Events

he research literature on terrorist radicalization is now vast and complex, yet our understanding of the process is still fragmentary and underdeveloped. This brief presentation has two purposes: to introduce you to the range of ideas and findings relevant to the study of the process by which so-called homegrown terrorists are radicalized and become violent, and to provide you with a plausible model of how this happens. 

Speaker: Dr. Melanie Adrian, Dept. of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University

Description: Religious freedom has been increasingly under attack in France in the last 10 years. In 2004, religious symbols were banned in public high schools, and in 2011, covering the face in public spaces was prohibited. These measures were largely a response to, and have disproportionately affected, Muslim communities – especially Muslim women. They may also be jeopardizing pluralism, democracy, and certain conceptions of freedom.

Join a group of leading Canadian and international scholars for this two-day workshop event as they share preliminary research findings, brainstorm, drive innovation and new collaborations in the emerging subdiscipline of non-religion and secularity studies.

Free & open to the public. Co-hosted by the University of Waterloo Religious Studies Department and the Sociology and Legal Studies Department.

When: Friday, October 18 8:45 am - 7 pm
Saturday, October 19, 8:45 am - 1:30 pm (see schedule Event Brite link for more details)

Max Eisen is coming to Waterloo to speak about his experiences. Please join us for this impactful event. Max will be available afterwards to sell and sign his award-winning memoir, By Chance Alone. This event is completely free. Please RSVP through the link below.
 

Come to a fascinating talk by Dr. Mark Vessey (UBC) on "Later Latin Literature, the Newest Late Antiquity, and the Period of the Western Classic: A Critical Juncture for Humanities Research?"

This event is part of St. Jerome's University's lectures in Catholic experience series.

A guest lecture by Yousef Casewit.

There is no way to know God except through knowing His names and attributes. But what exactly is a divine name? How is it possible to name God? What do God’s names really tell us about the divine Essence?

The divine names tradition constitutes a distinct and early sub-genre of writings within the fold of Muslim theology, philosophy, and mysticism that continues to attract the attention of Muslim scholars up to the present day.

A free lecture by professor Doris Jakobsh at the University of Winnipeg.

In this talk Bechtel considers some of the changes that have developed in human understanding of animal life over the last 20 years. In three circles of increasing particularity he probes the ways humans and animals relate and the lessons that humans can take from animal life. Drawing on insights from geography, theology, and ethology Bechtel develops an ethics of human animal relationship focused on the flourishing of species.