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Conference Announcement Theme: Humanitarianism and Changing Cultures of Cooperation Type: International Conference Institution: Centre for Global Cooperation Research, University Duisburg-Essen Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities Location: Essen (Germany) Date: 5.–7.6.2014 __________________________________________________ Humanitarianism channels an enormous amount of resources, attention and commitment and therefore represents one of the strongest driving forces of world society. From 5–7 June the Centre for Global Cooperation Research, in cooperation with the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, will hold the international conference “Humanitarianism and Changing Cultures of Cooperation” in order to elaborate the relationship between humanitarianism and the opportunities for global cooperation. The conference will be organized around a number of key questions: If humanitarianism is a form of cooperative governance in the shadow of glaring inequalities of power and wealth, who are the actors shaping the governance of misery, what are the ideas and emotions behind it, and how do humanitarian efforts play out in specific regional environments? Among the speakers of the conference there are internationally renowned experts on the theory, practice and history of humanitarianism including Thomas G. Weiss, Michael Barnett, and Fritz Breithaupt. Within the framework of the conference, Thomas G. Weiss (Presidential Professor of Political Science at The CUNY Graduate Center) will hold the 9th Käte Hamburger Lecture. On 5th June, 19-20.30h, Prof. Weiss will talk about the "Humanitarianism's Contested Culture". Discussants of the public lecture will be Dennis Dijkzeul (University of Bochum) and David Chandler (University of Westminster). Venue: Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI), Goethestraße 31, 45128 Essen Panels: - Histories of Humanitarianism: Cooperation and Paternalism - Humanitarianism, Religion and Transculturality: Cooperation and Sensibility - Humanitarianism, Peacebuilding and the Military: Cooperation and Complicity - New Players in Global Humanitarianism: Cooperation and Competition Kindly register with [email protected] by 21 May. Contact: Volker Heins Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research Schifferstraße 196 47059 Duisburg Germany Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.gcr21.org/events/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
