On Monday, June 26th (2.00 pm – 7.15 pm), we will have an international workshop on New Civilizationisms. The program is attached and listed below. If you wish to attend, you need to register by Friday, June 23rd: https://forms.gle/wAPRRjLxWXqvQdt89

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HISTORICAL MEMORY AS AN ACT OF WORLDMAKING:
Contextualizing New Civilizationalisms in the 21st Century

June 26, 2023, 14:00-19:30
Historical Observatory, Geismar Landstr. 11, Göttingen

Organizers: Srirupa Roy and Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

CeMIS & OAS, University of Göttingen
Merian-Tagore International Centre of Advanced Studies (ICAS:MP)
BMBF “Worldmaking-China” Initiative

Schedule:

Welcome and Introduction

14:00-15:00 Wang Hui, Tsinghua University
“If This is a Comeback, When was the Beginning? Some Thoughts on the Return of Civilizational Discourse”

15:15-16:15 Thomas Blom Hansen, Stanford University
“The River Beneath: Antiquity, Alterity, and the ‘Indic Present’ in Indian Nationalism”

16:30-19:15 Roundtable: “Contextualizing New Civilizationalisms”

• Mohammed Turki Al-Sudairi, Humboldt Fellow, University of Göttingen
• Matthew Blackburn, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
• Rebecca Karl, New York University

In conversation with Srirupa Roy and Dominic Sachsenmaier, University of Göttingen

19:15: Reception