On May 16–17, 2023 was held a two-day conference, "Religious Freedom: Comparing Transatlantic Approaches" that included presentations by faculty from Jagiellonian University, Harvard Law School, Pepperdine University, the University of Coimbra, and others.
A research group meeting was co-sponsored by the Department of Roman Law at the Jagiellonian University and the Harvard Religious Freedom Clinic, with support provided by the ID.UJ Priority Heritage Research Area of the Faculty of Law and Administration within the Transatlantic Research Group on the Law and Freedom of Religion.
The meeting took place in the Larisch Palace and in the Michal Bobrzynski Hall in Collegium Maius.
The session was divided into four panels, which dealt with: religious law and institutions, the protection of the rights of religious people, the relationship between freedom of speech and freedom of religion, and the protection of freedom of religion in relation to other protected values.
The first day of the meeting was opened by the Dean of the Jagiellonian University's Faculty of Law and Adminstration, Prof. Jerzy Pisulinski, and the second day was opened by the Vice-Rector for International Cooperation of the Jagiellonian University, Prof. Dorota Malec. Participants also attended a lecture by US Ambassador to Poland Marek Brzezinski.
The opening keynote speech was given by Prof. Ruth Okediji of Harvard Law School.
Speakers at the meeting were Kelsey M. Flores, Parker Knight, Joshua C. McDaniel, Matthew E. Myath, Ruth Okediji of Harvard Law School, Eric C. Rassbach of Becket Fund and Pepperdine University School of Law, David Magalhães of the University of Coimbra, and Grzegorz Blicharz, Andrzej Bryk, Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier and Maciej Mikuła of Jagiellonian University.
Each panel ended with a discussion, which more than once also included representatives of the academic community present at the meeting: academics, doctoral candidates and law students.
