Events/Presentations:
17 October 2009: 'Only an atheist can be a good Christian; only a Christian can be a good atheist', Debate on Ernst Bloch's Atheism in Christianity, Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, London (podcasted event)30 September-1 Oct 2009 ' 'The Demography of Salafism', for 'The Future of the Global Jihadist Movement', International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence (ICSR), King's College, together with Chatham House, UK presentation
‘The Demography of Religious Radicalism’, for panel on ‘Demography and Security: The Politics of Population Change’, American Political Science Association, Toronto, September 3-6, 2009 presentation
‘The Next American Voter: The Political Demography of American Partisanship’, American Political Science Association, Toronto, September 3-6, 2009 paper, presentation
‘The Role of Islam in the Re-Sacralization of Europe’, for conference on ‘The Political Future of Muslim Communities in Western Europe: Implications for Western European States in 2030’, National Intelligence Council and the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the U.S. Department of State, May 29, 2009, Washington, DC
‘Go Forth and Multiply’: the Politics of Religious Demography, for conference: 'Demography and Security: the Politics of Population Change', Weatherhead Center, Harvard, organized by Monica Toft, Jack Goldstone and myself, May 7-8, 2009
‘The Future of American Religion to 2050’, Association for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Culture (ASREC) conference, Crystal City, VA, April 5, 2009 (download presentation)
'The Role of the Second Demographic Transition in Secularism's Evolutionary Demise', Evolution, Cognition, and Culture seminar series, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, March 24, 2009
‘Religious Fundamentalism as the End of History?: The Political Demography of the Abrahamic Faiths’ International Affairs/Political Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, February 27, 2009
'Islamism, Religiosity and Fertility in the Muslim World' International Studies Association, New York, February 18, 2009
'Demographic Radicalization?: The Religiosity-Fertility Nexus and Politics', International Studies Association, New York, February 18, 2009
'Religious Fundamentalism as the End of History?: The Political Demography of the Abrahamic Faiths’, International Security Program Seminar, Belfer Center, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA February 5, 2009 [summary]
'Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth’, Department of History, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, January 28, 2009
‘Demographic Trends in Religion’, conference on ‘Global religious trends: risks and opportunities for the United States’, National Intelligence Council and the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, December 12, 2008
‘Sacralization by Stealth?: The Demography of De-Secularization in Europe’, Institute for the Study of Religion, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, November 6, 2008
‘Sacralization by Stealth: Religion Returns to Europe’, Riley Institute Public Lecture, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina, Oct. 29, 2008
‘Islamism, Religiosity and Fertility in the Muslim world’, Pew Forum for Religious Research, Washington, DC, Oct. 24, 2008
‘Secularism, Fundamentalism or Catholicism: the Religious Composition of the United States to 2043’, American Political Science Association, Boston, August 28-31, 2008 [click on link above to download poster]
Islamism, Religiosity and Fertility in the Muslim World, 2008 European Population Conference, Barcelona, July 9-12, 2008
'Eurabia?: the Foreign Policy Implications of West Europe's Religious Composition in 2025 and Beyond', for panel on "The Global Demographic Landscape in 2025: Implications for International Relations Analysis", International Studies Association, San Francisco
'Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?: Demography, Religion and Radicalization', for "Policing, Justice and Security in a Diverse Canada: Building an Empirical Evidence Base", Government of Canada, February 25 & 26, 2008 Hampton Inn Ottawa & Conference Centre
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State/National Intelligence Council, 'National Intelligence Council and Intelligence Community Study Group on the Middle East 2025', Meridian International Center, Washington, February 21-22, 2008
Chairing and Discussant on panel on: 'Immigration and Fertility: The Political Demography of Ethnic, Religious and National Conflict', American Political Science Association (APSA), Chicago, Aug 30- Sept 2, 2007 [ panel description ]
'Religion and Politics: The Demographic Imperative', for panel on 'Religion & International Order', American Political Science Association (APSA), Chicago, Aug 30- Sept 2, 2007 [paper] [tables] [presentation]
'Faith's Comeback?: The Demographic Revival of Religion in Europe', Un Nuovo Umanesimo per L'Europa, University of San Pio V, Basilica de San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, Italy, 22 June presentation
26 February 2007 - Discussant on live webcast with Jack Goldstone, 'Flash Points and Tipping Points: Security Implications of Global Population Changes, 2005-2025', Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington, DC link to video webcast clip
'The End of Secularisation in Europe?', Birkbeck College Staff Seminar, 23 November
'The End of Secularisation in Europe?', London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 23 Oct 2006
'Political Demography: Ethnic, National and Religious Dimensions', 29-30 September 2006, London School of Economics'. Plenary Speakers: Jack Goldstone - George Mason University; Michael Hout - University of California Berkeley; Monica Duffy Toft - Harvard University - See the conference 'Political Demography Resource Page': download email addresses, abstracts, presentations and papers
‘The Demographic Contradictions of Liberal Capitalism: Rethinking Daniel Bell's Theory’, Libertarian Hawks or Cultural Communitarians? Neoconservatism and the Legacy of the New York Intellectuals, Birkbeck College, 24-25 May 2006
'A Dying Creed?: The Demographic Contradictions of Liberal Capitalism', UCL/Birkbeck, 24 April 2006