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From the Middle East to Asia Pacific:
Arc of Conflict or Dialogue of Cultures and Religions?
7th Annual Conference - Melbourne 2008
Globalisation for the Common Good: An Interfaith Perspective
30 June - 3 July 2008
Trinity College, University of Melbourne
Provisional Programme
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Monday 30 June, 2008
3.00 – 5.00 pm Registration
Evan Burge Building, Trinity College
7.30 OFFICIAL LAUNCH – PUBLIC FORUM
Sidney Myer Asia Centre University of Melbourne
Chair: Prof Joseph Camilleri (Centre of Dialogue, La Trobe University)
Welcome: Campbell Bairstow (Trinity College, The University of Melbourne)
Introduction: Dr Kamran Mofid (Founder, Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative, UK)
Keynote speakers:
Justice Michael Kirby (High court of Australia)
People of the Book: Reconciling Religious Fundamentals with Universal Human Rights
Message from His Excellency Mohammad Khatami
Prof Muddathir Abdel-Rahim (International Institute of Islamic thought and Civilisation)
Islam and the West: Striving for more effective dialogue and Cooperation for peace
Concluding Remarks: Prof Joseph Camilleri (Centre of Dialogue, La Trobe University)
Tuesday 1 July, 2008
9.00 Plenary Session
Buzzard Lecture Theatre, Trinity College
Moderator: Maureen Postma (General Secretary, Victorian Council of Churches)
Opening Remarks: George Lekakis (Chairperson, Victorian Multicultural Commission)
Keynote addresses (30 min presentations) followed by question and answer session
Prof Amin Saikal (Australian National University)
Afghanistan and Iraq: Between democracy and radical Islamism
Dr Ali Khoshroo (Former Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran)
Secular, religious dialogue and controversy
10.30 Morning tea
11.00 Three concurrent sessions:
Each session: three papers (20 minutes each) followed by Q & A
Session A (Sharwood Room)
Moderator: Rev Merrill Kitchen (Churches of Christ Theological College, Melbourne)
Prof Neil Ormerod (Australian Catholic University)
Virtues in a globalized context
Dr Tahereh Ebrahimi Far (Islamic Azad University, Tehran)
Globalization, women and dialogue of culture
Sayyed Nadeem Kazmi (Al-Kholi Foundation)
Conflict or dialogue? Reconciling religion and modernity through a multicultural reality
Dr Chandi Prasad Chapagain (Imagine Nepal & Plan Nepal)
Application of positive approaches in enhancing human capacities and sustaining a human friendly global society
Session B (Drama Room)
Moderator: Ian Fry, Melbourne College of Divinity
Prof Abdullah Saeed (University of Melbourne)
Rethinking the charge of distortion of Jewish and Christian Scriptures: A contextualist reading of relevant Qur'anic texts
Dr Peter T. Chang (La Trobe University Bendigo)
A comparative analysis of the Confucian and Christian worldviews
Mudassar Aziz (Ahmadiyya Anjuman, Lahore)
Concept of God in religions of the world
Session C – Postgraduate Panel (Junior Common Room)
Moderator: Andrew Wicking, Melbourne College of Divinity & Trinity College the University of Melbourne
Elyse Rider (Monash University)
Multiple cultures on colonised land: An ethical framework for interculturality in an Australian city
Elizabeth Chittock (University of Tasmania)
Difference matters
Suma Parahakaran (University of Sydney)
Thailand’s border conflict – its implications in the global scene: Conflict resolution and ongoing dialogue through human values education
12.45 Lunch
1.45 Three concurrent sessions:
Session A (Sharwood Room)
Special Panel - Women and the Interfaith Movement: Women's Issues, Women's Roles
Moderator: Perle Besserman (author of several books on women and faith, Zen practitioner)
Jessie Kaur Singh: Sikh perspective
Revd Janet Turpie Johnstone: Indigenous perspective
Rachel Woodlock: Muslim perspective
Dr Isobel Lilavati Crombie: Hindu perspective
Di Hirsh: Jewish perspective
Session B (Drama Room)
Moderator: Dr Luca Anceschi (La Trobe University, Melbourne)
Dr Dvir Abrahamovich (University of Melbourne)
Breaking the ice: Reconciliation initiatives between Jews and Muslims, Israelis and Palestinians
