Istanbul: Seminars “Realigning liberalism: pluralism, integration, identities” (19-24 may 2010)

ASSOCIAZIONE RESETDOC – DIALOGUE ON CIVILIZATION
ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSTITY

ISTANBUL SEMINARS 2010
REALIGNING LIBERALISM: PLURALISM, INTEGRATION, IDENTITIES
Istanbul Bilgi University, Santralistanbul Campus
Santralistanbul, Main Gallery, 4° floor

19 – 24 may 2010

Program:

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

10.00 a.m. – 10.20 a.m. Official Greetings
Ferda Keskin, Istanbul Bilgi University and Nina zu Fürstenberg, Director of Reset-Dialogues on Civilizations

10.20 a.m. – 10.45 a.m. Introduction
Dialogue on Civilizations in Istanbul, Giancarlo Bosetti

10.45 a.m. – 11.45 a.m. Opening lecture: Nilüfer Göle
Chair: Giancarlo Bosetti

12.00 p.m. – 1.30 p.m

Abdou Filali-Ansary, The Value of Pluralism in Societies with Prevailing Religious Worldviews
Gil Anidjar, Medieval Spain and the Integration of Memory
Chair: Volker Kaul

3.00 p.m. – 3.45 p.m.
Fred Dallmayr, Religion, Politics and Islam: Toward Multiple Modes of Democracy

Thursday, May 20, 2010

10.00 a.m. – 11.45 a.m.
Robin Celikates and Stefan Gosepath, Freedom of Expression in Pluralist Societies – Its Justification and Political Point
Matthias Kettner, Internet-based Public Spheres – A Cultural Resource for Democratic Pluralism?
Chair: Giovanna Borradori

12.00 p.m. – 12.45 p.m.
Roberto Toscano: Questioning Democracy
Chair: Francesco Margiotta Broglio

Round Table: Religion: an Integrating or Dividing Source?
2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Opening: Ibrahim Kalin, Participants: Sadik Al-Azm, Fred Dallmayr, Abdou Filali-Ansary
Closing: Ahmed Davutoglu (tbc)
Chair: Roberto Toscano

Friday, May 21, 2010

10.00 a.m – 11.30 a.m.
Ramin Jahanbegloo: Democratic Governance and the Challenge of Religious Pluralism in Muslim Societies
Irfan Ahmad: Islam and Democracy: Some Anthropological Reflections
Chair: Nina zu Fürstenberg

11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m.
Albena Azmanova: Against the Politics of Fear: On Deliberation, Inclusion, and the Political Economy of Trust
Maeve Cooke: Translating Truth: Can Truth Speak Across Cultural Difference and If So, How
Chair: Murat Borovali

2.30 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Seyla Benhabib: Human Rights, International Law and Democratic Iterations
Alain Touraine: Common Citizenship and Cultural Pluralism
Chair: Alessandro Ferrara

Saturday, May 22, 2010

10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
Ulrich Steinvorth: Human Rights in the West and in Islam
Sebastiano Maffettone: Liberal Post-Colonialism?
Chair: Emrah Efe Çakmak

11.45 a.m. – 1.15 a.m
Stephen Macedo: Civic Education, History, and Truth: Recognizing and Repairing National Partiality
Zygmunt Bauman: Migration and Identities in the Globalized World
Chair: Ferda Keskin

6.00 p.m. – 7.30 p.m.
Round table: Pluralism in Europe and the Accession of Turkey to the EU
Egemen Bagis (tbc), Zygmunt Bauman, Fuat Keyman, Alain Touraine, Edgar Morin (tbc)
Chair: Giancarlo Bosetti

Sunday, May 23, 2010

11.00 a.m. – 12.30 a.m.
Susanna Mancini: Unveiling the Limits of Tolerance: Constitutional Secularism and the Challenge of New and Old Fundamentalisms
Alfred Stepan: The Multiple Secularisms of Modern Democratic and Non-Democratic Regimes
Chair: David Rasmussen

2.00 p.m. – 2.45 p.m Edgar Morin (tbc)

Monday, May 24, 2010

10.00 a.m. – 10.45 a.m
Yirmiyahu Yovel: The Other Within: the Marranos. Split Identity and Emerging Modernity

11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m
Cengiz Aktar : A Muslim Member of the European Union Sadik Al-Azm: Turkey, Secularism and the EU: A View from Damascus
Chair: Barbara Henry

1.45 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.
Round Table Global Modernities, Foreign Policy and Identity
Participants: Yeşim Arat, Dilek Kurban, Umut Ozkirimili, Soli Özel, Roberto Toscano
Chair: Fuat Keyman

3.30 p.m.
Closing Halil Güven, Rector of Istanbul Bilgi University

Executive Committee secretaries:
Volker Kaul: volkerkaul@reset.it (scientific coordinator)
Emrah Efe CakMak: eec2119@columbia.edu (special events coordinator).

Contacts:
Claudia Durastanti
claudia.durastanti@reset.it
Reset-Dialogues on Civilizations
via di San Pantaleo, 66
00186 Rome – Italy
Phone: 0039-0668407021
Fax: 0039-0668807262

Registration form:
http://www.resetdoc.org/story/00000021090