Understanding New Wars
Friday, 12 February 2010 to Saturday, 13 February 2010Location: CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge
12 February |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Registration |
| 09:30 - 09:45 |
Introduction: Harald Wydra (University of Cambridge) |
| 09:45 - 11:30 |
Session I |
| Chair: Pierpaolo Antonello (University of Cambridge) | |
| Benoit Chantre (Paris) Clausewitz and Girard: War as a Duel | |
| Wolfgang Palaver (University of Innsbruck) War and Politics: Clausewitz and Schmitt from the Perspective of Mimetic Theory | |
| Discussion | |
| 11:30 - 11:45 |
Coffee break |
| 11:45 - 13:30 |
Session II |
| Chair: Glenn Bowman (University of Kent) | |
| Richard Sakwa (University of Kent) Cold Peace: Mimetic Wars in the Post-Cold War Era | |
| Alexander Etkind (University of Cambridge) Oil Curse, Double Monopoly, and the Future of New Wars | |
| 13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch break |
| 14:30 - 17.15 | Session III |
| Chair: Harald Wydra (University of Cambridge) | |
| Arpad Szakolczai (University College Cork) New Wars and Permanent Liminality | |
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Harvie Ferguson (University of Glasgow) | |
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Roberto Farneti (University of Bolzano/Bozen and Institut für Sozialforschung, Frankfurt) | |
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Discussion | |
| 17.15 - 18.00 | Wine Reception, CRASSH Meeting Room |
13 February |
|
| 09:00 - 10:45 |
Session IV |
| Chair: Devon Curtis (University of Cambridge) | |
| Glenn Bowman (University of Kent) Walling and Encystation: Containment as a Mode of Warfare | |
| Mark Anspach (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris) Fighting for Victimhood: A Tale of Two Zionisms | |
| Discussion | |
| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 12:45 |
Session V |
| Chair: Arpad Szakolczai (University College Cork) | |
| Ziya Meral (University of Cambridge) Clash of Narratives: Victimhood memories in the Middle East | |
| Harald Wydra (University of Cambridge) New Wars and the Symbolism of the Victim | |
| Discussion | |
| 12:45 - 13:30 |
Session VI: Final Discussion |
| 13:30 |
Lunch and close |
