"Conflict Regions: Theories and Conceptual Voids"

Zum Tagungsbericht

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Am 12.-13. Juli 2018 laden wir herzlichst zu der Zweiten Meilensteinkonferenz des LOEWE-Schwerpunkts "Conflict Regions: Theories and Conceptual Voids", die am Herder-Institut Marburg stattfindet.

July 12, 2018

10:45–11:00               

Prof. Dr. Peter Haslinger (Marburg/Giessen), Prof. Dr. Monika Wingender (Giessen): Greetings and introduction

SPACE   and   CONFLICT

11:00–12:00              

KEYNOTE LECTURE 1: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Oßenbrügge (Hamburg): Environment, Territoriality, and the Problematic of Conflict Regions

12:00–12:30 Coffee break

12:30–13:30               

Prof. Dr. Gabriela Christmann (Berlin/Erkner): Discourses, conflicts and spatial transfor­mation. Towards the theoretical approach on the communicative (re-)con­struction of spaces

Prof. Dr. Peter Haslinger (Marburg/Giessen): Micro-regions of conflict: The Czechoslovak-Hungarian border region, 1921–1925

13:30–14:30 Lunch

LANGUAGE,   MEDIA   and   CONFLICT

14:30–15:30               

KEYNOTE LECTURE 2: Dr. Barbora Moormann-Kimáková (Budapest): Theoretical and methodological challenges in the study of language(-related) conflicts

15:30–16:00 Coffee break

16:00–17:00             

Dr. Solvita Poseiko (Riga): The Interaction of Nationalistic Language Ideology and the Interests of Social Agents: Unresolved Dispute over Language Use in the Latvian Linguistic Landscape

Dr. Nadiya Trach (Giessen): Actors in Language Policies during Conflicts: the Cases of Ukraine and Georgia

17:00–17:30               Coffee break

17:30–18:30              

Prof. Dr. Monika Wingender (Giessen): Bi- and multilingualism between conflict intensification and conflict resolution

Dr. Eszter Gantner (Marburg): Varieties of E-conflicts between Ukraine and Hungary

Barbeque dinner

July 13, 2018

IDENTITIES,   IDEOLOGIES   and   CONFLICT

09:00–10:00              

KEYNOTE LECTURE 3: Prof. Dr. Alexander Libman (Munich): Do Ideas Really Matter? Economic vs. Ideational Factors in Conflict Dynamics

10:00–10:30 Coffee break

10:30–12:00               

Dr. Vera Axyonova (Giessen): Understanding Secessionist Conflicts in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova – Local, Regional and Global Perspectives

Dr. Tetiana Kyselova (Kyiv/Giessen): Ukrainian Conflict in Comparative Perspective: A View from Conflict Resolution Professionals

Sophie Schmäing, M.A. (Giessen): People´s votes, people´s voices: Assessing popular voting and opinion polls in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict

12:00–13:00 Lunch

13:00–14:30              

Prof. Dr. Thomas Daiber (Giessen): Conflicts of Symbols and Symbolic Conflicts

Dr. Olena Bogdan (Kyiv): Orthodox Believers of Kyiv and Moscow Patriarchates in Ukraine: Ethnic Identities, Language Preferences and Political Opinions

Prof. Dr. Mark Kirchner (Giessen): TSE – Astana International Airport. Conflicting languages and identities in Kazakhstan

14:30–15:00 Final discussion