PROTESTS IN IRAN : CONTEXT, STRATEGIES, AND (LIKELY) CONSEQUENCES OCT 26 4 PM

PROTESTS IN IRAN : CONTEXT, STRATEGIES, AND (LIKELY) CONSEQUENCES Join us for a panel on the ongoing protests in Iran triggered by the death of 22-year old Mahsa Amini in police custody. For four weeks now, women have been protesting dress and behavior rules despite the government locking down access to the internet and social media. Panelists: Ms. Leila Asadi, Activist and Scholar Dr. Mehdi Aminrazavi, Professor of Religion, UMW Dr. Farhang Rouhani, Associate Professor of Geography, UMW Ms. Asadi has 12 years of experience in teaching, activism, and research. Her research focuses on women's rights in Iran and the international regime on refugee protection. She has been working with the National Democratic Institute to empower civil society in Iran. OCTOBER 26 4-5:30PM MONROE 346 Sponsored by the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, the Khatib Program in Religion and Dialogue. … [Read more...]

“Religion, Democracy, & Violence: A Virtual Symposium” March 30th

The Khatib Program in Religion & Dialogue presents: Religion, Democracy, and Violence Tuesday, March 30, 2021 | 2:00-4:00 pm RSVP Here! … [Read more...]

“Religion, Democracy, & Violence: A Virtual Symposium” March 30th

The Khatib Program in Religion & Dialogue presents: Religion, Democracy, and Violence Tuesday, March 30, 2021 | 2:00-4:00 pm RSVP Here! … [Read more...]

CPR and Khatib Center to sponsor Jefferson Lecture

The Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religious Studies and the Khatib Program for Religion and Dialogue at UMW are happy to announce the 2020 Jefferson Lecture. Our own Professor Mary Beth Mathews will speak on "The Religious Worlds of Enslaved African Americans" on Tuesday, February 18th at 5 p.m. in the HCC Digital Auditorium. We hope you'll join us! … [Read more...]

Conference schedule for Religious Freedom in a Fractured America, March 22 and 23

  Please join us for UMW CPR's conference, Religious Freedom in a Fractured America. Day sessions will meet in the University Center's Colonnade Room on March 22 and 23. Thursday evening's special panel on "Religious Freedom in the Streets: Remembering Charlottesville" is set for Monroe 116 at 7 p.m. Many thanks to the University of Virginia's Center for the Study of Religion, UMW's Women's and Gender Studies Program, UMW's Political Science and International Affairs Department, the UMW Department of History and American Studies, and the UMW Leidecker Center for Asian Studies for their generous support! MARCH 22 UNIVERSITY CENTER, COLONNADE 9:30AM-10:00AM     Opening Remarks 10:00AM-12:30PM   Panel: Anti-Intellectualism and Religious Freedom Matthew Scherer (George Mason University): "religious freedom: a longer view on contemporary questions" Monica Miller (Lehigh University): “The Struggle of (Black) Gods Today: A.L.L.A.H and the Rhetoric of Divine … [Read more...]