Vom 01. bis 04. Oktober 2007 findet in Halle (Saale) der wissenschaftliche Kongress 2007 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde statt: “Streitfragen – zum Verhältnis von empirischer Forschung und ethnologischer Theoriebildung am Anfang des 21. Jahrhunderts“.
Ljubljana, Slovenia, 27—29 September 2007
This conference will provide a forum for scholarly discussion of conflicts in contemporary time-from generational conflicts, arising from the ageing of population in the most developed countries, conflicts between the rural and urban, of growing conflicts based on cultural, ethnic, religious and national grounds, which are being triggered by the fear of globalisation and loss of traditional group identities, conflicts between human biology and society, which arise from the technological development that changes the patterns of everyday life and provoke the change in human physical development, paralyses human physical activity and causes the so called civilization illnesses, such as hart-diseases and cancer, to conflicts between science and society, characterised by the rapid growth of scientific knowledge and by the diminishing value of science in contemporary society, where the power of scientific argumentations is being substituted by often ignorant political decisions.
Late and onsite registration fee (after June 30, 2007): €100
Institute for Women’s Studies, Lancaster University 27-29 September 2007
This conference will explore the ways in which the idea of ‘melancholic states’ speaks to the complexity of the present. Melancholic States - with acclaimed speakers, artists, film makers and activists from across the world.
With a provenance in psychoanalysis, the concept of melancholia has proliferated across numerous fields. Sometimes it refers to a state of mind or an affective state: elsewhere it is used to speak of racialised, gendered or queer subjectivities. At other times it becomes a tool to analyse political states or to convene constituencies of solidarity.
Melancholia also founds collective memory and associated artefactual practices and describes the conditions of professional practice organised around a public service ethic. Positioned as a condition to be claimed, transcended, or negotiated, ‘melancholic states’ speaks to the contemporary zeitgeist: the post/neo-colonial era.
This international conference will bring together voices from women’s studies, postcolonial and critical race studies, critical psychology, politics, international relations, sociology, anthropology, geography, art and design and queer studies to address our melancholic states.
Confirmed plenary speakers include:
M. Jacqui Alexander (University of Toronto)
Gaye Chan (University of Hawai’i)
Veena Das (Johns Hopkins University)
David Eng (Rutgers University)
Ayse Gul Altinay (Sabinci University, Istanbul)
Yehudit Keshet (activist and writer, Jerusalem)
Ranjana Khanna (Duke University)
Roz Mortimer (filmmaker, London)
Kavita Panjabi (Jadavpur University, Calcutta)
Nandita Sharma (University of Hawai’i)
Cindy Weber (Lancaster University)
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/melancholicstates/registration.htm
Registration is now underway for the Melancholic States conference - Early bird registration ends August 31st - click on link to register now and for further details http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/events/melancholicstates/registration.htm
26.09. – 27.09.2007 in Berlin (Französische Friedrichstadtkirche, Gendarmenmarkt)
Der Kulturbereich ist traditionell ein wichtiger Arbeitsmarkt für Geisteswissenschaftler. Geisteswissenschaftler arbeiten in Museen, Bibliotheken und Theatern. Sie erschließen und vermitteln Kunst und Kultur. Bei dem Kongress soll ausgelotet werden, wie sich dieses Arbeitsfeld und dieser Arbeitsmarkt verändern. Welche Qualifikationen von Geisteswissenschaftlern erwartet werden, welche Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiten für Geisteswissenschaftler im Kulturbereich es gibt und welchen Stellenwert selbstständige Tätigkeit hat.
Mehr Infos: http://www.kulturrat.de/detail.php?detail=1099&rubrik=35
23. bis 26. September 2007 in Mainz
Thema des Kongresses ist die Bedeutung der Medien im Alltag der Gegenwart und Vergangenheit. Medien sind ein fester Bestandteil unserer Kultur: Sie repräsentieren alltägliches Leben, stellen Wissen zur Verfügung, liefern Sinnangebote und halten Handlungsoptionen bereit - und dies nicht erst seit dem digitalen Zeitalter. Die Wechselwirkungen zwischen alltäglichen Praktiken und deren medialer Vermittlung sind vielfältig und sollen auf dem Kongress interdisziplinär und international diskutiert werden.
Mer Informationen http://bilder-buecher-bytes.de/
September 16-18, at the Institute for European Ethnology, Humboldt University Berlin in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
International Conference:
TRAVELLING SPIRITS MIGRANTS, MARKETS, AND MORALITIES
Humboldt University Berlin
Department of European Ethnology
16-18 September 2007
Keynote Lecture: Prof. Michael Lambek (University of Toronto, Canada, and The London School of Economics and Political Science)
DISPLACING DISPLACEMENT
Public Lecture
Sunday 16 September 2007, 5pm
Venue: Heinrich Böll Stiftung,
Rosenthaler Str. 40/41, 10178 Berlin, Hackesche Höfe 5th floor Gallery
Conference Topic:
As many scholars have noted, there have been significant changes in migration movements around the world in the last decades. These changes have been caused by the end of the Cold War, the resurgence of ethnic, religious
and nationalist movements; and growing disparities in economic, social and demographic conditions between South and North, East and West as well as between South and South. Within these processes, religion has regained a significant role as observed in new religious movements, the revitalisation of religion in post socialist countries, the global explosion of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianities, the emergence of transnational Islamic networks, Hindu Nationalisms, and the reinvention of diasporas.
Focussing on transnational religious networks of migrants, this workshop will bring together anthropologists working in the field of religion and migration, who critically engage with the concepts of diaspora, community, translocality and transnationalism. The aim of the conference is to highlight the relation between religion, migration and transnational networks by focussing on
1. the mobility of spirits and people,
2. emplacement and imaginary belonging to various locales
3. commodification, money and markets,
4. social security, charity and care.
For more information, please visit http://www2.hu-berlin.de/ethno/seiten/forschung/forschungsprojekte/dfg/transnational.htm.
Please note: The keynote lecture is open to the public whereas the following conference is not. However, interested researchers are welcome. As there is only a limited number of spaces available, please register for the workshop by sending an email to diana.aurisch (AT) staff.hu-berlin.de. The registrationfee is 20€, for PhD students 10€.