Wintersemester 2012/13

Wintersemester 2012/13

Wintersemester 2012/13

Religion, Aesthetics and Politics

Ort: Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Villa Jaffé, Wallotstr. 10
17.00-18.30 Uhr

17 Okt | Society and Religion
Sadik J. Al-Azm
(Damaskus / Fellow des Wissenschaftskollegs zu Berlin 2012/13)
Civil Society, the Arab Spring and the Return of Islam
Moderation:
Stefan Wild
(Universität Bonn / Mitglied von EUME)

31 Okt | Fiction of Scandal
Tarek El-Ariss
(University of Texas at Austin / EUME-Fellow 2012/13),
Literature, New Media and Revolutionary Politics in the Arab World
Moderation:
Friederike Pannewick
(Philipps-Universität Marburg / Mitglied von EUME)

14 Nov | 17–19 Uhr | Aesthetics and Politics
Ines Braune, Karolin Sengebusch, Ali Sonay
(alle Philipps-Universität Marburg)
Culture, Class, Youth, Performativity and the Transformation of the Public Sphere in the Arab World
Einführung:
Friederike Pannewick
(Philipps-Universität Marburg / Mitglied von EUME)
<link fileadmin eume pdf berliner_seminar download>Panel abstract
 
28 Nov | Passionate Politics in the Aftermath of the Egyptian Revolution
Hania Sobhy
(University of London / EUME-Fellow 2012/13),
'Revolutionary' Mobilization in the 2012 Egyptian Presidential Elections:
Activist Discourses and Practices in the Sabahi and Abul Futuh Campaigns

Moderation:
Cilja Harders
(Freie Universität Berlin / Mitglied von EUME)
 
12 Dez | Orienting Occidentalism
Iman Mersal
(University of Alberta / EUME-Fellow 2012/13),
America in Arab Travel Literature
Moderation:
Christian Junge
(Friedrich Schlegel Graduiertenschule für literaturwissenschaftliche Studien, FU Berlin)
 
19 Dez | Presence Through Absence
Refqa Abu-Remaileh

(University of Oxford / EUME Fellow 2012/13),
Documenting Absurdity in the Novels of Emile Habibi and the Films of Elia Suleiman
Moderation:
Lotte Fasshauer
(Friedrich Schlegel Graduiertenschule für literaturwissenschaftliche Studien, FU Berlin)
 
9 Jan | Transnational Imaginaries?
Hanan Toukan
(SOAS London / EUME-Fellow 2012/13),
The Cultural Politics of Imagination: The Case of Picasso in Ramallah Explored
Moderation:
Christian Junge
(Friedrich Schlegel Graduiertenschule für literaturwissenschaftliche Studien, FU Berlin)
 
23 Jan | Requiem for the Intellectual
Zeina Halabi
(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / EUME-Fellow 2012/13),
The Failure of Enlightenment in Rashid al-Daif’s Paving the Sea
Moderation:
Saadi Nikro
(Zentrum Moderner Orient)
 
13 Feb | The Culture of Sectarianism Reconsidered
Ussama Makdisi
(Rice University / Fellow des Wissenschaftskollegs zu Berlin 2012/13)
Religion, History, and the Politics in the Arab World
Moderation:
Sinan Antoon
(NYU / Fellow der American Academy in Berlin / EUME-Fellow 2008/09)