1)
Religion and Multiculturalism
William Scharff Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Jørn Borup, Aarhus University, Denmark
14.35-14.40 | Jørn Borup, Aarhus University, Denmark: Introduction |
14.40-14.55 | Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa, Canada: “Problematic Multiculturalism: Recasting the Post-Westphalian "Other" in Religious Garb” |
14.55-15.10 | Yaghoob Foroutan, University of Waikato, New Zealand: “Cultural Values vs. Migration Politics: Socio-Demographic Analysis” |
15.10-15.40 | Discussion |
15.40-15.55 | Louis Rousseau, Université du Québec, Montréal: “Religious Diversity in multiculturalist or Interculturalist Contexts: A Political Framework for Ethnic consciousness” |
15.55-16.10 | Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger, Aarhus University, Denmark "Why not be Multicultural? - Second Generation of Sri Lankan Tamil Hindus in Denmark" |
16.10-16.35 | Discussion |
2a)
The Entanglement of the Religious and the Secular (1)
Per Kirkeby Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Hans Raun Iversen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
NB: 14.35-15.20
14.35-14.50 | Jeanet Sinding Bentzen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark: “Origins of Religiousness: The Role of Natural Disasters” |
14.50-15.05 | Sune Lægaard, Roskilde University, Denmark: ”Secular Religious Establishment?” |
15.05-15.20 | Discussion |
2b)
Human Rights and Culture
Per Kirkeby Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Hans Raun Iversen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
NB: 15.20-16.05
15.20-15.35 | Sten Schaumburg-Müller, Aarhus University, Denmark |
15.35-15.50 | Fergus Kerrigan, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Denmark |
15.50-16.05 | Discussion |
3)
States and Social Capital
Eduard Biermann, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Gert Tinggaard Svendsen, Aarhus University, Denmark
14.35-14.50 | Roberto Foa, Harvard University, USA: “State Formation and Social Capital” |
14.50-15.05 | Niklas Elert and Hannes Andréasson, The Ratio Institute, Sweden: “Does Social Cohesion Really Promote Reforms?” |
15.05-15.20 | Gert Tinggaard Svendsen, Aarhus University, Denmark: “How to Overcome Collective Action Problems? The Case of Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues at the Local Level” |
15.20-15.35 | Discussion |
15.35-15.50 | Anna Sobolewska-Bujwids, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland: “Together or Separately? Problem of Social Capital in Central Europe” |
15.50-16.05 | Adeeba Aziz Khans, School of Oriental and African Studies, United Kingdom: “Democracy in the Context of Clientelism: The Role of Electoral Laws in Bangladesh” |
16.05-16.35 | Discussion |
4)
Toleration and the Mainstreaming of Radical Right Discourses
Jeppe Vontillius Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Lasse Lindekilde, Aarhus University, Denmark
14.35-14.50 | Lasse Lindekilde, Aarhus University, Denmark: “The Mainstreaming of Radical Right Discourse in Denmark: The Proliferation of Liberal Intolerance” |
14.50-15.05 | Jon Fox, University of Bristol, United Kingdom: “Hungary’s New Racism and the Rise of the Radical Right” |
15.05-15.20 | Hara Kouki, European University Institute, Italy: “Tolerance towards Racism and the Far Right in Greece” |
15.20-16.35 | Discussion |
5)
Ethno-Cultural Diversity and the Politics of Recognition
Merete Barker Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Emmanuel Nyahmaah, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
14.35-14.50 | Sara Dybris McQuaid, Aarhus University, Denmark: “From Description to Prescription: Politics of Recognition, Consociational Theory and the Conflict in Northern Ireland” |
14.50-15.05 | Timothy White, Xavier University, USA: “Social Capital, Civil Society, and Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland” |
15.05-15.20 | Nils Holtug, University of Copenhagen, Denmark: “Community Conceptions and Social Cohesion: Theoretical, Empirical and Normative Issues” |
15.20-15.35 | Discussion |
15.35-15.50 | Niels Brimnes, Aarhus University, Denmark: „Disease, Modernity and Distinctiveness in Twentieth-century India – the Case of Tuberculosis” |
15.50-16.05 | Kaitlyn Bolangaro, Aarhus University, Denmark: ”The Ideal Path for Integration? Multiculturalism” |
16.05-16.35 | Discussion |
1)
State and Culture
Merete Barker Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Björn Rönnerstrand, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
13.30-13.45 | Jørgen Møller og Svend-Erik Skaaning, Aarhus University, Denmark: “State Capacity, Civic Order, and Democratic Survival” |
