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Thursday, 2 May 2024

VIRTUAL EVENT, 2 May 2024 (9:30AM ET): Harmony in Diversity - "Buddhism" with Debra Boudreaux
(European Union and United Nations Offices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Wednesday, 1 May 2024

VIRTUAL EVENT, 1 May 2024 (10AM ET): 2024 Annual Report: Key Findings and Recommendations - 25 Years of IRFA
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Tuesday, 30 April 2024

ONLINE COURSE, application deadline 30 April 2024: Religion & Conflict Transformation
(swisspeace)

Saturday, 27 April 2024

EVENT, 27 April 2024 (9AM - 6PM BST): New Perspectives on Revival & Renewal of the Muslim Civilization (Birkbeck, UK)
(Islamic Courses)

Friday, 26 April 2024

WEBINAR, 26 April 2024 (4PM CEST): Strengthening Families: A Cornerstone of Sustainable Societies. Episode 3: Families and Freedom of Religion or Belief
(David Dollahite, Marcela Szymanski, William Duncan, Alessandro Calcagno, European Union & International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Sutherland Institute)

HYBRID EVENT, 26 April 2024 (8AM CT): Christian Nationalism and Public Policy in the US
(Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy)

Thursday, 25 April 2024

EVENT, 23-25 April 2024: Oceania Perspectives on Human Dignity (Laie, Hawaii, USA)
(Brigham Young University – Hawaii, The Human Dignity Initiative)

ONLINE COURSE, 25 April - 16 May 2024: Religions, Beliefs, and Human Rights: A Faith for Rights Approach (Instructor-Led)
(The United States Institute of Peace)

Wednesday, 24 April 2024

VIRTUAL EVENT, 24 April 2024 (9:30AM ET): Harmony in Diversity - "Anglicanism / Episcopal Church" with Lynnaia Main
(European Union and United Nations Offices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

EVENT, 24 April 2024 (19:30h GMT+2): Informe de Libertad Religiosa 2023 por España (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
(Ayuda a la Iglesia Necesitada, Archidiócesis de Santiago de Compostela)

Monday, 22 April 2024

EVENT, 22 April 2024 (9:30AM ET): 2024 Symposium on Religious Speech in the Context of Anti-Blasphemy and Anti-Proselytism Laws (Notre Dame, IN USA)
(University of Notre Dame Law School)

Friday, 19 April 2024

EVENT, 25-27 June 2024: One Family under God: Empowering African Renaissance as a Global Catalyst for Freedom, Peace and Sustainable Development (Nairobi, Kenya)
(Inter-Religious Council of Kenya (IRCK))

Thursday, 18 April 2024

EVENT, 18 April 2024 (1PM - 6PM PDT): Finding Common Ground: Protecting Freedom of Religion and Human Dignity (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
(Las Vegas Alliance for Religious Freedom and Human Dignity)

EVENT, 18 April 2024 (6PM EDT): 3rd Annual Freedom of Religion Roundtable (Kennesaw, GA, USA)
(Paul Murray, Hannah Clayson Smith, Barry Loudermilk, David Wilkerson, Alexandria Shuval-Weiner, Kemal Korucu, John H. Vaughn)

EVENT, 17-18 April 2024: Faith & Life Lecture Series (Berea, OH, USA)
(Baldwin Wallace University)

Wednesday, 17 April 2024

VIRTUAL EVENT, 17 April 2024 (9:30AM ET): Harmony in Diversity - "Hinduism" with Gopal D. Patel
(European Union and United Nations Offices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

EVENT, 17 April 2024 (2:30PM ET): ISGRJ Race and Religion Lecture Series: Global Circuits of Difference (Newark, NJ USA)
(Mbaye Lo, Rutgers University)

HYBRID EVENT, 17 April 2024 (1PM ET): Empowering Youth in Catalyzing Faith-inspired Approaches to SDGs 16 and 17 in the Climate Change Agenda
(Religions for Peace; Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF); International Islamic Fiqh Academy)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Cults, spirituality, and new religious movements
(London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

