6th Istanbul Seminars 2013 Philosophers Bridge the Bosphorus

The Sources of Political Legitimacy From the Erosion of the Nation-State to the Rise of Political Islam Venue
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stanbul Bilgi University | Santral Campus

Kazm Karabekir Cad. No: 2/13 stanbul

Conference Room: E1-301

Program
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Thursday 16 May
10.00 am - 11.15 pm Giancarlo Bosetti, Director of Reset-Dialogues: Introduction Karen Barkey: Political Legitimacy and Islam in the Ottoman Empire: Lessons Learned Chair: Asaf Sava Akat 11.30 am - 1.15 pm Abbas Vali: Kurdish Question and the Legitimation of Sovereign Power in Turkey Ammon Raz-Krakotzkin: Israels Exceptionality, Binationalism and Exilic Thinking Chair: Asaf Sava Akat 2.15 pm - 3.15 pm Fahmy Howeidy: The Crisis of Political Islam in Power Chair: Mohammed Hashas 3.30 pm - 5 pm Projection of the documentary La rvolution...et aprs? by Najlae Benmbarek followed by a discussion with the director. Discussants: Faisal Devji, Fahmy Howeidy, lay Romain rs Chair: Volker Kaul 5.00 pm: Workshop with Discussion Groups
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Friday 17 May
10.00 am - 11.00 pm Stathis Kalyvas: Current Conflicts in the Middle East Chair: Nina zu Frstenberg

11.15 am 1.15 pm Hamadi Redissi: The Rise and Fall of Political Islam Legitimacy Amr Hamzawy: Dynamics of Government and Opposition in Egypt Chair: Nina zu Frstenberg 1.15 pm: Workshop with Discussion Groups
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Saturday 18 May
10.00 am - 12.00 pm Luigi Mascilli Migliorini: Sources of Political Legitimacy: an Historical Perspective Murat Borovali and Cemil Boyraz: Turkish Secularism and Islam: Dialogue with the Alevis Chair: Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza 12.15 pm - 1.15 pm Ivan Krastev: The Logic of Political Disintegration Chair: Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza 2.30 pm - 4.15 pm ROUNDTABLE: The Legitimacy Crisis of the European Project Discussants: Giuliano Amato, Cengiz Aktar, Alessandro Ferrara, Amr Hamzawy, Ivan Krastev Chair: Giancarlo Bosetti 4.15 pm: Workshop with Discussion Groups
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Sunday 19 May
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Monday 20 May
10.00 am: Workshop with Discussion Groups 11.00 am - 12.30 pm ROUNDTABLE: Jrgen Habermas The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: 50 Years later Speakers: Seyla Benhabib, Giancarlo Bosetti, David Rasmussen Chair: Ferda Keskin 12.45 pm 1.45 pm Jonathan Laurence: Mediterranean Symbiosis: 21st-Century Religion Policy in Majority-Muslim and Minority-Muslim Contexts Chair: Ferda Keskin 3.00 pm - 4.00 pm Abdullahi An-Naim: The Contingent Role of Islam in Political Legitimacy Chair: Roberto Toscano 4.00 pm 5.00 pm Michael Walzer (in videoconference): Can there be a democratic revolution and a religious revival in the same place, at the same time? Chair: Roberto Toscano

5.15 pm - 6.30 pm ROUNDTABLE: Religion and Democracy in the Arab Spring Speakers: Lisa Anderson, Radwan Masmoudi, Seyla Benhabib, Nora Fischer Onar, Michael Walzer (in videoconference) Chair: Roberto Toscano
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Tuesday 21 May
10.00 am - 12.00 pm Harun Karcic: Islamic Law Before and After the 'Arab Spring': a Look at the Constitutions of Libya, Tunisia, and Egypt Lisa Anderson: Creative Destruction: Religious Faith and Legitimacy in the Arab World Chair: David Rasmussen 12.15 pm - 1.15 pm Meyda Yeenolu: Sovereignty Renounced: Autoimmunizing and Democratizing Europe Chair: lay Romain rs 2.30 pm - 4.00 pm ROUNDTABLE: Turkey, at the Crossroads between Europe and the Middle East Speakers: Aykan Erdemir, Nader Hashemi, Stathis Kalyvas, Fuat Keyman Chair: Asaf Sava Akat 4.00 pm: Workshop with Discussion Groups
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Wednesday 22 May
10.00 am - 12.00 pm Faisal Devji: Politics After Al-Qaeda Nader Hashemi: Rethinking Religion and Political Legitimacy across the Islam-West Divide Chair: Seyla Benhabib 12.15 pm - 1.15 pm Final presentations of the discussion groups 1.15 pm Remzi Sanver, Rector of Bilgi University: Closing
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