2020 SUSI Scholars Virtual Conference
We are pleased to announce the first SUSI Scholars Virtual Conference to be held August 17-18, 2020. Between 2017 and 2019, the Dialogue Institute had the privilege of hosting three cohorts of scholars through the U.S. State Department’s Study of U.S. Institutes Program on Religious Pluralism and Freedom. All of the conference presenters are former program participants and will offer papers on related the the SUSI Scholar program themes.
Conference attendees will have already received an invitation with a Zoom link specifying their roles as a participant/discussant or observer. Observers will be asked to keep themselves muted throughout the conference.
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August 17 Schedule For Observers
8:30 am (EDT Philadelphia): ZOOM room open
9:00 am: Welcome and Introductions
Welcome by Temple University Officials: Hai-Lung Dai and Rebecca Alpert (Pre-recorded)
Welcome by Dialogue Institute Staff and Board
Welcome by Terry Rey, Editor of the Journal of Ecumenical Studies
SUSI Scholar Introductions
9:30 am: Yosra El Gendi (Egypt 2017)
“Impact of COVID-19 on Religious Freedom: State-Religion Relations in the Time of a Pandemic”
Respondent: Ousmanou Adama (Cameroon 2018)
10:05 am: Break
10:15 am: Ferdinand Gjana (Albania 2017)
“Politics and Religion in the Western Balkans”
Respondent: Simon Yin (China 2017)
10:50 am: Break
11:00 am: Luiz Siveres (Brazil 2017)
“The Experience of Dialogue in the Educational Process”
Respondent: Leonard Swidler
11:30 am: Break
11:35 am: Gasper Mithans (Slovenia 2018)
"Suppressed Croatian–Slovenian Catholic Parish In San Francisco And Parishioners' Efforts For Its Reopening"
Respondent: Helena Vilaca (Portugal 2017)
12:00 pm: Irine Kurdadze (Georgia 2017)
“International Law and Religious Minorities”
Respondent: Helena Vilaca (Portugal 2017)
12:00 pm: Irine Kurdadze (Georgia 2017)
“International Law Mechanisms for Minorities”
12:15 pm: Closing Remarks: Professor Len Swidler
12:25 pm Announcements and Discussion of Next Steps
12:30 pm: Adjourn
August 18 Schedule for Observers
6:30 am (EDT Philadelphia): ZOOM room open
7:00 am: Welcome and Introductions
Welcome by Temple University Officials: Hai-Lung Dai and Rebecca Alpert (Pre-recorded)
Welcome by Dialogue Institute Staff and Board
An Invitation to submit to the Journal of Ecumenical Studies - Rebecca Mays
SUSI Scholar Introductions
7:30 am: Malahat Veliyeva (Azerbaijan 2019)
“Multicultural Harmony and Religious Freedom in Azerbaijan”
Respondent: Jessy Ismoyo (Indonesia 2018)
8:10 am: Break
8:20 am: Kashshaf Ghani (India 2018)
“Religious Freedom and North American Sufi Devotionalism”
Respondent: Tekalign Agore (Ethiopia 2019)
9:00 am: Break
9:10 am: Fouzia Mannan (Bangladesh 2018)
“Veil as Religious Expression : An Ethnographic Study of Young University Students in Bangladesh”
Respondent: Maria Funes (Argentina 2019)
9:40 am: Martin Tanui (Kenya 2019) Breakout Room 1
“Kenyan ‘Amani Mashinani’ through Environmental Conservation”
Respondent: Mandalar Lankara (Myanmar 2018)
10:10 am: Closing Remarks: Professor Len Swidler
10:20 am: Announcements and Discussion of Next Steps
10:30 am: Adjourn
Conference Papers and Video Presentations
Dr. Malahat Akbar Veliyeva
Multicultural Harmony and Religious Freedom in Azerbaijan
Prof. Ferdinand Gjana
Politics and Religion in Western Balkans
Yosra Elgendi
Impact of COVID-19 on Religious Freedom: State-Religion Relations in the Time of a Pandemic
Dr. Gašper Mithans
Suppressed Croatian–Slovenian Catholic Parish In San Francisco And Parishioners' Efforts For Its Reopening
Dr. Luiz Síveres
The Experience of Dialogue in the Educational Process
Fouzia Mannan
Veil as Religious Expression : An Ethnographic Study of Young University Students in Bangladesh
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By Martin K. Tanui
Martin K. Tanui
Interreligious Dialogue Initiatives and their Impact (or not?)
Interreligious Co-operation for Peaceful Co-existence among the People of the North Rift, Kenya: Lessons from the USA
