יום שני, 25 במאי 2015

International Conference on Religion and Equality June 9-11, 2015, Bar-Ilan University, Faculty of Law


Tuesday, June 9th

16:30-17:00                  registration and refreshments

17:00                                  Opening Session
         Greetings : Prof. Shahar Lifshitz, Dean, Faculty of Law
                             Dr. Haim Shapira, Organizing Committee
           Keynote Speaker:  Judge Neal Hendel, Supreme Court, Israel
                           Jewish and Democratic State – Introductory Reflections



18:00-19:30                         Session 1: Theory
Mark Rosen, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, USA,
Two Ways of Conceptualizing the Relationship Between Equality and Religious Freedom
Rex Ahdar, University of Otago, New Zealand,
The Empty Idea of Equality Meets the Unbearable Fullness of Religion



Wednesday, June 10th

09:00-10:45                                        Session2 : International Law
Natan Lerner, IDC, Herzliya,
 Is there a Minimum Standard of Protection for Religious Rights?
Silvio Ferrari, University of Milan,
 Religion Between Freedom and Equality

11:15-13:00                                   Session 3: Religion and Politics
Robert C. Blitt,  University of Tennessee College of Law, USA
The Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab Spring: Impact of Regime Changes on Institutional Agenda and Politics
Lin Feng, City University of Hong Kong,
The Tension Between State, the Communist Party of China (CPC), and Religion in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region – A Critical Examination of Racial Inequality

1300-1400: Lunch

14:00-15:45                                      Session 4: Europe
Elena Falletti, Università Carlo Cattaneo , Castellanza, Italy
The Cultural Impact of Islamic Mass Immigration on the Italian Legal System
Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias, Poznan Human Rights Centre, Institute of Legal Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
Law of “Religious Slaughter” and the Principle of Equality

16:15-17:15                                        Session 5: India
Geetanjali Srikantan,  Zvi Meitar post-doc Tel Aviv University,
History and Property Rights in the Ayodhya Dispute: Examining Paradoxes of Liberalism and Equality in the Indian Model of Religious Freedom  


Thursday, June 11th
09:00-10:45                                          Session 6: Gender
M. Christian (Christy) GreenEmory University, USA,
Religious Freedom, Secularism, and Gender Equality: Comparing France and Quebec

Joel HarrisonMacquarie University, Sydney Australia,
Debating Rights and Same-Gender Relationships

11:15-13:00                                         Session 7: Accommodation
Michael Helfand,  Pepperdine University, USA,
Rebuilding Claims for Religious Accommodation: A Case Study

Debbie Kaminer,  City University of New York, USA
 Religious Accommodation in the American Workplace:  Why Federal Courts Fail to Provide Meaningful Protection of Religious Employees

1300-1400: Lunch

14:00-15:45                                                Session 8: Jewish Law
Zvi Zohar, Bar-Ilan University,
 Inequality, Parity, Equality? Mapping 20th century Rabbinic Positions with Regard to Non-Jews.

Suzanne Stone,  Cardozo Law School, USA,
Equality versus Reciprocity in Jewish Legal Thought

16:15-18:00                                              Session 9: Israel
Michael Karayanni, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
The Exclusion of the Sephardic Students in Immanuel: A Curse or a Blessing?
Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Bar-Ilan University  and David Kretzmer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Religious Parties, the Exclusion of Women and Freedom of Religion and Press


The conference is generously supported by
The Romie and Esther Tager Fund for Jewish Law

Please confirm participation: amos.israel@biu.ac.il







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