Understanding New Wars
Friday, 12 February 2010 to Saturday, 13 February 2010
Location: CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge


 

12 February

 


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



Harvie Ferguson (University of Glasgow)
Surf War: Oblivion and the Normalisation of Trauma in Contemporary Life




Roberto Farneti (University of Bolzano/Bozen and Institut für Sozialforschung, Frankfurt)
On Twins and other Mimetic Clones: The Politics of Mimesis in the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict


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