CURRICULUM VITAE

W. COLE DURHAM, JR.

Susa Young Gates University Professor of Law and

Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU

J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602 USA

Phone: (801) 422-6842 Fax: (801) 422-0399 Email: durhamc@lawgate.byu.edu

EDUCATION: A.B., Harvard College, 1972 (Magna cum Laude in Philosophy); J.D.,

Harvard Law School, 1975 (Cum Laude); Note Editor, Harvard Law

Review; Managing Editor, Harvard International Law Journal.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

Teaching:

Director International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young

University (2000-Present).

Professor of Law J. Reuben Clark Law School, 1983-Present Brigham Young

University (Asst. and Assoc. Prof. 1976-83).

Susa Young Gates University Professor of Law since 1999.

Visiting Professor University of Vienna, Faculty of Law, Spring, 2004.

Recurring Visiting Legal Studies Department, Central European University, Budapest,

Professor of Law Hungary, Spring 1994-present. (Courses on Comparative Law of

Religious Freedom and Comparative Constitutional Law).

Guest Professor Mainz, Germany, 1984.

Editorial and Board Positions, Community Service

President, International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (September 2011-Present; Vice

President from March 2007-September 2011).

Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford Journal of Law and Religion (May 2011-Present).

Member, International Advisory Board for the G.P. Koirala Center, Kathmandu, Nepal (May

2011-Present).

Member, Editorial Board of Review Dionysiana, University Ovidius Constanta Romania

(December 2009-Present).

Honorary Member, Latin American Consortium for Religious Freedom (Elected August, 2009-

Present).

Member, Advisory Board for the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies Journal of

Civilization Studies, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2008-Present).

Member, International Advisory Board of the ―Revista General de Derecho Canónico y Derecho

Eclesiástico del Estado (February 2006-Present).

Member, Iraq International Advisory Board of the National Democratic Institute (July 2005-

Present).

Member, Constitutional Working Group, America Bar Association‘s Iraq Initiative.

Member, OSCE/ODIHR Advisory Council on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Established by the

Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and

Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki Process), (Member of Advisory Panel, 1997-Present; Co-

Chair from 2000-2004).

Member, International Advisory Council of the Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief

(1999-Present).

Member, Experts Advisory Committee, International Commission for Freedom of Conscience

(1998-Present).

Member, Religious Liberty Committee of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the

USA (1998-present).

Board Member and Co-Founder, International Association of Law and Religion Studies, (1998-

Present).

Member, Board of Directors, International Religious Liberty Association (1997-Present).

Associate Member, International Academy of Comparative Law (Paris, France) (1995-Present).

Member, Advisory Board, Program on Religious Human Rights, Columbia University, New York,

New York (1995-2000).

Member of the Supervisory Council of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law,

Washington, D.C. (1994-Present). Previously served as a member of the Board of Directors, and

served as Chairman of the Board from June, 1998 to June 1999.

Chair, Comparative Law Section, American Association of Law Schools (1992 - 1993).

Honorary Director, German American Law Association (1992-Present).

Secretary, American Society of Comparative Law, 1989-1994. Member of Association‘s

Executive Committee from 1994 to 1996.

Member, Board of Editors, American Journal of Comparative Law.

Chair, Law and Religion Section, American Association of Law Schools, 1985-1987. Previously

served as Secretary of the Law and Religion Section from 1981-87. International Liaison, Law

and Religion Section, American Association of Law Schools (1992-Present).

Member, Scholars Advisory Board, Center for Church-State Studies, DePaul University, Chicago,

Illinois (1981-Present).

Member, Advisory Board of the Center for Constitutional Studies, Dawson Church-State Center,

Baylor University, 1987-Present.

Vice-President, Board of Directors, International Academy for Freedom of Religion and Belief,

Washington, D.C., 1991-Present. (Member of Executive Committee since 1996).

SCHOLARSHIP

Honors:

General Rapporteur, with Javier-Martinez-Torron (Complutense University, Madrid, Spain), for

topic ―Religion and the Secular State,‖ 18th

International Congress of Comparative Law of the

International Academy of Comparative Law, July 2010.

International Recipient, 2009 International First Freedom Award, presented by the First Freedom

Center, Richmond Virginia, January 15, 2009.

Award of Merit for outstanding work as promoter and defender of religious freedom in the

countries of the former Soviet Union and Europe, for academic contributions in support and

defense of religious freedom, and for the role played in advising governments and international

organizations on legislation which respects and protects freedom for all (International Religious

Liberty Association, 2006).

The John Courtney Murray Award for distinguished service to the Center for Church-State

Studies, DePaul University, March 30, 2006.

Susa Young Gates University Professor of Law, Brigham Young University, 1999-Present.

Special University Research Support for work on Religious Freedom in Eastern Europe and Latin

America (Brigham Young University, 1997).

Special University Research Support ($4,000) for work on Religious Freedom in Eastern Europe

and the former USSR (Brigham Young University, 1995).

Grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung in 1986 to help finance my visiting appointment

in Mainz, West Germany.

Research Grant ($10,000) for a Research Project Concerning Foreign Church-State Institutions,

David M. Kennedy International Center, Brigham Young University, 1983-1985.

Max Rheinstein Fellowship, Alexander von Humbolt Stiftung, West Germany, 1979-80.

Participant, N.E.H. (National Endowment for The Humanities) Faculty Seminar on Law and

Religion in Antiquity, University of California (Berkeley) School of Law, Summer, 1978.

Clerkship, 1975-76, with The Honorable Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr. United States Court of

Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

1972 George Plimpton Adams Prize ($500) (best senior honors thesis in philosophy) (awarded by

Harvard Philosophy Department) (thesis on Kantian jurisprudence).

Publications:

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Matthew K. Richards, and Donlu D. Thayer, The Status of and Threats to

International Law on Freedom of Religion or Belief, in CONSTITUTING THE FUTURE: ADVANCING

THE FIRST FREEDOM IN THE 21ST

CENTURY, Allen D. Hertzke (ed.) (forthcoming 2011-12).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., David Kirkham, Christine Scott, and Rik Torfs, eds., EUROPE, ISLAM AND

EMERGING LEGAL ISSUES. (Ashgate, forthcoming 2011

W. Cole Durham, Jr. and David Kirkham, ―ÉTATS-UNIS,‖ DICTIONNAIRE DU DROIT DES

RELIGIONS, Francis Messner (ed.), (Editions du CNRS, Paris, France, 2010).

W. Cole Durham, Jr. and Robert T. Smith, Religion and State in the United States at the Turn of

the Twenty-First Century, in LAW AND RELIGION IN THE 21ST

CENTURY, Silvio Ferrari and Rinaldo

Cristofori (eds.), (Ashgate, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom, 2010).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Legal Status of Religious Organizations: A Comparative Overview, THE

REVIEW OF FAITH & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (forthcoming 2010).

W. Cole Durham, Jr. and Brett G. Scharffs, LAW AND RELIGION: NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL AND

COMPARATIVE LAW PERSPECTIVES (Aspen Publishers, 2010).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Memfasilitasi Kebebasan Beragama atau Berkeyakinan melalui Perundang-

Undangan Asosiasi Keagamaan (Facilitating Freedom of Religion or Belief through Religious

Association Laws) in TORE LINDHOLM, W. COLE DURHAM, JR., AND BAHIA G. TAHZIB LIE (EDS.),

KEBEBASAN BERAGAMA ATAU BERKEYAKINAN: SEBERAPA JAUH?,SEBUAH REFERENSI TENTANG

PRINSIP-PRINSIP DAN PRAKTEK. Indonesian Translation edited by Rafael Edy Bosko and M. Rifa‘I

Abduh. (Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Penerbit Kanisius, 2010).

TORE LINDHOLM, W. COLE DURHAM, JR., AND BAHIA G. TAHZIB LIE (EDS.), KEBEBASAN

BERAGAMA ATAU BERKEYAKINAN: SEBERAPA JAUH?,SEBUAH REFERENSI TENTANG PRINSIP-

PRINSIP DAN PRAKTEK. Indonesian Translation edited by Rafael Edy Bosko and M. Rifa‘I Abduh.

(Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Penerbit Kanisius, 2010).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., OSCE Commitments on Freedom of Religion or Belief in DERECHO Y

RELIGIÓN (Madrid, Spain, 2009).

Cole Durham, Jr., The Doctrine of Religious Freedom in LIFE IN THE LAW: SERVICE & INTEGRITY

(Brigham Young University Press, J. Reuben Clark Law Society at Brigham Young University

(2009).

Cole Durham, Jr. and Brett G. Scharffs, From Identification to Secularism: Comparative

Constitutional Law Approaches to Law and Religion in 20 NEPAL LAW REVIEW 33 (2009).

W. Cole Durham, Jr. and Robert T. Smith, Religion and the State in the United States at the Turn

of the Twenty-First Century in LAW AND JUSTICE, THE CHRISTIAN LAW REVIEW (United Kingdom:

The Edmund Plowden Trust, Number 162, 2009.

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Response to Jean Bethke Elshtain, JOURNAL OF LAW, PHILOSOPHY AND

CULTURE, (Spring 2009, Volume III, Number 1).

William W. Bassett, W. Cole Durham, Jr., and Robert T. Smith, RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND

THE LAW (Thompson Reuters/West, updated annually, latest edition 2010).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Silvio Ferrari, and Simona Santoro, The Toledo Guiding Principles on

Teaching about Religion and Beliefs in Public Schools, 19 SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS 229

(2008).

W. Cole Durham, Jr. and Michael K. Young, and Brett G. Scharffs, Footings of Mormon

Conceptions of Law, Vantage Points for Understanding Constitutional Law and the Law of

Religious Freedom in FAITH AND LAW, HOW RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS FROM CALVINISM TO ISLAM

VIEW AMERICAN LAW, Edited by Robert F. Cochran, Jr. New York University Press (2008).

TOLEDO GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON TEACHING ABOUT RELIGIONS AND BELIEFS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

(Prepared by the ODIHR [Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization

for Security and Cooperation in Europe] Advisory Council of Experts on Freedom of Religion or

Belief) (the Process for Developing the Toledo Guiding Principles was co-chaired by Professor W.

Cole Durham, Jr., and Professor Silvio Ferrari, Faculty of Law, University of Milan) (Warsaw

2007).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Theses Collection of the International Symposium on Charity Legislation of

China.

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Recognizing Religious Communities in Law, in THE REVIEW OF FAITH AND

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, (Fall 2007, Volume 5, Number 3).

W. Cole Durham, Jr. and Elizabeth A. Sewell, Conscientious Objection in the United States,

Institute for State-Church Relations, Bratislava 2007.

W. Cole Durham, Jr. and Bradley D. Liggett, The Reaction to Islamic Terrorism and the

Implications for Religious Freedom after September 11: A United States Perspective, in Derecho

y Religión (Madrid: La Fundación Universitaria Española, 2007).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Evolution and Current Context of Religion Laws in Southeast Asia: A

Comparative Perspective, RELIGIOUS STUDIES REVIEW (Vol. 1, No. 1, January 2007).

Cole W. Durham [sic.] and Christine G. Scott, Public Finance and the Religious Sector in the

United States: Expanding Cooperation in a Separationist State, 2006 IL DIRITTO ECCLESIASTICO

360.

W. Cole Durham, Jr. and Elizabeth A. Sewell, Definition of Religion, in James A. Serritella, et al,

eds., RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES: A STUDY OF LEGAL IDENTITY, RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM AND THE LAW (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2006).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Associate Editor, with James A. Serritella, et al, eds., RELIGIOUS

ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES: A STUDY OF LEGAL IDENTITY, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND

THE LAW (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2006).

W. Cole Durham, Jr. and Brett G. Scharffs, State and Religious Communities in the United States:

The Tension between Freedom and Equality, in CHURCH AND STATE TOWARDS PROTECTION FOR

FREEDOM OF RELIGION 362 (Japanese Association of Comparative Constitutional Law,

Proceedings of the International Conference on Comparative Constitutional Law, September 2-4,

2005).

Brett G. Scharffs and W. Cole Durham, Jr., Foreword, in Kim-Kwong Chan and Eric Carlson,

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN CHINA: POLICY, ADMINISTRATION, AND REGULATION: A RESEARCH

HANDBOOK (2005).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Religion, Universal Human Rights, and the Ambivalence of the Sacred, in

GLOBAL JUSTICE AND THE BULWARKS OF LOCALISM (Christopher L. Eisgruber, András Sajó, eds.)

(The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2005).

W. Cole Durham, Jr. and Elizabeth A. Sewell, Religion in Post-Socialist Europe in YEARBOOK OF

THE INSTITUTE FOR CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS (Bratislava: Institute for Church-State Relations,

2005).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Nigeria’s ‘State Religion’ Question in Comparative Perspective, in

COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON SHARI‘AH IN NIGERIA (Philip Ostien, Jamila M. Nasir, Franz

Kogelmann, eds.) (Ibadan, Nigeria: Spectrum Books Limited, 2005).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Демократія, благоговінням і релігійної свободи (Democracy,

Reverence, and Religious Freedom). Published with Proceedings of the Conference ―Religion and

Politics: from Presidential Elections 2004 to Parliamentary Elections 2006‖ in Ukraine (2005).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Verfassungsrecht, die Menschenrechte und die drohende krise der religiösen

Autonomie in ÖSTERREICHISCHES ARCHIV FÜR RECHT & RELIGION, VOL. 3 (herausgegeben con

Herbert Kalb, Richard Potz & Brigitte Schinkele, Verlag Plöchl: Freistadt, 2004)

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Religion, Democracy and the Politics of Transition: The Importance of

International Norms Governing Freedom of Religion and Belief in a Pluralistic World in

RELIGIONS AND CIVILIZATIONS IN THE NEW MILLENIUM: THE ALBANIAN CASE (Tirana, Albania:

Albanian Center for Human Rights, 2004).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Tore Lindholm, and Bahia Tazib-Lie, eds., FACILITATING FREEDOM OF

RELIGION AND BELIEF: A DESKBOOK (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff, 2004). (Chinese, Indonesian, and

Russian translations are in progress).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Elizabeth A. Sewell, and Silvio Ferrari, eds., DIRITTO E RELIGIONE

NELL‘EUROPA POST-COMMUNISTA (Bologna, Italy: Società Editrice il Mulino, 2004).

