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Conference Announcement
Theme: Global Perspectives on Habermas
Type: International Conference
Institution: University of Groningen
Location: Groningen (Netherlands)
Date: 27.–28.4.2011
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WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL
ZITTINGSZAAL (FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, OUDE BOTERINGESTRAAT 38)
9.00 Welcome
9.30 Prof Joost Herman, University of Groningen: Globalisation
Studies Groningen
9.45 Dr Vivienne Matthies-Boon and Dr Andrej Zwitter,
University of Groningen: Research in Ethics and Globalisation
10.00 Dr Tom Bailey, John Cabot University and LUISS, Rome:
Editor’s Introduction
11.00 Dr Vivienne Matthies-Boon, University of Groningen:
Exporting Democracy to the Middle East: Habermas and Bush’s
Neoconservatives (Discussant: Dr Andrej Zwitter)
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Dr Péter Losonczi, University of Antwerp: The Global
Ambiguity of Habermas' Post-secular Thesis (Discussant: Dr P. Boele
van Hensbroek)
14.00 Dr Kevin Gray, American University of Sharjah: What is
Living and What is Dead in Habermas’ Secularization Hypothesis?
(Discussant: Dr Vivienne Matthies-Boon)
15.00 Coffee break
15.30 Dara Salam, LUISS, Rome: The Diversity of Public
Spheres: The Case of Iraq (Discussant: Mohamad Forough)
THURSDAY 28 APRIL
ROOM T7, TURFTORENSTRAAT (NEXT TO THE HARMONIE BUILDING)
09.00 Dr William Smith, Chinese University of Hong
Kong: Deliberation Without Democracy? Reflections on Habermas,
the Public Sphere and China (Discussant: Dr Frank Gaensmantel)
10.00 Dr Vincent Yohanes Jolasa, University of Indonesia:
Habermas on Distortion, Communication and Depth Hermeneutics
(Discussant: Dr Timo Juetten)
11.00 Coffee break
ROOM T6, TURFTORENSTRAAT
11.30 Dr Kanchana Mahadevan, University of Mumbai: Feminist
Solidarity: Communitarian Challenges and Post-national Prospects
(Discussant: Prof Jaap de Wilde)
12.30 Prof Jaap de Wilde, University of Groningen: Closing
remarks
12.45 Lunch
Enquiries: Tom Bailey ([email protected])
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