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) are pleased to present 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.
Proposed Conference Agenda
8.30-9 Coffee and Welcome
9-9.40 Conference Introduction
- Silvio Ferrari (University of Milan Department of Law)
9.40-9.50 Break
9.50-11.30 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)
11.30-11.45 Coffee Break
11.45-13 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)
13-14.30 Lunch
14.30-16.15 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)
16.15-16.30 Break
16.30-17.15 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