On Friday, Feb. 10, Columbia's American Studies Program presents the conference, "Religion and Liberalism." The conference runs from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America, 1161 Amsterdam Avenue at 117 th Street.
Leading historians, activists, and clergy will come together to explore the historical relationship between religion and American politics and address the challenges facing religious reform movements today.
A keynote address will be delivered at 11:45 a.m. by E.J. Dionne, Jr., of the Brookings Institution and the Washington Post, with responses from Mark Lilla of the University of Chicago and Alan Wolfe of Boston College. For complete conference details, including a program, visit http://www.columbia.edu/cu/amstudies/events/intermediate.html.
