Workshop

The Politics of Religion and Reconciliation

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Workshop

The Politics of Religion and Reconciliation

where
Online

Organiser

In cooperation with

The Working Group on Lived Religion in Eastern Europe and Eurasia 8th Annual Conference

8th Annual Conference

States and transnational governing bodies rely on faith-based organizations to play a significant role in processes of reconciliation and peacekeeping even as some states actively weaponize and securitize religion to resolve grievances. Is it realistic to expect religious actors to be neutral bridges in conflict resolution and healing traumas of the past in an increasingly pluralist world? When and how might religious actors escalate tensions by activating the links connecting religion and violence, and when might the cultural capital of religious institutions allow them to play a role in mediating processes of reconciliation and conflict resolution? This conference invites us to think about how populism, nationalism, and inequalities intersect with religion to forge unions and divisions in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

Wednesday, June 16, 19:00-20:30 CET

Welcome: Catherine Wanner, convenor, Working Group on Religion in Eastern Europe and Eurasia

Chair: Catherine Wanner, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Keynote: Atalia Omer, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, USA: Not an Instrument, Not a Bridge, Not Innocent: Beyond Religion as Soft Power

Discussants:

  • Oxana Shevel, Tufts University, USA
  • Dmytro Vovk, Yaroslav the Wise National Law University, Ukraine

Chat Monitor: Catherine Wanner, Pennsylvania State University, USA

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Thursday, 17 June 2021, 14:00-16:00 CET

Religion and Heritage Regimes

Chair: Oleg Kyselov, H.S. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine

Presenters:

  • Yuliya Yurchuk, Umeå University, Sweden: Building a Patrimonial Church in Ukraine: Christianization of Kyivan Rus’ and uses of history by Orthodox Churches
  • Andriy Fert, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine: Churches re-imaging the Soviet past in the time of war

Discussants:

  • Bruce Grant, New York University, USA
  • Kathy Rousselet, Sciences Po, France

Chat Monitor: Nicholas Lackenby, University College London, UK

Breakout Rooms

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Thursday, 17 June 2021, 19:00-21:00 CET

Militarized Masculinity in Piety and Patriotism

Chair: Jeanne Kormina, Higher School of Economics, Russia

Presenters:

  • Victoria Fomina, University of Toronto, Canada: Orthodox Faith, Masculinity, and The New Russian Military-Patriotic Culture
  • Tamara Martsenyuk, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine: Gender, Militarised Masculinities and Nation in Ukraine (Euromaidan Protests 2013-2014 as Case Study)

Discussants:

  • Sarah Philipps, Indiana University, USA
  • Detelina Tocheva, CNRS, France

Chat Monitor: Sandra King-Savic, University of St. Galle

Breakout Rooms

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Friday, 18 June 2021, 14:00-16:00 CET

Interfaith Encounters

Chair: Denis Brylov, National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, Ukraine

Presenters:

  • David Henig, Utrecht University, The Netherlands: Neo-Ottoman (Br)Others: Bosnia and Herzegovina in the orbit of Turkish Foreign Policy
  • Tsypylma Darieva, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Germany: Contested religious diversity and faith-based activism in post-atheist Georgia
  • Lili Di Puppo, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia: The Sufi revival in Russia's Volga-Ural region: Sacred sites, interreligious encounters and ethnic identity

Discussants:

  • Brinton Ahlin, University of Chicago
  • Michael Kemper, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Chat Monitor: Ketevan Gurchiani, Ilia State University, Georgia

Breakout Rooms

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Friday, 18 June 2021, 19:00-21:00 CET

Religion and Conflict versus Religious Conflict

Chair: Taras Dyatlik, International Council for Evangelical Theological Education, Ukraine

Presenters:

  • Cora Adler, ETH (Switzerland): Analyzing Religion and Worldviews in Conflict for Peace Efforts
  • Tetiana Kalenychenko, National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, Ukraine: Making less harm: Conflict Sensitivity and Religious Reconciliation

Discussant:

  • Chris Seiple, University of Washington and Templeton Religion Trust, USA
  • Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham University, USA

Chat Monitor: Regina Elsner, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS), Germany

Breakout Rooms

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