2014 Annual Symposium
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| OPENING SESSION | |
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| James R. Rasband Dean; Hugh W. Colton Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| Kevin J Worthen President, Brigham Young University | |
| W. Cole Durham, Jr. Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University; President, International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies | |
| Orrin Hatch United States Senator for Utah |
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| FIRST PLENARY SESSION: Secularisms, Religion, and Social Tensions | |
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| Brett G. Scharffs Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Francis R. Kirkham Professor of Law and Associate Dean, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| Brian J. Grim President, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation | |
| Slavica Jakelić Associate Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia | |
| Akinola Ibidapo-Obe Professor and Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos | |
| Daniel Philpott Professor of Political Science and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame | |
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| Religious Responses to Secularisms Breakout Session | |
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| Welcome Shon D. Hopkin | |
| Peter Comensoli Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Sydney; Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia | |
| Mohd Hasbi Abu Bakar President, Jamiyah Singapore | |
| James T. Christie Professor of Dialogue Theology; Director, Ridd Institute for Religion & Global Policy, University of Winnipeg | |
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| Latin America Breakout Session | |
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| Guillermo García Montúfar Professor, Universidad de Lima | |
| Julio Rosas Huaranga Congresista, Congreso del Perú | |
| Mariano Germán Mejia Jiménez President, Supreme Court of Justice, Dominican Republic | |
| Selvin Boangeres García Velásquez Congressman, National Congress of Guatemala | |
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| Vietnam and Laos Breakout Session | |
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| Brett G. Scharffs Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Francis R. Kirkham Professor of Law and Associate Dean, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| Anh Cuong Nguyen Faculty of Political Science, Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Hanoi | |
| Lee Koua Sayaxang Acting President, Lao Front for National Construction of Vientiane Capital City | |
| Tai Tam Nguyen Civil Servant, Government Committee for Religious Affairs | |
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| Central Europe Breakout Session | |
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| Welcome Wade Jacoby | |
| Tamás Lukacs Former Member of Parliament and Chair of the Committee for Human Rights, Minorities, Civil and Religious Affairs; current President, Hungarian Independent Police Complaints Board | |
| Henryk Hoffmann Director, Department of Religious History, Institute of Religious Studies, Jagellonian University | |
| Anna Książek PhD Student, Jagellonian University | |
| Lucia Grešková Deputy Director, Ministry of Culture | |
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| SECOND PLENARY SESSION: Varieties of Secularism | |
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| Elizabeth A. Clark Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| Elizabeth Shakman Hurd Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Political Science, Northwestern University | |
| Jean-Paul Willaime Directeur d'Études, École Pratique des Hautes Études | |
| Effie Fokas Research Fellow, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and London School of Economics | |
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| Mexico Breakout Session | |
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| Welcome J. Stanley Martineau | |
| Víctor Hugo Sánchez Zebadúa Subsecretary of Religious Affairs, Secretaría de Gobernación Chiapas | |
| Alberto Patiño Reyes Professor of Law and Religion, University Iberoamericana-Santa Fe, Mexico | |
| Vicente Segú Marcos Director, Incluyendo Mexico AC | |
| Jorge Lee Galindo Director General, Lee and Associates Law Practice | |
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| Australia Breakout Session | |
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| Arthur L. Edgson | |
| Neil Foster Professor, Newcastle Law School | |
| Neville Rochow Barrister/Board Member, University of Adelaide Research Unit for Society, Law and Religion | |
| Nigel Zimmermann Private Secretary to Most Rev Peter Comensoli, Archdiocese of Sydney | |
| Peter Comensoli Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Sydney; Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia | |
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| Middle East and North Africa Breakout Session | |
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| Welcome Shadman Bashir | |
| Lami Bertan Tokuzlu Assistant Professor, Ýstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Dolapdere Kampüsü | |
| Alessandro Ferrari Associate Professor, Department of Law, Economy, and Cultures, University of Insubria | |
| Kishan Manocha Lecturer, University of East London School of Law and School of International Law, Pakistan | |
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| THIRD PLENARY SESSION: Aspects of Secularism | |
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| Gary B. Doxey Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies | |
| Alberto Patiño Reyes Professor of Law and Religion, University Iberoamericana-Santa Fe, Mexico | |
| Joseph E. David Faculty member / Professor of Law and Religion, University of Oxford, UK, and Sapir Academic College | |
| Brett G. Scharffs Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Francis R. Kirkham Professor of Law and Associate Dean, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
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| Religion and European Foreign Policy Breakout Session | |
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| David M. Kirkham Senior Fellow for Comparative Law and International Policy, Regional Advisor for the European Union and Council of Europe, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| Jean-Bernard Bolvin Policy Advisor, European External Action Service | |
