2009 Barnes Symposium Speaker Biographies



	Day One Thursday, March 26, 2009 Theory and Application of a Common Word We will be joined via videoconferencing by Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates as joint sponsor for the entire two day conference, but by our Indonesian university partners (University of Indonesia and Al Azhar Indonesia University, both in Jakarta, and Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta) only for the March 26-27, 2009 morning sessions, due to the time difference. All times are US East Coast regular time (GMT -5). The symposium will take place in the Law School auditorium. 08:00-08:10 Coffee Plus Registration for CLE Participants 08:10-08:20 Welcome 08:20-09:10 Keynote Speakers His Excellency Sheikh Ali Goma’a, Grand Mufti of Egypt, Dar al Ifta, Cairo The Right Reverend William O. Gregg, Assistant Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina-Charlotte Office & Chair, Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church (2001-6) 09:10-11:00 Applications: Environment & Climate Change Panel Douglas Maclean, Dept of Philosophy, UNC-Chapel Hill Waleed El Ansary, Dept of Religious Studies, USC-Columbia Cinnamon Carlarne, USC Law School, Columbia, SC (moderator) 11:00-11:20 Address of HE Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, President of Zayed University 11:20-11:45 Coffee Break 11:45-13:45 Applications: Human Rights & Ethics Panel Nicholas Adams, Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme, Cambridge University, UK Harkristuti Harkrisnowo, Sentra HAM, Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia & Directorate for Human Rights, Indonesian Ministry of Justice, Jakarta Siti Ruhaini Dzuhayatin, Dept of Sharia Law & Women's Study Center, Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (moderator) 13:45-14:45 Lunch 14:45-16:00 Applications: Development Panel (commenced) Marsudi Triatmodjo, Faculty of Law, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia David Linnan, USC Law School, Columbia, SC Father Joseph Isanga, Ave Maria Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan (moderator) 16:00-17:15 USC Interfaith Prayer Event President Harris Pastides, University of South Carolina, Columbia Representatives of various religious traditions 17:15-18:00 Applications: Development Panel (continued) Marsudi Triatmodjo, Faculty of Law, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia David Linnan, USC Law School, Columbia, SC Father Joseph Isanga, Ave Maria Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan (moderator) End of Day One Day Two Friday, March 27, 2009 Theory and Application of a Common Word We will be joined via videoconferencing by Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates as joint sponsor for the entire two day conference, but by our Indonesian university partners (University of Indonesia and Al Azhar Indonesia University, both in Jakarta, and Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta) only for the March 26-27, 2009 morning sessions, due to the time difference. All times are US East Coast regular time (GMT -5). The symposium will take place in the Law School auditorium. 08:15-08:30 Coffee 08:30-10:45 Theory: Theology Panel Ibrahim Kalin, Official Spokesperson for A Common Word Between Us and You & Al-Waleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, Washington DC Father Daniel Madigan, Dept of Theology, Georgetown University, Washington DC Robert Fastiggi, School of Theology, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI (moderator) 10:45-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-13:15 Theory: Mysticism Panel Caner Dagli, Dept of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross, Worchester, MA Father John Chryssavgis, Theological Advisor to the Ecumenical Patriarch Michael Allen, Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (moderator) 13:15-14:30 Lunch and Juma for Moslem participants For CLE participants legal ethics presentation on corruption 14:30-17:00 Theory: Metaphysics Panel Joseph Lumbard, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA James Cutsinger, Dept of Religious Studies, USC-Columbia Maria Dakake, Religious Studies Dept, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (moderator) 17:00-17:30 Summary and Closing End of Day Two