Humanitarianism and Changing Cultures of Cooperation

Humanitarianism and Changing Cultures of Cooperation

Organizer
Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research Duisburg; Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen
Venue
Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen
Location
Essen
Country
Germany
From - Until
05.06.2014 - 07.06.2014
Deadline
21.05.2014
By
Christine Unrau

Der Humanitarismus kanalisiert enorme Ressourcen, Aufmerksamkeit und Engagement und wirkt so als eine der stärksten Triebkräfte der Weltgesellschaft. Vom 5.–7. Juni 2014 organisiert das Duisburger Käte Hamburger Kolleg in Kooperation mit dem Kulturwissenschaftlichen Institut Essen die internationale Tagung „Humanitarianism and Changing Cultures of Cooperation“, um Zusammenhänge zwischen dem Humanitarismus und den Chancen globaler Kooperation auszuloten.

Zu den Sprechern der Konferenz zählen Thomas G. Weiss, Michael Barnett und Fritz Breithaupt.

Die Veranstaltungssprache ist Englisch. Um Anmeldung wird gebeten bis zum 21. Mai an: events@gcr21.uni-due.de

Programm

THURSDAY, 5 June

12.30 – 13.30
Coffee and Registration

13.30 – 14.00
Claus Leggewie (KWI Essen): Welcome
Volker Heins (KHK/GCR21 / University of Bochum): Opening Remarks

14.00 – 15.30
Opening Lecture: Michael Barnett (George Washington University):
Periodizing Humanitarianism

15.30 – 16.00
Coffee Break

16.00 – 18.00
PANEL 1: HISTORIES OF HUMANITARIANISM: COOPERATION AND PATERNALISM

Chair: Alexandra Przyrembel (Freie Universität Berlin)

Francesca Piana (Swiss National Science Foundation / Columbia University):
‘A Red Crux on a White Flag': The Visual Politics of the ICRC after WWI

Florian Hannig (University of Halle-Wittenberg):
The Biafra concern in West Germany: Historicizing empathy

Charlotte Walker-Said (City University of New York):
Science and Charity: Humanitarianism and the End of Empire

Jeff Roquen (Lehigh University, Pennsylvania):
America’s first humanitarian intervention, 1895-1898

18.00 – 19.00
Break: Snacks

19.00 – 20.30
Käte Hamburger Lecture:
Thomas G. Weiss (CUNY Graduate Center):
Humanitarianism's Contested Culture

Discussants: Dennis Dijkzeul (University of Bochum) and
David Chandler (University of Westminster)

FRIDAY, 6 June

10.00 – 12.00
Opening Lecture:
Fritz Breithaupt (Indiana University):
The Dark Sides of Empathy: Nietzsche’s Objection Against Empathy and the Future of Humanitarianism
Discussants: Frank Adloff (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg) and Christine Unrau (KHK/GCR21 Duisburg, University of Cologne)

12.00 – 13.30
Lunch

13.30 – 15.00
PANEL 2: HUMANITARIANISM, RELIGION AND TRANSCULTURALITY: COOPERATION AND SENSIBILITY

Chair: Claus Leggewie (KWI Essen)

Mathis Danelzik (KWI Essen):
Shaping, marginalizing and cooperating with religious authority: The case of campaigns to end female genital mutilation

Jochen Kleres (University of Gothenburg):
Humanitarianism, Development and Shifting Emotional Climates

Mayke Kaag (University of Leiden):
Islamic charities from the Arab world in Africa: Transcultural encounters of humanitarianism and morality

15.00 – 15.30
Coffee Break

15.30 – 17.30
PANEL 3: HUMANITARIANISM, PEACEBUILDING AND THE MILITARY: COOPERATION AND COMPLICITY

Chair: Dirk Messner (German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik)

Antonio Donini (Feinstein International Center at Tufts University and Graduate Center, Geneva):
Deep lessons from Afghanistan

Adam Branch (Makerere Institute of Social Research, Uganda):
Assembling for protection: The politics of transnational militarization in Africa

Kai Koddenbrock (KHK/GCR21, Duisburg):
Reconfiguring Goma: The political economy of humanitarianism and peacebuilding in Eastern Congo

Aidan Hehir (University of Westminster):
R2P after the Arab Spring: The perennial need for UN military reform?

SATURDAY, 7 June

10.30 – 12.00
PANEL 4: NEW PLAYERS IN GLOBAL HUMANITARIANISM: COOPERATION AND COMPETITION

Chair: Kai Koddenbrock (KHK/GCR21, Duisburg)

Cindy Horst (Peace Research Institute Oslo):
Diaspora humanitarianism: The invisibility of a third humanitarian space

Devon Curtis (University of Cambridge):
China and the Insecurity of Development in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Jutta Joachim (University of Hannover) / Andrea Schneiker (University of Siegen):
Private military and security companies: New players in global aid governance

12.00 – 13.30
Lunch

13.30 – 14.30
Dennis Dijkzeul (University of Bochum) and David Chandler (University of Westminster):
Concluding Remarks

Contact (announcement)

Volker M. Heins
Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research
Schifferstraße 196
47059 Duisburg

http://www.gcr21.org/events/
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Published on
08.04.2014
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