Program Schedule

Research Symposium Schedule
“Law, Religion, and Social Progress in the Age of COVID-19”

Organized by Drs. Susanne Scholz and Qudsia Mirza
Sponsored by Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute, Southern Methodist University

Sunday (September 17, 2023)

4:30-5:00pm Welcome at The Lumen Hotel
5:15-6:30pm First Session: Who Are We, What Are We Thinking, and Why? at Kirby Parlor at SMU Perkins School of Theology
6:30pm Dinner, leaving form Kirby Parlor

 

Monday (September 18, 2023) Kirby Parlor at SMU Perkins School of Theology

Morning Breakfast at The Lumen (on your own)
9:00-10:30am Words of Welcome by Bishop Michael McKee, Leighton K. Farrell Endowed Dean, ad interim, Perkins School of Theology, SMU

Paper Session A

  • Paper 1: Religious Rhetoric and Pandemic Precautions: A Hindu Response to Covid-19, Bhakti Mamtora, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
  • Paper 2: Love in the Time of Covid-19: Exploring Avenues to Protect Psychedelic Spiritual Practice in Canada, Amy Bartlett, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa Canada
  • Paper 3: Law, Religion, and Social Progress in the Time of Covid-19: The Case of India, Jos Chathukulam, Centre for Rural Management (CRM), Perumbaikkad, Kottayam, Kerala, India
  • Response: Dr. Nia Parson, Department of Anthropology, Dedman College, SMU, Dallas, Texas, USA
10:30-11:00am Coffee Break
11:00-12:30pm Paper Session B

  • Paper 4: Internet, Law, and Antisemitism: Antisemitism and Combatting Online Hate Through Law in the Age of Covid-19, Megan Hollinger, Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada
  • Paper 5: Religious Leadership, Power, and Culpability: An Examination of Faith and Culture during the Pandemic, Laulie Eckeberger, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK
  • Paper 6: Bishops, Popes, and Covid-19: How Catholicism Effects the Global, Social, and Economic Crisis, Carol J. Dempsey, OP, Department of Theology, University of Portland, OR, USA
  • Response: Dr. Serge Frolov, Department of Religious Studies, Dedman College, SMU, Dallas, Texas, USA
12:30-2:00pm Lunch
2:00-3:30pm Paper Session C

  • Paper 7: Addressing the Intersection of Law, Religion, and Covid-19 in Nigeria: Developing Policy Strategies for Coherent Social Progress, Ahmed Salisu Garba, Bauchi State University, Gadau, Nigeria
  • Paper 8: Religion, Gender, and Social Progress in the Age of Covid-19: Notes from Japan, Paola Cavaliere, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Japan
  • Response and QA: Ben Voth, Director of Debate and Speech, Southern Methodist University
3:30-4:00pm Coffee Break
4:00-5:30pm Paper Session D

  • Paper 9: Muslim Women, Discrimination Law and Covid-19 in the British Context, Qudsia Mirza, Royal Docks School of Business and Law, University of East London, London, UK
  • Paper 10: (Post)Pandemic Biblical Studies in the Emerging Biotechno-Feudal Order, Susanne Scholz, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, TX, USA
5:30-6:30pm Refresher at The Lumen Hotel (on your own)
6:30pm Dinner (meeting at The Lumen Hotel and will go from there

Tuesday (September 19, 2023) Great Hall of Prothro Hall at Perkins School of Theology

9:00-11:00am 9-9:10 am Words of Welcome by Dr. Scott Norris, Scott, Director of the Dedman College of the Interdisciplinary Institute (DCII)

9:10-11 am “How the (Post)Corona Era Has Shaped My Academic Field and World: Interdisciplinary Voices and Conversations” (Panel and Conversation with the Audience)

Panelists: Bhakti Mamtora, Megan Hollinger, Matthew Wilson, Amy Bartlett. Ahmed Salisu Garba, Jeanne Stevenson Moessner
11:00-11:30am Coffee Break
11:30-12:30pm Final Assessment and Outlook: Conversation
12:30-2:00pm Lunch
2:00pm Departure