Religion and Reconciliation: Forging Peace after War
Thursday, October 24, 2024 |Â 5:00 - 7:00 pm |Â Devlin 110 | Registration Link to Come
Please join us for the screenings of two short documentaries by Reset Dialogues on Civilization on the role of religions in reconciliation and peacebuilding: 1. RELIGION AND RECONCILIATIONÂ IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AND THE BALKANS and 2. THE CASE OF RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT AND THE ROLE OF ORTHODOX CHURCH.
Directed by Filippo Macelloni, these timely 25-minute films analyze the role of religion in peace-making efforts in the context of the wars in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Ukraine-Russia. Historical background and expert interviews are interwoven in an informative and engaging viewing experience.
Producers of the documentaries are Reset Dialogues on Civilizations and Templeton Religion Trust.
Speakers
José Casanova
José Casanova is one of the world's leading scholars in the sociology of religion. He is also professor emeritus at Georgetown University, where he previously taught in the Department of Sociology and the Department of Theology and Religious Studies. During 2017 he was the Kluge Chair in Countries and Cultures of the North at the U.S. Library of Congress' John W. Kluge Center, where he worked on a book manuscript on Early Modern Globalization through a Jesuit Prism. He has published works on a broad range of subjects, including religion and globalization, migration and religious pluralism, transnational religions, and sociological theory. His best-known work, Public Religions in the Modern World (University of Chicago Press, 1994), has become a modern classic in the field and has been translated into several languages, including Japanese, Arabic, and Turkish. Casanova’s most recent research has focused primarily on two areas: globalization and religion, and the dynamics of transnational religion, migration, and increasing ethno-religious and cultural diversity. His books in this area include Islam, Gender, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective, co-edited with Jocelyne Cesari (Oxford University Press, June 2017), Beyond Secularization: Religious and Secular Dynamics in Our Global Age (Spirit and Letter, 2017, in Ukrainian), and Jesuits and Globalization: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Challenges (Georgetown University Press, 2016), co-authored by the Berkley Center’s Thomas Banchoff.
Filippo Macelloni
Filippo Macelloni (Firenze, 1965), is an award-winning director, producer and writer. His work has played in numerous film festivals and on TV networks across the world. Among his most significant credits are the mockumentary Il Mundial dimenticato / The lost World Cup, co-produced and directed with Lorenzo Garzella, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2011; Silvio Forever, a satirical biopic of former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi, codirected with Roberto Faenza; the documentary Children Over Time (Rai Teche/Rai Cinema 2016), finalist for the Focal International Awards. With a background in architecture, Filippo is also an accomplished creator of video and art installations and exhibits for museums and institutions in Italy and abroad.
Elizabeth H. Prodromou
Elizabeth H. Prodromou is Visiting Professor in the International Studies Program at Boston College, and an affiliated faculty member of the Islamic Civilizations and Societies Program as well as the . Her research interests and policy work focus on the intersections of geopolitics, religion, and human rights, with particular focus on the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Prodromou served a diplomatic appointment on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (2004-2012), and she was a member of the U.S. Secretary of State’s Religion & Foreign Policy Working Group (2011-2015). She is co-editor of two volumes, , and , and multiple book chapters, and is widely published in academic journals such as Journal of World Christianity, Journal of Democracy, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Orbis, and Survival. She sits on the editorial board of and , and Co-Chairs the Orthodoxy, Politics, and International Relations Group of the International Orthodox Theological Association. Her policy and practitioner appointments include the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center (Non-Resident Senior Fellow), Religions for Peace (Co-President), and the Freedom of Religion or Belief Women’s Alliance (Alliance Advisor). She was a member of the delegation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the at Crete in 2016. Â
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