Religious and Secular Internationalisms
Sponsored by University College and the Modern European History Research Centre.

9:00 Welcome and Introduction: Sarah Shortall and Jakub Beneš (University College, Oxford)

9:30 – 11:15 Religion, Empire, and International Order
– Shaping the Common God: The International Thought of Luigi Sturzo (Or Rosenboim, Queen’s College, Oxford)
– from Enemies of the Cross to Brethren in Faith: Decolonization and the Curious End of Europe’s Religious Wars (Udi Greenberg, Dartmouth College)
– Marxism, Decolonization, and the Rise of Planetary Catholic Consciousness (Sarah Shortall, University College, Oxford)
Comment: Ruth Harris (new College, Oxford)

11:15 – 11:45 Coffee

11:45 – 1:15 Liberal Internationalisms, Religious and Secular
– Liberal, Jewish and/or Secular? Thinking about International Jewish Activism (Abigail Green, Brasenose College, Oxford)
– Christian Human Rights: A Prècis (Samuel Moyn, Harvard University)
Comment: Matthew Hilton, University of Birmingham

1:15 – 2:15 Lunch Break

2:15 – 4:00 Legal, Ethical, and Economic Regimes
– The Failed Ambitions of Postwar Economic Planning? Full Employment, Raw Materials, and Development in the 1940s (Jamie Martin, Harvard University)
– Soviet Internationalism and the Project of Feeding the World’s Hungry (Tehila Sasson, Institute of Historical Research)
Comment: Patricia Clavin (Jesus College, Oxford)

4:00 – 4:30 Coffee

4:30 – 6:00 Roundtable
Samuel Moyn (Harvard University)
Martin Conway (Balliol College)
Patricia Clavin (Jesus College)
Chair: Catherine Holmes (University College)

6:00 – 6:45 Reception (Butler Room)
Date: 11 May 2016, 9:00 (Wednesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2016)
Venue: University College, High Street OX1 4BH
Venue Details: Swire Seminar Room
Speakers: Sarah Shortall (University College), Jakub Beneš (University College), Or Rosenboim (Queen's College, Cambridge), Udi Greenberg (Dartmouth College), Ruth Harris (New College), Abigail Green (Brasenose College), Samuel Moyn (Harvard University), Matthew Hilton (University of Birmingham), Jamie Martin (Harvard University), Philippa Hetherington (University College), Tehila Sasson (Institute of Historical Research), Patricia Clavin (Jesus College), Martin Conway (Balliol College), Catherine Holmes (University College)
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Laura Spence