W. Cole Durham, Jr. & Silvio Ferrari, eds., RELIGIOUS REGISTRATION LAWS IN POST-COMMUNIST

EUROPE (Leuven, Belgium: Peeters, 2004).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Elizabeth A. Sewell, and Natalie Peterson, Introduction, in RELIGIOUS

REGISTRATION LAWS IN POST-COMMUNIST EUROPE (Leuven, Belgium: Peeters, 2004).

W. Cole Durham, Jr. and Elizabeth A. Sewell, Virginia Founders and the Birth of Religious

Freedom, in LECTURES ON RELIGION AND THE FOUNDING OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC (John W.

Welch and Stephen J. Fleming, eds.) (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 2003).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., CSCE Vienna Document, in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ,

Catharine Cookson, ed., Routledge, New York, 93 (2003).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., U.N. Declaration on Discrimination, in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM , Catharine Cookson, ed., Routledge, New York, 487-88 (2003).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Religious Pluralism as a Factor in Peace, 2003 FIDES ET LIBERTAS 43-57.

Silvio Ferrari, W. Cole Durham, Jr., & Elizabeth A. Sewell, eds., LAW AND RELIGION IN POST-

COMMUNIST EUROPE (Leuven, Belgium: Peeters, 2003).

Marguerite A. Driessen and W. Cole Durham, Jr., Sentencing Dissonances in the United States:

The Shrinking Distance Between Punishment Proposed and Sanction Served, 50 AM. J. COMP. L.

(Supp.) 623-641 (2002).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Comparative Perspectives on Religious Freedom in Russia, Published with

Proceedings of the Conference on Ten Years Retrospective on Freedom of Religion in Russia.

(2002).

W. Cole Durham, Jr. and J. Troy Beatty, Book Review, RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND INTERNATIONAL

LAW IN EUROPE, by Malcolm D. Evans, 16 Journal of Law and Religion, 623 (2001).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Book Review, SHARING THE BOOK: RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES ON THE

RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF PROSELYTISM, Edited by John Witte, Jr. & Richard C. Martin, 16 Journal

of Law and Religion, 635 (2001).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., The Doctrine of Religious Freedom, BYU MAGAZINE, Winter 2001; 7 pgs.

W. Cole Durham, Jr., The Doctrine of Religious Freedom, CLARK MEMORANDUM, Fall 2001; 11

pages.

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Recognition and Registration of Religious and Belief Communities: What is

Permissible in Law and Practice? in Seminar on Religion or Belief in the OSCE Region:

Challenges to Law and Practice, The Hague: 26 June, 2001; 9 pages.

Noveishiye Nasloenia v archaeologii religioznoi svobodi–sovremenneye tendentsi v interpretatsii

meshdunarodnich norm religioznoi svobodi, Religiina Svoboda–Mass-Media, Shkola I Tserkva

yak Suspilni Faktori Utverdzhennya, Haukovii Shchorichnik No. 5; 5 pages.

W. Cole Durham, Jr., The Right to Autonomy in Religious Affairs: A Comparative View, in

CHURCH AUTONOMY: A COMPARATIVE SURVEY, Gerhard Robbers, ed., Peter Lang, 2001; 31

pages.

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Essay on Education Issues, in RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, TOLERANCE AND

NON-DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION, Rosa M. Martinez de Codes & Jaime Rossell, coordinators;

Cáceres, 2001; 27 pages.

W. Cole Durham, Jr., International Human Rights: The Protection of Religious Persuasion, Fides

et Libertas, International Religious Liberty Association, 2001; 15 pages.

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Religious Liberty, in THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LATTER-DAY SAINT HISTORY

999-1000 (Arnold K. Garr, et al., eds. 2000).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Religiosnaya Svoboda i Nationalnaya Identichnost (Amerikanski Opyt), in

RELIGIA I NATZIONALISM (Nurullaev, A.A., I. V. Podberezsky, & A. V. Ptchelintsev, eds.,

Moscow: Institute of Religion and Law, 2000).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Participant in Henry Steiner, ed., Roundtable on Religion and State (Harvard

Law School Human Rights Program, 2000).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF: LAWS AFFECTING THE STRUCTURING OF

RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES, ODIHR Background Paper 1999/4 Published by the Office for

Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in

Europe (September, 1999).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., PERSPEKTIVI RELIGIOZNOI SVOBODI: SRAVNITELNI ANALIZ (Moscow: The

Institute of Religion and Law in Moscow, 1999).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., The Right to Engage in Religious Persuasion: Emerging and Minority

Religions and Proselytism, 1999 FIDES ET LIBERTAS 59.

W. Cole Durham, Jr., State RFRAs and the Scope of Free Exercise Protection, 32 U. C. DAVIS L.

REV. 665 (1999).

James Gordon & W. Cole Durham, Jr., co-authors, Toward Diverse Diversity: The Legal

Legitimacy of ExCorde Ecclesiae, 25 J. College & Univ. L. 697 (1999).

PERSPEKTIVI RELIGIOZNOI SVOBODI: SRAVNITELNI ANALIZ (Moscow: The Institute of Religion and

Law in Moscow, 1999).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., State RFRAs and the Scope of Free Exercise Protection, 32 U. C. DAVIS L.

REV. 665 (1999).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., The Distinctive Roles of Church and State, 1998 FIDES ET LIBERTAS 39.

W. Cole Durham, Jr., The United States’ Experience with New Religious Movements, 5 EUROPEAN

JOURNAL FOR CHURCH AND STATE RESEARCH (REVUE EUROPÉENNE DES RELATIONS ÉGLISES-ÉTAT)

213 (1998).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Religious Freedom and National Identity: Notes on the American

Experience, in Nationalism in Europe/Nationalism in Galicia: Religion as an Element of

Nationalist Ideology (Gloria Moran, ed., La Coruña, Spain) (1998).

Krystyna Daniel & W. Cole Durham, Jr., Religious Identity as a Component of National Identity:

Implications for Emerging Church-State Relations in the Former Socialist Bloc, in Andras Sajo &

Shlomo Avineri, eds., THE LAW OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITY: MODELS FOR POST-COMMUNISM (1999).

W. Cole Durham, Jr. & Lauren B. Homer, Russia’s 1997 Law on Freedom of Conscience and on

Religious Associations: An Analytical Appraisal, 12 EMORY INT‘L L. REV. 101 (1998).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Volksverhetzung und Redefreiheit aus amerikanischer Sicht, 15 RECHT 213

(1997).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., The Distinctive Roles of Church and State, in THE ROLE OF THE CHURCHES

IN THE RENEWING SOCIETIES: LECTURES AND DOCUMENTS, BUDAPEST SYMPOSIUM, MARCH 3-5,

1997 (Published by the International Religious Liberty Association (European Section) (1998).

English Version at 37; Hungarian Version at 112; German Version at 192; Russian Version at 276.

Krystyna Daniel & W. Cole Durham, Jr., A Vallási Azonosságtudat Mint A Nemzeti Identitás

Összetev, je, 1997/2 FUNDAMENTUM 5.

W. Cole Durham, Jr., John Witte Jr., Marie Zimmermann, & Lauren B. Homer, Liberté de

Religion et confessionalité: Les projets de révision de la loi de 1990 de la République de Russie,

14 PRAXIS JURIDIQUE ET RELIGION 3 (1997).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Aspecte ale libert ii religioase: Cadru comparativ, 2 ALTERA 4 7-49 (1996).

Durham, Rousseau’s Civil Religion and the Ideal of Wholeness: Ambiguities in the Quest for

Conscience, in Reynolds & Durham (eds.), RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN WESTERN THOUGHT (1996).

Reynolds & Durham (eds.), RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN WESTERN PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT (1996).

Durham, A Comparative Framework for Analyzing Religious Liberty, in Johan D. van der Vyver

& John Witte, eds., RELIGIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: LEGAL PERSPECTIVES 1

(1996).

Durham, Treatment of Religious Minorities in the United States, in European Consortium of

Church State Research, THE LEGAL STATUS OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN THE COUNTRIES OF THE

EUROPEAN UNION 323-79 (1994).

Durham, Bases para un estudio comparativo sobre libertad religiosa, 10 ANUARIO DE DERECHO

ECLESIÁSTICO DEL ESTADO 465-88 (1994).

Durham, Freedom of Religion: The United States Model, 42 AM. J. COMP. L. 617 (Supp. 1994).

Durham, Homer, van Dijk, & Witte, The Future of Religious Liberty in Russia: Report of the De

Burght Conference on Pending Russian Legislation Restricting Religious Liberty, 8 EMORY INT'L

L. REV. 1 (1994).

Durham, Beschleunigung des Strafverfahrens: Externe Massnahmen, in VON TOTALITÄREM ZU

RECHTSSTAATLICHEM STRAFRECHT: KRIMINALPOLITISCHE REFORMTENDENZEN IM STRAFRECHT

OSTEUROPÄISCHER LÄNDER (Albin Eser, Günther Kaiser, & Ewa Weigend (Hrsg.), 1994).

Durham & Dushku, Traditionalism, Secularism, and the Transformative Dimension of Religious

Institutions, 1993 B.Y.U. L. REV. 421.

Durham, The Emerging Structures of Criminal Information Law: Tracing the Contours of a New

Paradigm, 64 INT'L REV. OF PENAL LAW 79 (1993).

Durham (trans.), THEODOR VIEHWEG, TOPICS AND LAW (translation of TOPIK UND JURISPRUDENCE)

(Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1993).

Durham, Edgar Bodenheimer: Conservator of Civilized Legal Culture, 26 U. C. DAVIS L. REV.

301 (1993) (expanded version of J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck) publication.

Durham, Edgar Bodenheimer: Conservator of Civilized Legal Culture, in DER EINFLUSS

DEUTSCHER EMIGRANTEN AUF DIE RECHTSENTWICKLUNG IN DEN USA UND IN DEUTSCHLAND

(Marcus Lutter, Ernst C. Stiefel & Michael H. Hoeflich, eds., 1993).

Durham, Rhetorical Resonance and Constitutional Vision, 14 CARDOZO L. REV. 893 (1993).

Durham, The West German Basic Law After Forty Years: An American Perspective in GERMANY

AND ITS BASIC LAW (Paul Kirchhof & Donald P. Kommers eds. 1993).

Durham, Das Grundgesetz--eine grundsätzliche Bewertung aus amerikanischer Sicht, in

DEUTSCHLAND UND SEIN GRUNDGESETZ (Paul Kirchhof & Donald P. Kommers eds. 1993).

Durham, Religious Liberty and the Call of Conscience, 42 DEPAUL L. REV. 71 (1992).

L. Farmer, W. C. Durham, & T. Campbell, Modern Federal Jury Instructions: CAPS Practice

System Series (New York: Matthew Bender, 1992)[computerized jury instruction system for

federal courts].

Durham, Gaffney, Laycock & McConnell, Response: How to Restore Religious Freedom: A

Debate, FIRST THINGS 48 (April, 1992).

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MORMONISM: Articles on Church and State (1:281-83) and Murder (2:970-71)

(Macmillan 1992).

L. Farmer, W. C. Durham, & T. Campbell, Illinois Forms of Jury Instruction: CAPS Practice

System Series (New York: Matthew Bender, 1991)[computerized jury instruction system for

Illinois].

Durham & Skousen, The Law of Computer Related Crime in the United States, National Report

for the Thirteenth Congress of the International Congress of the International Academy of

Comparative Law, 38 AM. J. COMP. L. (Supp.) (1990).

Durham, Book Review: Glendon, Abortion and Divorce in Western Law, 6 J. L. & RELIG. 509

(1988) (published 1990).

Durham, Reminiscence of Dialogue: Beyond the Papers of the Freiburg Conference, 2

RECHTFERTIGUNG UND ENTSCHULDIGUNG: RECHTSVERGLEICHENDE PERSPEKTIVEN (A. Eser & G.

Fletcher, eds., 1988).

Durham, Religion and the Criminal Law: Types and Contexts of Interaction, in THE WEIGHTIER

MATTERS OF THE LAW: ESSAYS ON LAW AND RELIGION, (J. Witte & F. Alexander, eds., 1988).

Durham, Comparative Law in a Rhetorical Key, HARV. L. BULL. 32 (Spring, 1988).

Durham, Foreword: Comparative Law in the Late Twentieth Century, 1987 B.Y.U.L. Rev. 325.

Durham, Indian Law in the Continental United States: An Overview, 2 LAW & ANTHROPOLOGY:

INTERNATIONALES JAHRBUCH FÜR RECHTSANTHROPOLOGIE 93 (1987).

Durham, Foreword: Notes on the Dialogue of German and American Criminal Theory, 1986

B.Y.U. L. REV. 523.

Durham, The Aboriginal and Comparative Law, National Report for the Twelfth Congress of the

International Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, 34 AM. J. COMP. L. 1

(Supp.) (1986).