Tuesday, 16 April 2024

HYBRID EVENT, 16 April 2024 (2PM ET): Congressional Briefing on the Ongoing Atrocities Against Christians in Nigeria
(In Defense of Christians)

Monday, 15 April 2024

EVENT, 23 April 2024 (5:45PM ET): Public Interest Piety: Unpacking the Role of Religion in 2024’s Fraught Politics (Cambridge, MA, USA)
(Adam Philips, Asma Uddin, Justin Giboney, Harvard Law School)

Friday, 12 April 2024

EVENT, 12 April 2024 (12PM PDT): 20th Annual Orange County Religion and the Law Symposium (Orange, CA, USA)
(J. Reuben Clark Law Society)

EVENT SERIES, Spring 2024: Free Exercise Speaker Series
(Yale Law School)

WRITING COMPETITION (for law school students), deadline 12 April 2024: 2024 Church, State & Society Writing Competition
(Program on Church, State & Society, University of Notre Dame Law School)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS, deadline 12 April 2024: Invitation for submissions that address a topic of high current interest in the field of international, regional, comparative or national human rights law
(The University of Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal)

EVENT, 12 April 2024 (9AM MT): 2024 Religion, Culture & Diversity Symposium (Orem, Utah, USA)
(Anthea Butler, Lauren Horn Griffin, Julie Ingersoll, Benjamin Park, Utah Valley University)

Wednesday, 10 April 2024

EVENT, 10 April 2024 (7:30AM - 5PM CDT): 11th Annual Iowa Religious Freedom Day: What Good is Religion in the 21st Century? (Des Moines, Iowa, USA)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 10 April 2024 (9:30AM ET): Harmony in Diversity - "Judaism" with Rabbi Noam Marans
(European Union and United Nations Offices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Monday, 8 April 2024

EVENT, 8 April 2024 (8:30AM - 4:30PM MDT): War, Diplomacy, and the Human Rights Dialogue: New Approaches for Latter-day Saint Professionals (Provo, UT, USA)
(Camille M Johnson, Paul Perrin, Brett Scharffs, Bill and April Bollard, Michael Frandsen, Lyn Burningham, Rachel Miner, Elizabeta Kitanovic, Medlir Mema, Shadman Bashir, Eric Jensen, James Patton, BYU Kennedy Center)

Sunday, 7 April 2024

CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 7 April 2024: Double Standards and International Law
(KFG International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?)

Thursday, 4 April 2024

EVENT, 4 April 2024 (11AM ET): The 26th Annual Dialogues on Nonviolence, Religion and Peace (Notre Dame, IN, USA)
(Traci C. West, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies)

EVENT, 4 April 2024 (5PM ET): Claiming the Nation: Religion and Politics in the Philippines (Boston, MA, USA)
(Jayeel Cornelio, Boston University Center for the Study of Asia)

Wednesday, 3 April 2024

VIRTUAL EVENT, 3 April 2024 (9:30AM ET): Harmony in Diversity | EP. 2 "Islam" with Prof. Husna Ahmad OBE PhD
(European Union and United Nations Offices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Monday, 1 April 2024

EVENT for university students, April - July 2024: Statesmanship and religious freedom seminars (Iraq, UK, USA)
(Religious Freedom Institute)

Sunday, 31 March 2024

CALLS FOR PAPERS, proposals due 31 March 2024: From Protection to Coercion: the Limits of Positive Obligations in Human Rights Law
(Faculty of Law, Lund University)

Friday, 29 March 2024

ESSAY CONTEST (for high school juniors and seniors), deadline 29 March 2024: Witnesses to Freedom
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)

Wednesday, 27 March 2024

EVENT, 27 March 2024 (6PM EDT): Tanenbaum Film Screening: Long Line of Ladies (New York, NY, USA)
(Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 27 March 2024 (9:30AM ET): Harmony in Diversity | Episode 1 "Catholicism"
(Nicola Speranza, European Union and United Nations Offices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Tuesday, 26 March 2024

EVENT, 26 March 2024 (1:30PM ET): Women in FoRB: Making a Difference
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 26 March 2024 (3PM CET / 8AM MDT): Education, Health, and Human Flourishing: The Family's Crucial Role
(European Union & International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

EVENT, 26 March 2024 (12:30PM ET): The Role of Religion in Resilient Societies: Lesson’s from Africa’s Development Journey (Cambridge, MA, USA)
(Harvard Law School)

Thursday, 21 March 2024

VIRTUAL EVENT, 21 March 2024 (10:30AM ET): The Roles of Law, Religion and Housing Through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)
(Yolanda van der Vyver, M. Christian Green, Terri Montague, Heleen du Toit, Carin Smuts, Marianne de Klerk, Alexander Ehlers, Brendan Hart, Yasmin Mayat, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

EVENT, 21 March 2024 (3PM CT): Religion and Politics after January 6 (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
(Tracy Fessenden, Abram Van Engen, Mark Valeri, Washington University in St. Louis)

WEBINAR, 21 March 2024 (10AM MDT): What is Gender Equality?
(G20 Interfaith Forum and International Acdemy for Multicultural Cooperation)

Friday, 15 March 2024

CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 15 March 2024: Islamophobia, antisemitism and philosemitism after October 7
(Cambridge Interfaith Programme)

Thursday, 14 March 2024

HYBRID EVENT, 14 March 2024 (13.30 GMT+1): Rethinking Human Rights Treaty Withdrawals (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
(Başak Çalı and Laurence R. Helfer, Maastricht Centre for Human Rights)

EVENT, 14 March 2024 (18:30 GMT+1): Self-Censored Live Premiere (film in English, discussion in German) (Vienna, Austria)
(Ralph Schöllhammer, P. Simon De Keukelaere, Pamela Chavez-Reder, Markus Bauer, Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

WEBINAR, 14 March 2024 (17:30 CET): Being a Christian in politics and society
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

Friday, 8 March 2024

EVENT, 8 March 2024 (11AM GMT +1): Empowering Responses to Religious Hatred (Geneva, Switzerland)
(ADF International)

Thursday, 7 March 2024

EVENT, 7 March 2024: Robert P. George Lecture: The Constitution and Civic Virtue (Provo, Utah, USA)
(Wheatley Institute, Brigham Young University)

Wednesday, 6 March 2024

WEBINAR, 6 March 2024 (12:30PM EST): Catholic Sisters Working To Eradicate Human Trafficking
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Tuesday, 5 March 2024

EVENT, 5 March 2024 (5PM GMT): Palace of Westminster: Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) and Business (London, UK)
(All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Monday, 4 March 2024

EVENT, 4 March 2024 (3PM CET): Inspire Inclusion: Empowering women's freedom of religion or belief, European Parliament (Brussels, Belgium)
(Ms. Anga Haga MEP (EPP, Netherlands), European Union & International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

EVENT, 4 March 2024 (18:00 GMT): Weaponisation of Faith Against Uyghur Women (London, UK)
(Rachel Harris, Rahima Mahmut, Ewelina U. Ochab, René Cassin)

Sunday, 3 March 2024

HYBRID EVENT, 2-3 March 2024: Fall of the Ottomans to the OIC - Reflections, Dreams & Aspirations of Power
(Islamic Courses, a project of Islamic Circles)

Thursday, 29 February 2024

HYBRID EVENT, 29 February 2024 (10AM GMT+1): Assessing China’s Governance and Human Rights Landscape (Brussels, Belgium)
(Benedict Rogers, Geoffrey Nice, Roy Chun Lee, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

WEBINAR, 29 February 2024 (9AM EST): Global Histories of Coexistence
(Pankaj Mishra in Conversation with Mohsin Hamid, Ranjit Hoskote, and Ece Temelkuran, Georgetown Global Dialogues)

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

WEBINAR, 27 February 2024 (4PM CET): Strengthening Families: A Cornerstone of Sustainable Societies. Episode 1: Families: The foundation of economic prosperity
(Michał A. Michalski, Bradford Wilcox, Vincenzo Bassi, and Aimee Winder Newton, European Union & International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

HYBRID EVENT, 27 February 2024 (6:30PM ET): "Faith Under Fire", a panel and discussion on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela (Miami, Florida, USA)
(Outreach Aid to the Americas)

Monday, 26 February 2024

EVENT, 26 February 2024: Writing and Publishing in the Law of the ECHR: A Workshop for Early Career Researchers
(University of Essex and Academy for European Human Rights Protection, University of Cologne)

Friday, 23 February 2024

EVENT, 23 February 2024 (10:30 AM): Unity in Diversity: Daring to Overcome the Barriers that Divide (Bengaluru, India)
(Brian Grim, National Institute of Advanced Studies)

Thursday, 22 February 2024

EVENT, 22 February 2024 (3PM MST): Religious Conflict in West Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia (Tempe, Arizona, USA)
(Anand Gopal, Margaret Hanson, Okechukwu Iheduru, Güneş Murat Tezcür, Arizona State University)

Wednesday, 21 February 2024

HYBRID EVENT, 21 February 2024 (7:30PM EST): Forum: With Malice Toward None, With Charity for All, National Cathedral (Washington, DC, USA)
(Wheatley Institute, Brigham Young University)

HYBRID EVENT, 19-21 February 2024: Beyond War and Toward Reconciliation: Convening the Second Multi-Religious Peace Roundtable (Tokyo, Japan)
(Religions for Peace and United Nations Alliance of Civilizations)

Tuesday, 20 February 2024

EVENT, 20 February 2024 (6PM GMT): Revisiting the Islamic State, Governance and Power-Sharing Amid a Changing World Order (London, UK)
(Andrew March, Ahmed Gaaloul, Daud Abdullah, The Cordoba Foundation)

Thursday, 15 February 2024

HIBRID EVENT, 15 February 2024: The Debate Over Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism: Understanding the Terms and the Stakes (Berkeley, CA, USA)
(Ethan Katz, Dov Waxman, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion)

Wednesday, 14 February 2024

EVENT, 14 February 2024 (4:30PM ET): Film Screening and Discussion - "Free Exercise: America’s Story of Religious Liberty" (New Jersey, USA)
(Mark Movsesian, Richard Brookhiser, Robert P. George, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University)

EVENT, 14 February 2024 (10AM CET): The role of Churches and faith-based organisations in fighting trafficking in Human Beings: Catholic initiatives (Brussels)
(William Kenney, Noël Treanor, Kevin Hyland, Ivonne van de Kar, Patrick Gillard, José Luis Bazán, COMECE and Santa Marta Group)

Monday, 12 February 2024

WEBINAR, 12 February 2024 (4:30PM GMT): Reclaiming Justice in Humanity
(Jerry White and Karen Tse, United Religions Initiative)

Friday, 9 February 2024

EVENT, 8-9 February 2024: Charting the Future of Church and State (Malibu, CA, USA)
(Caruso School of Law)

Thursday, 8 February 2024

WEBINAR, 8 February 2024 (2PM ET): Ubuntu: Traditional Southern African Philosophy
(Isaiah Zimba Chabala, Remi Alapo, Fainos Mangena, Arline Woodbury, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

EVENT, 8 February 2024: Youth Interfaith Summit 2024: Faith and Climate for a Sustainable Future (London, UK)
(The Faith & Belief Forum)

WEBINAR, 8 February 2024, 12:00 pm MST (US and Canada): Ubuntu: Traditional Southern African Philosophy
(G20 Interfaith Forum)

Tuesday, 6 February 2024

HYBRID EVENT, 6 February 2024 (10:30 GMT+0): Roundtable: Religion and conflict in context
(Dr Afework Hailu Beyene, Dr habil. Jörg Haustein, Cambridge Interfaith Programme)

Wednesday, 31 January 2024

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS, deadline for responses 31 January 2024: Seventh ICLARS Conference: The Accommodation of Religion or Belief in the Public Sphere: Undeserved Privilege or Fundamental Right?
(International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ICLARS))

EVENT, 30-31 January 2024: IRF Summit 2024 (Washington, DC, USA)
(IRF Summit)

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, deadline 31 January 2024: Young Scholars Fellowship on Religion and the Rule of Law (hosted at Christ Church, Oxford)
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)

Monday, 29 January 2024

EVENT, 29 January 2024 (1:30PM ET): Women in FoRB: Making a Difference (Washington, DC, USA)
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

EVENT, 29 January 2024 (4PM ET): Tolerance and Respect: Educational Paths in Indonesia (Washington, DC, USA)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Thursday, 25 January 2024

VIRTUAL EVENT, 25 January 2024 (3:30PM ET): Religious Freedom in Southeast Asia: Techno-Authoritarianism and Transnational Influences
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

WEBINAR, 25 January 2024 (3:30-5:30PM (CET): ICLARS--Freedom of Religion and New Technologies
(ICLARS and Fondazione Bruno Kessler-Trento, ICLARS and Fondazione Bruno Kessler-Trento)

Wednesday, 24 January 2024

EVENT, 24 January 2024 (8:30AM GMT+1): Freedom of religion or belief and Article 17 Dialogue (Brussels)
(Vincent Depaigne and Juan José García Carreño, European Union & International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Tuesday, 23 January 2024

VIRTUAL EVENT, 23 January 2024 (8:30AM ET): 10th Annual Symposium on the Role of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in International Affairs
(World Council of Churches)

Sunday, 21 January 2024

CALL FOR PROPOSALS, new deadline of 21 January 2024: Seventh Annual Conference - Palermo, 20-23 May 2024
(The European Academy of Religion)

Thursday, 18 January 2024

VIRTUAL EVENT, 18 January 2024 (9AM ET): Religious Actors and Peacebuilding in Ukraine
(Denys Brylov, Tetiana Kalenychenko, Andrii Kryshtal, Catherine Wanner, Nicholas Danysenko, and Mary Glantz, The United States Institute of Peace)

Tuesday, 16 January 2024

EVENT, 16 January 2024 (12PM ET): The State of Religious Freedom in America (Washington, DC, USA)
(Os Guiness, Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, Eric Patterson, Montse Alvarado, Religious Freedom Institute)

Thursday, 11 January 2024

VIRTUAL EVENT, 11 January 2024 (11AM ET): Corporate Religious Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (REDI) Index
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Thursday, 4 January 2024

HYBRID EVENT, 4 January 2024 (10AM ET): Upholding the Dignity of the Human Person
(with Nechama Goldman Barash, Rita Kammermayer, and Jamil Jaber, Praying Together in Jerusalem)

Saturday, 30 December 2023

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS, Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion
(American Academy of Religion)

Friday, 22 December 2023

CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 22 December 2023: Embedding Human Rights in Digital Design
(University of Oxford)

Wednesday, 20 December 2023

CALL FOR PAPERS, deadline 20 December 2023: European Yearbook on Human Rights 2024
(Völkerrechtsblog)

Tuesday, 19 December 2023

VIRTUAL EVENT, 19 December 2023 (10AM ET): Refugees and Forced Displacement
(Elizabeth Ferris, Manzoor Hasan, Cyril Hovorun, Cynthia Juárez Lange, Katherine Marshall, Ruth Messinger, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Sunday, 17 December 2023

VIRTUAL EVENT, 17 December 2023 (10AM ET): Human Rights Violations & Restrictions on Religious Freedom in Colombia
(Margarita Jaramillo, International Commission for Human Rights and Religious Freedom)

Friday, 15 December 2023

EVENT, 15 December 2023 (12PM ET): Faith and Flourishing Societies (Washington, DC, USA)
(Faith & Law)

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS, due 15 December 2023: Human Rights Accountability of Non-Universally Recognised States and State-Like Entities
(Centre for Accountability and Liability Law, Utrecht University)

CALL FOR PAPERS, proposals due 15 December 2023: Law, Religion, and Artificial Intelligence: Risks and Opportunities of an Uncertain Future
(Journal of Law and Religion, Emory University)

Thursday, 14 December 2023

VIRTUAL EVENT, 14 December 2023 (12PM ET): Is Our Conscience Revolted? A Conversation on Children in War, Grounded in Rights and Faith
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

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