INCARNATION AND THE SECULAR Charisma, Martyrdom and Media in XXIst Century Middle East 27-28 September 2014
Christiane Gruber Esmail Nashef Hamit Bozarslan Jean-Claude Monod Laure Guirguis Michael Frishkopf Setrag Manoukian Walid El-Khachab
Berkin Elvan, “Little Prince”, died in Istanbul on 2014, March the 11th Wake up, little prince. Everyone is hungry for you. In that bakery which you love, Fresh loaves of bread have come out.
09.27 Carrefour des Arts et sciences, 3150 Jean Brillant, Montréal, Qc. 2.00-6.00 pm 09.28 MAI Café, 3680 Jeanne Mance, Montreal, Qc. 1.00-5.00 pm Organized by Laure Guirguis With the support of the CÉRIUM (Centre d’études et de recherches internationales de l’Université de Montréal), the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the University of Montreal, the Canada Research Chair on Islam, Pluralism and Globalization, the CRÉUM, the French CNRS, and the MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels)
27 Septembre 2.00-6.00 pm, pavillon Lionel Groulx, C-2059
Carrefour des Arts et Sciences, 3150 rue Jean Brillant, Université de Montréal Discutante : Dyala Hamza, Université de Montréal 2.00-2.15 Frédéric Mérand, directeur du CÉRIUM, Laure Guirguis, Université de Montréal 2.15-2.45
Hamit Bozarslan, EHESS, Paris
Incarner la cause kurde: Qadi Muhammad, Mustafa Barzani et Abdullah Öcalan 2.45-3.15
Walid El-Khachab, York University, ON
Revolution, Renewal, and Perpetual Martyrdom: Dionysus and Hussein as Political Incarnations 3.15-3.45
Setrag Manoukian, McGill University
Experience and Mediation in Contemporary Iran 3.45-4.15
Pause
4.15-4.45
Jean-Claude Monod, ENS, Paris.
"L'autorité du martyre" et ses effets politiques 4.45-6.00
Discussion
28 September 1.00-5.00 pm MAI café MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) 3680 Jeanne Mance Street 1.00-1.15
Laure Guirguis, University of Montreal
1.15-2.00
Christiane Gruber, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
“The Killer Government will Pay”: Martyrdom and the Gezi Resistance in Turkey 2.00-2.45
Michael Frishkopf, University of Alberta.
The Social Power of “Shahid” in Egypt’s New Revolution 2.45-3.15
Coffee break
3.15-4.00
Esmail Nashef, University of Ben Gourion, Tel Aviv
The Flesh of the Public: Dead Bodies in Palestinian Art 4.00-5.00
Roundtable and discussion
