Central European University Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
2018 Graduate Conference
Politics of (de)Politicization
June 14-15, 2018
Nador 15, Room 103
June 14
12:00 – 13:00 Opening Remarks: Dorit Geva, Head of Department, Sociology and Social Anthropology
Opening Keynote Speaker: Suki Ali, London School of Economics
13:30 – 15:00 Panel 1: Subjects and (de)Politicization
Discussant: Suki Ali, London School of Economics
Presenters:
Nazneen Shifa, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Discourses of VAW in Bangladesh: Depoliticization of Women's Movements?
Lara Ozlen, Sabancı University
"Butterfly effect": Lesbian, bi-sexual individuals self identification processes and ways being politcal(ly) active in Istanbul
Artem Kachurin, Central European University
Post-structuralism and political feminism: ontological differences in approaches to emancipation Joyashree Sama, South Asian University Claims of belonging: State policies and identity politics in India
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00 Panel 2: Confronting Politics
Discussant: Alexandra Kowalski, Central European University
Presenters:
Rong A., London School of Economics
The battle: Defining environmentalism - in the field of Chinese environmental NGOs
Birgan Gokmenoglu, London School of Economics
Changes in "the political": Political activism under emergency rule in Turkey
Karlo Kralj, Scuola Normale Superiore
Studying discourses of (de)politicization in activist communities of post-communism
June 15
10:00 – 11:30 Panel 3: Placemaking
Discussant: TBA
Presenters:
Demet Bolat, Sitki Kocman University
Collective spaces in Turkey: Effort for togetherness under the state of emergency
Carmen Leidereiter, Universitat de Barcelona
The politics of depoliticizing environmetnalism: lessons from the Portuguese textile industry
Marina Mironica, Babeș-Bolyai University
Urban restructuring of Cluj as a tool for mediation of multinational capital to the local market
Victoria Mellett, London Schools of Economics Who does good governance represent? Locating the Political in Municipal Government Reform
11:30 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:30 Panel 4: Mechanisms of (de)Politicization
Discussant: Omar Dewachi, American University of Beirut
Presenters:
Yonatan Levi, London School of Economics and Shai Agmon, Tel-Aviv University
Bankers, suicide bombers, and "real people": A Comparative analysis of depoliticzation as a driver for populism in Europe and Israel
Gjovalin Macaj, Oxford University
The political and human rights
Alexandra Dodita, West University of Timișoara
Occupational mental health in the EU: Policy frames and discursive (de)politicization in a "new world of work"
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:30 Panel 5: Political Resistance
Discussant: Prem Kumar Rajaram, Central European University
Presenters:
Randa Wahbe, Harvard University
Carceral realities of Palestinian political prisoners
Ricardo Andres Labra Mocarquer, Universidad de Chile
"This is not a toy": Mapuche national flag and his iconic career
Christopher Richard Hanson and Anna Sofie Starup Andersen, University of Copenhagen
Land Conflicts and Politics: Rearrangement of the political and indigenous community
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00 – 18:00 Closing Keynote Speaker: Omar Dewachi, American University of Beirut
Closing Remarks: Ju Li, PhD Coordinator, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
