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2014 Events
Below is a list of events that were hosted by the Religion and Diversity Project in 2014. Please scroll down to find out more about what we have hosted so far and, where available, to read the event report or view videos or pictures of the event.
January 2014
Lecture ♦ Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory ♦ Michèle Lamont
Date: January 16, 2014
Location: University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125, 60 University, Ottawa, Ontario
Speaker: Michèle Lamont (Harvard University)
Lecture title: Groupness and the Fight for Respect: Responses to Stigmatization among African-Americans, Black Brazilians, Ethiopian Jews, Mizrachis, and Arab Israelis
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Lecture ♦ Laboratoire de recherche empirique des groupes religieux, Session 1 ♦ Giomny H. Ruiz
Date: January 20, 2014
Location: Université de Montréal, Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions, Pavillon Marguerite-d’Youville, 2375 chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montréal, Québec
Speaker: Giomny H. Ruiz (Université de Montréal)
Lecture title: Analyse du concept de minorité au sein des commissions publiques sur les diversités culturelles et religieuses : discussion méthodologique
Lectures ♦ Regards « extérieurs » sur la laïcité et le projet de loi 60
Date: January 24, 2014
Location: Université de Montréal, Room B-4265, Pavillon Jean-Brillant, 3200, rue Jean-Brillant, Montréal, Québec
Speaker: Susanna Mancini (Université de Bologne)
Lecture title: La tentation de la croix, la séduction de l'Europe: une lecture schmittienne des rapports entre laïcité et religion dans le constitutionnalisme européen
Speaker: Michel Rosenfeld (Cardozo Law School)
Lecture title: Pluralisme, tolérance et laïcité: complémentarité ou contradiction?
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February 2014
Lecture ♦ Laboratoire de recherche empirique des groupes religieux, Session 2 ♦ Anne Leahy
Date: February 10, 2014
Location: Université de Montréal, Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions, Pavillon Marguerite-d’Youville, 2375 chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montréal, Québec
Speaker: Anne Leahy (McGill University)
Lecture title: Étude de cas : État du Vatican, Saint-Siège et relations internationales
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Student Symposium ♦ Je est un autre: regards croisés sur les frontières de l'identité
Date: February 11, 2014, 9am-5pm
Location: Université de Montréal, Room C-3061, Carrefour des arts et des sciences de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
To obtain the complete programme, please visit the event page on Facebook: www.facebook.com/colloquejeestunautre
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Lecture ♦ Laboratoire de recherche empirique des groupes religieux, Session 3 ♦ Anne-Laure Zwilling
Date: February 17, 2014
Location: Université de Montréal, Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions, Pavillon Marguerite-d’Youville, 2375 chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montréal, Québec
Speaker: Anne-Laure Zwilling (Université de Strasbourg)
Lecture title: Minorités religieuses et neutralité de l’État en France et en Europe : tensions et débats contemporains
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Workshop ♦ Introduction to DEDOOSE
Date: February 19, 2014
Location: University of Ottawa, Faculty of Social Sciences, FSS 5027, 120 University, Ottawa, Ontario
Facilitator: Jing Feng (University of Ottawa)
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Lecture ♦ Building Bridges: Lunch and Learn ♦ Tayyibah Taylor
Date: February 26, 2014
Location: University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 123, 60 University, Ottawa, Ontario
Speaker: Tayyibah Taylor (Azizah Magazine)
Lecture Title: Deconstructing Misconceptions: Women and Islam
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March 2014
Panel ♦ Perspectives on diversity and religion at a crossroads
Date: March 3, 2014
Location: University of Ottawa, Faculty of Social Sciences, FSS 5025, 120 University, Ottawa, Ontario
Panelist: Natasha Bakht (University of Ottawa)
Lecture title: In Your Face: Niqab-Wearing Women in Canada and Beyond
Panelist: André Laliberté (University of Ottawa)
Lecture title: Good heavens! Paradoxes of Chinese religiosities and identity
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Seminar ♦ March 2014 ♦ The Diversity and Equity Research Group (DERG)
Date: March 13, 2014
Location: University of Ottawa, Faculty of Social Sciences, FSS 4015, 120 University, Ottawa, Ontario
Speaker: Paul Eid (UQAM)
Lecture title: Les dessous neufs du Nous : la Charte des valeurs québécoises et les risques de dérives néoracistes
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Lecture ♦ Laboratoire de recherche empirique des groupes religieux, Session 4 ♦ Julia Martínez-Ariño
Date: March 19, 2014
Location: Université de Montréal, Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions, Pavillon Marguerite-d’Youville, 2375 chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montréal, Québec
Speaker: Julia Martínez-Ariño (Université de Montréal)
Lecture title: Gestion du religieux dans les prisons en Espagne : résultats d’une recherche comparative
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Lecture ♦ Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory ♦ Paula Montero
Date: March 20, 2014
Location: University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 125, 60 University, Ottawa, Ontario
Speaker: Paula Montero (São Paulo University)
Lecture title: Secularism’s Dependency, Religion’s Necessity
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April 2014
Lecture ♦ Building Bridges: Lunch and Learn ♦ Erin Wilson
Date: April 3, 2014
Location: University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 129, 60 University, Ottawa, Ontario
Speaker: Erin Wilson (University of Groningen)