| Susan J. Breeze Head, Equality and Non-Discrimination Team, Human Rights and Democracy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office | |
| Pasquale Annicchino Research Fellow, European University Institute | |
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| Latin America - Government Perspectives Breakout Session | |
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| Scott E. Isaacson Attorney at Law, Kirton McConkie | |
| Frezia Sissi Villavicencio Rios Directora General de Justicia y Culto del Ministerio de Justicia del Perú, Ministerio de Justicia | |
| Gabriel Iván Álvarez Director of Relations with Religions and NGOs, Ministry of Government of San Juan, Argentina | |
| Herminio Lobos Centurión Dr., Ministerio de Educación y Cultura de Paraguay | |
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| Japan and South Korea Breakout Session | |
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| Welcome Mark A. Peterson | |
| Makoto Arai Prof. Dr., Japan Adult Guardianship Law Association | |
| Byung-Sun Oh Professor Emeritus, Sogang University Law School | |
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| Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria Breakout Session | |
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| Welcome Leslie A. Hadfield | |
| André Makengo Kisala Mazyambo Professor, University of Kishasa | |
| Femi Falana Hallmarks of Labour Foundation | |
| Katshung Joseph Yav Professor of Law, University of Lubumbashi | |
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| Religious and Theoretical Understandings of Secularism Breakout Session | |
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| James A. Toronto Senior Fellow in Islamic Studies, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| Andrea Pin Professor, University of Padova | |
| Michael Casey Private Secretary, Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney | |
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| Brazil and Guyana Breakout Session | |
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| Gregory Clark | |
| Uziel Santana President, ANAJURE (National Association of Evangelical Jurists) | |
| Luigi Braga General Counsel, South American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church | |
| Acyr de Gerone Lawyer, Brazil Bar Association, Religious Freedom Committeeof the BAR Association of Paraná State of Brazil | |
| Raphael Trotman Speaker, National Assembly of Guyana | |
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| Indonesia and Malaysia Breakout Session | |
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| J. Clifford Wallace Chief Judge Emeritus, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| Mahaarun Kusuma Pertiwi Lecturer, Universitas Gadjah Mada Faculty of Law | |
| Henry Sandanam Reverend, Association of Social Services and Community Development of Gombak District | |
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| Russia and Armenia Breakout Session | |
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| Welcome N. Anthony Brown | |
| Oleg Yurevich Goncharov Member, Council for Cooperation with Religious Organizations under the President of the Russian Federation |
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| Hovhannes Hovhannisyan Associate Professor, Faculty of Theology, Yerevan State University | |
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| European Perspectives on Secularism Breakout Session | |
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| Robert T. Smith Managing Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| Tore Lindholm Associate Professor, Norwegian Center for Human Rights, University of Oslo | |
| Ricardo García García Deputy Director General for Religious Affairs, Ministry of Justice of the Government of Spain | |
| Denis J. Edwards Director, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University | |
| Vanja-Ivan Savić Assistant Professor, University of Zagreb Faculty of Law | |
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| Philippines Breakout Session | |
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| Welcome Victor A. Taylor | |
| Malou Mangahas Executive Director, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism | |
| Maria Cecilia de los Reyes Training Director, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism | |
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| Mongolia Breakout Session | |
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| Richard H. Page International Fellow, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Brigham Young University | |
| Choinorov Sunrevtsoodol Khukhdandar Director, Ministry of Labor | |
| Darijav Naranbaatar Deputy Director, Immigration of Mongolia | |
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| Ukraine Breakout Session | |
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| Liudmyla Fylypovych Professor, Lecturer on Law and Religion, Center for Religiosu Information and Freedom, Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
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| Oleksandr Zhuravchak Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine, Ministry of Culture of Ukraine | |
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| FOURTH PLENARY SESSION: Conference Summation and Concluding Reflections | |
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| David M. Kirkham Senior Fellow for Comparative Law and International Policy, Regional Advisor for the European Union and Council of Europe, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| Tore Lindholm Associate Professor, Norwegian Center for Human Rights, University of Oslo | |
| Mariano Germán Mejia Jiménez President, Supreme Court of Justice, Dominican Republic | |
| Liudmyla Fylypovych Professor, Lecturer on Law and Religion, Center for Religiosu Information and Freedom, Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | |
| Guillermo García Montúfar Professor, Universidad de Lima | |
| Byung-Sun Oh Professor Emeritus, Sogang University Law School | |
| J. Clifford Wallace Chief Judge Emeritus, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| Susan J. Breeze Head, Equality and Non-Discrimination Team, Human Rights and Democracy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office | |
| Mohd Hasbi Abu Bakar President, Jamiyah Singapore | |
| Elizabeth A. Clark Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University | |
| W. Cole Durham, Jr. Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University; President, International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies | |