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Public
Lectures: We have three major lectures and one series
of lectures under the joint auspices of the Law and Religion
Program and other organizations on the campus. All of these
lectures are free and are open to the public.
President
Jimmy Carter, William H. Foege. MD, MHP, Habitat for Humanity
Founder Millard Fuller and Feminist Legal Scholar Martha A.
Fineman will share the stage with renowned church historian
and author Martin E. Marty, University of Chicago,during several
lectures during the 2003-2004 academic year. The lectures
are part of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of
Religion's Fall Forum series, and they are free and open to
the public.
Oct.
27: William H. Foege, MD, MPH, will deliver this
year's Currie Lecture in Law and Religion, “Children
– Will we ever get it right?”, at noon in the
Tull Auditorium. This will be a live webcast, please
click here to see it. This link will be activated shortly
before noon, EST.
Feb
17: Millard Fuller will deliver the Decalogue Lecture
on "Where Do The Children Live?" 6:30-8:30PM,
Tull Auditorium.
Marty is co-directing the CISR's project on children with
John Witte, Jr., Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law and Ethics.
Marty is the second Robert W. Woodruff Visiting Professor
of Interdisciplinary Religious Studies and will be in residence
at the CISR for the 2003-2004 academic year.
Conferences:
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William Foege
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The
Law and Religion Program in conjunction with the Center
for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion, The Barton
Child Law and Policy Clinic and the Task Force for
Child Survial and Development, School of Public Health,
Invites
you to attend
The
Overton and Lavona Currie Lecture in Law and Religion
with
William H. Foege, MD,MPH
Emeritus Presidential Distinguished Professor of International
Health, Emory University School of Public Health
Fellow, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
"Children: Will We Ever Get
it Right?"
Response by:
Martin E. Marty
Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Professor Emeritus
at the University of Chicago and Robert W.
Woodruff Visiting Professor of Interdisciplinary Religious
Studies at Emory University
Monday, October 27, 2003
Reception 11:30am
Lecture 12:00 Noon
EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
TULL AUDITORIUM, Third Floor of Gambrell Hall
Free and Open to the Public
Parking in Lowergate South Deck -
follow directional signs.
For further information, email Linda
King at lking@law.emory.edu
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Law and Religion Program sponsors lectures by noted authorities
in law and religion. The Overton and Lavona Currie Lecture Series
in Law and Religion has featured: Alan Boesak (South Africa),
Rebecca S. Chopp (Emory), Menachem Elon (Israeli Supreme Court),
Os Guinness (Williamsburg Charter Foundation), David Hartman
(Jerusalem), Martin E. Marty (Chicago), Steven Ozment (Harvard),
Brian Tierney (Cornell), Desmond Tutu, and Charles Villa-Vicencio
(Cape Town). The newly established Decalogue Lecture Series
has featured John T. Noonan, Jr. (U.S. Court of Appeals). Other
public lecturers have included Derrick Bell (NYU), Stephen Carter
(Yale), Jean Bethke Elshtain (Chicago), Rajmohan Ghandi (India),
Ira Glaser (ACLU), Natan Lerner (Tel Aviv), Makau Mutua (Harvard),
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and Religion Program also hosts 8-12 lunch colloquia each year
featuring individual presentations by Emory or visiting scholars.
The Program has also hosted and co-sponsored several thematic
colloquia on such themes as "Altruism and Risk," "Ancient Law,"
"Beyond Racism," "Conflict Resolution," "Historical Truth and
Truth-Telling," "Islamic Hermeneutics and History" "Law, Religion,
and Black Experience," "Women in Islam," and others. |
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