Disarming Polarization: Navigating Conflict and Difference in the 21st Century
8:15 - 9:45 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction: Asking the Questions
Panel: Michael Artime, Corey L. ook, Justin Eckstein, Mary Ellard-Ivey, Sergia Hay, and Heidi Schutz
Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center
9:55 - 11:40 a.m. | Religious Divides and the Expanding Circle of Cooperation
Speaker: Dr. Ara Norenzayan, Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia
Introduced by Corey L. Cook, Assistant Professor of Psychology, PLU
Location: Regency Room
11:50 a.m. - 1:35 p.m. | Calling in Not Calling Out
Speaker: Loretta Ross, Co-founder of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
Introduced by Jennifer Smith, Dean of Inclusive Excellence, PLU
Location: Chris Knutzen
1:45 - 3:30 p.m. | Angry Tías and Abuelas
Panel: Cindy Candia, Elizabeth Cavazos, and Nayelly Barrios
Moderated by Wendy Call, Assistant Professor of English, PLU
Location: Regency Room
3:45 - 5:25 p.m. | Faith Communities at the Crossroads: Bridging Divides
Moderated by Pastor Jen Rude, University Pastor
Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center
5:30 - 6:45 p.m. | Dinner Break
7:00 - 8:30 p.m. | Inter-religious Dialogue and Three Cups of Tea: Listen, Respect, Connect
2020 Paul Ingram Lecture in Religion
Speaker: Imam Jamal Rahman, P. Ingram Lecturer, Interfaith Sufi Leader, Greater Seattle Area
Introduced by Suzanne Crawford-O’Brien, Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department
Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center
About the Paul O. Ingram Lecture:
Held every other year, this lectureship celebrates the work of Professor Emeritus Paul O. Ingram. These lectures continue Dr. Ingram’s work in extending understandings of all religions through scholarship and teaching in comparative religions and interreligious dialog, by bringing to campus scholars whose work exemplifies the comparative, descriptive, and analytic methods that define the field.
9:15 - 10:20 a.m. | Mutual Aid for Survival and Mobilization
Made possible by sponsorship from ASPLU.
Speaker: Dean Spade, Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University
Introduced by Lace Smith, Associate Vice-President, Marketing and Communications, PLU
Location: Chris Knutzen
10:30 - 11:40 a.m. | Immigration, Racism, and the Transnational Food System
Speaker: Dr. Seth Holmes, Associate Professor, Society and Environment and Medical Anthropology, University of California Berkeley in conversation with indigenous Mexican immigrants
Introduced by Katherine Wiley, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, PLU
Location: Regency Room
11:50 a.m. - 1:35 p.m. | Under the Volcano: Polarization in Mexico's Decaying Democracy
Speaker: Dr. Denise Dresser, Professor of Political Science, ITAM, Mexico City
Introduced by Adela Ramos, Associate Professor of English, PLU
Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center
1:45 - 3: 25 p.m. | Conflict, Peacebuilding, and Ethics of Discourse
Current Student Panel: Akeem Bentick, Marisa Etzell, Barbara Gilchrist, Peter Olschner,Dejan Perez, Riley Reed, Sarah Ward
Moderated by Sergia Hay, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Location: Regency Room
3:30 - 4:45 p.m. | The Uses and Abuses of Identity
2020 Koller Menzel Memorial Lecture
Speaker: Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah, Professor of Law and Philosophy, NYU
Introduced by Michael Schleeter, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Chair
Location: Chris Knutzen
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. | Dinner Break
6:30 - 8:00 p.m. | Faith in the Age of Hijacked Religions (CANCELLED DUE TO TRAVEL DISRUPTION)
Made possible by the generous sponsorship of Mountain View Lutheran Church, Edgewood, WA.
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, Founder and President of Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture in Bethlehem; Co-Founder, Bright Stars of Bethlehem
Introduced by Kevin O’Brien, Professor of Religion, Dean of the Humanities, and Interim Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies, and by John L. Vaswig ’80, Senior Pastor, Mountain View Lutheran Church
Location: Chris Knutzen