Past Events

"Power, Politics, and the Promotion of Religious Freedom" - Prof. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

February 24, 2014 “Power, Politics, and the Promotion of Religious Freedom" Prof. Elizabeth Shakman Hurd (Northwestern University) 12:30pm to 2:00pm, Room 2027, Osgoode Hall Law School RSVP Required: www.osgoode.yorku.ca/research/rsvp, Event Code: LRST7 The promotion of religious freedom is ubiquitous.  An impressive array of states and international authorities has taken up the cause of promoting religious freedom globally. The […]

"Religious Equality in a Partial World" - Prof. Larry Sager

March 8, 2013 "Religious Equality in a Partial World" Professor Larry Sager (University of Texas) 12:30pm - 2:00pm, Room 2027, Osgoode Hall Law School RSVP Required: www.osgoode.yorku.ca/research/rsvp, Event Code: LRST6 In our joint work, Chris Eisgruber and I have argued that a robust equality principle underwrites religious liberty in the United States.  The touchstone is equal membership, […]

"Regulating Intimacy: Religion, Sex, and Secular Cunning" - Prof. Mayanthi Fernando

February 4, 2013 "Regulating Intimacy: Religion, Sex, and Secular Cunning" Professor Mayanthi Fernando (UC, Santa Cruz) 12:30pm - 2:00pm, Room 2027, Osgoode Hall Law School RSVP Required: www.osgoode.yorku.ca/research/rsvp, Event Code: LRST5 How does the public/private distinction so central to secular-liberal democracy inflect the secular state's regulation of sex and religion? Focussing on contemporary France, this talk analyzes […]

"Putting Faith in Hate: Religion as the Source and Subject of Hate Speech" - Prof. Richard Moon

November 26, 2012 "Putting Faith In Hate: Religion As The Source And Subject Of Hate Speech" Professor Richard Moon (University of Windsor) 12:30pm - 2:00pm, Room 2027, Osgoode Hall Law School RSVP Required: www.osgoode.yorku.ca/research/rsvp, Event Code: LRST4 Many recent hate speech cases involve religion either as the source of views that are alleged to be hateful or […]

"The Legal Person After the Sexual Revolution: Criminal Law, the Church and the Family" - Prof. Ngaire Naffine

September 24, 2012 “The Legal Person After the Sexual Revolution: Criminal Law, the Church and the Family" Prof. Ngaire Naffine (University of Adelaide) 12:30pm to 2:00pm, Room 2027, Osgoode Hall Law School RSVP Required: www.osgoode.yorku.ca/research/rsvp, Event Code: LRST3 Criminal Law, the Family and the Church have worked together as a mutually reinforcing economy, keeping the married woman […]

"The Power of Pluralist Thinking: Why the Idea of Religious Freedom Persists" - Prof. Courtney Bender

March 19, 2012 "The Power of Pluralist Thinking: Why the Idea of Religious Freedom Persists" Professor Courtney Bender (Columbia) Tracing recent shifts in our vision of religious pluralism's value for democracy, this talk raises questions about the ground on which we imagine our political and religious present. Specifically, it asks how pluralism has come to be a […]

"Here Comes Everyone: Political Religion in the 21st Century" - Prof. Winnifred Sullivan

 February 13, 2012 "Here Comes Everyone: Political Religion in the 21st Century" Professor Winnifred F. Sullivan (SUNY Buffalo) Two decades after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the “peyote case,” we have an opportunity to survey the world that Smith made. Professor Sullivan’s talk will consider political religion in the 21st Century by setting that decision and the distinctive dynamics […]