ICONS, IMAGES, AND IDEOLOGIES OF RELIGION AND NATION:

Secularism, Religious Nationalism, and the Public Sphere in Comparative Perspective

October 15 - 17, 2004
Bilkent University

Schedule

  • 15 October 2004, Friday
    17.30 - 18.30 Welcome Reception at Uptown Cafe at Bilkent University
  • 16 October 2004, Saturday
    9.00 - 10.45 Session I: “Urban Space and Architecture”
    • Maha Yahya, Department of Architecture – MIT
    • Guven Arif Sargin, Department of Architecture – METU
    • Ravi Sundaram, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies

    10.45 -11.15 Coffee Break

    11.15 - 12.45 Session II: “Media”
    • Sabina Kidwai, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre
    • Ayse Oncu, Sociology – Boğaziçi University

    12.45 - 14.00 Lunch

    14.00 - 16.00 Session III: “Film”
    • Alev Çınar, Political Science – Bilkent Univeristy
    • Samia Mehrez – American University in Cairo
    • Nezih Erdoğan – Bahcesehir University

    16.00 - 16.30 Break

    16.30 - 17.30 Roundtable Discussion: Secularism, Religion and the Visual Public Sphere

    18.30 Dinner
  • 17 October 2004, Sunday
    9.00 - 10.45 Session I: “Public Performance and Rituals”
    • Srirupa Roy, Political Science – U.of Massachusetts/Amherst
    • Arzu Ozturkmen, History – Bogazici University
    • Gizem Zencirci, Political Science – Bilkent University

    10.45 - 11.15 Coffee Break

    11.15 - 12.45 Session II: “Civil Society and Public Sphere”
    • Martina Reiker – American University in Cairo
    • Buket Turkmen, Sociology – Galatasaray University

    12.45 - 14.00 Lunch

    14.00 - 16.00 Session III: “Iconography and Images”
    • Fawwaz Traboulsi – Lebanese American University
    • Usha Zacharias – Westfield State College, USA
    • Walid Sadek – American University in Beirut

    16.00 - 16.30 Break

    16.30 - 17.30 Roundtable: Establishing a Network
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