PROJECT PARTICIPANTS
Master list, in alphabetical order:
Amr Abdulrahman
Political Organizer, Egyptian National Congress
Cairo 1 and 2 Workshops
Bernard Adeney-Risakotta
International Representative
Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS-Yogya), Graduate School
Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Shanghai Workshop
Muhamad Ali
Assistant Professor
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Religious Studies
University of California, Riverside
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
Paul Amar
Associate Professor, Global & International Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Cairo 1
Cairo 2 (Co-convener)
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
Richard P. Appelbaum
Professor, Sociology and Global and International Studies, UCSB
Planning Workshop
Networking Workshop
R. Scott Appleby
Professor of History, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
University of Notre Dame
Planning Workshop
Greg Auberry
Country Representative
Catholic Relief Services, Cambodia
Shanghai Workshop
Mohammed Bamyeh
Professor, Department of Sociology
University of Pittsburgh
Editor, International Sociology Review of Books (ISRB)
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
Mary Becker
Member, National Board
Fonkoze USA
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop
Robert Bellah
Elliott Professor of Sociology, Emeritus
University of California, Berkeley
Ravi Bhatia
Professor (retired), Delhi University
Executive Member, International Peace Research Association
Convener, Religion and Peace Commission
Delhi Workshop
Sarah Blackmun-Eskow
President, The Pangaea Network
Doctoral Candidate, Fielding Graduate University
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
Zoya S. Bocharova
Professor, Faculty of Global Processes
Lomonosov, Moscow State University
Moscow Workshop
Dominador Bombongan
Dean, College of Liberal Arts
De La Salle University, Philippines
Shanghai Workshop
Kathleen Bruhn
Professor, Comparative Politics, Identity, Latin American Studies
Department of Political Science
University of California, Santa Barbara
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop (Moderator)
Craig Calhoun
Professor, Sociology
Professor, Media, Culture, and Communications
New York University
Juan Campo
Associate Professor, Religious Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
South/Southeast Asia Workshop (Moderator)
Cairo 1 Workshop (Co-convener)
Cairo 2 Workshop
Africa and the Middle East Workshop (Moderator)
Magda Campo
Continuing Lecturer in Religious Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Cairo Workshops
Mae Elise Cannon
Senior Director of Advocacy & Outreach - Middle East
World Vision U.S.
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
Mercedes Carluccio
Project Director, Democracia Global
Buenos Aires Workshop
Anindita Chakrabarti
Assistant Professor, Sociology, Department of Humanities and Social Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Delhi Workshop
Fr. John Chathanatt
Principal, Vidyajyoti College of Theology
India Social Institute, Delhi, India
Delhi Workshop
Somboon Chungprampree
Executive Secretary
International Network of Engaged Buddhists, Thailand
Shanghai Workshop
Sarah Cline
Professor, Latin America, Mexico, Race, Religion
Department of History
University of California, Santa Barbara
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop (Moderator)
Nadège Clitandre
Assistant Professor, Global & International Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop
Africa and the Middle East Workshop (Moderator)
Elizabeth Collins
Professor, Department of Philosophy, World Religions, Southeast Asian Studies
Ohio University
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
Brian Cox
Project Director, Kashmir and the Middle East
International Center for Religion and Diplomacy (ICRD)
Planning Workshop
Eve Darian Smith
Professor, Global & International Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
South/Southeast Asia Workshop (Moderator)
James Donahue
President, Graduate Theological Union
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
Robert Dowd
Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of Notre Dame
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
Waleed El Ansary
Professor, Helal, Hisham and Laila Edris El-Swedey University Chair in Islamic Studies
Xavier University, Cincinnati
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
Ahmad El Bendary
Founder, Islamic Relief
Planning Workshop
Osama El Mahdy
Editor, Al-Masry Al-Youm
Cairo, Egypt
Cairo 1 Workshop
Ashraf El Sherif
Adjunct Professor, Political Science
American University in Cairo
Cairo 1 Workshop
Hilal Elver
Visiting Distinguished Professor, Global & International Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Delhi Workshop (Moderator)
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
Africa and the Middle East Workshop (Moderator)
Fatma Emam
Nazra for Feminist Studies
Cairo, Egypt
Cairo 2 Workshop
Carlos Escude
Director, Centro de Estudios Internacionales y de Educacion para la Globalizacion (CEIEG)
Universidad del Cema (UCEMA)
Buenos Aires Workshop
Dr. Steve Eskow
Chair, The Pangaea Network
Director, External Affairs, Ghana Telecom University College
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
Rebeca Gonzalez Esteves
Graduate Student, Universidad del Cema (UCEMA)
Buenos Aires Workshop
Richard Falk
Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University
Visiting Distinguished Professor in Global and International Studies, UCSB
Planning Workshop
Networking Workshop
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop
Delhi Workshop
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
Samah Faried
Lecturer, Sociology Department
Ain Shams University, Cairo
Cairo 1 Workshop
John Fitzmier
Executive Director, American Academy of Religion
Networking Workshop
Kurt Frieder
Founder and Director, Fundacion Huesped, Argentina
Buenos Aires Workshop
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop
Nancy Gallagher
Professor, Middle East History
University of California, Santa Barbara
Cairo Workshops
Virginia Garrard Burnett
Professor, Department of Religious Studies
