Nomia Iqbal and Myriam Francois-Cerrah to moderate Nov. 13 public symposium on Religion and Global Development in London
Nomia Iqbal, a BBC journalist for radio, television and online media, and Myriam Francois-Cerrah, a writer and broadcaster who focuses on current affairs, will moderate the Nov. 13 (Friday) public symposium in London, Changing the Conversation about Religion: Partnerships for Global Development.
The symposium, organized by the University of Notre Dame’s new Keough School of Global Affairs and Notre Dame’s London Global Gateway, is free and open to the public. RSVP here.
Registration begins at 2:00 p.m. (GMT) and the program begins at 2:30 p.m. at One Whitehall Place at the Royal Horseguards Hotel, London.
In a series of three panels, leading thinkers will address whether a deeper engagement with global religion and religious communities can enhance economic growth, political stability, conflict resolution, and peace.
Panel 1
The Role of Religion in Human Development
Nomia Iqbal, moderator
Katherine Marshall, Senior Fellow, Georgetown University
Mike Battcock, Governance Coordinator, Department for International Development (U.K. government)
H.R.H. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Emir of Kano, Nigeria
Musimbi Kanyoro, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women
Panel 2
Building Partnerships Across Sectors for Development
Myriam Francois-Cerrah, moderator
Lord Christopher Patten, Chancellor, Oxford University
Craig Calhoun, Director, London School of Economics
Nosheen Ali, Program Director, Social Development and Policy, Habib University, Karachi
Shaun Casey, Special Representative for Religion and Global Affairs, U.S. Dept. of State
Ebrahim Rasool, Former South African Ambassador to the United States
Panel 3
Reflections: What Did We Learn?
Nomia Iqbal and Myriam Francois-Cerrah, moderators
Elif Shafak, award-winning novelist, columnist and speaker
Scott Appleby, Marilyn Keough Dean, Keough School of Global Affairs
Sara Sievers, Associate Dean for Policy and Practice, Keough School of Global Affairs
Atalia Omer, Associate Professor for Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies
Ebrahim Moosa, Professor of Islamic Studies
About the moderators:
Nomia Iqbal reports on a wide range of issues including politics, education, religion and social affairs for a variety of news sources. She was one of the BBC's key reporters for this year's U.K. elections. She recently presented a documentary, Inside Myanmar, and also trained young journalists in Tanzania and Zanzibar.
Myriam Francois-Cerrah focuses on current affairs, Islam and Muslims in Europe and the Middle East. She contributes to multiple media outlets, writing for the New Statesman’s rolling politics blog, The Staggers, and for Middle East Eye. She recently presented the BBC One documentary A Deadly Warning: Srebrenica Revisited. She is a PhD (DPhil) researcher at University of Oxford and a Research Associate at the Centre of Islamic Studies at the School for Oriental and African Studies.
The Keough School of Global Affairs, opening its doors to students in August 2017, will prepare students for effective and ethically grounded leadership in government, the private sector and global civil society.
Contact: Joan Fallon, director of communications for the Keough School 574-631-8819 (office), 574-514-8972 (cell) or jfallon2@nd.edu.
London contact for general event questions: Emily Grassby, Notre Dame London Global Gateway +44 (0) 207 484 7814 or lonconf@nd.edu