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: Monica Toft, “Hypotheses on Religion and War” (April 30). See details
Talk: Karsten D. Voigt, “Transatlantic Differences on the Role of Religion in Politics” (April 24). See details
Talk: Daniel Nexon, “Religion and International Relations: No Leap of Faith Required” (April 22). See details
Lecture Series Talk: Ali Bardakoglu, “Muslims, Christians, and Jews: The Ottoman Experience of Peaceful Co-Existence” (April 22). See details
Panel: Nilüfer Göle, Alfred Stepan, and Ahmet Kuru, “The Threat to Turkish Democracy: Islam or Secularism?” (April 17). See details
Lecture Series Talk: Sener Aktürk, “Challenges to Transform the Ethnicity Regime in Turkey: Alevi and Kurdish Electoral Behavior and Demands for Recognition, 1946-2007” (April 14). See details
Visiting Distinguished Senior Scholar: Denis Lacorne will visit CDTR in March 2008. Dr. Lacorne is Senior Research Fellow at FNSP/CERI, Sciences PO and the author of De la religion en Amérique. See details
Yale Conference: “Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age” (April 4-5). For more information, click here
Spring 2008 courses: Prof. Brinkley Messick teaches courses on “Islamic Law” (Anthropology W4282) and “Islam and Theory” (Anthropology G4284)
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For more information, send an email to cdtr@columbia.edu.