Durham, The Modification of Law Under the Influence of Computer Technology, National Report

for the Eleventh Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, 30 AM. J. COMP. L.

(Supp.) 601 (1982).

Durham, Condie & Wood, Accommodation of Conscientious Objection to Abortion Among

Nurses: A Case Study of the Nursing Profession, 1982 B.Y.U. L. REV. 253.

Durham, Book Review: The Unity of Strict Law, 29 AM. J. COMP. L. 717 (1981).

Durham, Commentary on Tanaka's “Legal Equality Among Family Members in Japan,‖ 53 SO.

CALIF. L. REV. 645 (1980).

Durham & Oaks, Constitutional Protections for Independent Higher Education: Limited Powers

and Institutional Rights, in National Congress on Church-Related Colleges and Universities,

CHURCH AND COLLEGE: A VITAL PARTNERSHIP, Volume 3: ACCOUNTABILITY--KEEPING FAITH

WITH ONE ANOTHER 69 (1980).

Durham, Book Review: George Fletcher's Rethinking Criminal Law, 1979 UTAH L. REV. 629.

Wood & Durham, Counseling, Consulting and Consent: Abortion and the Doctor-Patient

Relationship, 1978 B.Y.U. L. REV. 783.

Durham & Dibble, Certification: A Practical Device for Early Screening of Spurious Antitrust

Litigation, 1978 B.Y.U. L. Rev. 299, cited, Reiter v. Sonotone Corp., 442 U.S. 330, 345 (U.S.

Supreme Court, 1979).

Comment, Disfranchisement of Former Criminal Offenders, 88 HARV. L. REV. 101 (1974).

Comment, Scientists' Institute for Public Information, Inc. v. AEC, 87 HARV. L. REV. 1050 (1974).

Note, Law of War: Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflicts, 14 HARV. INT'L L.J. 573 (1973).

Comment, Aliens - United States v. Almeida-Sanchez, 452 F.2d 459 (9th Cir. 1971), 14 HARV.

INT'L L.J. 168 (1973).

LDS Publications:

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Moroni, in THE BOOK OF MORMON: IT BEGINS WITH A FAMILY 230 (1983).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., The Sacrament and Covenant Making, 8 ENSIGN 45 (Jan. 1978).

W. Cole Durham, Jr., Moroni, 8 ENSIGN 56 (June 1978).

Conferences and BYU Law Review Symposium Issues:

Responsible for organizing the following conferences and symposia, and for supervising the

editing and publication of the resulting papers:

―The Religion Clause of the First Amendment,‖ 1986 BYU L. Rev. 245-475

―Symposium on Basic Problems in Criminal Theory,‖ 1986 BYU L. Rev. 523-807

―Comparative Law in the Late Twentieth Century,‖ 1987 BYU L. Rev. 325-718

―Current Perspectives on Law and Business in China,‖ 1988 BYU L. Rev. 477-642

―The 1988 Omnibus Trade Bill--Issues and Perspectives,‖ 1989 BYU L. Rev. 365-757

Symposium: Europe 1992, 1990 BYU L. Rev. 1269-1822

Symposium: The Opening of Eastern Europe‖ 1992 BYU L. Rev. 1 (1992)

Symposium: Individualism and Communitarianism, 1993 BYU L. Rev. No. 2

Symposium: New Directions in Religious Liberty, 1993 BYU L. Rev. 1

International Church State Symposium, 1995 BYU L. Rev. 321-730

International Church-State Symposium, 1996 BYU L. Rev. 731-1139

International Church-State Symposium, 1998 BYU L. Rev. 337-702

Symposium on International Perspectives on Religious Liberty during the Fiftieth Anniversary of

the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, October 6,

1998 (papers published in 1999 BYU L. Rev. 823-1077)

―Emerging Perspectives on Religion and Human Rights,‖ Oct. 3-5, 1999 (papers published in 2000

BYU L. Rev. 829-1303)

―Comparative Constitutional Perspectives on Freedom of Religion and Belief‖ held at Brigham

Young University, Provo, Utah, October 8-11, 2000 (papers published in 2001 BYU L. Rev. 413-

855)

―Implementing the 1981 U.N. Declaration on Religious Tolerance and Non-Discrimination: 20

Years of Experience,‖ held at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, October 7-9, 2001 (papers

published in 2002 BYU L. Rev. 205-609)

―New Impulses in the Interaction of Law and Religion,‖ held at Brigham Young University, Provo,

Utah, October 6-9, 2002 (papers published in 2003 BYU L. Rev. 451-759

―Religious Pluralism, Difference and Social Stability,‖ held at Brigham Young University, Provo,

Utah, October 5-8, 2003 (papers published in 2004 BYU L. Rev. 2)

―Religion in the Public Sphere: Challenges and Opportunities,‖ held at Brigham Young

University, Provo, Utah, October 3-5, 2004 (papers published in 2005 BYU L. Rev. 555-834)

―Religion and the World‘s Legal Traditions,‖ held at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah,

October 2-5, 2005 (papers published in 2006 BYUL. Rev. 619-887)

―The 1981 U.N. Declaration on Religious Tolerance and Non-Discrimination: Implementing its

Principles after Twenty-five Years,‖ held at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, October 1-3,

2006 (papers published in BYU L. Rev. 575-856)

―The Role of Reconciliation in Sustaining Religious Freedom,‖ held at Brigham Young

University, Provo, Utah, October 7-9, 2007

―Educational Choice: Emerging Legal and Policy Issues,‖ held at Brigham Young University,

Provo, Utah, October 22-23, 2007 (papers published in 2008 BYU L. Rev. 227-668

―International Protection of Religious Freedom: National Implementation,‖ held at Brigham

Young University, Provo, Utah, October 5-8, 2008 (papers published in 2009 BYU L. Rev. 513-

782)

―Connecting Communities of Discourse: How the Judiciary, Academia, Government and

International Institutions Further the Work of Religious Freedom,‖ held at Brigham Young

University, Provo, Utah, October 4-6, 2009 (papers published in 2010 BYU L. Rev. 821-930)

―Religion in Contemporary Legal Systems,‖ held at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah,

October 2-4, 2010 (papers published in 2011 BYU L. 597-818)

―Religious Freedom in a Pluralistic Age: Trends, Challenges, and Practices,‖ held at Brigham

Young University, Provo, Utah, October 2-4, 2011 (papers to be published in 2012 BYU L. Rev.

forthcoming)

During the Fourth World Conference on Religious Liberty of the International Religious Liberty

Association, selected as the Secretary of the Congress, and was the principal draftsman of two

major documents approved by the Congress: the ―Statement from the Fourth World Congress on

Religious Liberty of the International Religious Liberty Association Concerning Legislation

Restricting Religious Freedom in Russia,‖ and the ―Concluding Statement from the Fourth World

Conference on Religious Liberty of the International Religious Liberty Association.‖

Co-organizer of the following conferences:

Colloquium on Religious Policy in the United States, numerous venues in Washington, D.C.,

October 7-8, 2011

Religion and the Rule of Law Symposium: The Law and Regulation on Religious Affairs, Beijing,

China, July 23, 2011, co-organized by the Center for Constitutional and Administrative Law,

Peking University; the Pu Shi Institute for Social Science; and the International Center for Law

and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University.

Summer Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law, Beijing, China, July 18-29, 2011, co-

organized with the Center for Constitutional and Administrative Law, Peking University, the Pu

Shi Institute for Social Science, and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Law and Religion: Legal Regulation of Religious Groups, Organizations and

Communities,‖ Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, Australia, July 15-16, 2011, cosponsored by

the Melbourne Law School and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on ―Religion and the Rule of Law in Southeast Asia: The 3rd

Gathering, Deepening

the Conversation,‖ Hanoi, Vietnam, June 17-18, 2011.

―Capacity Building Seminar on Freedom of Religion or Belief‖ for the State Committee on

Religious Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, on behalf of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and

Human Rights,‖ Istanbul, Turkey, June 14-15, 2011.

Conference on Freedom of Religion and Interfaith Dialogue: A Global Dimension and Local

Impressions, Kyiv, Ukraine, May 20-21, 2011, co-sponsored by the Coordinating Council of CIS

and Baltic States on Theoretical and Practical Religious Studies, the Department of Religious

Studies of the G.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Science of

Ukraine, the Ukrainian Association of Researchers of Religion, the Center for Religious

Information and Freedom, the Ukrainian Religious Liberty Association, the Institute of Religious

Freedom, and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

International Symposium on Religion and Governance in a Secular State, Amity University, Uttar

Pradesh, India, May 9, 2011, co-sponsored by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Amith

University, and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on ―Nepal‘s Emerging Constitution,‖ Kathmandu, Nepal, May 5-7, 2011, co-organized

with the Nepal Bar Association, the Faculty of Law of Tribhuvan University, the Koirala

Foundation, and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on ―Religion and the Legislative Regime for the New Dominican Republic,‖ Santo

Domingo, Dominican Republic, February 24, 2011, co-organized by the Catholic University of

Santo Domingo, El Consorcio Americano de Libertad Religiosa, and the International Center for

Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

10th

Annual Conference of the Consorcio Latinoamericano de Libertad Religiosa, ―Religion and

Labor Law,‖ Lima, Peru, September 22-25, 2010, cosponsored by the Consorcio Latinoamericano

de Libertad Religiosa and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law, Peking University, Beijing, China, August 3-

22, 2010, cosponsored by the Center for Constitutional and Administrative Law at Peking

University, the Pu Shi Institute for Social Sciences, and the International Center for Law and

Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Democracy and Religious Freedom: Old and New Challenges, Kyiv, Ukraine,

August 5-6, 2010, cosponsored by the Department of Religion, Institute of Philosophy, National

Academy of Sciences, Ukraine; Coordinating Council of Countries of CIS and Baltics for

Theoretical and Practical Religious Studies; the Ukrainian Association of Researchers of Religion;

and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

International Workshop on Law and Religion in Mediterranean Islam, Como, Italy, April 6-8,

2010, cosponsored by the Università degli Studi dell'Insubria and the International Center for Law

and Religion Studies at BYU.

Roundtable at the UN on Defamation of Religion: The Relationship Between Freedom of

Expression and Freedom of Religion, Washington, D.C., October 28, 2009, sponsored by the NGO

Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, and the

International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Dialogue Between the State and Religious Communities in the Scope of Modern

Culture, Volgograd, Russia, October 20-23, 2009, sponsored by the Ombudsman‘s Expert Council

on Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Volgograd Oblast Administration, Volgograd State

University; Knowledge Association of Russia, Volgograd Chapter of the Academic-Culturological

Association of the Pan-Russian Social Organization, and the International Center for Law and

Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Cultural and Religious Freedom under a Bill of Rights, Canberra, Australia, August

13-15, 2009, sponsored by the University of Adelaide Research Unit for the Study of Society, Law

and Religion (RUSSLR), and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Russia in the 21st Century: Freedom of Conscience, Religion and the Church, St.

Petersburg, Russia, August 3-6, 2009, sponsored by the Center for Religious Study, Russian

Humanitarian University; the State Museum of Religious History; the Russian Social Organization

for the Protection of Freedom of Conscience; the Youth for Human Rights; and the International

Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR) on Mainstreaming and

Marginalization of Religious Movements, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 11-13, 2009, sponsored by

the CESNUR, the J. Willard Marriott Library of the University of Utah, in association with ISAR,

The Office of Mayor, Salt Lake City Corporation, the Suitter Axland Foundation, and the

International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Religious Autonomy, Budapest, Hungary, May 29-30, 2009, sponsored by Central

European University and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Christianity in the East: Fostering Understanding, Provo, Utah, May 14-16, 2009,

sponsored by the Oxford Society for Law and Religion, the David M. Kennedy Center for

International Studies, the Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding, the Religious

Education Wheatley Institution, and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at

BYU.

Conference on Civil Religion in the United States and Europe: Four Comparative Perspectives,

Provo, Utah, March 12-14, 2009, co-organized with Prof. Frederick Mark Gedicks and David

Kirkham, sponsored by the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

International conference on the Constitution Making of Nepal, Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu,

Nepal, February 13-15, 2009, organized by an Organizing Committee chaired by Sujata Koirala

and with members including Prof. Amber Prasad Pant. Prof. Kanak Bikram Thapa, Rakesh Hamal,

Prof. Tahir Mahmood, and Prof. W. Cole Durham, Jr., sponsored by the International Center for

Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Religion in Contemporary Society, Moscow, Russia, February 2-3, 2009, sponsored

by the State Academy of Social Science, Moscow, Russia; and the International Center for Law

and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Religion, Law and Governance in Southeast Asia: Comparative Legal

Perspectives,‖ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 29-31, 2009, cosponsored by the International

Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS, Malaysia), the Faculty of Law of the University of

Malaysia (Malaysia), the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of Amity University (India), the

International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (Italy), and the International Center for

Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Law and Religion in the 21st Century: Religions Between States and Religious

Communities, Milan, Italy, January 22-24, 2009, sponsored by the International Consortium for

Law and Religion Studies, University of Milan; and the International Center for Law and Religion

Studies at BYU.

Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief as a Human Right in Indonesia, Yogyakarta,

Indonesia, December 10-12, 2008, sponsored by the Centre for Religious and Socio-Cultural

Diversity, State Islamic University of Sunan Kalijaga; the Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion

or Belief, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo; and the International Center

for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Seminar on Freedom of Religion or Belief: Perspectives and Challenges after Sixty Years of

United Nations Protection, New York, December 8, 2008. Co-Sponsored by the UN NGO

Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Focus on Freedom of Religion or Belief, the Jacob

Blaustein Institute, Bahá‘í International Community, the Bristol Centre for the Study of Law and

Religion, The International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU, and the David M.

