"Global Perspectives on Habermas," University of Groningen, April 27-28, 2011.

[This conference is over but the information might still be useful to some.]

WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL

ZITTINGSZAAL (FACULTY OF THEOLOGY, OUDE BOTERINGESTRAAT 38)

9.00 Welcome
9.30 Prof Joost Herman, University of Groningen: Globalisation Studies
9.45 Dr Vivienne Matthies-Boon and Dr Andrej Zwitter, University of Groningen: Research in Ethics and Globalisation
10.00 Dr Tom Bailey, John Cabot University and LUISS, Rome: Editor’s Introduction
11.00 Dr Vivienne Matthies-Boon, University of Groningen: Exporting Democracy to the Middle East: Habermas and Bush’s Neoconservatives (Discussant: Dr Andrej Zwitter)
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Dr Péter Losonczi, University of Antwerp: The Global Ambiguity of Habermas' Post-secular Thesis (Discussant: Dr P. Boele van Hensbroek)
14.00 Dr Kevin Gray, American University of Sharjah: What is Living and What is Dead in Habermas’ Secularization Hypothesis? (Discussant: Dr Vivienne Matthies-Boon)

15.00 Coffee break

15.30 Dara Salam, LUISS, Rome: The Diversity of Public Spheres: The Case of Iraq (Discussant: Mohamad Forough)

THURSDAY 28 APRIL
ROOM T7, TURFTORENSTRAAT (NEXT TO THE HARMONIE BUILDING)

09.00 Dr William Smith, Chinese University of Hong Kong: Deliberation Without Democracy? Reflections on Habermas, the Public Sphere and China (Discussant: Dr Frank Gaensmantel)
10.00 Dr Vincent Yohanes Jolasa, University of Indonesia: Habermas on
Distortion, Communication and Depth Hermeneutics (Discussant: Dr Timo Juetten)

11.00 Coffee break

ROOM T6, TURFTORENSTRAAT

11.30 Dr Kanchana Mahadevan, University of Mumbai: Feminist Solidarity: Communitarian Challenges and Post-national Prospects (Discussant: Prof Jaap de Wilde)
12.30 Prof Jaap de Wilde, University of Groningen: Closing remarks

12.45 Lunch

Enquiries: Tom Bailey (tbailey@johncabot.edu)