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Public Schedule All times are EST

Sunday, February 25, 2018 4:30 p.m. WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

Location: McKenna Hall 100-104

4:45 – 5:45 p.m. PANEL 1 Dehumanization Moderated by Christopher Haw Gregory Williams, Duke University Divinity School The Human in Carceral Culture: Re-Reading Arendt’s Concept of Natality in Response to US Prison Slavery Russell Johnson, University of Chicago Divinity School “An Enemy I Couldn’t See”: Dehumanization as a Guide to Humanity Location: McKenna Hall 100-104

5:45 – 7:00 p.m. Dinner break

7:00 p.m. KEYNOTE: Why I Can’t Shake Human Nature, Even Though I’ve Tried: A Personal Itinerary Introduced by Carl Friesen Cristina Traina Professor of Religious Studies, Chair of Department of Religious Studies Northwestern University Location: McKenna Hall 100-104

~8:15 p.m.

Adjournment

Monday, February 26, 2018 8:30 a.m. Coffee, tea, and cold breakfast items are available at the meeting venue.

Location: McKenna Hall Atrium (ground floor)

9:00 – 10:15 a.m.

KEYNOTE: On Being Human: A Perspective from Amartya Sen’s Idea of Justice Introduced by Jon Kara Shields Séverine Deneulin Senior Lecturer in International Development; Kellogg Institute Visiting Fellow University of Bath Location: McKenna Hall 100-104

10:15 – 10:45 a.m.

Break with refreshments Location: McKenna Hall Atrium

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10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

PANEL 2 Human Nature and Normativity Moderated by Robert Gimello Lawrence Whitney, Boston University Human Nature is Ominous Nick Ogle, University of Notre Dame Mortal by nature: the significance of Athanasius’s theology of death for Christian ethics Meng Zhang, Indiana University Bloomington Mengzi on Human Nature as A Normative Concept Location: McKenna Hall 100-104

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.

Lunch break

1:15 – 2:30 p.m. KEYNOTE: Black Dignity Introduced by James Haring Vincent Lloyd Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies Villanova University Location: McKenna Hall 100-104

2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Break with refreshments Location: McKenna Hall Atrium

3:00 – 4:00 p.m. PANEL 3 Ethnographic Perspectives on Human Nature Moderated by Lailatul Fitriyah Katherine Comeau, University of Notre Dame Proximity in the Field: Methodological Reflections on Fieldwork in Jamaica Alexander Hendra, Fordham University Mirror Neurons and the Development of Interreligious Empathy in the Context of Post-Interreligious Conflict in Indonesia Location: McKenna Hall 100-104

4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Break with refreshments

4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

PANEL 4 Challenging Religious and Societal Narratives of Sexuality Moderated by Kara Shields Elizabeth Trudeau, University of Notre Dame African American Men in Survival Sex Work: Using Intersectionality to Understand Static Assumptions William Boyce, University of Virginia On Being Contrary: Human Nature and Sexuality in Contemporary Evangelicalism Location: McKenna Hall 100-104

5:30 p.m. Adjournment

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Tuesday, February 27, 2018 8:30 a.m. Coffee, tea, and cold breakfast items in the Atrium near the meeting room.

Location: McKenna Hall Atrium

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

PANEL 5 Human Nature in Ecological Perspective Moderated by Neil Arner Luke Kreider, University of Virginia Humanity After Nature: Human Rights and Ecological Restoration Carl Friesen, University of Notre Dame Nature as Measure: Ecology, (Agri-)Culture, and Moral Norms Location: McKenna Hall 100-104

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Break with refreshments Location: McKenna Hall Atrium

10:30 a.m – 11:45 a.m.

KEYNOTE: Plurality, Plasticity, and Emplacement: Reflections on “Human Nature” from the Field and the Archives Introduced by Liam de los Reyes Thomas Tweed Welch Professor of American Studies and Professor of History University of Notre Dame Location: McKenna Hall 100-104

~11:45 a.m. Adjournment with boxed lunches for participants. Attendees are welcome to bring lunch and stay to engage in discussion. Location: McKenna Hall 100-104

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