Kennedy International Center at BYU.

Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Protecting Vulnerable Identities: A Global

Snapshot, Geneva, Switzerland, June 20-22, 2008, sponsored by Focus on Freedom of Religion or

Belief (Focus on FORB) and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Emerging Legal Issues Involving Islam in Europe, Part II, Budapest, Hungary, June

13-14, 2008, sponsored by the Legal Studies Department of Central European University, and the

International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Religion and the Rule of Law, Beijing, China, May 30-June 2, 2008, sponsored by

the Institute of World Religions, Beijing Pu Shi Institute for Social Science Research, the Institute

for Global Engagement, and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

International Conference on Religion in Post-Modern Society: Conceptual, Social-Political and

Legal Aspects, Kiev, Ukraine, May 20-21, 2008. Sponsored by the Ukrainian Association of

Researchers of Religion and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

International Conference on Emerging Legal Issues Involving Islam in Europe, Part II, Kiev,

Ukraine, May 20-21, 2008, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences, Religious Studies

Department; and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Conscience, Right of Association: International

and Russian Experience in Implementation for the 60th

Anniversary of the Adoption of the

University Declaration of Human Rights, Ekaterinburg, Russia, April 3-6, 2008, sponsored by the

Expert Council of the Human Rights Ombudsman in the Russian Federation, the Human Rights

Ombudsman of the Sverdlovsk Region, ―Zanie‖ Society of Russia, and the International Center for

Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Religion and Education: Russian and International Experience, Moscow, Russia,

March 31-April 1, 2008, sponsored by the Russian State University for Humanities, Center for

Religious Studies; and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Symposium commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Passage of the International Religious

Freedom Act, Why International Religious Freedom? The Origins and Promise of the U.S.

International Religious Freedom Policy, in Washington, DC, February 25, 2008, sponsored by the

Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University, Council on Faith

and International Affairs at the Institute for Global Engagement, the International Center for Law

and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Religion and the Law in and beyond South Asia: Comparative Perspectives, New

Delhi, India, February 13-15, 2008, sponsored by the International Association for Religio-Legal

Studies, Amicus Juris Lawyers, and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Religion and Rule of Law in Southeast Asia: Continuing the Discussion, Hanoi,

Vietnam, November 3-4, 2007, sponsored by the Institute of Religious Studies, Vietnamese

Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam-U.S.A. Society, the Institute for Global Engagement, and

the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Defense of the Human Rights of Freedom of Conscience and Belief: Sphere of

Mutual Responsibilities of Government and Society, Recognizing the Tenth Anniversary of the

Acceptance of the Federal Constitutional Law of Freedom of Conscience and of Religious

Associations, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 21-23, 2007, sponsored by the Expert Council under the

Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, the St. Petersburg Christian

University, the Association of Scholars in Religion, the Scientific-Methodical Council of

Religiosity, and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Emerging Legal Issues Involving Islam in Europe, Budapest, Hungary, June 18-19,

2007, sponsored by the Legal Studies Department of Central European University and the

International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Religion in a Changing Russia: Problems of Research Religion and Defense of

Freedom of Conscience, Perm, Russia, April 22-25, 2007, sponsored by the Expert Council under

the Commission for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Administration of Perm Territory,

Commission of Human Rights of Perm Region, The ―Knowledge‖ Society of Russia, Perm State

Technical University, the Association of Scholars in Religion, and the International Center for

Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on the European Union and the Religious Dimensions of Law: Issues and Challenges,

Bristol, United Kingdom, January 12-13, 2007, sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Law and

Religion, University of Bristol; Institute for European Constitutional Law, University of Trier; and

the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Third International Theoretical and Practical Seminar on Freedom of Conscience in a Multiethnic

and Multifaith Society, Krasnodar, Russia, September 13-15, 2006, sponsored by the Expert

Council for the Russian Federation‘s Human Rights Ombudsman, the Russian Society ―Znanie,‖

the Kuban State Agrarian University Department of Philosophy, the Russian Organization of

Researchers of Religion, and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Proselytism and Human Rights, Oslo, Norway, August 31-September 2, 2006,

sponsored by the Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Norwegian Institute of Human

Rights, University of Oslo, and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on the Interaction of State and Religious Organizations, Kiev, Ukraine, May 19-20,

2006, sponsored by the Department of Religious Research of Philosophy Institute of the National

Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at

BYU.

Second International Scientific and Practical Seminar on The Freedom of Conscience in the

Century of Russian Parliamentarism,‖ St. Petersburg, Russia, April 26-29, 2006, sponsored by the

Russian Academy of Government Service for the President of the Russian Federation and the

International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Religion in Civil Society, Moscow, Russia, February 9, 2006, sponsored by the

Russian Academy of State Service in the Presidential Administration and the International Center

for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Global Processes and Religious Diversity in Russia and the World, Moscow,

Russia, February 7-8, 2006, sponsored by the Russian State University for the Humanities and the

International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Emerging Legal Issues for Islam in Europe, sponsored by the Legal Studies

Department of the Central European University, and the International Center for Law and Religion

Studies at BYU, Budapest, Hungary, June 3-4, 2005.

International Seminar on Freedom of Conscience, Religion, and Church in the Post-Soviet World,

St. Petersburg, Russia, March 18-19, 2005, sponsored by the International Center for Law and

Religion Studies at BYU.

Religion and Politics: from Presidential Elections 2004 to Parliamentary Elections 2006, Meeting

of Experts, Kiev, Ukraine, February 17-18, 2005, sponsored by Ukrainian Association of

Researchers of Religion, International Academy for Freedom of Religion and Belief, International

Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on the Social Rights of Citizens: Mutual Interests and Responsibilities of State and

Public Organizations, Irkutsk, Russia, August 4, 2004, sponsored by the Ombudsman of the

Russian Federation, Administration of the Irkutsk Region, Russian Academy of State Service,

Russian Society ―Knowledge,‖ All-Russia Public Organization ―Religious Scholars Union,‖ and

the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on ―Religious Freedom: Transition and Globalization,‖ Kiev, Ukraine, May 26-28,

2004, sponsored by the Ukrainian Associate State Committee on Religious Affairs, the Institute of

Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and the International Center for Law

and Religion Studies at BYU.

Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, April 26-27, 2004.

Conference on Religion and Traditional Culture in China, held at BYU Hawaii, March 18-20,

2004.

Conference on Religion in Contemporary Political Processes in Russia, Russian Academy of State

Service, Moscow, Russia, February 19-21, 2004.

Conference on Religious Autonomy, Brigham Young University, February 6-7, 2004.

Conference on Permissible Limitations on Religious Freedom, Manresa, Hungary, December,

2003.

Conference on The Turkish Welfare Party Case: Implications for Human Rights in Europe,

Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, June, 2003.

Workshop on Chinese Religion and Traditional Culture, March 2003, Hong Kong SAR.

Conference on Religious and National Relations in Russia: History, Contemporaneity, and

Perspectives of Development, Russian Academy of State Service in the Presidential

Administration, February 2003, Moscow, Russia.

Training Conference for Religious Freedom Lawyers, January 2003, Moscow, Russia.

Second Kazan Scientific-Theological Conference, October 2002, Kazan, Russia.

Conference on Church-State Issues, October 2002, Kiev, Ukraine.

Third Conference of the European-American Law and Religion Consortium, The Permissible

Scope of Legal Limitations on the Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Comparative Perspective,

Emory University School of Law, September 2002, Atlanta, Georgia.

CESNUR Fifteenth International Conference, Minority Religions, Social Change, and Freedom of

Conscience, June 2002, Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah.

Conference on the Croatian Law on the Legal Position on Religious Communities: International

and Comparative Legal Perspectives, April 2002, Zagreb, Croatia.

Conference on Religion and Politics in Russia, Russian Academy of State Service, March 2002,

Moscow, Russia.

International Scientific Conference ―Religious Freedom: Mass Media, Education and Church as

Public Factors of Promotion‖ in Kiev, Ukraine, May 24-25, 2001.

Conference on Promoting and Preserving a Culture of Tolerance: International Experience and the

Albanian Perspective, sponsored by The Ministry of Religious Affairs, Albania, Advisory Panel of

Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human

Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Open Society Institute,

Tirana, Albania, February 12-13, 2001.

Conference on ―Protection of Religious Rights and Freedoms,‖ cosponsored by the Constitutional

Court of Azerbaijan, OSCE/ODIHR Advisory Panel on Freedom of Religion or Belief, GTZ

GmbH, International Academy for Freedom of Religion and Belief, the Oslo Coalition for

Freedom of Religion and Belief, and the International Commission for Freedom of Conscience,

October 26-27, 2000.

Conference on ―From the Policy of State Atheism to the Liberty of Conscience,‖ cosponsored by

the Russian Academy of State Service, the Oslo Coalition for Freedom of Religion or Belief, the

International Academy for Freedom of Religion and Belief, Moscow, May 23-26, 2000.

Conference on Religious Freedom in Post-Socialist Countries: Legal and State Guarantees, Kiev,

Ukraine, October 21-23, 1999.

International Conference on Law, Religion and Democratic Society, October 19-20, 1999, Tartu,

Estonia.

Conference on Religious Freedom, Fullerton Seminary, Los Angeles, California, April 19, 1999

Conference on AThe Role of Religious Pluralism in Contemporary Society: Comparative

Perspectives,‖ sponsored by The International Commission for Freedom of Conscience and

George Washington University Law School, April 17, 1999.

Consultation on AReligious Pluralism in Northern Europe: Emerging Issues,‖ held in Riga, Latvia,

March 18-19, 1999, sponsored by the International Academy for Freedom of Religion and Belief

and the International Commission for Freedom of Conscience.

Expert Conference on AThe Role of Religious Pluralism in Contemporary Society,‖ sponsored by

George Washington University Law School and the International Commission for Freedom of

Conscience, Washington, D.C., January 29-30, 1999.

International Scientific and Practical Conference, AReligious Freedom in Ukraine in the Context of

International Experience,‖ held in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Kiev, Ukraine, November 19-20, 1998.

Conference on Religious Freedom in Romania, Bucharest, Romania, November 16-18, 1998,

sponsored by the State Secretariat of Cults in Romania, the Association for the Defense of

Religious Freedom, and the International Academy for Freedom of Religion and Belief.

Conference on Comparative Analysis of European and American Laws on Religious Organizations

held at Catholic University of America Law School, June 22-24, 1998.

Forum on the Constitution and Religious Freedom in Peru, sponsored by the Ministry of Justice of

Peru and the International Academy for Freedom of Religion and Belief, Lima, Peru, June 18-19,

1998.

Seminar on Modern Patterns of State-Church Relations: Russian and Foreign Experience,

conference held at the Russian Academy for Public Service under the President of the Russian

Federation, Moscow, 18-19 November 1996.

Conference on Religion and Church in the Post-Communist Countries, held in Kiev, Ukraine,

September 19-21, 1996.

Conference on Church, State on Religious Freedom, Ukrainian Academy of Science, Kiev,

Ukraine, December 4-5, 1995.

―Religious Liberty and Social Peace: Building Understanding Among Mediterranean Countries,‖

an international conference organized by The International Academy for Freedom of Religion and

Belief in Collaboration with the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, Foundation for

International Studies, University of Malta, Valletta, Malta, October 16-19, 1994.

Symposium on Legal Norms Governing the Religious Sector: Emerging Issues in Legal Systems

Around the World, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah: Part I, October 3-4, 1994; Part II,

April 3, 1995; Part III, October 2, 1995.

International Consultation on Draft Romanian Law on Religious Organizations and Religious

Freedom, Bucharest, Romania, April 4-6, 1994.

Symposium on Criminal Law Reform, Minsk, Belarus, November 1-5, 1993.

International Conference on Freedom of Religion in a Modern World, Moscow, Russia, March 21-

23, 1993.

International Consultation on Religious Liberty, Religious Rights and Ethnic Identity in the New

Europe, Budapest, Hungary, May 17-20, 1992.

Presentations:

―The Place of the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief in the Constellation of Human Rights,‖

presented at ―Religion,‖ an International Symposium, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters,

Oslo, Norway, October 24, 2011.

―Finding Common Ground through Comparative Constitutional Law,‖ at ―Religion in the Social

Transition of Contemporary China,‖ Kissinger Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International

Center, Washington, D.C., October 14, 2011

―Religion and the World‘s Constitutions,‖ Keynote Address Presented at the Second ICLARS

Conference, Santiago, Chile, September 8-10, 2011.

―Institutional Conscience,‖ Paper Presented at the International Academic Conference ―Religion as

a Social Institution,‖ Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia, September 5-6, 2011. The

Conference was sponsored by Center for Religious Studies ―ReligioPolis‖ (Moscow, Russia);

Department of Sociology and Administration of Social Processes, Academy of Labor and Social

Relations (Moscow, Russia); International Center for Law and Religion Studies (Provo, Utah,

USA); Department of Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies, Philosophy Faculty; Saint-

Petersburg State University (Saint-Petersburg, Russia); and the Coordinating Council for CIS and

Baltic Countries on Theoretical and Practical Religious Studies (Kyiv, Ukraine).

Commented on Melissa Crouch, ―Regulation of Permits for Places of Worship: Lessons from

Democratic Indonesia,‖ at Programme for the Law and Religion Early Career Workshop,

Melbourne, Australia, July 14, 2011.

―The Role, Meaning and Legitimacy of Religious Autonomy‖, presented at the Conference on

―Law and Religion: Legal Regulation of Religious Groups, Organizations and Communities,‖

Melbourne Law School, Melbourne Australia, July 15-16, 2011.

