NETWORKING WORKSHOP

May 2, 2009
University of California, Santa Barbara

 

FINAL SCHEDULE

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Friday, May 1
Pacifica Suites Hotel Fireside Room
6:00-10:00PM
Reception and Buffet Dinner

Saturday, May 2:  Full Day Session
Mosher Alumni House, UCSB campus

9:00am-9:30am  Welcome/Project Overview
Mark Juergensmeyer, Orfalea Center Director

9:30am-10:30am  First Session
Panel:  How Religion Affects Global Civil Society 
Jim Donahue, Graduate Theological Union
Giles Gunn, University of California, Santa Barbara
Sanjeev Khagram, University of Washington
Wade Clark Roof, University of California, Santa Barbara

10:30am-11:00am Break

11:00am-12:00pm  Second Session
Panel: How NGO’s Relate to and Interact with Religion 
Katherine Marshall, Georgetown University
William Headley, University of San Diego
Andy Lower, Eleos Foundation
Victoria Riskin, Human Rights Watch
Phil Oldenburg,  Columbia University
Thomas Tighe, Direct Relief International

12:00pm-12:30pm  Lunch Break

12:30pm-2:30pm  Third Session-Working Lunch
Program Descriptions
All Participant Academic Institutions

2:30pm-3:30pm  Fourth Session
Panel: The Academic Study of Religion & International Affairs 
Jack Fitzmier, American Academy of Religion
Richard Falk, University of California, Santa Barbara
Patrick James, University of Southern California
Jan Nederveen Pieterse, University of California, Santa Barbara
Mona Kanwal Sheikh, University of Copenhagen/Orfalea Center
James Wellman, University of Washington

3:30pm-4:00pm  Break

4:00pm-5:00pm  Fifth Session
Panel: Training for Organizational Leadership in International Humanitarian Service Organizations 
Paul Nelson, University of Pittsburgh
Richard Appelbaum, University of California, Santa Barbara
Margaret Hermann, Syracuse University
David Hirschmann, American University
Atalia Omer, University of Notre Dame

5:00pm-5:30pm  Closing/Regional Workshops
Mark Juergensmeyer

6:00pm-7:30pm  Reception
Ty Warner Sea Center, Stearns Wharf
7:45pm  Dinner
Emilio’s Restaurant, 22 W. Cabrillo Boulevard, Santa Barbara

Sunday, May 3
Brandenburg House
9:00am-12:00pm
Brunch and Informal Discussion