Cosmopolitanism and Religious Diversity
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LONDON CENTRE
LONDON SYMPOSIUM
3-4 March 2009
SPEAKERS
Haleh Afshar University of York
Felipe Fernández-Armesto Univ.of Notre Dame
Eileen Botting University of Notre Dame
Sami Zubaida University of London, Birkbeck
Daniel Lindley Univeristy of Notre Dame
Rt Revd Michael Nazir-Ali Lord Bishop of Rochester
Margaret Doody University of Notre Dame
Mica Nava University of East London
Dan Cohn-Sherbok University of Wales
Cornelius Delaney Univ. of Notre Dame
Fred Dallmayr University of Notre Dame
This event inaugurates a new London Symposium hosted at the University of Notre Dame’s London Centre, designed to promote transnational, interdisciplinary scholarship on topics of urgent geopolitical significance, past and present.
The event is free and open to the public; registration is required and can be
arranged by emailing london@nd.edu
Tuesday, 3 March
| 12:00 – 2:00pm | Registration |
| 2:00-2:10 | Welcoming Remarks |
| 2:10 | The Rt Revd Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, The Lord Bishop of Rochester Faith in a Plural Community: Understandings of Faith and their Impact on Society |
| 3:10 | Margaret Anne Doody, University of Notre Dame Jews, Gentiles, and Arabs Meet: Venice, Kabbalah, Alchemy, and the Enlightenment |
| 4:10-4:30 | Break |
| 4:30 | Haleh Afshar, University of York |
| 5:30 | Eileen Botting, University of Notre Dame Cosmopolitanism, Darwinism, and Feminism: The Evolution of the Species Argument for Women's Rights |
| 6:30 | Reception |
Wednesday, 4 March
| 10:00am – 12:00pm | Plenary Panel Moderator: Richard Whaite, University of Notre Dame in England Fred Dallmayr, University of Notre Dame Dan Cohn-Sherbok; University of Wales, Lampeter Sami Zubaida, University of London, Birkbeck |
| 12:00 – 2:00 | Lunch |
| 2:00 | Daniel Lindley, University of Notre Dame Clash of Civilizations: Religion, Identity, and Politics in Peacemaking from Westphalia On |
| 3:00 | Mica Nava, University of East London Visceral Cosmopolitanism and Religious Difference |
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Break |
| 4:30 | Cornelius Delaney, University of Notre Dame Reasonable Cosmopolitanism and Reasonable Religion |
| 5:30 | Felipe Fernández-Armesto, University of Notre Dame Response |
| 6:00 | Reception |
The event is free and open to the public; registration is required and can be
arranged by emailing london@nd.edu
We Thank the Following Sponsors, from the University of Notre Dame
Office of the Dean, College of Arts and Letters
Office of Research
The Graduate School
Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts
The Nanovic Institute for European Studies
Office of International Studies
London Undergraduate Program
Illustration: The Reception of the Venetian Ambassadors in Damascus, 1511. Unidentified painter, circle of Gentile Bellini
