International Center for Law and Religion Studies

ICLRS Director W. Cole Durham, Jr. traveled to Volgograd, Russia, to participate in a "Dialogue between the State and Religious Associations in Contemporary Culture," an international conference held 20-23 October 2009 and sponsored by the Expert Council under the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, the Administration of Volgograd Region, Volgograd State University, The "Knowledge" Society of Russia (an All-Russia Public Organization), The Volgograd Branch of the Scientific and Educational Cultural Society, and the Association of Researchers of Religion.  Along with Andrei E. Sebentzov, Executive Secretary of the Commission on Religious Associations of the Government of the Russian Federation and State Councilor of Russia 1st Class, Professor Durham was part of the plenary session, "Civil-Law Relations of Religious Organizations as Legal Persons."
     Information about the conference (in Russian) can be found at the links below.  The news article, "Window on an Open World," appeared in Volgogradskaya Pravda.