Workshop on Pluralism, Coexistence and Conflict: Majority and Minority Communities in Muslim Societies
Date and Time
October 28 - October 29, 2011
09:30AM - 03:00PM EDT
Location
Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
CMES and the Initiative on Contemporary Islamic Societies are pleased to present a workshop organized by Cemal Kafadar, Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies, and ICIS program managers, Derya Honça and Emran Qureshi.
Read abstracts and speakers bios.
Read policy papers produced from the workshop presentations:
- Samina Ahmed, Project Director, South Asia, International Crisis Group, Islamabad: Pakistan: Ethnic and Religious Minorities and the Crisis of Governance
- Michael Semple, Research Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard University: The Rise of the Hazaras and the Challenge of Pluralism in Afghanistan 1978-2011
- Azyumardi Azra, Professor of History, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta: Policy Implications and Challenges for Majority-Minority Ethnic and Religious Accommodation in Indonesia
- Gerald Knaus, Chairman, European Stability Initiative, Istanbul: Secularism, Islam, and Turkey's Authoritarian Temptations
- Abdullahi Gallab, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies, Arizona State University: When the Center Cannot Hold: Colonization, Religion, Violence and the Fate of the Sudan
- Mariz Tadros, Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex: When Justice Means Just Us: What Next for Egypt’s Escalating Sectarianism?
Contact: Derya Honça, 617-495-1923
Sponsor(s): The Henry Luce Foundation