―Typical Features of Effective Laws on Religion: A Comparative Perspective,‖ presented at the

Conference on ―Religion and the Rule of Law in Southeast Asia: The 3rd

Gathering, Deepening

the Conversation,‖ Hanoi, Vietnam, June 17-18, 2011.

―Conscientious Objection in Health Care Settings,‖ at the 19th

Annual Conference on the

Individual and the State, ―An Enforceable Right to Health?‖ Central European University,

Budapest, Hungary, June 10-11, 2011.

―The Problem Setting of the Lautsi Decision,‖ presented at a workshop on ―Perspectives on the

European Court‘s Italian Crucifix Decision,‖ held at Central European University, Budapest,

Hungary, June 8, 2011.

―Asymmetries in the Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief,‖ presented at the Conference on

the Christian-Jewish-Muslim Interfaith Dialogue Conference, sponsored by the State Secretariat

for Religious, Minority and Civil Society Affairs of the Ministry of Public Administration and

Justice, Gödöllö, Hungary, June 1-3, 2011.

―Do We Need the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief,‖ presented at the Seminar on Human

Rights and Diversity, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway,

May 27, 2011.

―The Place of the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief in the Constellation of Human Rights,‖

lecture resented in honor of Tore Lindholm, Associate Professor, Norwegian Centre for Human

Rights, Faculty of Law, at the University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, May 26, 2011.

―Resisting Erosion of Religious Freedom: A Comparative Perspective,‖ presented at the

Conference on Freedom of Religion and Interfaith Dialogue: A Global dimension and Local

Impressions,‖ cosponsored by the Coordinating Council of CIS and Baltic States on Theoretical

and Practical Religion Studies, the Department of Religious Studies of the G.S. Skovoroda

Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Association

of Researches of Religion, the Center for Religious Information and Freedom, the Ukrainian

Religious Liberty Association, the Institute of Religious Freedom, and the International Center for

Law and Religion Studies at BYU, Kyiv, Ukraine, May 20-21, 2011.

―Recent Developments in Religious Freedom Law,‖ presented at the Conference on the Position of

Churches and Religious Communities in Society, sponsored by the Theological Faculty, University

of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia, May 19, 2011.

―The Serbian Religion Law in International and Comparative Perspective,‖ presented at the

Symposium on the Occasion of Five Years of the Enactment and Implementation of the Law on

Church and Religious Communities,‖ sponsored by the Ministry of Religion and Diaspora, Faculty

of Law of Belgrade University, and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Belgrade, Serbia, May 18,

2011.

―Secular Hazards to Secularity: How Erosion of Religious Freedom Threatens the Secular State,‖

presented at the International Symposium on Religion and Governance in a Secular State, Amity

University, Uttar Pradesh, India, May 9, 2011.

―The Problem of Anti-Conversion Provisions in the Proposed Constitution of Nepal,‖ presented at

the Conference on Nepal‘s Emerging Constitution, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 7, 2011.

―Pluralizing Secularism: Guaranteeing the Openness of Secularity,‖ presented at the Conference

on Nepal‘s Emerging Constitution, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 5, 2011.

―Religious Freedom in a Worldwide Setting: Comparative Reflections,‖ presented at the

Seventeenth Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Rome, Italy, April 29-

May 3, 2011.

―Corporate Social Responsibility: Marshaling the Business Community in Defending Religious

Freedoms,‖ panel discussion at the 22nd

Annual Conference of the LDS International Society on

Erosion of Religious Liberties: Impact on the International Church, Brigham Young University,

Provo, Utah, April 4, 2011.

―The Importance of Religious Freedom,‖ presented at the meeting of the Silicon Valley Section of

the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Palo Alto, California, March 23, 2011.

―Discrimination and Identity Politics,‖ presented at the Conference on Equality Freedom of

conscience and the Common Good, Lincoln‘s Inn, London, United Kingdom, March 2011.

―Religious Liberty Law: The First Freedom of Home and Abroad,‖ panel discussion at the 2011 J.

Reuben Clark Law Society Annual Conference, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas,

February 17-19, 2011.

―Emerging Challenges for Religious Freedom in the 21st Century,‖ presented at Brunel University,

London, United Kingdom, November 18, 2010.

―The First Amendment‘s Religion Clauses: University Norm or Peculiarly American?‖ panel

discussion at the Annual Meeting of the America Bar Association, San Francisco, California,

August 8, 2010.

―Defamation of Religion and the Philosophy of Human Rights,‖ presentation given at the 16th

Annual Conference of the International Society for African Philosophy and Studies, ―Culture and

Justice in the Contemporary World,‖ University of Ghana Legon, Accra, Ghana, March 17-19,

2010.

―The Defamation of Religion Debate,‖ presented at a meeting sponsored by Freedom House, ―Free

to Express, Free to Believe: The Defamation of Religions Debate,‖ Geneva, Switzerland, March

10, 2010.

―The Defamation of Religion Debate: The Need for an Alternative,‖ address at the Geneva

Summit for Human Rights, Tolerance and Democracy, Geneva, Switzerland, March 8-9, 2010.

The Scope of Freedom of Conscience, paper presented at the Symposium on the Future of Rights

of Conscience in Health Care: Legal and Ethical Perspectives, sponsored by the Ave Maria Law

School, the J. Reuben Clark Law School and the University Faculty for Life at Brigham Young

University, Provo, Utah, February 26, 2010.

The Role of Religion and Law in Fostering Good Governance,‖ paper presented at the Conference

on Religion, Law and Governance in Southeast Asia,‖ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 29-31,

2010.

―Facilitating Freedom of Religion or Belief at the International Level: Selected Issues Warranting

Focused Attention,‖ presentation for the Witherspoon Institute‘s Task Force on International

Religious Freedom, Berkley Center, Georgetown University, January 8, 2010.

―Human Rights and Religious Freedom,‖ paper presented at the Conference on Religion, Ethics,

and Peace: Honoring the Career of Professor David Little,‖ Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge,

Massachusetts, November 13-14, 2009.

―Protecting the Framework for Dialogue and Religious Respect: International Perspectives,‖

presented at the Conference on Dialogue of Government and Religious Organizations in Modern

Culture, Volgograd, Russia, October 21-22, 1009.

A Framework for Comparative Analysis of Religion-State Relationships, lecture at the University

of Adelaide, sponsored by the Research Unit for the Study of Society, Law and Religion at the

University of Adelaide, August 17, 2009.

Problems Arising in Connection with Places of Worship: Enhancing Implementation of a Core

Human Right, paper presented at the Conference on Russia in the Twenty-First Century: Freedom

of Conscience, Religion and Church, St. Petersburg Christian University, St. Petersburg, Russia,

August 3, 2009.

Places of Worship: Enhancing Implementation of a Core Human Rights, introductory remarks

presented at Session III of the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Freedom of Religion

or Belief, Hofburg, Vienna, Austria, July 9-10, 2009.

Global Challenges in Advancing Religious Freedom, presentation at Conference on ―Let Freedom

Ring,‖ Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Virginia, June 6, 2009.

Conference Conclusion, Conference on Religious Autonomy, Central European University,

Budapest, Hungary, May 20-30, 2009.

The Global Context of Freedom of Religion or Belief: Starting Points for the Future, presented at

―Constituting the Future: A Symposium on Religious Liberty, Law, and Flourishing Societies,‖

sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey, April 20-22, 2009.

Protection of Religious Liberties: Global Challenges and Current Initiatives, International Society

Annual Meeting, Hinckley Alumni Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, April 6,

2009.

Reverence, Virtue Ethics and the Grounding of Religious Freedom, paper presented at the

Villanova School of Law, 2008-2009 Faculty Workshop Series, March 18, 2009.

Civil Religion and Religious Liberty, comment presented at the Conference on Civil Religion in

the United States and Europe: Four Comparative Perspectives, sponsored by the International

Center for Law and Religion Studies, March 12-14, 2009.

(With Robert T. Smith), State and Religion in Canada and the United States, presentation at the

First Meeting of the International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies, Milan, Italy, June 23,

2009.

Countering Religious Violence with Religious Respect: Reflections on Current Challenges, paper

presented at the Panel Presentation: Religious Violence, Religious Freedom: How Can We Fight

One and Protect the Other?, sponsored by the Jacob Blaustein Institute of the American Jewish

Committee, New York, New York, December 8, 2008.

International Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief after Sixty Years: Micro-Battles or

Macro-Achievements, paper presented at the Seminar on Freedom of Religion or Belief:

Perspectives and Challenges after Sixty Years of United Nations Protection, New York, New

York, December 8, 2008.

Limiting Limitations on Freedom of Religion or Belief, panel presentation at the Side Event on

Freedom of Religion or Belief hosted by the Permanent Missions of the United Kingdom and the

Kingdom of the Netherlands and organized by Focus on Freedom of Religion or Belief, an

independent think tank, UN Conference Room, New York, New York, October 1, 2008.

Religious Freedom and the Relationship of State and Religious Institutions in Comparative

Perspective, paper presented at the Conference on Church-State Relations and Religious Liberty:

Comparative Perspectives, sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, Notre Dame

Law School; the College of Arts and Letters, the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, the

Office of Research, and the Program in American Democracy, all of the University of Notre Dame,

Notre Dame, Indiana, September 22-23, 2008.

The Toledo Guiding Principles: A Global Perspective on Rights, Responsibility and Respect,

presentation at the Conference on Religious Liberty, Public Education and the Future of American

Democracy, Sponsored by Three-Rs Project, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 5,

2008.

Religious Employment Cases, presentation at Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief and

Protecting Vulnerable Identities: A Global Snapshot, sponsored by Focus on FORB and the

International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU, June 22, 2008.

Religious Elements of Constitutional Axiology, paper prepared for the 16th

Annual Conference on

The Individual and the State: Constitutional Axiology, or is There Anything Behind/Above the

Constitution, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, June 7-8, 2008.

Legal Status of Religious Organizations: A Comparative View, paper presented at the Conference

on Religion and the Rule of Law: The Legal System and Religion in a Harmonious Society.

Convenors: Institute of World Religions, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing Pu Shi

Social Sciences Institute, Institute for Global Engagement, International Center for Law and

Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University; cosponsored by the

Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief, J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies,

Baylor University. Beijing, Peoples‘ Republic of China, May 30-June 2, 2008.

Religion Laws in Eastern Europe in Comparative Perspective, paper presented at the International

Conference on Religion in Post-Modern Society: Conceptual, Social-Political and Legal Aspects,

Kiev, Ukraine, May 20-21, 2008.

The Rights of Religious Communities, paper presented at the Conference of the Consejo

Argentino para la Libertad Religiosa (Argentine Council for Religious Liberty): Religious Liberty:

The Source of All Liberties, Universidad Católica Argentina, Auditorio San Agustín, Av. Alicia,

Moreau de Justo 1300, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 29-30, 2008.

Freedom of Religion or Belief: The Need for Strengthened Implementation, paper Presented at the

Conference on Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Conscience, Right of Association: International

and Russian Experience in Implementation, sponsored by Expert Council of the Human Rights

Omudsman in the Russian Federation, the Human Rights Ombudsman of the Sverdlovsk Region,

and the ―Znanie‖ Society of Russia, Ekaterinburg, Russia, April 4-5, 2008.

Comment on Jean Bethke Elshtain, International Justice as Equal Regard and the Use of Force,

paper presented at the Conference on A Common Morality for the Global Age: In Gratitude for

What We Are Given, Catholic University of America‘s Center for Law, Philosophy and Culture,

March 27-30, 2008.

Religion, Politics and Secularity: A Comparative Perspective, paper presented at the Boston

College Law School, Law and Religion Program Symposium on The Intersection of Law and

Religion in Politics around the World, March 18, 2008.

Religion and Criminal Law: Comparative Perspectives, paper presented at the International

Conference on State, Religion and Law in and beyond South Asia: Comparative Perspectives,

New Delhi, India, February 14-16, 2008.

Reverence, Virtue Ethics and the Grounding of Religious Freedom, paper presented at the Oxford

Society for Law and Religion, Law and Religion Colloquium, Balliol College, Oxford, February 9,

2008.

Comparative Analysis of Religion-State Issues, presentation to a group of visiting Chinese

scholars to Brigham Young University, January 2008.

Freedom of Religion or Belief – OSCE Context, presented at the Conference on Freedom of

Religion and Belief in a Global Perspective: Changes and Opportunities, sponsored by Focus on

FORB, Berlin, Germany, December 9-11, 2007.

International Standards Protecting the Freedom of Religion or Belief: Implications for the Law

and Religious Associations, paper presented at the Roundtable on Freedom of Conscience and

Religion in Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia, November 30, 2007. (Because of the unexpected death

of a close friend, I did not actually deliver this paper, although it was sent to the conference

organizers for reference of the Roundtable participants).

Developing Effective Laws on Religion: An International Perspective on Challenges and

Solutions, paper presented at the Conference on Religion and the Rule of Law in Southeast Asia:

Continuing the Discussion, Hanoi, Vietnam, November 3-4, 2007, sponsored by the Institute of

Religious Studies, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences, Vietnam-U.S.A. Society, the Institute

for Global Engagement, and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU.

(Vietnamese translation was prepared).

Teaching About Religion: Preview of the OSCE/ODIHR Toledo Guiding Principles on Teaching

About Religions and Beliefs, paper presented at the World Conference on Dialogue Among

Religions and Civilizations, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, October 26, 2007.

Protecting Freedom of Religion or Belief, paper presented at the side event sponsored by Focus on

FORB on Protecting Freedom of Religion or Belief, held in conjunction with the meeting of the

UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, September 14, 2007.