13.45-14.00 | Iryna Sofinska, L’viv National Ivan Franko University, Ukraine: “Citizenship as a Modern Multifunctional and Value-oriented Issue of State Politics” |
14.00-14.15 | Discussion |
14.15-14.30 | Anna Wononiecka, University of Wroclaw, Poland: “Impact of Culture Projects on Social Development in Countries in Transition – Case of the Eastern Partnership” |
14.30-14.45 | Gorm Harste, Aarhus University, Denmark: “The Habermas/Luhmann Debate about Legitimacy” |
14.45-15.00 | Discussion |
2)
Cultures and the Global Market
William Scharff Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Lene Rachel Andersen, Det Andersenske Forlag, Denmark
13.30-13.40 | Lene Rachel Andersen, Det Andersenske Forlag, Denmark: |
13.40-13.50 | Tomas Björkman, Ekskäret Foundation, Sweden: ”Keeping Cultures Alive and Kickin’ in a Global Market” |
13.50-14.00 | Ulf Dahlsten, London School of Economics, United Kingdom: ”Keeping Cultures Alive and Kickin’ in a Global Market” |
14.00-14.30 | Discussion |
14.30-14.45 | Thomas P. Boje and Anders Ejrnæs, Roskilde University, Denmark: “The Economic Crisis and Social Networks: The Relationship between Economic Deprivation and Social Capital in Europe” |
14.45-15.00 | Discussion |
3)
Politics, Culture and Religion
Jeppe Vontillius Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Morten Valbjørn, Aarhus University, Denmark
13.30-13.45 | Radu Cariumaru, Heidelberg University, Germany: “Sri Lanka 2.0: After the War - from Majoritarian Control System to Integration and Accommodation?” |
13.45-14.00 | Maged Botros, Lehigh Carbon Community College, USA: “Case Study: The Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt” |
14.00-14.15 | Emmanuel Nyamaah, University of Cape Coast, Ghana: “Religion and Political Discourse in Ghana’s 2008 and 2012 General Elections” |
14.15-14.30 | Janusz Babel, Jagiellonian University, Poland: “The Role of Strategic Culture in International Relations. How Culture Determines the Use of Force in Asia?” |
14.30-14.45 | Morten Valbjørn, Aarhus University, Denmark: “´There are clearly cultural issues at play’ – On Grasping the Conceptual Slipperiness of the Idea(s) of Culture and its Turn(s) within International Relations Theory” |
14.45-15.00 | Discussion |
4)
Human Rights and Traditional Values
Eduard Biermann Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Karen-Margrethe Simonsen, Aarhus University, Denmark
13.30-13.45 | Viktoriya Zakrevskaya, Aarhus University, Denmark: “A Bid for Cultural Recognition as an Argument in Strategic Policymaking on the International Level: Human Rights and 'Traditional Values'” |
13.45-14.00 | Elisa Ruiz Velasco Garcia, Aarhus University, Denmark: “Re-Defining Human Rights in the Russian Federation: a Reaction to New Challenges or a Retrogression?” |
14.00-14.15 | David Seljak, St. Jerome's University and University of Waterloo, Canada: “Defining Secularism and Multiculturalism in Canada: The Case of the Ontario Human Rights Commission” |
14.15-15.00 | Discussion |
5)
The Entanglement of the Religious and the Secular (2)
Per Kirkeby Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Hans Raun Iversen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
13.30-13.45 | Margit Warburg, University of Copenhagen, Denmark: “’This is not really about Religion’ – Introducing the Entanglement of the Religious and the Secular” |
13.45-14.00 | Niels Kærgård, University of Copenhagen, Denmark: “Entanglement between Religion and Politics in Denmark” |
14.00-14.15 | Hans Raun Iversen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark: “The Folk Church in Denmark as Entanglement of Religious and Secular Elements” |
14.15-15.00 | Discussion |
1)
Politics and Culture
Jeppe Vontillius Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Maged Botros, Lehigh Carbon Community College, USA.
13.00-13.15 | Andrea Filetti, Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane (SUM), Italy: “Politics and Religion in Post-Soviet Countries. A Comparative Analysis of Political Cultures in Georgia and Azerbaijan” |
13.15-13.30 | Vincent Assanful, University of Cape Coast, Ghana: “Indigenous African Religion and the Politics of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, 1992-2012” |
13.30-14.00 | Discussion |
14.00-14.15 | Lilia Giugni, Cambridge University, United Kingdom: “The Relationship between Religion and Left-wing Organizations . The British Labour Party and the Italian PD: a Comparative Study” |
14.15-14.30 | Youngchan Justin Choi, University of London, United Kingdom: “Protestant Culture and Politics in Korea in the Twentieth Century” |
14.30-15.00 | Discussion |
2)
Welfare State, Democracy and Cohesion (1)
Merete Barker Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Jørgen Møller, Aarhus University, Denmark.
