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Seminar: 09-74-M8910-8 (Re)figurations of the State - A Joint Seminar with the University of Rojava - Details

Seminar: 09-74-M8910-8 (Re)figurations of the State - A Joint Seminar with the University of Rojava - Details

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Veranstaltungsname Seminar: 09-74-M8910-8 (Re)figurations of the State - A Joint Seminar with the University of Rojava
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Veranstaltungsnummer 09-74-M8910-8
Semester SoSe 2025
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden 26
Heimat-Einrichtung Kulturwissenschaft
Veranstaltungstyp Seminar in der Kategorie Lehre
Erster Termin Montag, 07.04.2025 12:00 - 16:00, Ort: SFG 1030
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Englischsprachige Veranstaltung Ja

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SFG 1030
Montag: 12:00 - 16:00, wöchentlich (12x)
Samstag, 21.06.2025 10:00 - 14:00
SFG 1020
Samstag, 28.06.2025 10:00 - 14:00

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4 SWS

This seminar is part of series of seminars jointly developed with the University of Rojava since 2021. The aim is to enable conversations among students of the Universities of Bremen and Rojava.
The autonomous University of Rojava is based in Qamishlo in North-Eastern Syria (NES)– also often referred to as Rojava. This region has suffered heavily under the war, especially through the attacks from the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) and the ongoing bombardment by Turkey. In response to violent politics of nationalism, assimilation and violence, the autonomous region of North and Eastern Syria (NES) has become the site of one of the most interesting current attempts to establish a new form of living together beyond the idea of a nation-state. Despite the hardship, the people in NES are trying to build a society which positively acknowledges its multilingual, multireligious and multicultural character and is based on ideas of grassroots democracy, women's liberation, ecologically sustainability as well as on a model of autonomy which strives to be an alternative to the nation-state. In this way, it provides a possible model not only for the Middle East, but also the world beyond.
At the same time, in Germany, we are currently witnessing a rise of the far-right, which is pushing an anti-pluralist, racist, misogynist and homophobic agenda and committing severe acts of violence. Its ideas of white supremacy and fears of 'replacement' feed into fantasies of a homogeneous, pure nation and deporting those you do not fit. It seems Germany has not learnt from its fascist history.
The idea of the seminar is to collectively engage with questions of state and statelessness, nationalism, racism and violence. What can we learn from the situations in each of our contexts? How can we counter these (ethno)nationalist and racist logics and what are alternative ways of living together in difference.
The seminar will include a couple of biweekly preparation sessions (only Bremen students) in April and May; two (perhaps three) one-day symposiums with experts and scholars, plus six joint sessions en-bloc with the students in Rojava (two weekends end of June). Check the details for more information on the dates.

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