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“Politics of Religious Freedom:
Contested Norms and Local Practices in South and Southeast Asia”
Henry Luce Foundation Initiative on Religion and International Affairs
December 14-15, 2011
Organizers:
Peter Danchin, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Saba Mahmood, & Winnifred Fallers Sullivan
Wednesday, December 14
0900 – 1000 Coffee and pastries will be served in the meeting room (located on the second level of the hotel).
1000 – 1100 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Saba Mahmood, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
1100 – 1300 PANEL I: The Big Picture
– Chair/discussant: Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
Robert Yelle, History of Religion, University of Memphis
Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Professor of Political Science, Thammasat University, Senior Research Fellow, Toda Institute for Peace and Global Research
1300 – 1500 LUNCH –Chedi restaurant private room
1500 – 1700 PANEL II: Views from the Field
– Chair/discussant: Saba Mahmood
Flavia Agnes, (Advocate) co-founder of MAJLIS, a Mumbai-based legal and cultural resource centre
Suneetha Achyuta, Senior Fellow and Coordinator, Anveshi Research Centre for Women’s Studies
Ratna Kapur, Global Professor of Law, Jindal Global Law School, and Faculty, Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations
1830-2200 DINNER – Please join us for dinner at Cafe de Nimman.
Plan to arrive at the hotel reception area at 18:20. Vans will leave at 18:30. We will be sitting outside so you may want to bring an extra layer depending on the weather.
Thursday, December 15
0900 – 1000 Coffee and pastries will be served in the meeting room (located on the second level of the hotel).
1000 – 1200 PANEL III: Ethnographic / historical perspectives
– Chair/discussant: Peter Danchin
Nandini Chatterjee, Lecturer in History, School of Humanities and Performing Arts, University of Plymouth
Asad Ahmed, Assistant Professor, Social Anthropology Program, Harvard University
1200 – 1400 LUNCH – Chedi restaurant private room
1400 – 1600 OPEN DISCUSSION
– Chair/discussant: Winnifred Fallers Sullivan
Mark Tamthai, Director of the Institute of Religion, Culture and Peace, Payap University
Charles Keyes, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and International Studies, University of Washington
Samia Huq, BRAC Development Institute (BDI), BRAC University
– Rapporteur: Ben Schonthal, History of Religions, University of Chicago
1830 – 2200 DINNER – Please join us for dinner at The Gallery.
We have reserved vans for those who would like to ride to the restaurant. These vans will depart from the front of the hotel at 18:50. For those who would like to walk to the restaurant (~16 minute walk), we will leave around 1830. We will be joined at dinner by several faculty members from Chiang Mai University.