Jahrestagung CrossArea
Mittwoch, 21.9.2016 14-18 Uhr
Eröffnung Matthias Middell (Leipzig)
Vorträge von
Andreas Mehler (Freiburg), Area Studies, Comparative Area Studies und Global Studies an der Universität Freiburg
Markus Koller (Bochum), Area Studies, Mediterranistik und Global History
Ute Wardenga (Leipzig), Geographie und Area Studies
André Bank / Patrick Köllner (GIGA Hamburg), Comparative Area Studies: Jüngere Entwicklungen am GIGA und darüber hinaus
Steffi Marung (Leipzig), Transregional Studies – A Handbook Project
Donnerstag, 22.9.2016
9:00 – 10:00 Uhr Mitgliederversammlung, u.a. Wahl des neuen Vorstands
10:10 – 10:30 Uhr
Ulf Engel (Leipzig) „Erfahrungen mit einem DFG-Schwerpunktprogramm
und Perspektiven der Transregional Studies“
10:30 – 12:00 Uhr
Podiumsdiskussion zur Situation der Area Studies in Deutschland
mit Corinne Flacke (DFG); Rolf Geserick (DLR); Matthias Middell (CrossArea e.V.); Stefanie Rentsch (Forum Transregionale Studien); Conrad Schetter (BICC/ Crossroads Asia);
5th International Crossroads Asia Conference: Area Studies' Futures
Thursday, September 22
14:30-15:00 — Welcome Address by Crossroads Asia Coordinator Claus Bech Hansen
15:00-16:15 — Public Keynote Lecture by Shelley Feldman (Cornell University), Decommodifying knowledge: Recuperating the Interdisciplinarity of Area Studies
16:15-16:30 — Break
16:30-18:00 — Presentation of the book Area Studies at the Crossroads. Knowledge Production after the Mobility Turn, edited by Katja Mielke (Bonn International Center for Conversion) and Anna-Katharina Hornidge (Leibniz-Zentrum für Marine Tropenökologie (ZMT) and University of Bremen)
Friday, September 23rd
08:00-09:00 — Registration
09:00-10:30 — Session 1 Panels
Session 1: Querying Power Constellations and Destabilizing Epistemic Regimes
Panel 1a. Deconstruction of Western Knowledge and the Category ‘Other’
Chaired by Dietrich Reetz, Crossroads Asia, ZMO Berlin
Anindya Sekhar Purkayastha (Kazi Nazrul University)
Zarifa Mamedova (TU Dortmund)
Andreas Mandler (ZEF, University of Bonn)
Panel 1b. Reshaping Places – Mastering Uncertainty: A Second Take on Area Studies in the Baltic Sea Region and Eastern Europe (Roundtable Event)
Chaired by Claus Bech Hansen, Crossroads Asia, ZEF, University of Bonn
Rebecka Lettevall (Södertörn University)
Jenny Gunnarson Payne (Södertörn University)
Kazimierz Musiał (Södertörn University)
10:30-10:45 — Coffee Break
10:45-12:15 — Session 2 Panels
Session 2: Mapping the Socio-Spatial Complexity of Human and Non-Human Interactions
Panel 2a. Shedding Light on Agency and the Social Construction of Space
Chaired by Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Crossroads Asia, ZMT, University of Bremen
Henryk Alff (Crossroads Asia, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography) and Andreas Benz (Crossroads Asia, University of Augsburg)
Patrick Köllner (GIGA Hamburg)
Martin Sökefeld (Crossroads Asia, LMU Munich)
Manja Stephan-Emmrich (HU Berlin)
Panel 2b. Space, Place and Time
Chaired by Hermann Kreutzmann, Crossroads Asia, Free University of Berlin
Agnieszka Joniak-Lüthi (Crossroads Asia, LMU Munich)
Thomas White (Cambridge University)
Madlen Kobi (Zurich University)
12:15-13:45 — Lunch Break
13:45-15:15 — Session 3 Panels
Session 3: Critical Conceptual and Methodological Intersections with Area Studies
Panel 3a. Exploring Methodological Limits and Possibilities in Area Studies Research
Chaired by Eva Youkhana, Crossroads Asia, ZEF, University of Bonn
Elena Trubina (Ural Federal University)
Helena Cermeño (ZEF, University of Bonn)
Cornelia Reiher (FU Berlin), Sarah Ruth Sippel (University of Leipzig)
Panel 3b. Intersections of AS, Post-Colonial Studies, Cold War Studies and Future Studies, Taking the Example of Development Discourses (Roundtable Event)
Chaired by Shelley Feldman, Cornell University
Anna-Katharina Hornidge (Crossroads Asia, ZMT & U of Bremen)
Sandra Kurfürst (GSSC, University of Cologne)
Wolfram Schaffar (University of Vienna)
Ines Stolpe (University of Bonn)
15:15-15:45 — Coffee Break
15:45-17:15 — Session 4 Panels
Session 4: Positionality and the Space(s) of Knowledge Production
Panel 4a. Re-constructing Positionalities in Area Studies Research
Chaired by Epifania Amoo-Adare, Crossroads Asia, ZEF, University of Bonn
Elena Smolarz (Crossroads Asia, University of Bonn)
Lenny Martini (ZEF, University of Bonn)
Jelena Gledić (Belgrade University)
Bianca Boteva-Richter (University of Vienna)
Panel 4b. Borders and the Politics of Belonging
Chaired by Conrad Schetter, Crossroads Asia, Bonn International Center for Conversion
Antía Mato-Bouzas (Crossroads Asia, ZMO Berlin)
Just Boedeker (Berlin)
Gennaro Errichiello (Loughborough University, UK)
Seema Kazi (Center for Women's Development Studies, New Delhi)
Eva Youkhana (Crossroads Asia, ZEF, University of Bonn)
17:15-17:30 — Closing remarks