Public Events at the Boisi Center
boisi center for religion and american public life
Spring 2012 Events
For God and Country: Religion and the U.S. Military
Fr. Richard Erikson, U.S. Air Force
Jonathan Ebel, University of Illinois
Moderated by Erik Owens, Boston College
Thursday, February 9, 2012 • 5:30PM • Devlin 101
Islam, Sharia, and Democratic Transformation in the Arab World
Abdullahi A. An-Na'im, Emory University
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 • 4:45PM • Devlin Hall 008
Co-sponsored by the Islamic Civilization and Societies Program and the Center for Human Rights & International Justice.
Public Relations and World Affairs: On Power, History and Meaning
Christian Polke, University of Hamburg
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Boisi Center • 12:00-1:15PM
Religious Exclusivism and Pluralism as a Political Project
The 11th Annual Prophetic Voices Lecture
Miroslav Volf, Yale Divinity School
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 • 5:30-7:00PM • Devlin 101
Winning the Child's Will:
Shaping the Consenting Citizen for Liberal Society, the U.S. 1800-2000
James E. Block, DePaul University
Thursday, March 15, 2012 • 4:00PM • 10 Stone Ave.
Co-sponsored by American Studie, and the departments of History and Political Science.
Islam and Democracy: A Closer Look at the Turkish Model
Friday, March 16, 2012 • Time TBA • Gasson 112
An all-day conference co-sponsored by the Islamic Civilizations and Societies program and the Peace Islands Institute.
Citizenship in the Global City:
Catholic Social Teaching and Community Organizing in East London
Vincent Rougeau, Boston College Law School
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Boisi Center • 12:00-1:15PM
Religion and the 2012 Presidential Primaries
Jill Lepore, Harvard University, New Yorker Magazine
Rebecca Traister, Salon Magazine
Alan Wolfe, Boston College
Moderated by Erik Owens, Boston College
April 12, 2012 • 4:00PM • Devlin 101
Islamic Civilization & Societies: Establishing a New Major with a U.S Department of Education Grant
Kathleen Bailey, Boston College
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Boisi Center • 12:00-1:15PM