3rd SRP Distinguished Lecture and Symposium

1 – 2 February 2017
1 Feb: 9.45 a.m. to 4.40 p.m.
2 Feb: 1.15 p.m. to 5.45 p.m.

Theme:
The Ambivalence of the Sacred in an Uncertain World:
A Global Dialogue on Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE
by Professor Scott Appleby
Marilyn Keough Dean of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs

THE AMBIVALENCE OF THE SACRED:
RELIGION AS CAUSE OF PEACE AND VIOLENCE?

Roundtable on Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding

Mr Bob Carr
Former Foreign Minister, Australia

Mr Marty Natalegawa
Former Foreign Minister, Indonesia

Professor Scott Appleby
Marilyn Keough Dean of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs

Moderator
Ambassador Barry Desker
Distinguished Fellow, RSIS

Keynote Lectures

Religion, Nationalism, and Politics in Southeast Asia:
The Ambivalence of the Sacred in an Uncertain World
Professor Joseph Liow Chinyong
Dean, RSIS

The interplay of religion and politics in the US, Europe and the Middle East, and their impact on ethnic and religious communities across the globe:
A view from the United States of America
Professor Vali Nasr
Dean, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

The impact of the global interplay of religion and politics on ethnic and religious communities in East Asia, and their influence in turn on global religious trends :
A view from China
Professor Yan Kejia
Director, Institute of Religious Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

Panel Discussion

Moderator
Professor Julius Lipner
Professor Emeritus of Hinduism and the Study of Comparative Religion,
University of Cambridge