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Sacred Sites: Post-Gujarat Hindu-Muslim Violence Reconciliation Workshop
Faculty House, Third Floor 64 Morningside Drive, NYA workshop with Christophe Jaffrelot (CERI, Sciences Po); Karen Barkey (Columbia); Rajeev Bhargava (Columbia); Shabnam Hashmi; Gagan Sethi (Jan Vikas Society).The 2002 pogrom in Gujurat, India, which resulted in 2,000–mostly Muslim–casualties. It was exceptional not only because of its magnitude but also because of its spread to the countryside, where a large number of Muslims were attacked...
Choreography of Sacred Space: State, Religion and Conflict Resolution
Bogaziçi University, Istanbul IstanbulA conference on how some religions in conflict have collaborated on shared access to religious sites they hold sacred. Negotiations over these sites in Turkey, North Africa, the Balkans and Palestine/Israel serve as models for toleration. Co-sponsored by Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, and the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and...
Charles Taylor: Can Human Action Be Explained?
Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Center 530 W. 120th St., NYA lecture by CHARLES TAYLOR, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University and winner of the 2007 Templeton Prize and the 2008 Kyoto Prize. Co-sponsored with the Committee on Global Thought; Heyman Center for Humanities; Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion. audio: https://ircpl.org/audio/IRCPL-Taylor.Human.Action.mp3 video: https://www.ircpl.org/video/ircpl_charles_taylor_994.m4a