2008 Conference Speakers

Sir Keith Ajegbo
Former Head Teacher of Deptford Green School, Home Office Advisor in the United Kingdom
Diversity and Citizenship Curriculum Review

Jacqueline Bhabha
Executive Director of the Harvard University Committee on Human Rights, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Seeking Asylum Alone: Unaccompanied and Separated Children and Refugee Protection in the U.S.

John R. Bowen
Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts & Sciences, Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis
Why the French Don't Like Headscarves: Islam, the State, and Public Space
Muslims and Citizens: France's Headscarf Controversy [pdf]

Jocelyne Cesari
Director of Islam in the West Program, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University; Visiting Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, Harvard Divinity School
When Islam and Democracy Meet: Muslims in Europe and the United States
European Muslims and the Secular State

Noah Feldman
Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State
Divided by God: America's Church-State Problem-And What We Should Do About It
Why Sharia

Viola Georgi
Professor of Intercultural Education, Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin
Tolerance Matters Chapter "Education for Democracy and Tolerance in Germany"
The Task of Teaching History

Michael Ignatieff
Member of the Canadian Parliament and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Opposition
Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry

Maleiha Malik
Reader in Law, King's College London
Muslims are now getting the same treatment Jews had a century ago

Martha Minow
Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Just Schools: Pursuing Equality in Societies of Difference

Samantha Power
Anna Lindh Professor of Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
"Bystanders to Genocide"
"For Terrorists, A War on Aid Groups"

Olivier Roy
Research Director at the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research)
Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah
Secularism Confronts Islam

Ayelet Shachar
Canada Research Chair in Citizenship and Multiculturalism, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Multicultural Jurisdictions: Cultural Difference and Women's Rights
Children of a Lesser State: Sustaining Global Inequality Through Citizenship Laws

Richard Shweder
William Claude Reavis Distinguished Service Professor of Human Development, University of Chicago
Just Schools: Pursuing Equality in Societies of Difference
Engaging Cultural Differences: The Multicultural Challenge in Liberal Democracies

John Sexton
President of New York University
Dogmatism and Complexity: Civil Discourse and the Research University
The University as Sanctuary
Sustaining the Moral Surge

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco
The Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education, New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Learning a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society
Learning in the Global Era: International Perspectives on Globalization and Education
Globalization: Culture and Education in the New Millennium

Patrick Weil
GMF Senior Transatlantic Fellow, and Director of the Center for the Study of Immigration, Integration, and Citizenship Policies (CEPIC); Visiting Professor Yale Law School
Towards A European Nationality: Citizenship, Immigration and Nationality Law in the EU
"A nation in diversity: France, Muslims and the headscarf"
Races at the Gate: Racial Distinctions in Immigration Policy: A Comparison between France and the United States [pdf]