Men in Revolt - Orientalisches Seminar

Men in Revolt
Masculinity and Violence in the Modern Middle East and
Central Asia
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
International Workshop
23 – 25 July 2015
Thursday, July 23, 2015
19.00 – 20.45 Kollegiengebäude I, HS 1199
Welcome address
Tim Epkenhans (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
Keynote/Public lecture
James W. Messerschmidt (University of Southern Maine)
The Clash of Global Hegemonic Masculinities: Bush, bin Laden, Obama
and the Dynamics of the ‘War on Terror’
20.45 – 21.30 Kollegiengebäude III, HS 3101
Conference Reception
Conveners:
Tim Epkenhans,
Olmo Gölz
Orientalisches
Seminar,
Albert-LudwigsUniversität
Freiburg
Funded by the
Faculty of
Philosophy,
Albert-LudwigsUniversität
Freiburg,
and the Ministry
of Science and
Arts, BadenWürttemberg
Friday, July 24, 2015 – Großer Sitzungsraum, Dekanat
9.15 – 10.45
Panel I – Gangsters and Politicians
Chair: Ruth Bartholomä (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
Tim Epkenhans (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
Masculinity, Organised Crime and Political Virtuality in Post-Soviet
Central Asia
Alp Yenen (Universität Basel)
“We Ended up Being neither Cops nor Robbers”: Nationalism, Political
Violence, and Parapolitics in the Memoirs of a Turkish Ultra-Nationalist
11.30 – 13.00
Panel II – Notions of Violence
Chair: James W. Messerschmidt (University of Southern Maine)
Venue:
Dekanat der
Philosophischen
Fakultät,
Albert-LudwigsUniversität
Freiburg,
Werthmanstr. 8,
Rückgebäude,
79085 Freiburg
Admission is free.
Pre-registration
is required.
Please contact
josefine.polz
@orient.unifreiburg.de
Mariella Ourghi (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
German Jihadi Masculinities
Olmo Gölz (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
Claiming to be a Man: The Legitimatory Effects of Violence
Friday, July 24, 2015 – Großer Sitzungsraum, Dekanat
15.00 – 17.15
Panel III (Open forum) – Iraq, Syria and the Islamic State: The Mobilizing
Power of Masculinities in Conflicts
Chair/Discussant: Jürgen Rüland (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
Open forum.
No preregistration
required
Stéphane Valter (Université du Havre)
Revolt, Masculinity, and Violence in the Syrian Conflict
Achim Rohde (Philipps-Universität Marburg)
‘Iraqis are Real Men’. Gendered Violence and the States in Iraq
Christoph Günther (Universität Leipzig)
Building up a Masculine State: On the Warriors of the IS
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Saturday, July 25, 2014 – Großer Sitzungsraum, Dekanat
9.30 – 11.30
Panel IV – Supporters in Revolt
Chair: Tim Epkenhans (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg)
Rabie Barakat (University of Edinburgh)
Egypt's Ultras in Arab Media Discourse: Heroes or Vandals?
Sammy Khamis (freelance journalist, München)
Coming of Rage – The Ultras of Çarşı Beşiktaş
12.00 – 13.00
Workshop conclusion
Round table discussion
Conference reception
KG III, HS 3101
Keynote lecture
University
KG I, HS 1199
Workshop location
Dekanat, Phil-Fak.
Werthmannstr. 8
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