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The UCSIA summer seminar “Religion and Culture in a Globalized World” focuses on how religion(s) and culture(s) interact with the complex process of globalization enhancing the interdependence between economies, societies and cultures on a global scale.
A first set of questions looks at how far religion and culture are globalized themselves. Having distinct features, it seems very difficult to define religions and cultures in a generalized way. Can we understand them as global phenomena? What aspects and trends of homogenization can be detected? Are these effects value-free/neutral changes or are they the result of historical hegemonic power relations and recent rebalances and shifts in the world?
A second set of issues concerns the way in which religion and culture influence international relations. Key events like 9/11 and other terrorist attacks, interpreted in Huntington’s controversial paradigm of “The clash of civilizations” definitely changed the outlook of the world and changed the way in which international politics is framed. What role does religion as a political force play in the world today? How do religions handle the opportunities offered by globalization? How do they relate to this global society; do they embrace a global international unity or do they fold back on their own structures and isolate themselves from the surrounding world?
Finally, the effect of globalization on individual value- and belief systems is analysed. Can a culture or a religion hold on to its traditional value- and belief system or do global changes have an impact on these systems? Can we then talk about a gradual homogenization where we all become modern cosmopolitan citizens who share the same universal values or will controversy in fields where the universality claim is being questioned, e.g. human rights, gender equality or family loyalties remain a dividing issue?
Guest speakers:
Cultural Translation: Rethinking the Dynamics of Religious Pluralism and GlobalizationTulasi Srinivas, Assistant Professor Sociology and Anthropology, Department of Communication Studies, Emerson College
Religion, politics and globalisation: What are the issues?Jeffrey Haynes, associate Head of Department, Research and Postgraduate Studies, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion, Conflict and Cooperation, London Metropolitan University
The Paradox of Hegemony and Plurality: Religion, Globalization and International Institutions Jeremy Carrette, Professor of Religion and Culture, University of Kent, UK
Pentecostalism and the Global Religious Economy David Martin, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics.
Workshop presenters:
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Faith-based radical ideologies used by terrorist groups in Chechnya,
Iraq and Afghanistan, Khapta Akhmedova, Dr., Psychological subject matter expert, Iraq
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Global and local Islam: young muslims crafting a religious youth culture
in Berlin, Synnove Bendixsen, Dr., Research assistant at the Christian Michelsens institute, Bergen (project oriented)
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The challenge of Egyptian/Dutch and Dutch/Moroccan ‘parental child
abduction’ cases: Is there an emerging transnational response?, Jessica Carlisle, Dr., post-doctoral researcher, Centre for Migrations Law, Radboud University
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The Indian traditions in a globalized world: conflict or adaptation?, Sarah Claerhout, Dr., researcher in Comparative Cultural Studies, Ghent University; Belgium
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Encountering Muslims as ‘the other’ between dialogue and the
absolutisation of the difference, Gabriel Faimau, PhD student in Sociology at the University of Bristol
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The Orthodox tradition in a globalizing world: the case of the Romanian
Orthodox Church, Suna Gülfer Ihlamur, Dr., Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Marmara University, Istanbul
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Fidel Castro’s jacket: Moroccan-Berber migrants between ‘history’ and
myth’, Norah Karrouche, PhD student at the Huizinga Institute for Cultural History, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Self-sacrifice and martyrdom in terrorist violence: political and
religious motives, Francesco Marone, Dr., postdoctoral fellow in Political Science, Department of Political and Social Studies, University of Pavia
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Globalization and religious change: religious Ghallywood movies and
their reception among Ghanaians in Ghana and in the Amsterdam Bijlmer district, Louise Müller, Dr., postdoctoral researcher at the University of Utrecht
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European secularity and religious modernity in Russia and Eastern
Europe: focus on orthodox Christianity, Inna Naletova, Dr., Lecturer and project manager at the Institute of Pastoral theology, University of Vienna
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“Christian nations?” ethnic Christianity and anti-immigration attitude
in four Western European countries, Ingrid Storm, PhD student in Social Change at the university of Manchester
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Women do
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hibridity as creative space of interpretation of Islam, Els Vanderwaeren, Dr., researcher at CEMIS (Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies), University of Antwerp
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State modernization policies, globalization of religious networks and
the changing Hui ethno-Religious Identifications in the People’s Republic of
China, Maja Veselič, Dr., adjunct lecturer at Doba Business faculty, Maribor, Slovenia
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Being parts of the “Umma”: Indonesians in the multicultural Muslim
communities London, Amika Wardana, PhD student in Sociology, University of Essex
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Sara Mels
UCSIA project coordinator
Prinsstraat 14, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
sara.mels@ua.ac.be
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Tel: +32/(0)3/265.45.99,
Fax: +32/(0)3/707.09.31
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