Talk: ISIS and the Global Rise of Religious Rebellions by Mark Juergensmeyer

• Event Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016
• Time: 4:00 pm (CDT)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

• Talk

Part of the CAS/MillerComm Lecture Series

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.

The CAS/MillerComm public events series brings to campus people who offer unique cross-disciplinary contributions to the intellectual and cultural life of the university.

This Center for Advanced Study event is hosted by the Center for Global Studies in conjunction with the 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, and the Unit for Criticism.