Dear Friends and Members of CSID: Please join us at one or both of these TWO conferences, which have excellent programs and stimulating discussions about timely and important issues. We hope to see you there!
ACSIS 2008 Program
"Studying Islam: What Have We Learned?"
American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies
25th Annual Conference
http://www.lasalle.edu/acsis
April 11-12, 2008
The College of William & Mary Washington Center
1779 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., 8th Floor
Washington DC
Friday, April 11, 2008
8:30AM Coffee, bagels
9:00AM Welcome - Vivienne SM. Angeles, President
9:15AM Reopening the Gates of Ijtihad
Sponsored by SAMSA
Convener and Chair: Theodore P. Wright, Jr., SUNY Albany
Discussant: Mumtaz Ahmad, Hampton University
"The Shi`a Approach to Ijtihad"
Syed Nadeem Hasnain, Lucknow and St. Lawrence University
"Reopening the Gates of Ijtihad: A Feminist Perspective"
Etin Anwar, Hobart & Wm. Smith Colleges
"Ijtihad as Intellectual Jihad: Renewal of the 'Spirit of Islam' in Wahiduddin Khan's Thought"
Irfan A. Omar, Marquette University
"Asgherali Engineer, Bohra Reformist of Mumbai and Ijtihad"
Theodore P. Wright, SUNY Albany
10:45AM New Perspectives on Muslim Women
Chair and Discussant: Vivienne SM. Angeles, La Salle University
"American Muslim Women and the 'Compartmentalization' of Feminism"
Farha Ternikar, Le Moyne College
"The Role of Female Religious Leaders in Social Transformation in the Ferghana Valley"
Svetlana Peshkova, Syracuse University
"Muslim Women and Peace-building"
Azita Ranjbar, George Mason University (student)
Noon Lunch (List of nearby restaurants will be provided.)
2:00PM New Approaches to Islamic Identities
Chair and Discussant: Gisela Webb, Seton Hall University
"Islam and Education: What Have We Learned?"
Helen N. Boyle, Center for Middle East and Francophone Africa Programs
"Exploring Sociological Measures of Islamic Religious Tradition and
Religiosity in Majority Muslim Countries"
Alessandra Gonzalez, Baylor University (student)
3:00PM New Perspectives on Islamic Law
Chair and Discussant: Tamara Sonn, College of William & Mary
"Muslim Soldiers Fatwa: A Sociolinguistic Study of an Islamic Legal Opinion"
Rebecca Skreslet, Georgetown University (student)
"Customs, Islamic Law, and Western Scholarship"
Ayman Shabana, UCLA (student)
"The Key Issue of Foundling (Laqit) in the Shafi`i School of Law"
Mohamad Md. Som Sujimon, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
"The Application of Islamic Legal Methodology in Analyzing Muslim Legal Traditions in Malaysia"
Ismail bin Mat, Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Institute of Islamic Studies
"Islamic Legal Maxims for Attainment of Maqasid al-Shari`a in Criminal Law:
A Critical Examination of Judicial Procedure in Safiyyatu Hussaini v.
Sokoto State of Nigeria Adultery Case"
Luqman Zakariyah, The Muslim College London (student)
5:30PM Refreshments and Dinner
Keynote:
"Charting the Future of Islam and the West:
What Do a Billion Muslims Really Think?"
