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.

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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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

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