Convening 19 May 2012
La quinta edizione degli Istanbul Seminars sul tema «Le promesse della democrazia in tempo di crisi»

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Programma
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Saturday, May 19, 10.00 am – 4.15pm

Introductions: Giancarlo Bosetti and Asaf Savas Akat

Timur Kuran: Religious Obstacles to Democratization in the Middle East: Past and Present
Seyla Benhabib:
Democracy Building and Transnational Sites: Reconfiguring Political Geographies
Chair: Ferda Keskin

ROUNDTABLE 1.45 pm:
Populism and Technocracy: Twin Dangers for Democracy

With Arjun Appadurai, Albena Azmanova, Marina Calloni, Timur Kuran, Jim Sleeper, Asaf Savas Akat

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Sunday, May 20, 11.30 am – 5.30 pm

Micheline Ishay, Claus Offe: Arab Seasons: Historical Analogies, Current Actors and Prospects for Democratic
Katajun Amirpur:
‚We are Half of Iran’s Population’ – Women and The Green Movement Transitions
Chair: Nina zu Fürstenberg

Arjun Appadurai: Indian Democracy Sixty-Five Years After Independence: The Logic of Participatory Corruption
Chair: Nilüfer Göle

ROUNDTABLE 3.30 pm:
Message from His Excellency Mohammed Khatami: Overcoming Postcolonialism: from the Civilizational Dispute to the Renewal of Dialogue
With Giuliano Amato, Alessandro Ferrara, Ali Khoshroo, Ramin Jahanbegloo, Roberto Toscano, Giancarlo Bosetti

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Monday, May 21, 10 am – 4.00 pm

Andrew Arato: The Return of Reform and Revolution, and the Problem of Legitimacy
Jeffrey Alexander:
Obama-Tahrir-Occupy
Chair: Ayşen Candaş

Asma Barlas: Uncrossed Bridges: Islam, Feminism, and Secular Democracy

ROUNDTABLE 1.45 pm:
A Big Change in Progress in the Mediterranean Region: A New Season Between Hopes and Risks

With Jeffrey Alexander, Francesca Corrao, Nilüfer Göle, Mohsen Marzouk, Ulises Mejias, Roberto Toscano

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Tuesday, May 22, 10 am – 3.30 pm

Massimo Campanini: A New Way for Democracy from an Islamic Perspective
Mehmet Paçaci:
Democratic Values and the Qur’an as a Source of Islam
Chair: Pınar Uyan

Jean Cohen: Defending Constitutionalized Anti-Establishment and Political Secularism: How to Square the Circle of Separation, Religious Freedom and (Reflexive) Regulation
Chair: David Rasmussen

ROUNDTABLE 1.30 pm:
Are Democracies Still Sovereign? The Challenge of Transnational Institutions

With Seyla Benhabib, Craig Calhoun, Nilüfer Göle, Fuat Keyman, David Rasmussen, Joseph La Palombara

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Wednesday, May 23 10 am – 4.30 pm

Craig Calhoun: Cosmopolitanism and Belonging
Avishai Margalit:
The Arab Spring and the Israeli Spring: the Cry for Social Justice.
Chair: Umut Özkırımlı

ROUNDTABLE (1) : Cosmopolitanism and the Challenge of Pluralism
İlay Romain Örs, Ramin Jahanbegloo, Volker Kaul, Fuat Keyman

ROUNDTABLE (2) 2.00 pm:
Postsecularism from Turkey to North Africa: Debating the Role of Religion in the New Course of Arab Democracy

With Massimo Campanini, Zaid Eyadat, Avishai Margalit, Soli Özel, Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza

Closing with Remzi Sanver, Rector of Bilgi University

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Thursday, May 24 10 am – 11.30 am

Open Discussion with Young Scholars and Proposals for Future Editions of the Istanbul Seminars

Students have an hour of Q and A with selected speakers at the end of every day’s Seminar.

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