Conference Program
Thursday, 8 July 2021
14.00: Warm-up and Welcome
14.30: Conference Opening by Heike Paul (Bavarian American Academy, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
15.00: Panel 1: Theories of Solidarity in Democratic Societies
Chair: Christof Decker (LMU Munich)
- Sally J. Scholz (Villanova University):
Solidarity's Research - Dietmar Süß (University of Augsburg):
History, Anticapitalism and the Social Practice of Solidarity
16.00: Coffee Break
16.15: Panel 2: Traditions of Solidarity
Chair: Michael Hochgeschwender (LMU Munich)
- Janine Giordano Drake (Indiana University Bloomington):
The Industrial Workers of the World and the Churches: The Unexpected History of "Solidarity" in the United States - André Habisch (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt):
The Catholic Social Thought Tradition: How Entrepreneurs Contributed to its Emergence
17.15: Coffee Break
17.30: Award Ceremony
BAA Dissertation Award
19.00: Keynote Address
Chair: Heike Paul (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Pippa Norris (Harvard University)
"The Two Faces of Trust (aka the Cautionary Fable of the Frog and the Scorpion)"
Friday, 9 July 2021
15.00: Panel 3: Global Representations of Solidarity
Chair: Nathalie Aghoro (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt)
- Jiann-Chyng Tu (University of Regensburg):
Eslanda Goode Robeson, Colored Cosmopolitanism, and World Citizenship - Quynh Nhu Le (University of South Florida):
Envisioning Cross-Racial Solidarities Through Time and Tense
16.00: Coffee Break
16.15: Panel 4: Cultural Practices of Solidarity
Chair: Katharina Gerund (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
- Chandra Russo (Colgate University):
Embodied Experience and Social Movement Study - Silvia Schultermandl (WWU Münster):
Intimate Archives and Experimental Narratives of Transnational Kinship
17.15: Coffee Break
17.30: Panel 5: Solidarity in the Anthropocene
Chair: Sylvia Mayer (University of Bayreuth)
- Lisa Garforth (Newcastle University):
Utopia, Solidarity, and the Anthropocene: Hope after Human-Centeredness - Solvejg Nitzke (TU Dresden):
Green Companions/Making Kin with Trees: Interspecies Solidarity and the Future of Humanity
18.30: Coffee Break
19.00: Closing Keynote
Chair: Heike Paul (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Aleida Assmann (University of Konstanz)
Repairing the Past: Divided Narratives and National Solidarity
20.00: Wrap-Up and End of the Conference
The 20th International Academy Conference was organized by the Bavarian American Academy (BAA). The organizers wish to thank the DFG-Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for their generous support.
Photo: ©Amerikahaus München
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