"Acknowledgements" [2012] ELECD 282; in Porsdam, Helle (ed), "Civil Religion, Human Rights and International Relations" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012)

Book Title: Civil Religion, Human Rights and International Relations

Editor(s): Porsdam, Helle

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781000519

Section Title: Acknowledgements

Number of pages: 1

Extract:

Acknowledgements
This volume emerged from a conference held at the University of Copen-
hagen, Denmark on `Religion, civil religion and human rights: What has
been and what will be their impact on global security?' The conference was
organized by CAST (Centre for Advanced Security Theory), a research
centre funded under the University of Copenhagen's Excellence Pro-
gramme (www.cast.ku.dk).
CAST is an interdisciplinary academic project in the Department of
Political Science, University of Copenhagen. It aims to bring together
researchers from a wide range of disciplines to explore, compare and refine
the methods, concepts and principles that each discipline uses in assessing
threats, dangers and risks. I am on the steering committee of CAST and it
was my great pleasure to organize the conference on which this volume is
based as part of my commitment to CAST.
Present at this conference were most of the contributors to this volume.
In January 2011, one of the contributors, Tøger Seidenfaden, sadly passed
away ­ at the age of 53. As chief editor of one of the largest Danish
national newspapers, Politiken, and as a major player in Danish (and
European) politics, Seidenfaden was himself a participant in what has
come to be known as the Danish cartoon crisis ­ the crisis which is the topic
of his contribution.

This volume is dedicated to his memory.
Helle Porsdam




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