John L. Esposito
Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding
Georgetown University
Saturday, April 12, 2008
9:30AM New Perspectives on Political Islam
Chair and Discussant: Tariq Karim, University of Maryland
"Understanding Hamas: Islamist Politics in Context and US Policy Implications"
Jason B. Nicholson, Major, US Army
"A New Hamas for a New Era: The Effects of Politics on Radical Ideologies and Behaviors"
Chrystie Flournoy Swiney, Georgetown University (student)
"Variation of Shiite Islam in Iran and Iraq"
Hossein Moghaddam, Australian National University
"Islam and State in Indonesia: Between Secularism and Theocracy"
Zaenal Muttaqin, Temple University (student)
11:00AM Translating Islam
Chair and Discussant: Charles Butterworth, University of Maryland
"In Praise of Academic Grazing: From Script to Print to Script"
Dagmar Riedel, Columbia University
"Bringing Sacred Law and Dogma into English: Competing Translation Networks Among Muslims in the West"
Martin Nguyen, Harvard University
Noon: Board Meeting and Lunch
Registration for ACSIS 25, College of William & Mary Washington Center, 1779 Massachusetts Ave., Washington DC, April 11-12, 2008:
_____Registration for ACSIS members at conference -- $50.00
_____Registration without ACSIS membership at conference -- $60.00
_____Registration for Students Presenting Papers -- $25.00
_____Banquet registration (April 11, 2008) -- $50.00
_____ACSIS annual membership -- $35.00
(Includes subscription to Journal of South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies)
_____ACSIS lifetime membership -- $250.00
(Includes subscription to Journal of South Asian & Middle Eastern Studies)
$_____TOTAL
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Please fill out form and mail with U.S. check payable to ACSIS for the amount above to:
Ms. Anne Hischar
American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies
421 St. Augustine Center
Villanova University
Villanova. PA 19085
USA
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U.S. INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM POLICY:
ASSESSING THE RESULTS
April 21, 2008, 9:00am – 3:00pm
Copley Formal Lounge, Georgetown University
RSVP: e-mail to: [email protected]
Second in a series of three symposia on the theme of
"Religious Freedom and U.S. Foreign Policy: Taking Stock, Looking Forward"
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8:30-9:00am: Coffee and Bagels
9:00am-10:45am: “U.S. Foreign Policy Practitioners: The State Department, the Commission, Congress, and the White House”
Robert A. Seiple, President of the Council for America’s First Freedom and former U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom
Tad Stahnke, Director of the Fighting Discrimination Program at Human Rights First and former senior staffer at U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
David Killion, senior staff of House Committee on Foreign Affairs and former senior staffer on human rights issues for Rep. Tom Lantos
William Inboden, Senior Vice-President of the Legatum Institute and former senior staff at National Security Council
Chris Seiple, President of the Institute for Global Engagement (moderator)
11:00am-12:30pm: “U.S. Foreign Policy Scholars: International Religious Freedom Policy, American Ideals, and American National Interests”
Ruth Wedgwood, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Philip Gordon, Brookings Institution
Joshua Muravchik, American Enterprise Institute
Walter Russell Mead, Council on Foreign Relations (invited)
Thomas Farr, Georgetown School of Foreign Service (moderator)
12:30-1:30: Lunch
1:30pm-3:00pm : “U.S. International Religious Freedom Policy: The Critique from the Muslim World”
Abdolkarim Soroush, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs
Asma Afsarrudin, University of Notre Dame
Radwan Masmoudi, Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy
Thomas Farr, Georgetown School of Foreign Service (moderator)
Light breakfast and lunch served; RSVP required at HYPERLINK "mailto:[email protected]" [email protected].
You may attend one, two, or all sessions.
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Please also join us on October 10, 2008 for the final symposium in the series, entitled “The Future of U.S. International Religious Freedom Policy: Recommendations for a New Administration”
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ABOUT THE SERIES:
In October 1998 Congress passed, and President Clinton signed, the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA). The IRFA mandated the promotion of religious liberty around the world as a central element of American foreign policy. In 2008 three symposia at Georgetown examine the origins (February 25), performance (April 21) and promise (October 10) of IRF policy. Experts from across the spectrum of American public life—scholars, policymakers, experts and journalists—as well as informed officials and observers from around the globe, will analyze policy. The October symposium, building on the earlier two, presents recommendations for the new administration.
This series is hosted by Georgetown University and co-organized by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University and the Council on Faith & International Affairs at the Institute for Global Engagement.
The series is also made possible in part through the generous support of the Henry Luce Foundation / Georgetown School of Foreign Service http://www1.georgetown.edu/centers/berkley/31646.html
Program on Religion and International Affairs.
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