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
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