Che cosa sono gli Istanbul Seminars?
Gli Istanbul Seminars sono un incontro a cadenza annuale teso a promuovere una collaborazione ravvicinata tra intellettuali e studenti di tutto il mondo propensi a discutere e superare le reciproche divergenze in ambito religioso, culturale e politico. I Seminars nascono in partnership con la Istanbul Bilgi University e coinvolgono sia intellettuali di prestigio che giovani accademici specializzati in temi interculturali.
La scelta di Istanbul come sede della conferenza non è affatto casuale, la città ricopre una posizione culturale e geopolitica strategica, anche in vista di un eventuale allargamento dell’Unione Europea alla Turchia e della crescente attenzione del mondo arabo nei confronti delle sue vicende politiche interne. Questo paese, molto probabilmente, ricoprirà un ruolo di primo piano nello scenario mediterraneo in via di ridefinizione.
I Seminars si costituiscono come un think thank e una summer school intensiva, dove le lectures dei partecipanti vengono rafforzate da sessioni di tutoring specifiche per gli studenti, sia laureati che dottorandi. Nel 2010, circa 70 studenti provenienti da Regno Unito, Spagna, Germania, India, Irlanda, Belgio, Italia e Stati Uniti hanno raggiunto Istanbul per seguire la conferenza; molti di loro hanno ricevuto una borsa di studio, graduata in base al merito e alle esigenze economiche. Nelle edizioni precedenti, gli Istanbul Seminars hanno trattato temi come “Postsecularism”, “Multiple Jurisdictions” e“Politics of Mutual Learning” (il programma, i temi e i partecipanti in questione possono essere verificati tramite i rispettivi link). Gli atti degli Istanbul Seminars 2008 e 2009 sono stati pubblicati dalla rivista Philosophy & Social Criticism 36/3-4 2010, mentre quelli del 2010 usciranno a breve .
Il Programma di quest’anno (inglese):
OVERCOMING THE TRAP OF RESENTMENT
Thursday, May 19, 2011
10.00 a.m. – 10.20 a.m. Official Greetings
Remzi Sanver, Acting Rector of Bilgi University
Giancarlo Bosetti, Director of Reset-Dialogues on Civilization
10.20 a.m. – 10.40 a.m. Introduction
Nina zu Fürstenberg, President of Reset-Dialogues on Civilizations
11.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m.
Rajeev Bhargava: The Difficulty of Reconciliation
Abdullahi An-Na’im: Coping with Shared Human Vulnerabilities: The Cultural Mediation of Resentment and Retaliation
Chair: Nina zu Fürstenberg
2.30 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
ROUNDTABLE: The Roots of Resentment in Politics: between Identity Claims and Economic Fears
The roundtable will be opened with a reading of Charles Taylor’s Interculturalism or Multiculturalism.
Abdullahi An-Na’im, Anthony Appiah, Akeel Bilgrami, Seyla Benhabib
Chair: Asaf Akat
4.15 p.m. – 5.00 p.m
Discussion with Young Scholars
Friday, May 20, 2011
10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
Stefano Allievi: Reactive Identities and Islamophobia. Muslim Minorities and the Challenge of Religious Pluralism in Europe
Zaid Eyadat: Dialoguing Islams: Alternatives and Prospects
Chair: Albena Azmanova
11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m.
Beate Rössler: Authenticity, Culture, and Autonomy
Anthony Appiah: Misunderstanding Cultures: Islam and ‘the West’
Chair: Banu Bargu
2.30 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
ROUNDTABLE: Islam, West and the Politics of Fear
Abdou Filali-Ansary, Nilüfer Göle, Ramin Jahanbegloo, Ferda Keskin, Tariq Ramadan, Roberto Toscano
Chair: G. H. Thyssen Bornemisza
4.15 p.m. – 5.00 p.m
Discussion with Young Scholars
Saturday, May 21, 2011
10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
Ayhan Kaya: Securitization, Politicization and Stigmatization of Migration in the West as a Mode of Governmentality
Jose Casanova: Islam in Europe, Islam in the United States: the Politics of Nativism
Chair: Ayten Gündoğdu
11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m.
Dick Howard: The Resistance of Those who Desire not to be Ruled?
David Rasmussen: Post-secularism, Religion and the Crisis of Modernity
Chair: Volker Kaul
3.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.
ROUNDTABLE: Immigration and Integration in the European Union and Turkey
Giuliano Amato, Anthony Appiah, Pavel Fischer, Ibrahim Kalin, Ferhat Kentel, Tariq Ramadan
Chair: Nilüfer Göle
Sunday, May 22, 2011
10.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.
ROUNDTABLE: Promises, Challenges and Expectations of the 1989 of the Arab World
Giuliano Amato, Abdullahi An-Na’im, Seyla Benhabib, Akeel Bilgrami, Soli Özel, Otto Schily
Chair: Giancarlo Bosetti
12.15 p.m. – 1.45 p.m.
Fred Dallmayr: Radical Changes in the Muslim World: Turkey, Iran, Egypt
Alessandro Ferrara: When Conjecture Fails: Hyperpluralism and the Multivariate Polity
Chair: Maeve Cooke
Monday, May 23, 2011
11.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.
Fuat Keyman: Enacting citizenship and democratic consolidation coping with identity politics
Nouzha Guessous: Women rights in Muslim societies: Lessons from the Moroccan experience
Chair: Barbara Henry
2.30 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Claus Offe: Political Liberalism, Group Rights, and the Politics of Fear and Trust
Akeel Bilgrami: The Mentality of Identity and the Mentality of Liberalism
Chair: Joseph LaPalombara
4.30 p.m.
Closing
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
10.00 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
Open Discussion with Young Scholars and Proposals for Future Editions of the Istanbul Seminars
The following program might be subject to changes. Please consult our website www.istanbulseminars.org for possible changes.