Friday December 15, 2006

8:30-9:00
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45-9-00
Welcome Address

9:30-11:30

Panel One:
Consequences of 9/11 on Muslims in Europe and in the United States: Legal and Political Aspects

Chair/Discussant:
Louise Richardson, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University

Europe:
The Consequences of European Security Laws after 9/11 on Muslims in Europe
Presenters:
Jose Maria Ortuño Aix, University of Barcelona
Didier Bigo, Institut d'Études Politiques, Paris

America:
The Situation of Immigrant Muslims after the Patriot Act: Legal Ramifications
Presenter:
Philip B. Heymann, Harvard Law School

The Situation of Arab Muslims and Christians: Political Ramifications
Presenter:
Wayne Baker, University of Michigan

11:45-12:45

Lunch

12:45-2:45

Panel Two:
Islam and Muslims in the Western Public Sphere

Chairs/Discussants:
Diana Eck, Harvard University
Ali Asani, Harvard University

Europe:
Anti-Islamic Discourses in Europe: Agents and Contents
Presenter:
Yasemin Karakasoglu, University of Bremen


America:
Status of Islam in the American Public Sphere after 9/11
Presenter:
Emran Qureshi, Harvard University

3:00-5:00

Panel Three:
Religious Life of Muslims in the West: Legal and Political Dimensions

Chair/Discussant:
Peter Skerry, Boston College

Europe:
Legal Status of Islamic Religious Practices in Europe after 9/11
Presenters:
Marcel Maussen, University of Amsterdam
Frank Peter, University Viadrina Frankfurt-Oder

America:
Religious Practices of American Muslims
Presenter:
Louise Cainkar, Marquette University

Saturday December 16, 2006

9:00-9:30

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30-11:30

Panel Four:
Relations Between the State and Muslims

Chairs/Discussants:
Kishwer, Baroness Falkner of Margravine, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Jocelyne Cesari, CNRS-Paris and Harvard University

Europe:
Muslims in Europe: Between Secularism and Multiculturalism
Presenter:
Farhad Khosrokhavar, École des Hautes Études en Sciences, Paris

America:
The Debate on Religious Freedom and Civil Liberties after 9/11
Presenter:
José Casanova, New School for Social Research

Muslims and American Secularism
Presenter:
Jane Smith, Hartford Seminary

11:30-12:30

Concluding Round Table

Chair:
Jocelyne Cesari, CNRS-Paris and Harvard University

Concluding Remarks