Convening
  • 3
    December
    2020
    Online (Zoom)
    On Fundamentalism, the Ambivalence of the Sacred, and Contested Modernities – A Conversation with Scott Appleby
    Appleby will join Berkley Center Senior Fellow José Casanova to discuss the Fundamentalism Project, its strengths and weakness, and the continuing validity of the category of fundamentalism or “strong” religion, as well as Contending Modernities, its originating assumption, and the project’s most important outcomes to date. They will also examine the ambivalence of the sacred and its power to both sacralize and desacralize violence, as well as religious contributions—particularly Catholic ones—to peacemaking.
  • 24
    November
    2020
    Zoom
    The Divided Society After November 3rd
    In the aftermath of last week’s vote, Reset DOC in collaboration with the Italian Academy at Columbia University and the Centro Studi Americani in Rome will host an event of world-renowned experts to examine the results of the November 3rd elections with an outlook towards the long-term effects of these deep semantic and cultural divisions.    
  • 5
    November
    2020
    Online (Zoom)
    Indian and Western Varieties of Secularism – A Conversation with Rajeev Bhargava
    In this conversation, Bhargava will join Berkley Center Senior Fellow José Casanova to discuss Indian secularism, as well as comparative secularism globally. They will examine the particular challenges that majoritarian Hindu nationalism presents to Indian secularism, the relationship between dual global crises of secularism and of democracy, and how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting both. They will also discuss U.S.-Indian relations in the context of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
  • 2
    November
    2020
    Europe at a Crossroads after the Shock
    The pandemic shock, the “titanic”, but still on-paper, reaction with the Next Generation EU package, the multiple threats and tensions in the neighborhood and the “vanishing” momentum for democracy globally. Where is the EU heading after the shock(s) of 2020? A special double initiative by ResetDOC and Fondazione Corriere della Sera.
  • 15
    October
    2020
    Religion, Magic, Secularity, and Spirituality – A Conversation with Peter van der Veer
    Peter van der Veer is director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity at Göttingen. His work focuses on religion and nationalism. Specifically, he is interested in a syntagmatic structure linking four concepts – religion, magic, secularity, and spirituality – and how they’ve emerged entangled in global colonial encounters between East and West. He also works on issues of refugees and religion, in addition to other modern global encounters, primarily between Asia and Europe. This conversation builds on four others in the ongoing Global Religious and Secular Dynamic Discussion Series.
  • 24
    September
    2020
    Religious and Secular Global Dialogue – A Conversation with Azza Karam
    Dr. Azza Karam,  secretary-general of Religions for Peace, will join Berkley Center Senior Fellow José Casanova to discuss the evolution of the role of major religious bodies and multinational faith-based organizations on the world stage and at the United Nations. They will then turn to topics of religious pluralism and mutual recognition of religions, examining the role of dialogue at different levels of engagement. This conversation builds on four others in the ongoing Global Religious and Secular Dynamic Discussion Series.
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