Reflections on Justice, Reconciliation, and Religious Freedom, paper presented at the International

Religious Liberty Association Meeting of Experts on ―The Role of Reconciliation in Sustaining

Religious Freedom,‖ Richmond, Virginia, September 9-13, 2007.

Implementing Freedom of Religion or Belief: Recent Developments in the European Court of

Human Rights, Paper Presented at the Conference on Implementing Religious Freedom, St.

Petersburg, Russia, June 22-23, 2007.

Conference Conclusion, Conference on Emerging Legal Issues in Europe: Part II, Sponsored by

the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU and the Legal Studies Department

of the Central European University, June 13-14, 2007.

Re-Evaluating Foreign Evaluations of the 1997 Law on Freedom of Conscience and on Religious

Organizations: The Perspective After Ten Years,‖ paper presented at the Conference on Religion

in a Changing Russia: Problems of Researching Religion and Defense of Freedom of

Conscience,‖ Perm, Russia, April 20-22, 2007.

(With Christine G. Scott), Public Finance and the Religious Sector in the United States:

Expanding Cooperation in a Separationist State, paper presented at the Conference on Church

Finance, Milan, Italy, March 23, 2007.

Will Religious Freedom Restrictions be a Factor of Peace?, Paper Presented at the 6th

World

Congress of the International Religious Liberty Association: Combating Religious Hatred Through

Freedom to Believe, Sponsored by the International Religious Liberty Association, Cape Town,

South Africa, February 27-March 1, 2007.

Mormon Attitudes Toward Law: The Beginnings of International Perspectives, paper presented at

the J. Reuben Clark Law Society Conference, Malibu, California, February 16, 2007.

Comparative Constitutional Themes, address sponsored by the Office of Judicial and Legal

Affairs, Office of the Judiciary, Bangkok, Thailand, January 26, 2007.

Globalization and Freedom of Religion: Respecting the Dignity of Difference, paper presented at

the International Symposium on Religion and State in Europe, Islam Araştirmalari (ISAM),

Istanbul, Turkey, December 9-10, 2006.

The Availability of Legal Entities to Religious Communities: Comparative Legal Perspectives,

presented at the Conference on Law and Religion in Transitional Societies in Oslo, Norway,

December 1-4, 2006.

Welcoming Address, presented at the International Charity Law Comparative Seminar in Beijing,

People‘s Republic of China, October 27-28, 2006.

The Role of Interreligious Dialogue in Conflict Resolution: A Smaller Community Perspective,

paper presented at the Panel Discussion on the Role of Interreligious Dialogue in Conflict

Resolution, Sponsored by the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, Dag Hammerskjold Library

Auditorium, United Nations Building, New York, New York, Friday, October 6, 2006.

Religion, Nationalism, and Identity: The Risk of Religious Freedom, presented at the Third

International Theoretical and Practical Seminar on Freedom of Conscience in a Multiethnic and

Multifaith Society in Krasnodar, Russia, September 13-15, 2006.

Reflections on Religion, Nationalism and Religious Freedom: The View from a Minority

Standpoint, Paper Presented at the Conference on Nationalism and Religious Freedom, Sponsored

by Université Paul Cezanne Aix-Marseille III (UPCAM) Laboratoire Droit et Mutations Sociales

(JE 2425, Lidems) and theInternational Religioius Liberty Association, Aix en Provence, France,

September 10-14, 2006.

Evolution and Current Context of Religion Laws in Southeast Asia, paper presented at the

International Academic Conference on Beginning the Conversation: Religion and the Rule of Law

in Southeast Asia, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Religious Studies, Hanoi,

Vietnam, September 6-11, 2006.

Proselytism and Human Rights: Legal Issues in an International Perspective, paper presented at

the Conference on Proselytism and Human Rights, Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or

Belief, Norwegian Institute of Human Rights, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, August 31-

September 2, 2006.

Participant at the Summit on Church Autonomy, Christian Legal Society, Springville, Virginia,

June 22-23, 2006.

Principal Trainer, Training Program on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, June

2006.

The Way Forward: Strengthening the Role of the OSCE in Facilitating Inter-Cultural, Inter-

Religious and Inter-Ethnic Understanding, paper presented at the Tolerance Implementation

Meeting on the Promotion of Inter-Cultural, Inter-Religious and Inter-Ethnic Understanding,

Almaty, Kazakhstan, June 12, 2006.

Russian State Policies and Practices on Religion, paper presented at the Conference on Religion in

Russian Society: State Policy, Regional Challenges, and Individual Rights, Kennan Institute,

Washington, D.C., June 8-9, 2006.

Religious Freedom and Political Stability, paper presented at the International Scientific

Conference on the Interaction of State and Religious Organizations: Legal and Political Aspects,‖

Department of Religious Research of Philosophy Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of

Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine, May 19-20, 2006.

Religion and the Limits of Liberal Order: Can the International Limitations Clauses be Saved,

paper presented at the 14th

Annual Conference on the Individual vs. the State; Free Speech and

Religion: The Eternal Conflict in the Age of Selective Modernization, Central European

University, Budapest, Hungary, May 12-13, 2006.

Co-Chair, Conference on Islam, the Law and the State Under the Iraqi Constitution, National

Democratic Institute, Amman, Jordan, April 29-May 3, 2006.

Religious Freedom in Historically Comparative Perspective, paper presented at the Second

International Scientific and Practical Seminar on The Freedom of Conscience in the Century of

Russian Parliamentarism: Historical Lessons, Modern Legal Collisions, Barest Tasks of the

Human Rights Protection, Russian Academy of Government Service for the President of the

Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, Russia, April 26-29, 2006.

Case Studies: Perspectives on Legal Standards and their Application, paper presented at the

Lawyer Training on International Law Related to Violations of Religious Rights, sponsored by the

American Bar Association (ABA) and the Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI),

Urgench, Uzbekistan, March 18, 2006.

Principal Trainer, Lawyer Training International Law Related to Violations of Religious Rights,

sponsored by the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Central European and Eurasian Law

Initiative (CEELI), Bukhara, Uzbekistan, March 16, 2006.

Supporting Charitable Activity in a Global Setting, paper presented at the National Training

Course for Senior Chinese Charity Officials, Beijing, People‘s Republic of China, February 24,

2006.

The Role of Religious Organizations Within Civil Society in a Pluralistic World Order, paper

presented at the Conference on Religion in Civil Society, Russian Academy of State Service in the

Presidential Administration, Moscow, Russia, February 9, 2006.

Religious Rights and Legal Regulation: Protecting Conscientious Differences,‖ paper presented at

the International Conference on Global Processes and Religious Diversity in Russia and the

World, The Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia, February 7-8, 2006.

Rethinking Free Exercise Defenses: Responding to Burdens on Conscience Emanating from

Same-Sex Marriage Norms, paper presented at the Beckett Fund Conference on The Implications

of Same Sex Marriage Law for Religious Freedom Washington, D.C. December 15, 2005.

Religion and the World‘s Legal Traditions: Gateways for Understanding, paper presented at the

Twelfth Annual International Law and Religion Symposium, Religion and the World‘s Legal

Traditions, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, October 2-5, 2005.

The Right to Religious Autonomy: Comparative Legal Developments, presented at the

Conference on Law, Religion and Ethics in the North in Reykjavik, Iceland, September 14-18,

2005.

Emerging Law and Religion Issues in Comparative Perspective, presented at an International

Seminar on Freedom of Conscience, Religion, and Church in the Post-Soviet World, St.

Petersburg, Russia, March 18-19, 2005.

Democracy, Reverence, and Religious Freedom, presented at the Conference on Religious

Freedom in Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine, February 17-18, 2005.

International Standards and OSCE Commitments: Rule of Law and Freedom of Religion or Belief,

presented at Conference on Religion, Tolerance, and Law in Georgia: International Standards and

Domestic Needs, Tbilisi, Georgia, December 6-7, 2004.

Types of Registration of Religious and Belief Organizations: A Comparative Overview, presented

at the Conference on Comparative Approaches to Regulating Religion and Belief: State Authority

and the Rule of Law, Beijing. China, October 18-19, 2004.

The United States Law of Charities: A Summary (with Brett G. Scharffs and Michael W.

Durham), prepared for the International Charity Law Comparative Seminar held in Beijing, China,

October 12-14, 2004.

Reflections on the Emergence of Public Religion, paper presented at the Eleventh Annual

International Law and Religion Symposium, Religion in the Public Sphere, Brigham Young

University, Provo, Utah, October 3-5, 2004.

Comparative Perspectives on Current Religious Freedom Developments in the United States and

Europe, paper presented at the IRLA International Congress, Taipei, Taiwan, August 30-31, 2004.

Religious Freedom and Religious Association Laws, paper presented at the Interparliamentary

Conference on Human Rights and Religious Freedom, Brussels, Belgium, August 5-7, 2004.

Religious Freedom in Eastern European Countries: Achievements and Challenges, paper

presented at the Conference on the Social Rights of Citizens: Mutual Interests and Responsibilities

of State and Public Organizations, Irkutsk, Russia, August 4, 2004.

Religious Freedom and the Role of Religion in Public Life, paper presented at the Conference on

―Religious Freedom: Transition and Globalization,‖ Kiev, Ukraine, May 26-28, 2004.

Verfassungsrecht, die Menschenrechte und die drohende Krise der religiösen Autonomie, Vortrag

für die Österreichische Gesellschaft für Kirchenrecht, Vienna, Austria, April 29, 2004.

Freedom of Religion or Belief and Central Asia, paper presented at the Conference on Freedom of

Religion or Belief, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, April 26-27, 2004.

The Emergence of Public Religion, paper presented at the Fifteenth International Society Annual

Conference on Church Development in the Development World, Brigham Young University,

Provo, Utah, April 5, 2004.

Lectures on Essentials of Democracy, Federalism, Obstacles to Democracy in Countries in

Transition, Institutions of Government, and Negative and Positive Freedom, presented at seminars

on ―Principles of Iraqi Constitutionalism: Putting Theory into Practice,‖ sponsored by the

American Bar Association Iraq Initiative, February 20-March 3, 2004.

New Perspectives on Religion in the Public Sphere in a Global Setting, paper presented at

Conference on Religion in Contemporary Political Processes, Russian Academy of State Service,

Moscow, Russia, February 20, 2004.

―The Emergence of Public Religion,‖ paper presented at the Conference on Religious Freedom,

Russian Academy of State Service, February 20, 2004.

―The Resurgence of Public Religion: An International Rights Perspective,‖ paper presented at the

First Annual LDS Law Student Conference on ―LDS Perspectives on the Law: Unique

Contributions?‖ Harvard Law School, February 14, 2004, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

―Reflections on the Relationship of Religion and the State,‖ lecture presented at Ahmadu Bello

University, January 20, 2004, Zaria, Nigeria.

―Comparative Perspectives on Religion and State,‖ lecture presented at the Centre for Democratic

Research and Training, Mambayya House, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, January 19, 2004.

―Nigeria‘s ‗State Religion‘ Question in Comparative Perspective,‖ paper presented at the

International Conference on Comparative Perspective on Shari‘ah in Nigeria, cosponsored by the

University of Jos Faculty of Law and Department of Religious Studies in conjunction with

Universität Bayreuth, Lehrstuhl für Religionswissenschaft, January 15-17, 2004, Jos, Nigeria.

―Perspectives on Relationship of Church and State,‖ paper presented at the University of Ghana,

January 12, 2004, Ghana.

―Freedom of Religion or Belief and Constitutional Orders,‖ paper presented at OSCE/ODIHR

Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief, December 2003, Osh, Kyrgyzstan.

―Religious Liberty and Public Order in OSCE Countries,‖ paper presented at the International

Symposium on Religious Liberty and Inter-Religious Relations in the Perspective of European

Integration, November 2003, Bucharest, Romania.

―Religion, Democracy and the Politics of Transition: The Importance of International Norms

Governing Freedom of Religion and Belief in a Pluralistic World,‖ paper presented at Conference

on Religions and Civilizations in the New Millenium: The Albanian Case, November 2003,

Tirana, Albania.

―Religion, Universal Human Rights, and the Ambivalence of the Sacred,‖ draft prepared for the

Conference on ―Universalism and Local Knowledge in Human Rights,‖ sponsored by Central

European University, Budapest, Hungary, and the Program in Law and Public Affairs of Princeton

University, Princeton, October 2003.

―Religious Pluralism, Difference, and Social Stability: Concluding Reflections,‖ remarks prepared

for the Tenth Annual International Law and Religion Symposium on ―Religious Pluralism,

Difference and Social Stability, co-sponsored by the International Center for Law and Religion

Studies at Brigham Young University; the J. Reuben Clark Law School; the David M. Kennedy

International Center of Brigham Young University; the International Academy for Freedom of

Religion and Belief, Interdisciplinary Program in Law and Religion, Columbus School of Law,

Catholic University of America; the International Commission for Freedom of Conscience; the

International Religious Liberty Association; and the George Washington University Law School,

October 7, 2003, Provo, Utah.

―Protection of Religious Diversity in the United States,‖ paper presented at the Conference on

Public Management of Religious Diversity: Dangerous Religion and Endangered Religion, co-

sponsored by le Centre d‘Analyse des Politiques Publiques (Laval University,) The Law and

Religion Program (Emory University), and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies

at Brigham Young University, September 2003, University Laval, Quebec.

―Guarantees of Religious Freedom in International Law: What Every MP Should Know,‖

presentation to the Interparliamentary Conference on Human Rights and Religious Freedom,

sponsored by the Institute on Religion and Public Policy, September 2003, Brussels, Belgium.

