The Center for Law and Religion at St. John’s School of Law and the Department of Law at the Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta (LUMSA) have announced an academic conference:
State-Sponsored Religious Displays in the U.S. and Europe
Taking place on Friday, June 22, 2012, the conference will bring together American and European law and religion scholars to discuss state-sponsored religious displays from a variety of perspectives. The conference proceedings will be in English and Italian with simultaneous translation. Selected papers will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Catholic Legal Studies.
Conference Introduction
- Silvio Ferrari (University of Milan Department of Law)
Panel 1: Cultural or Religious? Understanding Symbols in Public Places
- Thomas C. Berg (University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) School of Law)
- Carlo Cardia (Roma Tre University Faculty of Law)
- Eduardo Gianfrancesco (LUMSA Department of Law)
- Francesco Margiotta Broglio (University of Florence Faculty of Political Science)
Panel 2: Lautsi v. Italy and the Margin of Appreciation
- Monica Lugato (LUMSA Department of Law)
- Marc O. DeGirolami (St. John’s School of Law)
- W. Cole Durham, Jr. (Brigham Young University Law School)
Panel 3: State-Sponsored Religious Displays in Comparative Perspective
- Hon. Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit)
- Paolo Cavana (LUMSA Department of Law)
- Mark L. Movsesian (St. John’s School of Law)
- Sophie C. van Bijsterveld (Tilburg University School of Humanities)
Conference Conclusion
- Giuseppe Dalla Torre (LUMSA Department of Law)
Location
LUMSA, Complesso del Giubileo
via di Porta Castello, 44 – Roma
Registration
Please register to attend the conference by e-mail to areacomunicazione@lumsa.it
More Information
Monica Lugato | LUMSA Department of Law
m.lugato@lumsa.it
Mark L. Movsesian | St. John’s School of Law Mark.Movsesian@stjohns.edu
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