University of Texas, Austin
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop
Mark D Gearan
President, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Planning Workshop
Mikhail I. Gelvanovsky
Director, Institute for Religious and Social Studies
Russian Academy of Science
Moscow Workshop
Acharya Shrivatsa Goswami
Sri Radharaman Mandir, Vrindavan
Delhi Workshop
Laura Grillo
Professor, History of Religions
Pacifica Graduate Institute
Santa Barbara, California
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
Giles Gunn
Former Chair, Global & International Studies Program, UCSB
Planning Workshop
Networking Workshop
Buenos Aires Workshop
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop
Guo Changgang
Professor of History, Director of Center for Global Studies
Shanghai University
Shanghai Workshop
Beatriz Gurevich
Special Advisor, Centro de Estudios Inernacionales y de Educacion para la Globalizacion (CEIG)
Universidad del Cema (UCEMA)
Buenos Aires Workshop
Rosalind I. J. Hackett
Professor, Department of Religious Studies
University of Tennessee
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
Jeffrey Haynes
Director, Centre for the Study of Religion, Conflict and Cooperation
London Metropolitan University
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
William Headley
Dean, Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies
University of San Diego
Planning Workshop
Networking Workshop
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
David Hirschmann
Professor, School of International Service
American University
Networking Workshop
Jin Hongwei
Imam and President
Shanghai Islamic Association, China
Shanghai Workshop
Dwight Hopkins
Founder, International Association of Black Religions and Spiritualities Professor, Divinity School, University of Chicago
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
Jennifer Hughes
Associate Professor, Religious Studies
University of California, Riverside
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop
Barbara Ibrahim
Founding Director, John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement
Cairo, Egypt
Cairo 1 Workshop
Ishak Ibrahim
Researcher, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
Cairo 1 Workshop
Saad Ibrahim
Founder, Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies
Cairo, Egypt
Planning Workshop
Cairo 1 Workshop
Ilya Ilyin
Dean, Faculty of Global Processes
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Moscow Workshop
Rounaq Jahan
Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue
Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Senior Research Scholar, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Delhi Workshop
Patrick James
Director, Center for International Studies
University of Southern California
Networking Workshop
Douglas M. Johnston
Founder, International Center for Religion and Diplomacy (ICRD)
Planning Workshop
Mark Juergensmeyer
Director, Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Convenor
Pralay Kanungo
Professor, Center for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Delhi Workshop
Lamia Karim
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology,
University of Oregon
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
Sanjeev Khagram
Associate Professor, Public Affairs and International Studies
Evans School of Public Affairs
University of Washington
Networking Workshop
Heup Young Kim
Professor of Systematic Theology
Kangnam University, Korea
Shanghai Workshop
Sebastian Kobaru
Graduate Student, UCEMA
Buenos Aires Workshop
Frederick (Fritz) J. Lampe
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Anthropology
Northern Arizona University
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
Terril Lautz
Former Vice President, Henry Luce Foundation
Planning Workshop
Olga G. Leonova
Professor, Faculty of Global Processes, Lomonosov
Moscow State University
Moscow Workshop
Ann Lesch
Dean, American University in Cairo
Cairo Workshop 2
Li Xianping
Professor of Sociology
East China Normal University
Shanghai Workshop
Liu Yi
Associate Professor, Department of History
Shanghai University
Shanghai Workshop
Fernando Lopez-Alves
Professor of Sociology, University of Californian, Santa Barbara
Special Advisor, CEIG UCEMA
Buenos Aires Workshop
Latin America and the Caribbean (Moderator)
Marianne Loewe
Executive Director, Concern America
Santa Ana, California
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop
Andy Lower
Executive Director, The Eleos Foundation
Santa Barbara, California
Networking Workshop
Cecelia Lynch
Associate Professor, Political Science and International Studies, UC-Irvine
Director, Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies (CGPACS) UC-Irvine
Planning Workshop
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop
Ma Lirong
Professor
Shanghai International Studies University
Shanghai Workshop
T N Madan
Honorary Professor, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, London
Docteur Honoris Causa of the University of Paris, Nanterre
Delhi Workshop
Otto Maduro
Professor of World Christianity
Drew University
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop
Katherine Marshall
Senior Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs
Executive Director of the World Faiths Development Dialogue
Georgetown University
Planning Workshop
Networking Workshop
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop
Delhi Workshop
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
Aashish Mehta
Assistant Professor, Global & International Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
South/Southeast Asia Workshop (Moderator)
Barbara Metcalf
Professor of History Emerita,
University of California, Davis
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
Caroline Meyer White
Project Manager, Engineers Without Borders, Pakistan Region
Copenhagen, Denmark
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
Claudine Michel
Professor, Moral Development, African American Women and Youth
Department of Black Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop (Moderator)
Bidyut Mohanty
Chair, Women’s Studies Department, Institute of Social Sciences
New Delhi, India
