Research Projects
Religions, Civil Society and
International Institutions
and
Religions and
International Relations (2006-2009)
Research Projects at the University of
Birmingham (UK) by Dr Josef Boehle
Department of Theology and Religion
Publications by Dr Boehle (as an output of
these projects):
in: Pacifica Review:
Peace, Security and Global Change, Volume 14, Number 3, October 2002.
·
Religions, Civil Society and the UN System, in:
Studies in Interreligious Dialogue,
Volume 17, Number 1, July 2007.
·
UN System
and Religious Actors in the Context of Global Change, in: CrossCurrents,
Volume 60, Issue 3 (Special Issue on Religion and the UN), September 2010.
·
Religion
and Politics in a Global Age: A New Vision for Inter-religious and
International Relations,
(I.B. Tauris, monograph, forthcoming 2012).
Selected Main
Activities:
Dr Boehle
organised and moderated the Symposium ‘On Religions and
International Institutions’ at the
2004 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Barcelona.
The Symposium had the following aims:
The aim of the Symposium is to increase
understanding and cooperation between religious communities/organisations and
international institutions.
It wants
to raise awareness in the mainstream of academic work and public policy
for the
related issues and to contribute to improved relations between international
institutions, religious communities/organisations, inter-religious
organisations and indigenous communities.
It wants
to strengthen the engagement with the UN System as a partner for inter-cultural
and inter-religious encounters and projects.
The Symposium was organised with the support
of the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, UK and co-sponsored by: the Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (Birmingham, UK), the
Temple of Understanding (New York), and the Guerrand-Hermes
Foundation for Peace.
·
Symposium
Programme
(at the
2004
Parliament of the World's Religions )
In
his capacity as Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair in Interfaith Studies,
University of Birmingham, and as Research Fellow in Globalisation,
Religion and Politics, Dr Boehle also
participated actively in the following international developments:
· He was a member of
the working committee that planned the
Conference on Interfaith Cooperation for Peace
at United Nations Headquarters on 22 June 2005
and he presented a
paper on ‘Religions, Civil Society and the UN System’ at
the conference.
The Tripartite Forum on Interfaith Cooperation for Peace
is an outcome of this conference.
· He organised a workshop panel on ‘The
UN System and the World(s) of Religions and Cultures’ at the
2007 Annual Meeting of
the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS).
· He was an
Advisor to the Civil Society Task Force that planned the Interactive Hearing of
the
High-level
Dialogue on Interreligious Understanding and Cooperation for Peace,
held by the United Nations General
Assembly on 4 and 5 October 2007.
·
Respondent at the Interactive
Hearing with Civil Society of the High-level Dialogue on
Interreligious and Intercultural Understanding and Cooperation for Peace of the
UN General Assembly, United Nations Headquarters, New
York, 4 October 2007.
A web cast of this
event can be found in the UN Web Cast Archives.
·
He participated in the first and
second Alliance of
Civilizations Forum in Madrid and Istanbul (2008 and
2009).
Further
Information:
Dr Josef Boehle is Research Fellow in Globalisation, Religion and
Politics at the
Department of
Theology and Religion and
Focal Point for the UN Alliance of Civilizations, University of Birmingham, U.K.
Presentations
and Workshops by Dr Boehle (partial list of
activities from 2002 onwards)
Inter-religious
Co-operation and Global Change:
From
a Clash of Civilisations to a Dialogue of Civilisations,
Paper presented at 2002 Annual Meeting of Academic Council
on the United Nations System, Cascais, Portugal, 22 June 2002.
Religious Co-operation or Confrontation?
Paper presented at ‘An Inter-faith Perspective on Globalisation
2002
Conference’, Plater College,
Oxford, 29 July 2002.
Inter-religious Co-operation in a Global Age,
Paper
presented at North-South Roundtable, Cairo, Egypt,
28 November 2002.
Inter-religious
Cooperation and Global Change:
From a Clash of Civilisations to a Dialogue of Civilisations,
Paper presented at An Inter-faith Perspective on Globalisation 2003
Conference,
St Petersburg, Russia, 28 April 2003.
Inter-religious
Cooperation and Global Change:
From a Clash of Civilisations to a Dialogue of Civilisations,
Paper presented at International Student Forum, Rothermere
American Institute,
Oxford University, 21 May 2003.
Religions
and International Institutions,
Paper presented at UK Pre-parliament Event, preparing for the 2004
Parliament of the World's Religions,
Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha, Birmingham, UK, 13 October 2003.
Workshop
on Globalisation, Moderator,
International Summit 'Towards a Culture of Harmony and Peace',
preparing for the 2004 Parliament of the World's Religions,
New Delhi, India, 9 December 2003.
Religions and Cooperation for the Common Good,
Paper
presented at ‘An Inter-faith Perspective on Globalisation 2004
Conference’,
Dubai, UAE, 28 March 2004.
Globalisation
and Religion,
Paper
presented at One World Forum, University of Warwick, 16
January 2005.
Religion,
Civil Society and the UN System,
Paper
presented at UN Seminar Series, Ralph Bunche Institute for International
Studies,
Graduate
Centre, City University of New York, New York, 30 March 2005.
Religions and Globalisation: What is the Outlook?,
Paper presented at the Conference on ‘Religions and Globalization: Disorder
or Harmony’
organised by the Institut Aspen France, Lyon, 1-2 July 2006.
Religion in Contemporary Global Politics, Paper presented to Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows
at a weekend seminar at Cumberland Lodge, invited by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, 13 April 2008.
Religion in the Public Sphere, panelist in discussion at Launch of Commonwealth Scholarship Commission ‘Faith and Civil Society’ Network, Birkbeck College, London, 17 January 2009.
Religion in a Global Age: Initiatives at the United Nations, Plenary Speaker at the 2nd International Conference on ‘Integrating Spirituality and Organisational Leadership’, 10 February 2009, Pondicherry, India, invited by the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi.