Siena: International Summer School in Law and Religion (18-22 june 2008) – Deadline for applications: 15th of May
2008 Third Edition
“WOMEN IN LAW AND RELIGION”
Siena, June 18-22, 2008
Summer School in Law and Religion – 2008 Edition
Programme:
June, Wednesday 18, 2008
3.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. Registration
5.00 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Presentation of the Summer School- Marco Ventura (Director of the School)
5.30 p.m.-6.30 p.m.
LECTURE: Titia Loenen (University of Utrecht). Women and Law: an Introduction
6.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. DISCUSSION
7.45 p.m. Dinner
June, Thursday 19, 2008
8.00 a.m.-9.00 a.m. Breakfast
9.00 a.m.- 10.00 a.m.
LECTURE: Hiroko Kawanami (University of Lancaster): “The construction of gender in Asian religions”
10.00 a.m.-11.00 a.m. DISCUSSION
11.00a.m.- 11.30 a.m. Coffee break
11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. Work groups
1.00 p.m.-3.00 p.m. Lunch & Free Time
3.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
LECTURE: Fatou Camara (University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar): “The status of women in indigenous African law and indigenous African faith”
4.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. DISCUSSION
5.00 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Coffee break
5.30 p.m. – 6.30 p.m. Work groups
6.30 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. Final discussion
7.30 p.m. Dinner
June, Friday 20, 2008
8.00 a.m.-9.00 a.m. Breakfast
9.00 a.m.–10.00 a. m.
LECTURE: Hildegardis Warnink (Catholic University of Leuven): “Women in Canon Law and Catholic Theology”
10.00 a.m.-11.00 a.m. DISCUSSION
11.00 a.m.-11.30 a.m. Coffee break
11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. Work Groups
1.00 p.m.-3.00 p.m. Lunch & Free Time
3.00 p.m.-4.00 p.m.
LECTURE: Anna Zaborska (European Parliament): “Women’s rights and gender equality: the role of the EU”
4.00 p.m.-4.30 p.m. DISCUSSION
4.30 p.m.-5.00 p.m. Coffee break
5.00 p.m.- 6.30 p.m. Work groups
6.30 p.m. -7.00 p.m. Final discussion
8.00 p.m. Dinner
9.30 p.m. Special Event: Nilima Devi, Kathak Dance Performance
June, Saturday 21, 2008
8.00 a.m.-9.00 a.m. Breakfast
9.00 a.m.-10.00 a.m.
LECTURE: Werner Menski (SOAS, London): “Gendered spaces in Comparative Jurisprudence”
10.00 a.m.-11.00 a.m. DISCUSSION
11.00 a.m.-11. 30 a.m. Coffee break
11.30 a.m.-1.00 p.m. Work groups
1.00 p.m.-4.00 p.m. Lunch & Free Time
4.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. Lecture: Taslima Monsoor (Dhaka University)Women in Islamic Law and Religion
5.00 p.m. – 5.30 p.m. Discussion with Bruce Clark (The Economist)
5.30 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.
Tools in Law and Religion: Pavol Drlicka (Trnava University, Slovakia): The Slovak Institute for the study of Church and State
Relations
8.30 p.m. Gala Dinner
June, Sunday 22, 2008
8.00 a.m.-9.00 a.m. Breakfast
9.00 a.m.-10.00 a.m. Lecture:Roberta Aluffi (Università di Torino) Women’s Rights in Islamic Law
10.00 a.m.-11.00 a.m. Discussion with Elias Nasrallah (Alrai Al Am, London)
11.00 a.m.-11. 30 a.m. Coffee break
11.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m. Work groups
12.30 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. Final discussion and concluding remarks
1.30 p.m.-3.00 p.m. Lunch
SPEAKERS PROFILE:
Roberta Aluffi
Roberta Aluffi is professor of African and Asian law at the Università di Torino Law faculty.
Fatou Camara
Fatou Camara is an assistant professor of law in the Law Faculty of Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal.
Hiroko Kawanami
Hiroko Kawanami is a lecturer in Buddhist studies at the Department of religious studies of Lancaster University (U.K.). Dr. Kawanami’s research covers Asians religions, anthropology of religion, the construction of gender in Asian religion, Asian spirituality.
Titia Loenen
Dr. M.L.P. Titia Loenen is professor of Gender and Law at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Dr. Loenen is co-editor of the Dutch journal of human rights, the NJCM-Bulletin, and member of the editorial board of the South-African ‘Democracy and Development Journal’.
Taslima Monsoor
Taslima Monsoor is professor of Islamic law and an expert of women’s rights at Dhaka University Law Faculty in Bangladesh.
Werner Menski
Werner Menski is Professor of South Asian Laws at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Elias Nassarallah
Elias Nassarallah is a columnist of the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Raialaam and an expert of the Muslim World.
Hildegardis Warnink
Hildegardis Warnink is professor of Canon law at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium). She is Judge in the Flemish Interdiocesan Tribunal of first Instance in the Diocese of Mechelen-Brussels (Belgium) and Judge and coordinator of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of the Diocese of Rotterdam (The Netherlands).
Anna Záborská
Anna Záborská is the Chairwoman of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament.
For further information and application:
Law and Religion Programme website:
Summer School in Law and Religion
Deadline for all applications will be the 15th of May
University of Siena
Dept. of Public Law
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email: lawrel.school@unisi.it
Argomenti: Corsi, Master e Scuole