Visiting Professor, Global & International Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Delhi Workshop
Manoranjan Mohanty
Professor, Council for Social Development, University of Delhi
Research Fellow, Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, UCSB
Networking Workshop
Delhi Workshop (Co-convener)
Ranjana Mukhopadhyaya
Associate Professor, Japanese Studies and Religious Studies
Department of East Asian Studies
University of Delhi
Delhi Workshop
Paul J Nelson
Division Director of International Development, Graduate School of Public and
International Affairs
University of Pittsburgh
Planning Workshop
Networking Workshop
Philip Oldenburg
Associate Director, South Asia Institute
Professor, Political Science
Columbia University
Networking Workshop
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
Jacob Olupona
Professor, African and African American Studies
Harvard University, Cambridge
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
Atalia Omer
Assistant Professor of Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
University of Notre Dame
Networking Workshop
David A. Palmer
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
University of Hong Kong
Shanghai Workshop
Ankur Patel
Program Officer, BAPS Chairities
New York and India
Planning Workshop
Marie Juul Petersen
Ph.D. student, Institute for Regional and Cross-cultural Studies
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Planning Workshop
Daniel Philpott
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace Studies University of Notre Dame
Planning Workshop
Jan Nederveen Pieterse
Mellichamp Professor, Global & International Studies Program
University of California, Santa Barbara
Networking Workshop
Lingam Raja
Associate Professor, Department of Adult Continuing Education & Extension, Gandhigram Rural University
Tamil Nadu, India
Delhi Workshop
I. A. Rehman
Founding Member, Pakistan-India Human Rights Commission
Delhi Workshop
Victoria Riskin
Founder, Southern California Committee, HRW
Board Member, Human Rights Watch
Planning Workshop
Networking Workshop
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
Rowena Robinson
Professor, Center for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Visiting Scholar, University of California, Santa Barbara
Delhi Workshop
Wade Clark Roof
Professor, Department of Religious Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Networking Workshop
Post Doctoral Research Unit on the Middle East
Danish Institute for International Studies
Planning Workshop
Networking Workshop
She Hongyu
Director, The Amity Foundation
Shanghai Workshop
Sheng Kai
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Tsinghua University
Shanghai Workshop
Ria Shibata
Graduate Program in Global Studies
Sophia University
Tokyo, Japan
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
Leonor Slavsky
Senior Researcher, National Institute of Anthropology
National Culture Secretariat
Buenos Aires Workshop
Natalia L. Smakotina
Professor, Faculty of Global Processes, Lomonosov
Moscow State University
Moscow Workshop
Siti Syamsiyatun
Director
Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS-Yogya), Indonesia
Shanghai Workshop
Tadaatsu Tajima
Dean of College of Liberal Arts and Science
Tenshi College, Japan
Shanghai Workshop
Tao Feiya
Professor, Department of History
Shanghai University
Shanghai Workshop
Aaron Hahn Tapper
Founder and Co-Executive Director, Abraham’s Vision
Assistant Professor, Theology and Religious Studies Department
University of San Francisco
Planning Workshop
Manindra Thakur
Associate Professor, Center for Political Studies
Jawaharlal Nehru University
India Social Institute
Delhi Workshop
Thomas Tighe
CEO, Direct Relief International
Santa Barbara, California
Planning Workshop
Networking Workshop
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
Rebecca Tinsley
Director, Waging Peace
Planning Workshop
Idris A. Tsechoev
Deputy Provost
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Moscow Workshop
J. P. S. Uberoi
Professor of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
Emeritus
Delhi Workshop
Thomas Uthup
Research and Education Manager, United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
New York, New York
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
Jonathan VanAntwerpen
Program Officer and Research Fellow, Religion and the Public Sphere
Social Science Research Council
Planning Workshop
Toby Volkman
Director of Policy Initiatives and Secretary, The Henry Luce Foundation
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop
James Wellman
Associate Professor, Jackson School of International Studies
University of Washington
Networking Workshop
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop
Mark Woodward
Associate Professor, Religious Studies
Arizona State University
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
Surichai Wun'gaeo
Professor of Sociology
Director, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies,
Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok, Thailand
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
Zhuo Xinping
Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Member of the Degree Committee of Beijing Municipality
Member of the Academic Committee of the Institute for the Study of Buddhism and Religious Theories at Renmin University
Adjunct Professor at Tsinghua University and Central University for Nationalities
Xu Yihua
Professor, Center for American Studies and Department of International Politics
Fudan University, China
Shanghai Workshop
Father Mikhail Zakharov
Archpriest, Russian Orthodox Church
Deputy Director of the Institute for Religious and Social Studies
Russian Academy of Science
Moscow Workshop
Hind Ahmed Zaki
Egyptian Political Organizer
University of Washington
Cairo 2 Workshop
Former Director, Catholic Relief Services, Haiti
Director, Catholic Relief Services, South Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean Workshop (Contributor)
Africa and the Middle East Workshop
Zhang Zhigang
Professor, Department of Religious Studies
Peking University, China
Shanghai Workshop
Mary Zurbuchen
Director, Asia and Russia Programs
Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program
New York
South/Southeast Asia Workshop
