EUROPE AND THE EVOLUTION OF CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
March 6th-8th 2019
University of Bucharest
Constantin Stoicescu Hall
36-46 Mihail Kogalniceanu Blvd.
Participants
Nur Köprülü, Near East University, Nicosia,
Identity and nation building in Middle East: cases from monarchies
Herman Teule, Catholic University, Leuven
The tension between ethnicity and religion: the emergence of Christian political parties in Iraq
Johan Gärde, Uppsala University
Who can I trust in Lebanon and beyond? On bonding and bridging trust in a multi-confessional context
Adrian Bărbieru, University of Bucharest
Nicolae Titulescu and the political and ecclesiastical relations between Romania and Ethiopia (1930s- 1970s)
Marshall J. Breger, Catholic University of America, Washington
How Cultural and Religious Narratives Effect the Law of Holy Places in Jerusalem
Daniel Seidemann, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Jerusalem: Between the Cohabitation of the Incompatible and the Weaponization of Faith
Adrian Mlădinoiu, University of Bucharest
Look back in history-foresight in future: The bilateral relations between Romania and Israel
Cătălin-Ștefan Popa, Institute for the History of Religions, Romanian Academy
Syriac Christians and their Heritage in Jerusalem: Historical Memories and Future Challenges
James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles
What is the New Middle East?
Shabo Talay, Freie Universität Berlin
Political and religious perspectives of Turkey towards its Christian minorities - the Syriacs of Turabdin - case study
Martin Tamcke, Georg-August-Universität-Göttingen
A discussion in the shadow of the siege and conquest of Eastern Gouta
Sebastian Elsässer, Christian-Albrechts-Universität-Kiel
The Coptic Church and al-Azhar in Egyptian politics since 2011
Conference Schedule
MARCH 6th
Panel 1
State formation and the construction of national identity in the Middle East: particular cases of disputes over political and religious legitimacy
Chair: James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles
Speakers:
09:30-10:15 Nur Köprülü, Near East University, Nicosia
Identity and nation building in Middle East: cases from monarchies
10:15-11:00 Herman Teule, Catholic University, Leuven
The tension between ethnicity and religion: the emergence of Christian political parties in Iraq
11:00-11:30 Coffee & Tea
11:30-12:15 Johan Gärde, Uppsala University
Who can I trust in Lebanon and beyond? On bonding and bridging trust in a multi-confessional context
12:15-13:00 Adrian Bărbieru, University of Bucharest
Nicolae Titulescu and the political and ecclesiastical relations between Romania and Ethiopia from the early 1930s until 1970s
13:00-14:30 Lunch
Panel 2
The case of the controversial move. The instrumentalization of religious, confessional
and political rhetoric in shifting perceptions of Jerusalem
Chair: Herman Teule, The Catholic University of Leuven
Speakers:
15:30-16:15 Marshall J. Breger, The Catholic University of America, Washington
How Cultural and Religious Narratives Effect the Law of Holy Places in Jerusalem
16:15-16:45 Coffee & Tea
16:45-17:30 Daniel Seidemann, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem: Between the Cohabitation of the Incompatible and the Weaponization of Faith
17:30-18:15 Adrian Mlădinoiu, University of Bucharest
Look back in history-foresight in future: The bilateral relations between Romania and Israel
18:15-19:00 Cătălin-Ștefan Popa, Institutul de Istorie a Religiilor, Academia Română
Syriac Christians and their Heritage in Jerusalem: Historical Memories and Future Challenges
20:00-21:00 Dinner
MARCH 7th
Panel 3
Political attitudes towards peace-building. From confrontational to consensual discourse in the Middle East
Chair: Daniel Seidemann, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Speakers:
09:30-10:15 James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles
What is the New Middle East?
10:15-11:00 Shabo Talay, Freie Universität Berlin
Political and religious perspectives of Turkey towards its Christian minorities: the Syriacs of Turabdin as a case study
11:00-11:30 Coffee & Tea
11:30-12:15 Sebastian Elsässer,Christian-Albrechts-Universität-Kiel
The Coptic Church and al-Azhar in Egyptian politics since 2011
12:15-13:00 Hamed Quisay, SOAS University, London
(topic will be announced)
13:00-14:30 Lunch
15:00-19:00 Visit to the Palace of Parliament and the Old Town
20:00-22:30 Festive Dinner
MARCH 8th
08:00 Departure to Sinaia and Bușteni
Visit to Peleș Castle, Sinaia Monastery & Caraiman Monastery
13:00-14:00 Lunch at Caraiman Monastery
14:30 Return to Bucharest
18:00-18:45 Martin Tamcke,Georg-August-Universität-Göttingen
A discussion in theshadowofthe siege andconquestof Eastern Ghouta
– keynotelectureat the headquartersofthe Institute for Advanced Studies in Levant
Culture andCivilization
18:45-19:15 Closing remarks