Ian Fry (Melbourne College of Divinity)
Middle East conflict: Implications for inter-faith relations
Michael Shaik (Australians for Palestine)
An open wound: The Israel-Palestine conflict as a driver of interfaith discord
Session C (Junior Common Room)
Moderator: Elyse Rider (Monash University)
Dr Hasan Ugur (Fatih University, Istanbul)
Educational system in universities supports globalization for the common good
Dr Gregory Lewis Bynum (State University of New York)
Kant’s critical humanism applied to selected issues in cross-cultural and interfaith human rights thought and education
Dr Felicity Rawlings-Sanaei (University of New South Wales)
Cultural and religious diversity: the challenges and responsibilities for Australian higher education
3.45 Afternoon Tea
4.10 Close of session
All those attending the Reception should be at the bus by 4.15
5.30 Reception at Government House
7.30 Multicultural Evening hosted by the City of Moreland
Wednesday 2 July, 2008
9.00 Plenary Session
Buzzard Lecture Theatre, Trinity College
Moderator: Dr Melanie Landau (Monash University)
Most Rev Dr Peter Carnley (former Anglican Primate of Australia)
Ecumenism, other faiths and the peace of the world
Rabbi Melissa Weintraub (Chairperson, Encounter, UnitedStates)
Warriors, prophets, peacemakers, and disciples: Peace-building leadership in the face of religious-inspired violence
10.15 Morning tea
10.45 Plenary Session
Buzzard Lecture Theatre, Trinity College
Showcase Victoria: Multicultural policy in action
Moderator: Bruce Meagher (SBS Director - Strategy & Communications) – Introduced by Ian Fry (Melbourne College of Divinity)
Yasser Soliman (Victorian Multicultural Commission)
B. Hass Dellal (Exec Director, Australian Multicultural Foundation)
Commander Ashley Dickinson (Victoria Police)
Nuangwong Boonyanate (Vic Department of Education)
Rabbi Jonathan Keren Black (Jewish Christian Muslim Association)
Michael Ulbrick (CEO, City of Darebin)
Sam Afra (Chair, Victorian Ethnic Communities Council)
12.45 Lunch
1.45 Three Concurrent sessions
Session A (Sharwood Room)
Moderator: Dr Bruce Duncan (Yarra Theological Union)
Prof G Maddox (University of New England, New South Wales)
Surmounting the wall
Dr Anthony Steel/Prof Jude Butcher (Australian Catholic University)
Engaging beyond differences
Judith Dunne (Victoria Goodwill Unit)
Understanding the causes of the conflict in the Middle East and the use of cross-global meditation and subjective visualisation for the promotion of peaceful resolution of service 7
Session B (Drama Room)
Moderator: Andrew Wicking (Melbourne College of Divinity & Trinity College the University of Melbourne)
Nasya Bahfen (Muslim Community Co-operative, Australia Ltd, RMIT University, Melbourne)
A global growth industry: Australian media and Islamic finance
Amzad Hossain (Curtin University, Perth)
Regional conflicts and technologies: Positioning Australia and Bangladesh
Prof Muhammed Iqbal Anjum (Islamabad)
Illusive and regressive globalization: issues and challenges for Pakistan’s economy
Session C (Junior Common Room)
Moderator: Larry Marshall (La Trobe University, Melbourne)
Dr Ali Omidi (University of Isfahan)
The challenges between Iran and the West
Dr Erica Ehrenberg (American Institute of Iranian Studies)
American-Iranian dialogue
Dr Natalie Mobini-Kesheh (Australian Baha’i Community)
Islam’s encounter with post-Islamic religion: the case of the Bahai’is
3.30 Book Launch (Dining Room, Trinity College)
A Non-Violent Path to Conflict Resolution and Peace Building
Essays from Globalisation for the Common Good 6th Annual Conference, Istanbul, edited by Kamran Mofid, Alparslan Acikgenc, Kevin J McGinley and Sammas Salur. To be launched by Prof Dr Alparslan Açikgenç (Vice Rector, Fatih University, Istanbul)
Afternoon Tea
4.15 Plenary Session
Plenary Session
Buzzard Lecture Theatre, Trinity College
Moderator: Dr Ruwan Palapathwala (Trinity College & Melbourne College of Divinity)
Reverend Professor James Haire (Charles Sturt University, NSW)
The search for communities of peace: An international reflection on Christian – Muslim relations.
