2017-2018

"Can We be Done with Original Sin: Political Theology, Legal Interpretation, and the Decision" Prof Paul Kahn (March 19, 2018)

March 19, 2018 “Can We be Done with Original Sin: Political Theology, Legal Interpretation, and the Decision" Prof Paul Kahn (Yale University) 12:30pm to 2:00pm, Room 318, Jackman Humanities Building RSVP Required: www.osgoode.yorku.ca/research/rsvp In Political Theology, Carl Schmitt wrote, "Every political idea in one way or another takes a position on the 'nature' of man […]

"Merely Political or Meaningfully Religious? Indigenous Protest Rituals and Their Legal Afterlives" Prof Greg Johnson (February 7, 2018)

February 7, 2018 “Merely Political or Meaningfully Religious? Indigenous Protest Rituals and Their Legal Afterlives" Prof Greg Johnson (University of Colorado)12:30pm to 2:00pm, Room 2027, Osgoode Hall Law School RSVP Required: www.osgoode.yorku.ca/research/rsvp Standing near the summit of Mauna Kea, two stone ahu (altars) are sites of contemporary Native Hawaiian religious vitality.  The State of Hawai`i, […]

"Finding Religion: Assessing Religion-Based Asylum Claims" Dr Helge Årsheim (November 1, 2017)

November 1, 2017 “Finding Religion: Assessing Religion-Based Asylum Claims" Dr Helge Årsheim (University of Oslo)2:30pm to 4:00pm, Room 2010, Osgoode Hall Law School RSVP Required: www.osgoode.yorku.ca/research/rsvp Asylum seekers around the world frequently base their claims for protection on religious conversion leading to persecution.  This raises a number of difficult issues, including how courts and tribunals understand religious […]