Center for Advanced Study MillerComm2016 announces “ISIS and the Global Rise of Religious Rebellions” by Mark Juergensmeyer, Founding Director, Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies and Department of Sociology, University of California at Santa Barbara on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. in the Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 South Gregory, Urbana.

The rise of ISIS in Syria and Iraq is an example of how religious resistance to the spread of democratic values and religious tolerance has increasingly turned violent.  Mark Juergensmeyer will report on his recent interviews with ISIS refugees in Iraq and address the clash of values motivating this and other religious challenges to the secular state.

Hosted by:  Center for Global Studies

In conjunction with:  Center for African Studies, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Anthropology, Department of Comparative and World Literature, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Department of French and Italian, Department of History, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, Department of Political Science, Department of Religion, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Department of Sociology, European Union Center, Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security (ACDIS), Spurlock Museum, Unit for Criticism

 Thanks to the Center for Advanced Study for this information item.

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