AGENDA
RELIGION IN WORLD HISTORY
2003 ORIAS Summer Teachers Institute
July 28 - August 1, 2003
Monday July 28: Religious Boundaries

8:30Coffee/Sign in/Resource Review
9:00Introduction - Michele Delattre, ORIAS 
9:20Religion and the Conquest of Mexico
Alex Saragoza (Ethnic Studies/Chicano Studies, UCB)
10:20Break
10:30Eastern Orthodox Christianity: The History of the Other Europe
John Klentos (Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute, GTU)
11:30Discussion with teacher facilitator
12:00Lunch
1:00Shinto and Japanese Nationalism
John Nelson (Religious Studies, University of San Francisco)
2:00Break
2:10India/Pakistan Partition of 1947
Daisy Rockwell (Center for South Asia Studies, UCB)
3:10Workshop time (credit students)
4:00Adjourn

Tuesday July 29: Religion Crossing Boundaries

8:30Coffee/Resource Review
9:00Panel: Religion in Diaspora Communities 
Religion in the African Diaspora
Ousmane Kane (Columbia University)
Constructing Jewish Identity in Latin America
Monique Balbuena, (Comparative Literature, UCB)
Japanese Religion in Brazil
Ronan Pereira (Center for Japanese Studies, UCB)
11:30Discussion
12:00Catered Lunch
1:00The Spread of Islam in West Africa
Ousmane Kane (Columbia University)
2:15Familiar Strangers: Islam and Muslims in the Chinese Culture Area
Jonathan Lipman (Mount Holyoke College)
3:15Workshop time (credit students)
4:00Adjourn

Wednesday July 30: Religion and Civil Society 

8:30Coffee/Resource Review
9:00Ten Muslim Minzu: Islam and 'Minority Nationality' in the People's Republic of China
Jonathan Lipman (Mount Holyoke College)
10:00 Break
10:10 Buddhism and Emperor Asoka in India
Jim Egge (Eastern Michigan State University, Ypsilanti)
11:10 Discussion with teacher facilitator
12:00 Lunch on own
1:30 Panel: Religion in Southeast Asia 
Historical and Cultural Aspects of Islam in SEA
Jeff Hadler (Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, UCB)
Jataka Tales in Southeast Asia
Peter Koret (Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, UCB)
Classroom Applications
Avi Black (San Francisco Unified School District)
4:00Adjourn

Thursday July 31: Religious Militancy; Religion and the Voice of Dissent

8:30Coffee/Resource Review
9:00Religion and Empire in the Antiquity
Edan Dekel (Classics Department, UCB) 
10:10 Islam and Arab Nationalism
As'ad Abu Khalil (California State University, Stanislaus)
11:15 Discussion with teacher facilitator
12:00 Catered Lunch
1:00The Hindu Nationalists in India
Dhananjay Kapse  (Department of South and Southeast Asia Studies, UCB)
2:10Protestant Reformation in Western Europe
Ben Klein (History, UCB/Mills College)
3:15Credit group meeting
4:00Adjourn

Friday August 1: Communicating Religion - Images in Art and Media

8:30Coffee/Resource Review
9:00Icons: Communicating through Forms and Ritual
Anton Vrame (Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute, GTU)
10:10Islam in America: Images and Reality
Laurence Michalak (Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UCB)
11:15Discussion with teacher facilitator
12:00Catered Lunch
1:00Resource review
2:00Faces of the Buddha Exhibit
Lynne Kimura (Berkeley Art Museum)
*This session will be held at the Berkeley Art Museum
3:30Credit group meeting
4:00Adjourn

Sponsored by the University of California at Berkeley Office of Resources for International and Area Studies (ORIAS), Center for African Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Institute of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Center for South Asia Studies, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, Institute of European Studies. 

Funding is provided by Title VI grants from the United States Department of Education. 
Contact: Michele Delattre 
University of California Berkeley 
Office of Resources for International and Area Studies 
2223 Fulton Street Room 338 #2324 
Berkeley CA 94720-2324 

510.643.0868 | orias@uclink4.berkeley.edu