His Royal Highness Prince Hassan of Jordan (video)
Ensuring security without borders: Global commons for the common good
5.45 Close of Session
7.00 Conference Dinner (Dining Room)
Thursday 3 July, 2008
9.00 Plenary Session
Buzzard Lecture Theatre, Trinity College
Moderator: Jim Kenney (Interreligious Engagement Project, United States)
Prof Chaiwat Satha-Anand (Thammasat University, Bangkok)
Bejeweled dialogue: Illuminating cultural conflicts in the twenty-first century
Jeremy Jones (Co-Chair, Australian National Dialogue of Christians, Muslims & Jews; former President of Executive Council of Australian Jewry)
Internationalisation of tension / Internationalisation of hope
10.15 Morning tea
10.45 Three concurrent Sessions
Session A (Sharwood Room)
Moderator: Dr Michalis S. Michael (La Trobe University,Melbourne)
James Quilligan (Centre for Global Negotiations, United States)
Making the great adjustment: coalition for the global commons
Rev Merrill Kitchen (Churches of Christ Theological College, Melbourne)
Holding hands and bearing arms: Global challenges for Christian communities of faith in the 21st century
Jim Kenney Interreligious Engagement Project, United States)
Crossing the divide
Session B (Drama Room)
Moderator: Dr Jonathan Ritchie (Deakin University, Melbourne)
Dr Ruwan Palapathwala and Andrew Wicking (Melbourne College of Divinity & Trinity College the University of Melbourne)
From Middle East to South East Asia: Buddhist elements in conflict and dialogue
Prof Toh Swee-Hin (Griffith University)
A Buddhist in Mindanao: Reflections on conflict, violence and the building of a culture of peace in the southern Philippines
Rev Dr Ji Zhang (Centre for Theology and Ministry & the Confucian Institute, the University of Melbourne)
Christian and Buddhist/Daoist dialogue in the 7th century Tang China: A comparative study of the Nestorian Stele
Session C – Postgraduate Panel (Junior Common Room)
Moderator: Dr Luca Anceschi (La Trobe University, Melbourne)
Bob East (University of Southern Queensland)
The Abu-Sayyaf: Terrorism in Sulu Province
Laeticia Anderson (University of Sydney)
Issues in Australian Perspectives towards Islam
Grace Sharon (Trinity College, University of Melbourne)
Islam, Christianity and Judaism: Conflict resolution in Jerusalem and beyond
12:30pm: Plenary Session
Buzzard Lecture Theatre, Trinity College
Announcing the 2009 Globalisation for the Common Good Conference (Chicago)
Dr Kamran Mofid (UK)
Jim Kenney (Interreligious Engagement Project, United States)
Prof Yahya Kamalipour (Purdue University, United States)
1.00 Lunch
1.30 Four concurrent sessions:
Session A (Sharwood Room)
Moderator: Craig Woolley (La Trobe University, Melbourne)
Prof Abdel-Hady (Qatar University)
Reconstructing Muslim identity in a globalised world
William Shwe (Program Director, Karen Marist Mission)
Burma and the Karen experience on the Thai-Burma border
Dr Jonathan Ritchie (Deakin University, Melbourne)
Nation Building in the Pacific: Comparisons with the Middle East?
Session B (Drama Room)
Moderator: Ian Fry (Melbourne College of Divinity)
Professor Ismail Albayrak (Asia-Pacific Centre for Inter-religious Dialogue, Australian Catholic University)
Breaking the Ice: Reconciliation initiatives between Jews & Muslims, Israelis and Palestinians
Hussein Tahiri (Monash University, Melbourne)
Dialogue: The Kurdish question in the Middle East
Assoc Prof Michael Hamel-Green (Victoria University) and Ms Jessica Morrison (ICAN)
A vision of a nuclear free Middle East
Session C (Junior Common Room)
Moderator: Margaret Papst (La Trobe University, Melbourne)
Shamin Samani (Curtin University, Perth)
Cultural means and media in family violence mitigation
Dr Miriam Ehrenberg (City University of New York)
Applying psychotherapy techniques to ethno-religious conflicts
Dr Ann Hallock & Prof. Bahman Dadgostar (Hope Consulting Institute, United States)
Psychological aspects of prejudice
Session D (Buzzard Lecture Theatre)
Special Panel - Fostering Global Harmony: An Interfaith Dialogue
Moderator: Professor Yahya Kamalipour (Purdue University, United States)
Professor Fred Woods (Brigham Young University)
Rev Merrill Kitchen (Churches of Christ Theological College, Melbourne)
Melanie Landau (Monash University)
Professor Toh Swee-Hin (Director, Multi-Faith Centre, Griffith University)
Swami Shankarananda (Shiva Ashram, Melbourne)
3.30 Afternoon tea
4.00 Plenary Session
Buzzard Lecture Theatre, Trinity College
Moderator: Dr Ruwan Palapathwala (Melbourne College of Divinity & Trinity College, University of Melbourne)
Arc of Conflict or Dialogue of Cultures and Religions? Future Directions
Prof Chandra Muzaffar (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang)
Prof Joseph A. Camilleri (La Trobe University, Melbourne)
5.30 Close of Conference
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