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Conference Announcement Theme: Religions and Colonialism Type: 6th Viennese Forum for Intercultural Philosophizing Institution: Wiener Gesellschaft für interkulturelle Philosophie (WiGiP) Society for Intercultural Philosophy (GIP) Institute of Science and Art (IWK) Vienna University Location: Online Date: 1.–2.4.2022 __________________________________________________ The annual forum has been established in 2017. It is organized by the Viennese and the General Society for Intercultural Philosophy (WiGiP & GIP) in cooperation with the Institute of Science and Art (IWK). The forum is a place for exchange and discussion of questions in the area of intercultural philosophy. Religious movements like Christianity and Buddhism, that originally claimed a critical view on imperial power in later times often became a source for legitimizing world empires. Thus, in India, Emperor Ashoka turned to Buddhism; in Rome, Emperor Constantine turned to Christianity. A similar constellation can be observed in the Islamic empires. In modern times the geopolitical rise of Europe is closely linked to Christianity. Since the 16th century, however, the colonial expansion of European powers was an object both of religious justifications and of critique. In the 19th and 20th centuries, Europe reached the peak of its geopolitical hegemony. At the same time, new centers of imperial power emerged with the rise of the United States of America and Japan. In India, Southeast Asia and Africa, the process of decolonization begins after World War II. In Latin America we can observe a long lasting struggle against neocolonial power structures since the Mexican Revolution. In all of these heterogeneous geopolitical conflict zones of recent history, religious movements and institutions enter into alliances with both imperial power centers and resistance movements against colonial oppression. Program April 01, 2022 09.00: Introduction: Hans Schelkshorn 09.15: Samir Mahmoud: t.b.a 10.30: Break 10.45: First panel: The ,Other‘ – Between the Secular and the Religious Moderation: PD Dr. Markus Wirtz (30 min. lecture, 15 min. discussion) Gabriele Münnix: „Zwischen den Religionen. Derridas Dekonstruktion der Ontotheologie“ Bahareh Zamani: „Distant, yet similar. Rituals of Othering in the secular-religious encounter“ 12.15: Lunch break 14.00: Second panel: Christian Contexts Moderation: Prof. DDr. Franz Gmainer-Pranzl Sebastian Pittl: „Barock und Mimikry: Subversive Formen der Aneignung des Christlichen im kolonialen Kontext: Ein Vergleich von Bolívar Echeverría und Homi Bhabha“ Korassi Téwéché: „Zur Entkolonialisierung afrikanischer Kirchen: Bilanz und Perspektiven“ 15.30: Coffee break 16.00: Third panel: Islamic contexts Moderation: Dr. Hora Zabarjadi Sar Tarkan Tek: „Die Rolle der Religion im tunesischen Antikolonalismus“ Behzad Baghidoost: „Ali Shariati and Southern Theory“ 17.30: Break 18.00: Hans Schelkhsorn: „Christentum und Kolonialismus. Zur Debatte über die Konquista ,Amerikas‘ und ihre Folgen“ April 02, 2022 10.00: Fourth panel: East- and South-Asian contexts Moderation: Prof. DDr. Hans Schelkshorn Ursula Baatz: „Antikoloniale Politik und Theosophie in Indien und Sri Lanka“ Krisha Kops: „Reformismus und Revolution - Bhagavadgītā-Rezeption im kolonialen Kontext“ 11.30: Coffee break 11.45: Fabian Völker: „,Acht Himmelsrichtungen unter einem Dach‘ (Hakkō Ichiu) – Der japanische Kolonialismus im Denken Keiji Nishitanis“ 12.30: Lunch break 14.15: Eleanor Craig: “Freedom, Forgetting, and Promising Life” 15.30: Conclusion / Final Discussion 16.00: End Registration: fo...@wigip.org Zoom link for the conference: https://univienna.zoom.us/j/5572673674?pwd=Y2lYYVNkSGlkcVRpRUNLMDZYSWgzUT09 Meeting-ID: 557 267 3674 Code: 48069 Coordination: Prof. DDr. Franz Gmainer-Pranzl Prof. DDr. Hans Schelkshorn PD Dr. Markus Wirtz Dr. Hora Zabarjadi Sar Conference website: https://wigip.org/fileadmin/docs/wigip/Tagungsprogramme/Wiener_Forum_2022_Programm.pdf __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