Lecture title: "But that’s culture, not religion": the politics of Christianity as cultural heritage
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Conference ♦ Quebec’s New Religions: Alternative Spiritualties after Vatican II and the Quiet Revolution
Organisers: Susan J. Palmer (Dawson College and Concordia University) and Solange Lefebvre (University of Montréal)
Date: April 25, 2014
Location: McGill University, The Chapel, second floor of the Birks Building, Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, 3520 University Street, Montréal, Québec
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May 2014
Workshop ♦ Religion and Diversity Project ♦ Graduate Student Workshop Series 2, Session 2
Date: May 8-9, 2014
Location: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
Facilitator: Grace Davie (University of Exeter)
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Congress ♦ 82 ACFAS Colloque 450 ♦ La religion dans la sphère publique
Date: May 13, 2014
Location: Concordia University, Montréal, Québec
Organisers: Amélie Barras (Université de Montréal), Solange Lefebvre (Université de Montréal)
Workshop ♦ The Study of Religion in Atlantic Canada Workshop: Moving Beyond the University – How Research on Religious Diversity by Atlantic Canadian Scholars Can Make a Difference
Date: May 20-21, 2014
Location: Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Keynote Speaker: Sam Reimer (Crandall University)
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September 2014
Lecture ♦ Laboratoire de recherche empirique sur les groupes religieux - Session 1 ♦ Julia Martínez-Ariño
Date: September 11, 2014, 11:30am-1pm
Location: Room 5031, Université de Montréal, Faculté de théologie et sciences des religions, Montréal, Québec
Speaker: Julia Martínez-Ariño (Université de Montréal)
Lecture title: Enjeux méthodologiques au cours des recherches sur la gestion de la diversité religieuse dans les écoles catholiques privées au Québec depuis la laïcisation scolaire.
Lecture ♦ Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory ♦ Dietrich Jung
Date: September 29, 2014, 4pm
Location: University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 129, 60 University, Ottawa, Ontario
Speaker: Dietrich Jung (University of Southern Denmark)
Lecture title: Constructing Islamic Modernities: Identity, Social Order and Religious Traditions
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October 2014
Lecture ♦ Laboratoire de recherche empirique sur les groupes religieux - Session 2 ♦ Guillaume Boucher
Date: October 6, 2014, 11:30am-1pm
Location:Room 5031, Université de Montréal, Faculté de théologie et sciences des religions, Montréal, Québec
Speaker: Guillaume Boucher (Université de Montréal)
Lecture title: À la recherche de la diversité religieuse régionale : quelques défis liés à l'approche ethnographique
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Lecture ♦ Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory ♦ Elisabeth Arweck
Date: October 16, 2014, 4pm
Location: University of Ottawa, Simard Hall, Room 129, 60 University, Ottawa, Ontario
Speaker: Elisabeth Arweck (University of Warwick)
Lecture title: Religious Diversity in the UK: How the Attitudes and Views of 13–16-Year-Old Students Interact with their Own (Non-)Religious Identities
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Workshop ♦ Youth, Religion, and Identity: A Canadian and International Workshop
Date: October 16-18, 2014
Location: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
Organisers: Peter Beyer (University of Ottawa), Paul Gareau (University of Ottawa), Spencer Bullivant (University of Ottawa)
For more information, please click here.
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November 2014
Lecture ♦ Chair in Religion, Culture and Society ♦ Claudia L. Bushman
Date: November 3, 2014
Location: Room 5031, Marguerite-d’Youville Hall, Université de Montréal, 2375 chemin de la Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, Québec
Speaker: Claudia L. Bushman
Lecture title: Mormon Feminism : Historical and Contemporary Issues
Organiser: Chair in Religion, Culture and Society
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Lecture ♦ Laboratoire de recherche empirique sur les groupes religieux - Session 3 ♦ Stéphanie Gravel
Date: November 6, 2014, 11:30am-1pm
Location:Room 5031, Université de Montréal, Faculté de théologie et sciences des religions, Montréal, Québec
Speaker: Stéphanie Gravel (Université de Montréal)
Lecture title: Méthodologies en sciences de l’éducation : étude de cas 'typiques' d’enseignants du programme Éthique et culture religieuse sur l’impartialité
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Conference ♦ Religion and the Exercise of Public Authority
Date: November 14-15, 2014
Location: Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Ontario
Organisers: Benjamin Berger (Osgoode Hall Law School) and Richard Moon (University of Windsor)
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Workshop ♦ Norms of Religious Minority Participation: Fields of Practice
Date: November 28-29, 2014
Location: University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Organisers: Avigail Eisenberg (University of Victoria), Paul Bramadat (University of Victoria), Pamela Klassen (University of Toronto) and Patti Lenard (University of Ottawa)
For more information, please click here.
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Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs
Le Berkley Center at Georgetown University a été créé au sein du bureau de John J. DeGioia, Président de Georgetown, en mars 2006. Le centre a été conçu afin de miser sur les forces de Georgetown: l'excellence académique; son emplacement à Washington, DC; sa portée internationale et sa tradition catholique et jésuite d'ouverture aux autres religions et au vaste monde séculier. Le généreux soutien de William R. Berkley, un membre du conseil d'administration de l'université, a permis la croissance rapide du centre.
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