The Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion (CDTR) conducts research and training on the interfaces of and tensions between religion, toleration, and democracy in the world.

CDTR News & Events

Talk: Günes Murat Tezcür, “When Democratization Radicalizes? The Kurdish Nationalist Movement in Turkey” (April 14). See details

Talk: Zeynep Akbulut Kuru, “The Headscarf Ban and Women's Subjectivity in Turkey” (April 9). See details

Conference: “Indonesia, Islam and Democracy: Comparative Perspectives” (April 2-3). See details

Talk: Ceren Belge, “Bureaucracy, Knowledge, and Control: Governing Minorities in Turkey and Israel” (March 31). See details

Talk: Senem Aslan, “Governing Areas of Dissidence: Nation-Building and State-Minority Relations in Turkey and Morocco” (March 24). See details

Conference: “Democracy, Islam, and Secularism: Turkey in Comparative Perspective” (March 6-7). See details

Distinguished Senior Scholar in Residence: Charles Taylor (Nov 17-19). See details

Prime Minister R. Tayyip Erdogan: Turkey's Role in Shaping the Future (Nov 13). See details

 

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Other Related Events

Spring Semester 2009

Course: U6295 Democracy, the World’s Religions, and Problems of the ‘Twin Tolerations’
Instructor: Prof. Alfred Stepan

Course: G8434 Issues in Comparative Democracies and Secularisms
Instructors: Prof. Alfred Stepan and Dr. Ahmet Kuru


For more information, send an email to cdtr@columbia.edu.