The University of Utah
\nThe Patterns of Secularism<\/p>\n
A workshop organized by the Middle East Center, the Department of Political Science, and the Religion and Culture Track of Comparative Literary & Cultural Studies at the University of Utah<\/p>\n
Friday June 12, 2009<\/p>\n
Panel I: 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
\nThe Concept of Secularity and Secularization<\/p>\n
Bernard Weiss, (University of Utah)
\n“Islam, Secularism and the Law.”<\/p>\n
Nader Hashemi, (University of Denver)
\n“Islam, Secularism and Liberal Democracy.”<\/p>\n
Fred Quinn, (The University of Utah)
\n“Overcoming the Impossibility of Dialogue, World Religions on a Collision
\nCourse.”<\/p>\n
Discussant: Mujeeb R. Khan (UC-Berkeley)<\/p>\n
Lunch: 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Panel II: 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
\nSecularism in Turkey I<\/p>\n
Ali Yaman, (Izzet Baysal University-Turkey)
\n“Turkey’s politics of religion and Alevis’ secularism dilemma”<\/p>\n
Ergun Yildirim,
\n“The Imaginary Secularism: The Case of Turkey.”<\/p>\n
Masaki Kakizaki, (University of Utah)
\n“Polarization of Civil Society in Turkey.”<\/p>\n
Tolga Koker, (Yale University)
\n“The Establishment of Kemalist Secularism in Turkey”<\/p>\n
Discussant: Fred Quinn<\/p>\n
Panel III: 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
\nSecularism in Turkey II<\/p>\n
M. Hakan Yavuz, (University of Utah)
\n“The Modes of Secularism.”<\/p>\n
Kemal Silay, (Indiana University)
\n“Secular Foundations of Turkish Literature”<\/p>\n
Armand Sag, (Museum Turkije, Netherland)
\n“Secularism among Turkish Groups in Holland.”<\/p>\n
Discussant: Tolga Koker<\/p>\n
Saturday June 13, 2009<\/p>\n
Panel IV: 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
\nSecularism and Foreign Policy<\/p>\n
Hasan T. Kosebalaban, (Lake Forest College)
\n“Turkey’s EU Bid: the Shadow of Religion”<\/p>\n
Etga Ugur, (University of Utah)
\n“The LDS Church and the Gulen Community”<\/p>\n
Umut Uzer, (University of Virginia)
\n“Turkish Nationalism and Secularism”<\/p>\n
Discussant: Eric Hooglund<\/p>\n
Panel V: 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
\nComparative Cases of Secularism: Iran, Algeria, Pakistan<\/p>\n
Eric Hooglund, Bates College (Maine, USA)<\/p>\n
Mujeeb R. Khan, (UC-Berkeley)
\n“How Islamic Liberal Reform was Derailed: The Nexus Between
\nWestern\u00a0Imperialism, Secular Authoritarianism, and Wahabism”<\/p>\n
Sener Akturk, (UC-Berkeley)
\n“Nation-Building, Islam, and Resistance in Turkey, Pakistan and Algeria”<\/p>\n
Discussant: Bahman Baktiari, (University of Utah)<\/p>\n
Dinner: 7:00 p.m.
\nThe papers of this workshop will be edited by Nader A. Hashemi and M. Hakan Yavuz to be published by Middle East Critique (Routledge Journal).<\/p>\n
Shari Lindsey
\nEvents Coordinator, Middle East Center
\nUniversity of Utah
\n260 S Central Campus Drive, Room 153
\nSalt Lake City, Utah\u00a0 84112
\n(801) 585-9594 or 581-6181
\nFax (801)581-6183<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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