CSRP 20th Anniversary Colloquium
In recognition of the 20 years since the Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics (CSRP) was begun, alumni, fellows, researchers and other associates of the Centre are gathering 5th and 6th October 2024 to discuss the work of the CSRP to-date and future directions our research will take. All are welcome to book a spot though space is limited. You must rsvp whether attending the whole colloquium or individual parts of the programme (lectures, roundtables etc.) to Prof. Mario I. Aguilar at [email protected].
The Religion and Politics Lecture will be delivered on Saturday, 5th October 2024 at 10.45am in the context of the CSRP Colloquium on Religion and Politics by Dr Kate Kirkpatrick of Regent’s Park College, Oxford. The title will be ‘”There must be religion for women as for people”: Beauvoir on Marx, Women, and Religion’.
Programme
Saturday, 5 October 2024
10.00am Opening remarks by Dr Gordon T. Barclay
10.10am Welcome by the Director of the CSRP – ‘Religion and Politics over 20 years and the public impact of the future’
10.45am 2024 Religion and Politics Lecture by Dr Kate Kirkpatrick (Regents Park College, Oxford)
12.00pm to 1.00pm Roundtable – Aspects of indigenous knowledge, and the rights of the poor and the marginalised
1.00pm to 3.00pm Interfaith and political lunches individually
3.00pm to 5.00pm Roundtable – Interfaith dialogue with Islam, Islamophobia and avenues for the different Kingdoms
5.00pm Concluding remarks by the Director of the CSRP
Sunday, 6 October 2024
11.00am Chapel service at St Salvator’s Chapel on campus
Preacher: Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia (Apostolic Nuncia to Great Britain, Ambassador of Pope Francis to the UK)
Officiant: Rev’d Dr Donald MacEwan (University Chaplain)
Roundtable AM participants: Dr Ann Simpson (CSRP), Aaron Pelot (CSRP)
Roundtable PM participants: Dr AH Abubaker (Principal of Al-Maktoum College Dundee), Prof. Douglas Pratt (New Zealand), Prof. James H. Morris (Waseda University, Japan), Dr Mary Hunter (Pakistan), Dr Marjorie Gourley (CSRP)