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Public lectures

• Did religion make a difference? The American elections and beyond
  Speakers: Peter Berger (Professor Emeritus of Religion, Sociology and Theology, Boston University), and John Micklethwait (Editor in Chief of The Economist)
  Chair: Grace Davie (Professor of Sociology, Exeter University)
  Date: 11 November 2008
  Time: 6.30-8pm
  Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
  (followed by a book launch hosted by Ashgate for Religious America, Secular Europe? A theme and variations. Co-authored by Peter Berger, Grace Davie and Effie Fokas)

Past events

• Religious Faith and Human Rights
  Speaker: Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
  Chair: Professor Conor Gearty
  Date: 1 May 2008
  Time: 6.30-8pm
  Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
  (co-hosted with the Centre for the Study of Human Rights)

           Transcript (Link to external site)

           Video (Link to external site)

           An audio recording of this event is available to download as: mp3

           (22mb; approx 97minutes)

• Islam and secularism in France and Turkey
  Speakers: Alain Touraine and Nilufer Göle
  Chair: Simon Glendinning
  Date: 14 February 2008
  Time: 6.30-8pm
  Venue: Old Theatre

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