Global Inter-Faith Conference/Workshop Thursday, Nov.

10, 2011 - Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies

12:00 noon 5:00 p.m. 1: 45 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Registration Welcome Presentation

Mark Davidheiser, Nova Southeastern University

Religion's Janus-Faced Roles in Conflict & its Resolution: An Overview

Moderator: Edmund Abaka, Department of History/Africana Studies, University of Miami

1:50 p.m. 2:40 p.m.

Presentation

Charles G. MacDonald, Professor of International Relations, Florida International University: Ethnic and Religious Conflict in the Middle East: The Kurdish Pursuit of Social Justice Moderator: Victor Romano, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Barry University

2:45 p.m. -3:05p.m.

Break - Coffee and Refreshments

3:10p.m. 3:50 p.m.

Presentation

Shaikh Shafayat Mohamed, Spiritual Head of Darul Uloom Institute

Chair:

4:50 p.m. -5:50 p.m.

Roundtable Discussion & Participant Interaction

Rabbi Baruch Plotkin, University of Miami

Shaikh Shafayat Mohamed, Spiritual Head of Darul Uloom Institute

Friday Nov. 11, 2011 Kresge Hall/College of Arts & Sciences Gallery (1210 Stanford Drive) 12 noon 4:00 p.m. 12:40: p.m. 1:15 p.m. Registration

Presentation

Jan Sokol-Katz, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Criminology, Department of Sociology University of Miami: The construction of Identity 1:20 p.m. 2:10 p.m.

Presentation

Professor Siegfried Wiessner, Director, Global Justice Program; St. Thomas University Law School Indigenous Population and Spirituality Moderator: 2:15 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:35 p.m. 3:10 p.m. Mirsad Krijestorac, Doctoral Student & Fellow, Middle Eastern Studies, F.I.U. Religions and Ethnicity in the Balkans
Moderator:

Break Coffee & Refreshments

3: 15 p.m. 4:10 p.m.

Presentation

Professor Lawrence Abraham, Abraham Peace Foundation & School of International and Public Affairs God Particle: Ethno-religious Conflict and Settled Identity

Roundtable: Rey De Armas, Christ Fellowship Coral Gables, Campus Pastor Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 Kresge Hall/CAS Gallery/Wesley Gallery

Roundtable

Rev. Mcneill, Pastor of St John's Methodist Church Shaikh Shafayat Mohamed, Spiritual Head of Darul Uloom Institute

Moderator: Sean D. Foreman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of History and Political Science Barry University

&&&&&& Participants
Mark Davidheiser, Nova Southeastern University (PM slot)

Religion's Janus-Faced Roles in Conflict & its Resolution: An Overview

is a sociocultural anthropologist with core specializations in Conflict and Peacebuilding and African Studies

Charles G. MacDonald, Florida International University: "Ethnic and Religious Conflict in the Middle East: The Kurdish Pursuit of Social Justice."

Charles G. MacDonald is Professor of International Relations at Florida International University. He has taught at FIU since 1977. His teaching and research have focused on the Middle East, Kurdish ethnicity, international law, and human rights. Originally from Ohio, he grew up in Florida and earned his BA from Florida State University. He earned his MA and PhD in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia. He had a parallel career in the Air Force Reserve for more than 30 years, primarily working on the Middle East and on counterdrugs at the national level. He also served on the US Military Delegation to NATO. His students have been successful in law, politics, education, diplomacy, the military, and various government agencies in the service of the United States and other countries. His most recent book is Kurdish Identity: Human Rights and Political Status, 2007 (jointly edited with Carole A. O'Leary). His most recent research on the Kurds will appear in April 2012 in The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice.

Jan Kokol-Katz, -- Director of Undergraduate Studies in Criminology, Department of Sociology, University of Miami: The construction of Identity

Mirsad Krijestorac, Doctoral Student & Fellow, Middle Eastern Studies, F.I.U., will give a presentation on religious and ethnicity in the Balkans. Mirsad is specializing on the subject and has presented papers on this subject in different national conferences (He is a doctoral candidate in our department and a fellow at Middle East Studies).

Lawrence Abraham Consults regularly for the Ethiopian and Nigerian governments on Education and Conflict Issues; as well as for the US Strategic Studies Institute. In addition to teaching, his interest is in bringing the academy closer to the wider community. He is the author of State Culture and Ethnicity in West Africa. His forthcoming book On Navigating David is due out in Spring. He makes regular appearances on VOA TV/Radio to Africa on issues pertaining to conflicts in Africa.
Albert Wuaku, Assistant Professor Areas of Specialization: African and Caribbean Religions Email: Albert.Kafui_Wuaku@fiu.edu 305-348-2186