zaterdag 19 december 2009

Islam, Europe, & the Secular-Religious Divide (Symposium)

Datum maandag 21 december 2009 t/m dinsdag 22 december 2009
Tijd 08:45
Plaats Universiteit van Amsterdam
Organisatie NWO Research Group

On December 21 and 22, 2009, the Universiteit van Amsterdam, ASCA and NWO will be holding an international expert workshop, Islam, Europe, and the secular-religious divide: Transformations, genealogies, interactions.

This workshop is organised by Yolande Jansen, Mariwan Kanie, Michiel Leezenberg and Ruud Peters (NWO Research Group The Sacred and the Secular; Genealogies of Self, State and Society in the modernizing Islamic World).

Venue: VOC-zaal, Oost Indisch Huis, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Kloveniersburgwal 48

Featuring: Margot Badran, Frances Gouda, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Yolande Jansen, Mariwan Kanie, Cevat Kara, Fouad Laroui, Michiel Leezenberg, Joseph Massad, Birgit Meyer, Seda Müftügil, Ruud Peters, Darius Rejali, Mireille Rosello, Irena Rosenthal, Yektan Türkyilmaz, Markha Valenta, Karen Vintges.

Registration & Contact: Maryam Babur
E-mail maryam.babur@gmail.com

maandag 14 december 2009

Max Planck Instituut

Op 3 december gaf Mariwan Kanie een lezing bij het Max Planck Instituut in Göttingen, getiteld: "Martyrdom and Nationalism in Kurdish Poetry"

Van de website van het Max Planck Instituut:

Martyrdom is a religious notion originating from the monotheistic religions, notably Christianity and Islam. Religious martyrdom means dying for God or for the belief. Nationalism rearticulates this readiness to death and transforms it to a radical form of national love; the self-sacrificing political love for the nation and the motherland. The Kurdish nationalism offers a unique opportunity to trace the development of the notion of political martyrdom and its secular rearticulation. The role of the Kurdish poetry is crucial in this process.

Mariwan Kanie comes originally from Iraqi Kurdistan. Since 1993 he lives and works in Holland. Recently he is writing a Doctoral thesis on martyrdom at the University of Amsterdam and teaches the intellectual history of Arab and Islamic world at the same university.

dinsdag 8 december 2009

Over Afghanistan, Irak en de Amerikanen.

Vandaag treedt Mariwan Kanie op bij Radio 1, om 15.40 uur. Het onderwerp is: Afghanistan, Irak en de Amerikanen.