CIRD Panels Schedule for EUARE 2026 in Rome

INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND COMBATTING INEQUALITY

Sponsored by: CIRD at the 2026 European Academy of Religion Conference (Rome)

Panel day and time: July 3rd from 9 AM to 3:20 PM

Location: HALL: Parenzo - A19

Schedule

Session 1: 9:00 to 10:00I

Presentation 1: Debora Tonelli (Georgetown University)        

Title:  THE SOURCE OF OUR EXPECTATIONS: THE MEANING OF "DIALOGUE"

Presentation 2: Modestar Mekeresi  (Pontifical Gregorian University)

Title: (IN)EQUALITY AND THE RELATIONAL CONDITIONS OF ECUMENICAL DIALOGUE

Presenter 3: Peter Admirand (Dublin City University)

Title: INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND ECHO CHAMBERS

Break 10:00 – 10:15

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Session 2: 10:15- 11: 15

Presentation 1: Anne Henge Grung (University of Oslo ~ Oslo ~ Norway)

Title: WOMEN AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE

Presentation 2: Pavol Bargár (Protestant Theological Faculty, Charles University ~ Prague ~ Czech Republic)

Title: EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS AND INTERFAITH DIALOGUE: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

Presentation 3:  Elena Dini (Pontifical Gregorian University - Université Catholique de Lyon)

Title: WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ACTORS OF DIALOGUE: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PERIPHERIES OF INSTITUTIONAL DIALOGUES

Break: 11:15 – 11:30

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Session 3: 11:30  to 12:30

Presenter 1: Leo Lefebure (Georgetown University)

BIO: Leo D. Lefebure

Title:  AFRICANA AND INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION IN THE PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS

Presenter 2: Matthias Eder (Centre for Society and Religion/ AGIAMONDO Germany ~ Colombo ~ Sri Lanka)

Title: ACCESS AND INCLUSION IN INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE: PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS FROM KENYA, NIGERIA AND SRI LANKA

Presenter 3: Frederick Strack (University of Sherbrooke ~ Montréal) 

Title: INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND MINORITY BELIEVERS. STATE-SPONSORED INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AS SOFT POWER IN FAVOR OF LAICITÉ (FRANCE- QUÉBEC)

LUNCH 12:30 to 2

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Session 4: 2:00-3:00 pm

Presenter 1: Adrian Cristea (Dublin City University) 

Title:  DIALOGUES OF LIFE: INTERFAITH PRACTICE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN DUBLIN

Presenter 2: Nanor Kebranian (Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna) 

Title: OTTOMAN WOMEN'S SOLIDARITY: WRITING AND RESISTANCE BETWEEN AUTHORITARIANISM AND NATIONALISM

Presenter 3: Reinhilde Pulinx  (Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven)

Title: BELIEF IN PLURALITY: DESIGNING A STUDY ON MULTIPLE RELIGIOUS BELONGING IN INTERFAITH CONTEXTS