law and Religion Studies J. Reuben Clark Law School Brigham Young University 452 JRCB Provo, Utah 84604 801-422-6753 ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
Announcement of International Law and Religion Conference
The International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies is pleased to announce its Third Biannual Conference, Religion, Democracy, and Equality, to be held August 21-23 at the University of Virginia Law School and the College of William and Mary. The conference will feature a keynote address by U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, who is also the Chair of Human Rights and Human Rights Policy at the University of Erlangen, Germany. Speakers will include over 70 experts from 25 countries. Plenary topics and speakers include: Religious Pluralism and Treatment of Religious Minorities - Asher Maoz (Peres Academic Center Law School) - Ayelet Shachar (University of Toronto) (invited) - John Witte Jr. (Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory) - Angela Banks (William Mary) Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, and Religious Minorities - Agnes Callamard (Article 19) - Toby Mendel (Centre for Law and Democracy, Canada) - Mohammed Saeed Eltayeb (Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs) - Michael O'Flaherty (Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland) - Robert C. Post (Yale) - Jeroen Temperman (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands) Religion and Gender: Same-Sex Marriage - Rex Ahdar (University of Otago, New Zealand) - Ursula Basset (Catholic Pontifical University, Argentina) - Douglas Laycock (University of Virginia) - Renata Uitz (Central European University, Hungary) - Kent Greenawalt (Columbia) Religion and Anti-Discrimination Norms - Katayoun Alidadi (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium) - Carmen Dominguez Hidalgo (Pontifical University of Chile) - Andrew Koppleman (Northwestern) - Lawrence Sager (University of Texas) - Eiichiro Takahata (Nihon University, Japan) A $50 discount for early registration for the conference is available through *July 10*. A registration fee of $250 covers all conference meals and transportation. A discount of $100 is available for ICLARS members. Click here http://www.iclars.org/member.phpto join ICLARS. Registration closes *August 1.* Click herehttps://www.law.byu.edu/Accounting_Office/ICLARS_Conference to register for the conference. A group rate has been negotiated at the Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Richmond. Click here http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com/en/gi/groups/personalized/R/RICDTGI-RFC-20130818/index.jhtml;jsessionid=MURZU0XWEQP2SCSGBI12VCQto book a room at the conference rate. -- Professor Elizabeth A. Clark Associate Director International Center for Law and Religion Studies J. Reuben Clark Law School Brigham Young University 452 JRCB Provo, Utah 84604 801-422-6753 ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
Religious Liberty Writing Competition
The link below is to a flier announcing the Eighth Annual Religious Liberty Student Writing Competition sponsored by the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU and the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. The competition awards a total of $13,000 in prize money. Please share with any students who might be interested! http://bit.ly/RelLibWritingComp Best, Elizabeth -- Professor Elizabeth A. Clark Associate Director International Center for Law and Religion Studies J. Reuben Clark Law School Brigham Young University 452 JRCB Provo, Utah 84604 801-422-6753 ___ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
