IAST Workshop on:

Religion, Politics, and Development

Toulouse, Tuesday May 19, 2015

Manufacture des Tabacs 21 allée de Brienne

F Building – Room MF323 31000 Toulouse

Organizers Emmanuelle AURIOL (IAST - TSE) Paul SEABRIGHT (IAST - TSE)

Organization assistant Valérie Nowaczyk Phone: 0033 5 61 12 85 24 Email: valerie.nowaczyk@tse-fr.eu

Program

08.30 – 09.00 Welcome Coffee

09.00 – 10.30 Timur Kuran, Duke University “The Financial Power of the Powerless: Socio-Economic Status and Interest Rates under Partial Rule of Law” Gunes Gokmen, New Economic School “Minorities and Long-run Development: Persistence of Armenian and Greek Influence in Turkey”

11.00 – 12.30 Imane Chaara, Oxford University “Pro-Women Legal Reform in Morocco: Is Religion an Obstacle?” Emmanuelle Auriol and Paul Seabright, IAST and TSE “Trust in the Image of God: Reciprocity and Religious Identification in Haiti”

14.00 – 15.30 Eric Chaney, Harvard University “Religion and the Rise and Fall of Islamic Science” Jean-Philippe Platteau, University of Namur “Religion, Politics, and Development: Is Islam a Special Problem?”

16.00 – 18.00 Round Table with Imane Chaara, Eric Chaney, Gunes Gokmen, and Timur Kuran on the book by Jean-Philippe Platteau, "Religion, Politics, and Development: Is Islam a Special Problem?”

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break

12.30 – 14.00 Lunch

15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break

20.00 Dinner (by invitation only)

Tuesday, 19th May 2015