6th Istanbul Seminars 2013
Philosophers Bridge the Bosphorus
The Sources of Political Legitimacy From the Erosion of the Nation-State to the Rise of Political Islam
Venue
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İstanbul Bilgi University | Santral Campus
Kazım Karabekir Cad. No: 2/13 – İstanbul
Conference Room: E1-301
Program
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Thursday 16 May
10.00 am - 11.15 pm
Giancarlo Bosetti, Director of Reset-Dialogues: Introduction
Karen Barkey: Political Legitimacy and Islam in the Ottoman Empire: Lessons Learned
Chair: Asaf Savaş Akat
11.30 am - 1.15 pm
Abbas Vali: Kurdish Question and the Legitimation of Sovereign Power in Turkey
Ammon Raz-Krakotzkin: Israel’s Exceptionality, Binationalism and Exilic Thinking
Chair: Asaf Savaş Akat
2.15 pm - 3.15 pm
Fahmy Howeidy: The Crisis of Political Islam in Power
Chair: Mohammed Hashas
3.30 pm - 5 pm
Projection of the documentary La révolution...et après? by Najlae Benmbarek followed by a discussion
with the director.
Discussants: Faisal Devji, Fahmy Howeidy, İlay Romain Örs
Chair: Volker Kaul
5.00 pm: Workshop with Discussion Groups
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Friday 17 May
10.00 am - 11.00 pm
Stathis Kalyvas: Current Conflicts in the Middle East
Chair: Nina zu Fürstenberg
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11.15 am – 1.15 pm
Hamadi Redissi: The Rise and Fall of Political Islam Legitimacy
Amr Hamzawy: Dynamics of Government and Opposition in Egypt
Chair: Nina zu Fürstenberg
1.15 pm: Workshop with Discussion Groups
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Saturday 18 May
10.00 am - 12.00 pm
Luigi Mascilli Migliorini: Sources of Political Legitimacy: an Historical Perspective
Murat Borovali and Cemil Boyraz: Turkish Secularism and Islam: Dialogue with the Alevis
Chair: Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza
12.15 pm - 1.15 pm
Ivan Krastev: The Logic of Political Disintegration
Chair: Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza
2.30 pm - 4.15 pm
ROUNDTABLE: The Legitimacy Crisis of the European Project
Discussants: Giuliano Amato, Cengiz Aktar, Alessandro Ferrara, Amr Hamzawy, Ivan Krastev
Chair: Giancarlo Bosetti
4.15 pm: Workshop with Discussion Groups
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Sunday 19 May
(NO SEMINARS)
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Monday 20 May
10.00 am: Workshop with Discussion Groups
11.00 am - 12.30 pm
ROUNDTABLE: Jürgen Habermas’ The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: 50 Years later
Speakers: Seyla Benhabib, Giancarlo Bosetti, David Rasmussen
Chair: Ferda Keskin
12.45 pm – 1.45 pm
Jonathan Laurence: Mediterranean Symbiosis: 21st-Century Religion Policy in Majority-Muslim and
Minority-Muslim Contexts
Chair: Ferda Keskin
3.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Abdullahi An’-Naim: The Contingent Role of Islam in Political Legitimacy
Chair: Roberto Toscano
4.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Michael Walzer (in videoconference): Can there be a democratic revolution and a religious revival in the
same place, at the same time?
Chair: Roberto Toscano
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5.15 pm - 6.30 pm
ROUNDTABLE: Religion and Democracy in the Arab Spring
Speakers: Lisa Anderson, Radwan Masmoudi, Seyla Benhabib, Nora Fischer Onar, Michael Walzer (in
videoconference)
Chair: Roberto Toscano
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Tuesday 21 May
10.00 am - 12.00 pm
Harun Karcic: Islamic Law Before and After the 'Arab Spring': a Look at the Constitutions of Libya,
Tunisia, and Egypt
Lisa Anderson: Creative Destruction: Religious Faith and Legitimacy in the Arab World
Chair: David Rasmussen
12.15 pm - 1.15 pm
Meyda Yeğenoğlu: Sovereignty Renounced: Autoimmunizing and Democratizing Europe
Chair: İlay Romain Örs
2.30 pm - 4.00 pm
ROUNDTABLE: Turkey, at the Crossroads between Europe and the Middle East
Speakers: Aykan Erdemir, Nader Hashemi, Stathis Kalyvas, Fuat Keyman
Chair: Asaf Savaş Akat
4.00 pm: Workshop with Discussion Groups
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Wednesday 22 May
10.00 am - 12.00 pm
Faisal Devji: Politics After Al-Qaeda
Nader Hashemi: Rethinking Religion and Political Legitimacy across the Islam-West Divide
Chair: Seyla Benhabib
12.15 pm - 1.15 pm
Final presentations of the discussion groups
1.15 pm
Remzi Sanver, Rector of Bilgi University: Closing
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The program may be subject to change. Please check www.istanbulseminars for updated information.
The Seminars are free and open to All
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