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05/17/2016 - 05/17/2016 | Berlin-Friedrichshain

Thinking Beyond Crisis: Historical, artistic and media approaches to contemporary migration in Euro

This symposium will combine historical, artistic and media approaches to contemporary migration in Europe and attempt to overcome the „crisis“- and „emergency“-imaginary that is dominating the discourse.

With Hannah Arendt as a pivotal figure, renowned scholars, artists, journalists and young Afghan refugees will open other perspectives and help us think and speak 'beyond' crisis.

Summary

News reports commenting on the current refugee situation rotate around terms like ‘crisis’ and ‘emergency.’ Both words however isolate events within the present and are apt to block out more encompassing and creative approaches including drawing on the experiences and theories brought to us by refugees from earlier eras.
With Hannah Arendt as a central figure who speaks to us both as a refugee and on refugees, ‘Thinking Beyond Crisis’ will attempt to outline the closures of presentist ad-hoc responses and to meet Europe's new reality in a mode of exchange and mutual adjustment rather than through technocratic ‘problem solving.’
Renowned scholars, artists, journalists and young Afghan refugees will engage in panel discussions, a poetry reading and open Q&A to help us think and speak 'beyond' crisis.

A cooperation between Bard College Berlin, the Centre for Contemporary History (Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam), the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College, BOX Freiraum and ‘wir machen das’

Speakers

Ewa Atanassow, Bard College Berlin
Roger Berkowitz, Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities, Bard College, Annandale
Kerry Bystrom, Bard College Berlin
Gerhard Casper, American Academy, Berlin
Jeffrey Champlin, Al-Quds Bard College for Arts & Sciences, East Jerusalem
Marion Detjen, Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam and ‘wir machen das’
Stephan Detjen, Deutschlandradio, Berlin
Ines Kappert, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin and ‘wir machen das’
Susanne Koelbl, DER SPIEGEL and poetry mentor at BOX Freiraum, Berlin
Carolina Mojto, BOX Freiraum, Berlin and ‘wir machen das’
Orwa Nyrabia, film producer and filmmaker, Berlin
Patrice Poutrus, Universität Wien
Aarash D. Spanta, lawyer, Berlin
Annette Vowinckel, Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam
Ulrich Wilhelm, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich

Program

14:00-14:30: Welcome and introductory remarks
Carolina Mojto, BOX Freiraum & ‘wir machen das’
Kerry Bystrom, Bard College Berlin
Marion Detjen, ZZF & ‘wir machen das’

14:30-16:00: Panel One
Historical and Contemporary Migration in Eastern and Western Europe: Arendtian Perspectives

Patrice Poutrus, Universität Wien
Orwa Nyrabia, filmmaker & - producer
Jeffrey Champlin, Al-Quds Bard College
Moderator: Ewa Atanassow, Bard College Berlin

16:00-16:30: Coffee Break

16:30-18:00: Panel Two
Arendt on Refugees/Arendt as Refugee

Gerhard Casper, American Academy
Roger Berkowitz, Hannah Arendt Center
Annette Vowinckel, ZZF
Moderator: Kerry Bystrom, Bard College Berlin

18:00-18:15: Presentation of the Refugee Student Scholarship Network by Marion Detjen

18:00-19:00: Buffet break

19:00-19:30: Poetry reading
Ghani Atai, Abdul Baseer, Shazemir Hotaki, Mohamad Mashghdost, Yassir Niksada, Samiullah Rassouli.
With an Introduction of the poetry program at BOX Freiraum by Susanne Koelbl & Aarash D. Spanta

19:30-20:15: ‘Speaking Beyond Crisis Today’
Discussion on the crisis-discourse in the media

Ines Kappert, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung & ‘wir machen das’
Susanne Koelbl, DER SPIEGEL & BOX Freiraum
Aarash D. Spanta, lawyer, Berlin
Ulrich Wilhelm, Bayerischer Rundfunk
Moderator: Stephan Detjen, Deutschlandradio

20:15: Q & A

Followed by a reception

Information on participating / attending:
As seating is limited, please register on communications@berlin.bard.edu

Date:

05/17/2016 14:00 - 05/17/2016 22:00

Event venue:

Boxhagener Straße 93/96
Innenhof
10245 Berlin-Friedrichshain

http://www.box-freiraum.berlin/
info@box-freiraum.berlin
10245 Berlin-Friedrichshain
Berlin
Germany

Target group:

all interested persons

Relevance:

international

Subject areas:

Cultural sciences, Language / literature, Media and communication sciences, Philosophy / ethics, Social studies

Types of events:

Conference / symposium / (annual) conference

Entry:

05/10/2016

Sender/author:

Bendetta Roux

Department:

Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

Event is free:

yes

Language of the text:

English

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event54265


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