Events

The Sacred and the Profane: Modernity Challenged
Special Event

Date and Time
April 22, 2006
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Availability
Open to the public
No RSVP required

Speakers
Coit D. Blacker - Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Olivier Nomellini Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education
Amir Eshel - Chair and associate professor of German studies and comparative literature, and director of the European Forum at FSI
Robert Gregg - Teresa Hihn Moore Professor in Religious Studies (Emeritus), and Director of the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University
Paula M. L. Moya - Associate Professor and Vice-Chair of English at Stanford University
Raena D. Saddler - Junior student double-majoring in Religious Studies and Psychology, with a minor in International Relations

Commentators across the political spectrum have suggested that a profoundly confrontational clash between western and traditional cultures is taking place. Are modernity & religiosity in fundamental conflict? Are western values - equated with modernity and secularism - incompatible with orthodoxy? Are traditions - based in religion and emphasizing the importance of established practices - antithetical to "progress"? Is the conflict so profound that it has become our new "cold war"? Join our panelists to explore one of the more disturbing challenges facing our world today.

Jointly sponsored by the Stanford International Initiative and the Undergraduate Admissions Office.

Topics: International Relations | Europe | Germany

Location
Cubberley Auditorium

FSI Contact
Aysha Rajput