Below is a list of events hosted by the Religion and Diversity Project in 2010.
January 2010
Lecture – Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory
Date: January 29, 2010
Title: Spiritual Governance: the New Establishment
Speaker: Winnifred Sullivan (Indiana University)
Location: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
March 2010
Lecture – Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory
Date: March 12, 2010
Title: Constitutionalizing Secularism, Alternative Secularisms or Liberal Democracy?
Speaker: Veit Bader (University of Amsterdam)
Location: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
April 2010
Lecture – Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory
Date: April 9, 2010
Title: On Responsible Citizenship
Speaker: James Tully (University of Victoria)
Location: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
September 2010
Workshop – Multiculturalism and Religious Identity
Date: September 23 to 25, 2010
Co-organisers: Sonia Sikka (University of Ottawa) and Lori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa)
Participants (Team Members): Natasha Bakht (University of Ottawa), Lori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa), Peter Beyer (University of Ottawa), André Laliberté (University of Ottawa), Avigail Eisenberg (University of Victoria), Solange Lefebvre (University of Montreal)
Location: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
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Workshop – Multiculturalism and Religious Identity: Perspectives from Ottawa and Delhi
Date: September 23, 2010
Speakers: Peter Beyer (University of Ottawa) and Rajeev Bhargava (Queen’s University)
Location: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
Lecture – Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory
Date: September 24, 2010
Title: Religious Diversity and Multicultural Accommodation
Speaker: Gurpreet Mahajan (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Location: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
November 2010
Workshop – Religion in the Public Sphere
Date: November 4 to 6, 2010
Co-organisers: Solange Lefebvre (University of Montreal) and Lori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa)
Participants (Team Members):Avigail Eisenberg (University of Victoria), Lori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa), Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens (University of Montreal), Paul Bowlby (Saint Mary’s University), Nancy Nason-Clark (University of New Brunswick), Rubina Ramji (University of Cape Breton), Peter Beyer (University of Ottawa), Paul Bramadat (University of Victoria)
Location: University of Montreal, Montréal, Québec
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Workshop – Varieties of Religious Establishments
Date: November 12 to 13, 2010
Co-organisers: Lori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa) and Winnifred Sullivan (University of Indiana)
Participants (Team Members): Lori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa), Winnifred Sullivan (University of Indiana), Peter Beyer (University of Ottawa), André Laliberté (University of Ottawa), James Richardson (University of Nevada, Reno), Nancy Nason-Clark (University of New Brunswick), Benjamin Berger (York University)
Location: St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick
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Lecture – Varieties of Religious Establishment: Public Session
Date: November 12, 2010
Title: Privileging Religion in a ‘Post-Westphalian’ State: Shadow Establishment, Organization, Spirituality, and Freedom in Canada
Speaker: Peter Beyer (University of Ottawa)
Title: Freedom of Religion and the Claims of Religious Minorities in South Africa
Speaker: Peter Danchin (University of Maryland)
Location: St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Lecture – Are There no Limits? Religious Freedom in Canada
Date: November 26, 2010
Title: Are there no Limits? Religious Freedom in Canada
Speaker: Lori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa)
Location: St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Lecture – Critical Thinkers in Religion, Law and Social Theory
Date: November 26, 2010
Title: La fabrique des identités religieuses dans des sociétés de haute modernité
Speaker: Danièle Hervieu-Léger (Centre d’Anthropologie Religieuse Européenne (CARE), Centre de Recherches Historiques (CRH, EHESS/CNRS).
Location: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario