Yale CIR: Program

Saturday, April 15, 2006
Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Yale University

Tentative Schedule

8:30 - 9:45am Registration; Breakfast and Coffee

9:45 - 10:00am Welcome Note

10:00 - 10:45am Session 1

10:00 - 10:15 "Explaining Pro-Western Anti-Americanism in Turkey"
10:15 - 10:25 Discussan'ts Critique/Response
10:25 - 10:45 Question & Answers

11:00 - 11:45am Session 2

11:00 - 11:15 "Weber, Heiler, and the Muslim Discourse in North America"
11:15 - 11:25 Response by Riaz Hassan (Prof. of Sociology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; Visiting Professor, Yale University)
11:25 - 11:45 Question & Answers

12:00 - 1:30pm Lunch Break and Dhuhr Prayers

1:30 - 2:15pm Session 3

1:30 - 1:45 "Rise of the Muslim Islamicist as Religious Authority Figure"
1:45 - 1:55 Response by Yasir Kazi (Instructor, Al-Maghrib Institute; PhD Candidate, Islamic Studies, Yale University)
1:55 - 2:15 Question & Answers

2:30 - 3:15pm Session 4

2:30 - 2:45 "Examining the Progressive Muslim Union of North America"
2:45 - 2:55 Discussant's Critique/Response
2:55 - 3:15 Question & Answers

3:15 - 3:30pm Coffee Break

3:30 - 4:00pm Keynote Speech: Joseph Cumming (Director, Reconciliation Program, Yale Center for Faith & Culture)

4:00 - 5:00pm Discussion Panel with all Speakers

5:00pm Conclusion