International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ICLARS) to Host Online Discussions on Key Issues
The International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ICLARS) has announced its 2025 webinar program, featuring a series of online discussions exploring critical intersections of law, religion, and human dignity. The series kicks off on Friday, February 7, 2025, at 14:00 GMT (UK) with a webinar titled “Human Dignity, Religion and the Law.”
This inaugural webinar will delve into themes explored in the forthcoming book of the same name, one of two volumes stemming from the 2022 ICLARS conference in Cordoba. Contributors to the book will engage in conversations about their respective chapters and broader issues shaping law and religion scholarship today.
The confirmed speakers for the February 7th webinar include:
- Professor Mark Hill KC (Introduction)
- Professor María-José Valero-Estarellas (Discussant)
- Professor Renata Uitz (“A Secular Liberal Defence of Freedom of Religion: The Case for a Duty of Reasonable Accommodation”)
- Professor Burkhard J Berkmann (“Legal Pluralism in German Scholarship: Its Application for Religious Freedom”)
- Professor Fernando Simon-Yarza (“Conscientious Objection to Unconstitutional Duties: A Conceptual Trap”)
- Frank Cranmer (“Reforming Weddings Law in England and Wales”)
To register for the “Human Dignity, Religion and the Law” webinar, interested individuals are requested to send an email to iclars@unimi.it. Registered participants will receive a link to the ICLARS Zoom platform shortly before the event.
ICLARS has also announced a preliminary schedule for subsequent webinars in the 2025 program:
- March 12, 2025: Anglican Canon Law (booking via the Ecclesiastical Law Society website)
- Week of April 7, 2025: Professor Ahmed Salisa Garba, Bauchi State University, Nigeria
- Week of May 12, 2025: Professor Arif Jamal, National University of Singapore
- June 2025: “Comparative Approaches to Law and Religion” (ed. Renae Barker et al.)
- July 2, 2025: Professor Adelaide Madera, University of Messina, Italy
- September 2025: Professor Mark Mosvesian, St John’s University, New York, USA
- October 2025: Professor Nicholas Aroney, University of Queensland, Australia
Further details regarding the speakers and topics for these future webinars will be released in due course. ICLARS encourages those interested in the intersection of law and religion to attend these informative online events.