―Old and New Challenges for Religious Freedom in Eastern Europe,‖ (Viejos y nuevos desafios en

la Europa del Este), Paper Presented at Congreso Internactional de Libertad Religiosa, sponsored

by the International Religious Liberty Association, August 2003, Santiago, Chile.

―Comparative Perspectives on Freedom of Religion or Belief,‖ presentation to visiting Russian

participants in Open World Program, June 2003, George Washington University, Washington,

D.C.

―Religion, Universalism and Democracy: Challenges of the Welfare Party Case,‖ paper presented

at the Conference on The Turkish Welfare Party Case: Implications for Human Rights in Europe,‖

sponsored by the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU, CEU Humanities

Center Project on Universalism and Local Knowledge in Human Rights, Università di Milano –

Facoltà di Giurisprudenza – Cattedra di Diritto Canonico, and the Norwegian Centre for Human

Rights, June 2003, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.

―Old and New Challenges for Religious Freedom in Eastern Europe,‖ (Viejos y nuevos desafios en

la Europa del Este), paper presented at Congreso Internactional de Libertad Religiosa, sponsored

by the International Religious Liberty Association, August 2003, Santiago, Chile.

―The Shifting Legal Definitions of ‗Religion,‘‖ paper presented at the Workshop on Chinese

Religion and Traditional Culture, organized jointly by Hong Kong Institute for Culture, Commerce

and Religion, Department of Religious Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Centre for

Anthropological Research, University of Hong Kong, and sponsored and administered by The

Institute for the Study of American Religion, Department of Religion, University of California at

Santa Barbara, and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young

University, March 2003, Hong Kong SAR.

―The Significance of International Commitments in the Sphere of Religious Minorities,‖ paper

presented at Conference on Religious and National Relations in Russia: History,

Contemporaneity, and Perspectives of Development, Russian Academy of State Service in the

Presidential Administration, February 2003, Moscow, Russia.

―International Law and Human Dignity: What Does the Center Hold?‖, paper presented at The

Twenty-Second Annual Federalist Society, Student Symposium on Law and Public Policy,

February 2003, Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana.

―Applying International Freedom of Religion Norms Under Russian Law,‖ paper presented at a

Training Conference for Religious Freedom Lawyers, January 2003, Moscow, Russia.

―Comparative Perspectives on the Proposed Religious Associations Law,‖ paper presented at a

Conference on Church-State Issues, December 2002, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

―Comparative Perspectives on the Proposed Bulgarian Legislation,‖ paper presented at a

Conference on the Draft Bulgarian Legislation, December 2002, Sofia, Bulgaria.

―Religious Freedom and the End of History,‖ paper presented at the Second Kazan Scientific-

Theological Conference, October 2002, Kazan, Russia.

―Developments in Religious Freedom: An OSCE Perspective,‖ paper presented at a conference on

Church-State Issues, October 2002, Kiev, Ukraine.

―Libertad Religiosa: Compartiendo Perspectivas del Derecho Civil y Derecho Común, paper

presented at Congreso Internacional de Libertad Religiosa, October 2002, Ciudad de México,

México.

―Grounds for Limiting Religious Freedom in the Registration Process,‖ paper presented at the

Third Conference of the European-American Law and Religion Consortium, The Permissible

Scope of Legal Limitations on the Freedom of Religion or Belief: A Comparative Perspective,

Emory University School of Law, September 2002, Atlanta, Georgia.

I worked on a drafting committee to develop and present a Voluntary Code of Conduct for

Religious and Belief Communities, which was presented at the 31st World Congress of the

International Association for Religious Freedom, July 2002, Budapest, Hungary.

―Religion, Universal Human Rights and the Ambivalence of the Sacred,‖ paper presented at the

Tenth Annual Conference on Universalism in Law: Human Rights and the Rule of Law, Central

European University, June 2002, Budapest, Hungary.

―Religious Pluralism as a Factor in Peace,‖ paper presented at the Fifth World IRLA Congress,

Religious Freedom: A Basis for Peace,‖ June 2002, Manila, Philippines.

―International Protection of Religious Freedom at the Level of Regional Organizations,‖ paper

presented at the 2002 CESNUR Fifteenth International Conference, Minority Religions, Social

Change, and Freedom of Conscience, June 2002, Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah.

―The Proposed Croatian Law on the Legal Position of Religious Communities: International and

Comparative Perspectives,‖ paper presented at the Conference on the Croatian Law on the Legal

Position on Religious Communities: International and Comparative Legal Perspectives, April

2002, Zagreb, Croatia.

―Human Rights and Government Policy Concerning Religious Extremism and Terrorism,‖ paper

presented at Conference on Religion and Politics in Russia, Russian Academy of State Service,

March 2002, Moscow, Russia.

―Emerging Trends in Religious Freedom: A Comparative Perspective,‖ paper presented at

Conference on the Proposed Serbian Legislation on Religion, March 2002, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

―Update of Analysis of Proposed Amendments to the Republic of Kazakhstan‘s Law on Freedom

of Religion and Religious Associations,‖ paper presented on behalf of the OSCE/ODIHR Advisory

Panel of Experts on Freedom of Religion or Belief, January 2002, Washington, DC.

―Comparative Perspectives on Religious Freedom in Russia.‖ paper presented at the Conference

on Ten Years Retrospective on Freedom of Religion in Russia in Moscow, Russia on November

16, 2001.

―Issues in Contemporary Legislation Dealing with Registration of Churches,‖ July 2, 2001, Sofia,

Bulgaria.

―Recognition and Registration of Religious and Belief Communities: What is Permissible in Law

and Practice.‖ introductory paper presented at the Seminar on Freedom of Religion or Belief in the

OSCE Region: Challenges to Law and Practice Sponsored by the Foreign Ministry of the

Netherlands at De Ridderzaal, The Hague, Netherlands on June 26, 2001.

―Trends in Protection of Freedom of Religion in Eastern Europe: Course Correction or

Compromise?‖ paper presented at the International Scientific Conference ―Religious Freedom:

Mass Media, Education and Church as Public Factors of Promotion‖ in Kiev, Ukraine, May 24-25,

2001.

―The Evolution of Church-State Relations in Eastern Europe Since 1989.‖ paper presented at

Convegno Internazionale Diritto e religione nell'Europa post-comunista in Turin, Italy on May

10-11, 2001.

―The Emerging Legal Environment Faced by Smaller Religious Communities in Central and

Eastern Europe.‖ paper presented at The 2001 CESNUR International Conference, The Spiritual

Supermarket: Religious Pluralism and Globalization in the 21st Century: The Expanding European

Union and Beyond. London School of Economics, April 19-22, 2001.

―The Doctrine of Religious Freedom,‖ Brigham Young University, Marriott Center, BYU. 3 April

2001.

Advancing Religious Freedom in Eastern Europe, paper presented at International Bermuda

Conference on Religious Freedom, The Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel, Bermuda, March

14-16, 2001.

―Analysis of Proposed Amendments to the Republic of Kazakhstan's Law on Freedom of Religion

and Religious Associations,‖ prepared on behalf of the OSCE/ODIHR Advisory Panel of Experts

on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Responses to New Legislation in Kazakhstan, March 2001,

Almaty, Kazakhstan.

―International Norms Governing Freedom of Religion and Belief,‖ paper presented at Conference

on Promoting and Preserving a Culture of Tolerance: International Experience and the Albanian

Perspective, Sponsored by The Ministry of Religious Affairs, Albania, Advisory Panel of Experts

on Freedom of Religion or Belief of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of

the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Open Society Institute, Tirana,

Albania, February 12-13, 2001.

Presentation to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, January 2001,

Washington, D.C.

―Freedom of Religion or Belief: Possible Directions for Improved Implementation,‖ presented as

one of two principal addresses at the Seventh Annual Day for Freedom of Religion or Belief,

organized by the UN Non-governmental Organization Committee for Freedom of Religion and

Belief. New York City, November 14, 2000.

―Comparative Reflections on Freedom of Religion in the Balkans: Compliance with Minimum

Standards in a European Environment,‖ paper presented at Réunion des ministres aux affaires

religieuses, sponsored by the State Secretary for Religious Affairs of Romania, Bucharest,

Romania, October 31-November 3, 2000.

―The United States Model of Registration of Religious Organizations,‖ Conference on ―Protection

of Religious Rights and Freedoms,‖ cosponsored by the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan,

OSCE/ODIHR Advisory Panel on Freedom of Religion or Belief, GTZ GmbH, International

Academy for Freedom of Religion and Belief, the Oslo Coalition for Freedom of Religion and

Belief, and the International Commission for Freedom of Conscience, October 26-27, 2000.

―Protecting Religious Minorities in the Helsinki Process,‖ Conference Session on Social Justice

and Minority Religions, Tel Aviv, Israel, September 18, 2000.

―Joint Religious Action: Religious Freedom and Opportunities for Peace and Conflict

Prevention,‖ paper presented at the UNESCO International Congress on Interreligious Dialogue

and a Culture of Peace, held under the auspices of UNESCO and the Government of Uzbekistan,

Tashkent, Uzbekistan, September 14-18, 2000.

―International Standards of Religious Freedom: Minimum Standards for New Legislation on

Religious Associations,‖ paper prepared for the International Conference on Portugal and the New

Europe in Global Perspective, Lisbon, Portugal, January 15-16, 2000.

―Legal Protection of Religious Freedom: A Euro-American Comparative Perspective,‖ prepared

for the Parliament of the World‘s Religions, Session on Interfaith Perspectives on Religious

Freedom: European and American Perspectives, Cape Town, South Africa, December 4, 1999.

―Religious Freedom in Comparative Constitutional Perspective,‖ prepared for the World

Conference on Religious Freedom, ―Religious Freedom: A Fundamental Right in the 21st

Century,‖ New Delhi, India, November 16-18, 1999.

―Warming the House: Practical Tools and Issues for Strengthening Religious Freedom,‖ presented

at the Conference on Religious Freedom in Post-Socialist Countries: Legal and State Guarantees,

Kiev, Ukraine, October 21-23, 1999.

―Religious Freedom: International and Comparative Constitutional Perspectives,‖ International

Conference on Law, Religion and Democratic Society, October 19-20, 1999, Tartu, Estonia.

AThe Impact of Secularization on Proselytism in Europe: A Minority Religion Perspective,‖

presentation at the Annual Conference of the International Society, David M. Kennedy Center,

August 16, 1999.

AA Century of Mormon Theory and Practice of Church-State Relations: Constancy Amidst

Change,‖ presentation prepared for DePaul University‘s Center for Church/State Studies

Centennial Lecture Series, June 7, 1999.

AThe Right to Autonomy in Religious Affairs: A Comparative View,‖ paper prepared for the

Second American/European Conference on Religious Freedom, Trier, Germany, May 27-30, 1999.

AThe Right to Engage in Religious Persuasion: Emerging and Minority Religions and Proselytism,

Presentation at the Conference of Experts on Proselytism and Religious Freedom,‖ sponsored by

the International Religious Liberty Association and The Ministry of Justice of Spain, held at Hotel

Felipe II, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid Province, Spain, May 13-16, 1999.

AOn Memory, Forgiveness and Forgetting,‖ comment presented at conference held at Central

European University, Budapest, Hungary, May 7, 1999.

AThe Clergy-Penitent Privilege and Constitutional Protection of Religious Freedom,‖ presented at

Conference on Clergy Confidentiality in Diverse Legal Traditions, Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva

University, May 2, 1999.

APressure and Positive Measures: Finding an Optimal Balance Under the International Religious

Freedom Act of 1998,‖ presentation prepared for the Roundtable on The International Religious

Freedom Act of 1998, sponsored by an Inter-University Consortium Consisting of the Law and

Religion or Human Rights Programs of Baylor University, Brigham Young University, Catholic

University of America, Columbia University, DePaul University, Emory University, George

Washington University, April 16, 1999.

AFreedom of Religion and Belief in a Democratic Society: A Comparative Perspective,‖ prepared

for the International Scientific and Practical Conference, AReligious Freedom in Ukraine in the

Context of International Experience,‖ held in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the

United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Kiev, Ukraine, November 19-20, 1998.

AFreedom of Religion and Belief in a Democratic Society: A Fundamental Human Right,‖

prepared for the Conference on Religious Freedom in Romania, Bucharest, Romania, November

16-18, 1998.

AReaching the Concerns of Religious Minorities,‖ presentation before the State Department

Advisory Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad, Washington, D.C., November 4, 1998.

AImplementing Religious Freedom: A Continuing Agenda after Fifty Years,‖ presented at the

Symposium on International Perspectives on Religious Liberty During the Fiftieth Anniversary of

the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, October 6,

1998.

AReport of the Concurrent Session on Research, Information Collection, and Databases,‖ Oslo

Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief, August 15, 1998.

AThe Relationship of Civil and Religious Jurisdictions in the United States,‖ U.S. National Report

on the Topic AReligious Law and Its Application by Civil and Religious Jurisdictions,‖ XVth

International Conference of Comparative Law, Bristol, England, July 30, 1998.

ALa Libertad Religiosa en el Derecho Internacional: Implicaciones Por Peru‖ (with Prof. Kevin J.

Worthen), prepared for Forum on the Constitution and Religious Freedom in Peru, sponsored by

the Ministry of Justice of Peru and the International Academy for Freedom of Religion and Belief,

Lima, Peru, June 18-19, 1998.

AOrganizing Religious Associations: The View from Utah,‖ prepared for the Conference on

Comparative Analysis of European and American Laws on Religious Organizations held at

Catholic University of America Law School, June 22-24, 1998.

