The book Toward New Democratic Imaginaries–Istanbul Seminars on Islam, Culture and Politics gathers nine years of work and dialogues “on the Bosphorus,” edited by Seyla Benhabib and Volker Kaul. Reset-Dialogues has been forced to suspend the Istanbul Seminars ‘17 given the recent political developments in Turkey and the harsh restrictions of freedom of speech and the press. The book presentation is also an occasion to reconsider the place of Islam in politics in the aftermath of the Arab Spring and terrorism and to ask how to bring back civil liberties and human rights on the political agenda in the Muslim world.

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On Monday the 28th of November 2016 at 6 pm
Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT

Panelists

Chair: Joseph LaPalombara, Professor Emeritus, Yale University

Jeffrey Alexander, Professor, Yale University
Benjamin Barber, Distinguished Senior Fellow, The Urban Consortium, Fordham University
Seyla Benhabib, Professor, Yale University
Giancarlo Bosetti, Director of Reset-Dialogues on Civilizations
Volker Kaul, Lecturer at LUISS University

We are pleased to invite you to
a cocktail reception after the conference

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On Friday the 2nd of December 2016 at 4 pm
Jerome Greene Annex, Columbia University Law School
410 West 117th Street, New York, NY 10027

Panelists

Chair: Giovanna Borradori, Professor, Vassar College

Anthony Appiah, Professor, NYU
Seyla Benhabib, Professor, Yale University
Giancarlo Bosetti, Director of Reset-Dialogues on Civilizations
Ian Buruma, Professor, Bard College
Volker Kaul, Lecturer at LUISS University
Charles Taylor, Professor Emeritus, McGill University

We are pleased to invite you to
a cocktail reception after the conference

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Please RSVP
Anna Krauthamer, ak4035@columbia.edu
Cristina Sala, cristina.sala@resetdoc.org