13.00-13.15 | Jan Dobbernack, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom: “’I like the way you move.’ Exploring Social Cohesion as Social Activation” |
13.15-13.30 | David Abraham, University of Miami, USA: “Welfare State, Social Capital, and Liberal Integration Dilemmas in the U.S. and Germany” |
13.30-13.45 | Rolf Frankenberger, University of Tübingen, Germany: “Bowling Together Makes Democracy Work?” |
13.45-14.00 | Discussion |
14.00-14.15 | Matthias Meyer-Schwarzenberger, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland: “Making Democracy Speak: Linguistic Foundations of Social Capital” |
14.15-14.30 | Björn Rönnerstrand, University of Gothenburg, Sweden: |
14.30-15.00 | Discussion |
3)
Cultural Diversity and Politics
Eduard Biermann Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Kim Mannemar Sønderskov, Aarhus University, Denmark.
13.00-13.15 | Kim Mannemar Sønderskov, Aarhus University, Denmark and Bolette Danckert, The University of Copenhagen, Denmark: “Putting Interethnic Attitudes into Context: The Impact of Ethnic Composition in the Micro-context on Interethnic Attitudes” |
13.15-13.30 | David Green, Nagoya University, Japan: “Multicultural Inclusion in Japan: the Seeds of Decentralizing Government Power?” |
13.30-13.45 | Lasse Lykke Rørbæk, Aarhus University, Denmark: ”Ethnic Exclusion and State Repression” |
13.45-15.00 | Discussion |
1)
Politics and Cultural Values
Jeppe Vontillius Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Svend-Erik Skaaning, Aarhus University, Denmark
15.30-15.45 | Mika Obara, Loughborough University, United Kingdom: “The Role of Culture in the Capital Punishment Policy in Japan” |
15.45-16.00 | Dana Wittmer, Colorado College, USA and Vanessa Bouché, Texas Christian University, USA: “Toward A Citizen-Consumer Movement to End Demand for Commercial Sexual Exploitation” |
16.00-16.15 | Discussion |
16.15-16.30 | Cameron David Warner, Aarhus University, Denmark: “Portraying Self-Immolation in the Tibetan Diaspora” |
16.30-16.45 | Ian Hughes, Forfás, Ireland: “Culture as Protection against Pathological Elites” |
16.45-17.00 | Discussion |
2)
Welfare State, Democracy and Cohesion (2)
Merete Barker Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Rolf Frankenberger, University of Tübingen, Germany
15.30-15.45 | Susanne Wallman Lundåsen, MidSweden University/Ersta Sköndal University College, Sweden: “Paths towards an Input Democracy: Critical Junctures in the Early History of Swedish Civil Society” |
15.45-16.00 | Kasper Støvring, PhD, Denmark: “Trust, Culture and Nation. Social Capital in Denmark” |
16.00-16.15 | Sjöfn Vilhemsdóttir, University of Iceland: “Social Capital in Iceland: The Exception to the (Nordic) Rule?” |
16.15-16.30 | Discussion |
16.30-16.45 | Inga Gaizauskaite, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania: “Sources of Social and Political (Dis)trust in Lithuania” |
16.45-17.00 | Ammar Maleki, Tilburg School of Politics and Public Administration, The Netherlands: “The Relation between Cultural Values and Models of Democracy” |
17.00-17.15 | Discussion |
3)
Democracy Worldwide
Eduard Biermann Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Michael Aagaard Seeberg, Aarhus University, Denmark
15.30-15.45 | Ralph Schöllhammer, University of Kentucky, USA: “The Arab Spring and the Politics of Recognition” |
15.45-16.00 | Michael Aagaard Seeberg, Aarhus University, Denmark: “Civil Society, Party System Institutionalization and Democratic Stability: Explaining Deviant Democracy” |
16.00-16.15 | Discussion |
16.15-16.30 | Giedré Prainaityte, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania: “French Cultural Diplomacy in Lithuania: More Than Two Decades of Success” |
16.30-16.45 | Roberto Martino, University of Pisa, Italy and Mattia Zulianello, Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane, Italy: “Institutional Change and Political Behaviour. Rethinking the Italian Dualism Beyond the Cultural Hypothesis” |
16.45-17.15 | Discussion |
4)
The Politics of Social, Cultural and Political Belonging and Non-Belonging
William Scharff Auditorium, Lakeside Lecture Theatres
Chair: Andrea Filetti, Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane (SUM), Italy
15.30-15.45 | Walt Kilroy, Dublin City University, Ireland: “Peacebuilding Materials: Ownership, Participation and Social Capital in the Reintegration of Ex-combatants after War” |
15.45-16.00 | Lene Rachel Andersen, Det Andersenske Forlag, Denmark: “Meaningful Lives under Constant Change” |
16.00-16.15 | Yuri Teper and Daniel Course, Bar-Ilan University (Ramat-Gan), Israel: |
16.15-16.30 | Discussion |
16.30-16.45 | Maja T. J. Greenwood, The Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark: “ The Social Lives of Hezb-I-Islami: Social Cohesion of an Insurgent Group” |
16.45-17.00 | Ian R. Lamond, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom: “The Emergence of the Arts as an Object for Governance: A Case Study of the Labour Party Manifesto of 1966” |
17.00-17.15 | Discussion |