An interdisciplinary conference, "The Place of Theology in the Liberal State and the Globalized World," will be held October 11-12, 2002 at the University of Wisconsin Law School's Godfrey & Kahn Hall (Room 2260). The two-day event is free and open to the public. This event is sponsored by the Project for Law and the Humanities and the Institute for Legal Studies, with support from the Anonymous Fund, the Religious Studies Program, the UW Law School, the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies, Edgewood College, and the University Book Store. Panelists and speakers are noted scholars from disciplines including philosophy, theology, history and law. Sessions will begin at 9 a.m. on both days, ending at 5 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday. A draft program describing the panels and listing speakers and topics is available on the Institute for Legal Studies events Web page at http://www.law.wisc.edu/ils/events.htm . Conference organizers aim to encourage both the academy's study of theology as part of the liberal state's political discourse and the legal profession's examination of its jurisprudence in light of such study. Members of the University community? including graduate and undergraduate students?and citizens in the greater Madison area may find this an opportunity to become informed about the rationales for and against theologically-influenced state policies ? such as the Bush administration's stand on church-based welfare ? and the impact of theology on both liberal and non-liberal states, e.g., Israel and Iran. The conference papers will appear in book form edited by Professors Leonard Kaplan and Charles Cohen, and published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Registration is not required. For more information, contact Institute for Legal Studies Assistant Director Pam Hollenhorst by e-mail at pshollen@facstaff.wisc.edu.

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