Testimony before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the United States House of

Representatives Committee on the Judiciary at its June 16, 1998 Hearing on The Religious Liberty

Protection Act of 1998.

AReligion and National Identity: Toward an Alternative View for Bulgaria,‖ lecture presented at the

New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria, May 14, 1998.

AReligion and the Quest for National Identity in Ukraine: An American Perspective,‖ presented at

the Colloquium on Ethnos and Religion: Theory and Contemporary Context, Kiev, Ukraine, April

24-25, 1998.

Preliminary Report of the Panel of Experts on Religious Freedom, submitted to all member states

of the OSCE at the November Human Dimension Implementation Meetings held in Warsaw in

November, 1997. (This report was of course prepared by a committee of experts from several

OSCE countries; I served as one of the drafters of this report.)

AProblems of Religious Intolerance in Europe: The Challenge of Maintaining Minimum

Standards,‖ testimony at the Hearing on Religious Intolerance in Europe Today, held before the

U.S. Congressional Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Washington, D.C.,

September 18, 1997.

―The New Russian Legislation on Religious Freedom from a Global Perspective,‖ Conference in

Honor of Alexander Minh, Moscow, Russia, September 11, 1997.

AReligious Freedom and National Identity: Notes on the American Experience,‖ presented at the

Conference on Nationalism in Europe/Nationalism in Galicia: Religion as an Element of

Nationalist Ideology,‖ La Coruña, Spain, September 4-6, 1997.

―An Open Agenda for Religious Liberty on the Threshold of the 21st Century,‖ panel presentation

at the Fourth World Congress on Religious Liberty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 26, 1997.

―Volksverhetzung und Redefreiheit aus amerikanischer Sicht,‖ lecture held at Universität Berne,

Institut für Strafrecht und Kriminologie,‖ May 5, 1997.

―The Distinctive Roles of Church and State,‖ paper prepared for the Budapest International

Symposium on The Role of Churches of the Renewed Societies, Budapest, Hungary, March 2-5,

1997.

AModern Patterns of Church-State Relations: Paradigms Underlying Contemporary Regimes and

Constitutional Discourse,‖ presented at Seminar on Modern Patterns of State-Church Relations:

Russian and Foreign Experience, conference held at the Russian Academy for Public Service

under the President of the Russian Federation, Moscow, November 18-19, 1996.

APathways, Clearings, and Pathlessness: Reflections on Comparative Methodology,‖ Conference

on Comparative Law held at the University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, October

11, 1996.

―The Relevance of Human Rights to Practical Problems in Church-State Relations,‖ presented at

the Conference on Religion and Church in the Post-Communist Countries, held in Kiev, Ukraine,

September 19-21, 1996.

―The Need to Strengthen the Right to Religious Persuasion,‖ lecture presented at annual meeting

of the International Society, David M. Kennedy Center, Brigham Young University, August 19,

1996.

Krystyna Daniel & W. Cole Durham, Jr., Religious Identity as a Component of National Identity:

Implications for Emerging Church-State Relations in the Former Socialist Bloc, prepared for the

Conference on Separation of Church and State and Personal Identity: Western Models in

Emerging Democracies, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, June 20-23, 1996.

―Contemporary Models of Church-State Relationships: A Comparative Perspective,‖ prepared for

the Conference on The Freedom of Conscience in Modern Democratic State and Society,

sponsored by the International Religious Liberty Association, the Council on Religious Freedom

and Other Churches and Religious Organizations, Moscow, Russia, February 21-22, 1996.

―A Religious Human Rights Perspective on the Phenomenon of Proselytism in Formerly

Communist Lands,‖ Initial Scholars Meeting of the Pew Proselytizing Project, Emory University

Law and Religion Program, Atlanta, Georgia, January 18-21, 1996.

‗The Archaeology of International Religious Human Rights,‖ presented at the Conference on

Church, State on Religious Freedom, Ukrainian Academy of Science, Kiev, Ukraine, December 4-

5, 1995.

―The Structural Power of Rhetoric: The Molding of the Common Law Tradition,‖ presentation at

the Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association, San Antonio, Texas, November

21, 1995.

―Religious Liberty: A Global Perspective,‖ presented at the Third Conference on Legal Norms

Governing the Religious Sector: Emerging Issues in Legal Systems Around the World, a

symposium sponsored by the J. Reuben Clark Law School, the International Academy for Freedom

of Religion and Belief, and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, October 2,

1995.

―Religious Freedom in Japan: Comparative Reflections,‖ presented at the Symposium on Japan‘s

Constitutional Challenges, held at Miyazaki International College, Miyazaki, Japan, September

28-30, 1995.

―Report on Global Freedom of Religion or Belief,‖ prepared (with Michael Roan) for a Briefing by

the U.S. Commission on Cooperation and Security in Europe, September 27, 1995.

―Definition of Religion,‖ presented at the Centerpiece Conference on Legal Structures Available

for Religious Organizations, DePaul Center for Church/State Studies, DePaul University College

of Law, April 6-8, 1995.

―Toward a Common Core in Religious Human Rights: Emerging Consensus on Religious

Freedom,‖ presented at the Second Symposium on Legal Norms Governing the Religious Sector:

Emerging Issues in Legal Systems Around the World, sponsored by the International Academy for

Freedom of Religion and Belief, the J. Reuben Clark Law School and the David M. Kennedy

Center for International Studies at Brigham Young University, April 3, 1995.

―Philosophical Foundations of Religious Liberty: A Comparative Framework,‖ presented at the

International Conference on Religious Human Rights in the World Today: Legal and Religious

Perspectives, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, October 6-9, 1994.

―Securing Religious Freedom Internationally: Law and the Religious Sector in the 1990s,‖

presented at the Symposium on Legal Norms Governing the Religious Sector: Emerging Issues in

Legal Systems Around the World, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, October 3-4, 1994.

―Understanding Freedom of Religion: A Comparative Analysis of Recurring Religious Freedom

Issues in Eastern Europe Presented at the International Conference on Freedom of Conscience:

Church and State in Ukraine, September 29, 1994.

―Religious Freedom and Human Rights: Forging Non-Secular Alternatives in the International

Arena,‖ Conference on Professionals as Guarantors and Protectors of Rights, 125th Anniversary

Celebration of Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana, September 15-17, 1994.

―Contemporary Religious Liberty in the United States: Tensions Between Secularism and

Traditionalism,‖ lecture presented at the American College, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven,

Faculteit Kerkelijk Recht, Leuven, Belgium, May 2, 1994.

―The Significance and Requirements of Romania's International Human Rights Commitments for

the Romanian Draft Law on Religious Cults and Religious Freedom,‖ presentation at the

International Consultation on Draft Romanian Law on Religious Organizations and Religious

Freedom, Bucharest, Romania, April 5-6, 1994.

―International Human Rights Norms and Religious Freedom in Russia,‖ presentation at the

Conference on Religious Freedom in Russia, International Religious Liberty Association,

Moscow, Russia, March 30, 1994.

―Emerging Challenges for Religious Liberty in Eastern Europe,‖ presentation at the Comparative

Law Section, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Schools, Orlando, Florida,

January 9, 1994.

―Treatment of Religious Minorities in the United States,‖ presentation at the Annual Meeting of

the European Consortium for Church-State Research, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 19-20,

1993.

―After Euphoria: Emerging Challenges for Religious Liberty in Europe,‖ testimony before the

House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Security, International

Organizations and Human Rights of the United States Congress, October 28, 1993.

―A Comparative Framework for Analyzing Religious Liberty,‖ presentation at the Conference on

First Amendment Freedoms and Constitution Writing in Poland, University of Warsaw, Warsaw,

Poland, May 24-25, 1993.

―Comparative Perspectives on Religious Liberty: The View from Europe,‖ presentation at the

Constitutional Section at the Meeting of the Inter-American Bar Association in Santiago, Chile,

April 20, 1993.

―Implications of International Human Rights Instruments for National Legislation on Religious

Liberty and Religious Organizations,‖ International Conference on Freedom of Religion in a

Modern World, Moscow, Russia, March 21-23, 1993.

―Church and State in Utah: Toward an Accommodationist View,‖ conference sponsored by the

Humanities Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 12-13, 1993.

―Broken Cisterns: Transcending Reductionist Theories of Religious Liberty,‖ conference on New

Directions in Religious Liberty, Brigham Young University Law School, January 22, 1993.

―Culture Wars: Pathways from a Dark Wood?,‖ Annual Meeting program of the Section on Law

and Religion of the American Association of Law Schools, San Francisco, California, January 9,

1993.

―Globalization and Substantive Criminal Law,‖ Mini-Workshop on Teaching the First Generation

of Global Lawyers, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Schools, San Francisco,

California, January 6, 1993.

―Radical Changes in Constitutions and Constituent Power: A United States Perspective,‖ Round

Table, Conference of the International Association of Constitutional Law, Erasmus University,

Rotterdam, The Netherlands, October 30, 1992.

―Freedom of Speech and Invasion of Privacy,‖ Istanbul University, October 16, 1992.

―General Report: Developments in the Law of Computer Crime,‖ Colloquium of the International

Association of Penal Law, Würzburg, Germany, October 5, 1992.

―Religion and the Tension Between Individualism and Communitarianism: A Fragile Balance,‖

paper presented at the Joint Annual Meetings of the American Society of Comparative Law and

the International Association of Legal Science, held at Brigham Young University, September 10-

12, 1992.

The Theory of the Third Sector in Contemporary Civil Society,‖ lecture given as part of a special

conference on the Third Sector by the Union of Bulgarian Foundations, July 21, 1992, in Sofia,

Bulgaria.

―Die Beschleunigung des Strafverfahrens: Externe Mittel,‖ Conference on Criminal Law Reform

in East Central Europe, Max-Planck Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht,

Freiburg, Germany, May 1992.

―Toward Heightened Religious Liberty in the New Europe,‖ Address during Opening Session of

the International Consultation on Religious Liberty, Religious Rights, and Ethnic Identity in the

New Europe, Budapest, Hungary, May 17, 1992.

―Damage-Control in Sacral Practices, Faith Healing, and Refusal of Medical Treatment,‖

Bicentennial Conference on the Religion Clauses: Religion in Public Life—Access,

Accommodation and Accountability, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 30-June 1, 1991.

―Speech Crimes and the Structure of Freedom,‖ Criminal Law Workshop, Central and East

European Law Initiative, American Bar Association, Prague, Czechoslovakia, November 12-17,

1990.

―Reconstructing Civil Society: Cultivating the Intermediate Structures of the Social

Environment,‖ Symposium on Eastern Europe, Eason-Weinmann Center for Comparative Law,

Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 1990.

―Föderalismus und Strafrecht,‖ lecture delivered at Bayreuth University, May 21, 1990.

―The West German Basic Law After Forty Years: An American Perspective,‖ German-American

Conference: Federal Republic of Germany--40 Years of the Basic Law: Experience and

Prospects, October 23-25, 1989.

―Real Estate Issues,‖ Legal Issues for Religious Institutions, conference sponsored by the Center

for Church/State Studies, DePaul University College of Law, November 8-9, 1989.

Respondent, Conference on Critical Legal Studies and Freedom of Expression, September 20,

1986, University of Utah.

―Verfassung und Rechtsphilosophie: Schwerpunkte zur Theorie der Auslegung der

amerikanischen Verfassung,‖ Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, West Germany, June 30, 1986;

Augsburg University, Augsburg, West Germany, July 3, 1986.

―Tötungsdelikte in amerikanischem Recht,‖ Frankfurt University, Frankfurt, West Germany, June

9, 1986.

―Comparative Perspectives on Church-State Issues: The Federal Republic of Germany and the

U.S.A.,‖ Conference on Comparative Constitutional Law, held at Notre Dame Law School, April,

1986.

―Religious Freedom as a Cornerstone of Human Rights‖, address at a national conference on

―Human Rights and World Peace,‖ Fredericksburg, Virginia, June 30, 1985.

―Religion and the Criminal Law,‖ address at a Symposium on Law and Religion at Loyola Law

School, Los Angeles, California, April 27, 1985.

―General Defects in Arguments Concerning the Relationship of Legislation and Personal

Freedom,‖ panel presentation for the University of Utah Liberal Education Program, April 18,

1985.

―Shifting Contours of the Religion Clause: A Comparative Perspective,‖ address to the Annual

Meeting of the Section on Law and Religion of the American Association of Law Schools,

Washington, D.C., January 6, 1985.

―The Need to Enrich Common Law Thinking on Complicity: A Comment on Kadish,‖ Comment

on Prof. Sanford Kadish's article on complicity presented at the German/Anglo-American

Workshop on Basic Problems in Criminal Theory, Max-Planck-Institut fu"r Ausla"ndisches und

Internationales Strafrecht, Freiburg, West Germany, July 16, 1984.

―Toward a General Theory of Religious Tax Exemptions,‖ panel presentation at Conference on

Freedom and Faith, sponsored by the Christian Legal Society, April 7, 1984.

―Verfassung und Strafrecht: Neuere amerikanische Entwicklungen im Recht der

Schwangerschaftsunterbrechung,‖ address before the German-American Lawyer Association,

Bonn-Bad Godesberg, West Germany, March 22, 1980.

―White-Collar-Kriminalität und die Ausdehnung von Verschwörerhaftung in amerikanischem

Strafrecht,‖ lecture at the University of Cologne, February 11, 1980, Cologne, West Germany.

―Religion and the Public Schools: Constitutional Analysis in Germany and the United States,‖

presented at Annual Meeting of the Western Association for German Studies, Oct. 21, 1977.