Engaging Religion Conference

When
Oct 25 2018 - Oct 26 2018
5:00 pm - 5:00 am

Location
Hesburgh Center Auditorium
100 Hesburgh Center
Notre Dame, IN



Description

Join us for the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion’s inaugural conference.

All inaugural events are free and open to the public
OCTOBER 25
KEYNOTE LECTURE
 
Thomas Tweed, Founding Director
 
5:00 p.m.
 
Hesburgh Center for International Studies Auditorium
University of Notre Dame
OCTOBER 26
ENGAGING RELIGION CONFERENCE
 
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
 
1030 Jenkins Nanovic Halls
University of Notre Dame
 
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Panel 1: “Forced Migration: How Religion Causes and Eases Displacement”
 
10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Panel 2: “Religious Misrepresentation: How to Improve Media and Education Accounts”
 
12:45 p.m.
Lunch
 
1:45 – 3:45 p.m.
Panel 3: “Sustainable Habitats: How Religions Can Repair Unsustainable Environments”
Dania Straughan
Dania is Program Manager at the Contending Modernities research initiative, where she oversees operations and contributes to program development. Dania is a graduate of the Kroc Institute’s Masters in Peace Studies. She is active in efforts to establish restorative justice pathways in her local community, and volunteers to advance grant making for community-led social cohesion programs globally. She previously served as outreach coordinator at the Millennium Nucleus for the Study of Stateness and Democracy in Latin America, at the Catholic University of Chile.