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Sanctuary & Subjectivity Practices Workshop
October 26, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm | Humanities 1, Room 210
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10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Session 1: Chair: Prof. Megan Thomas
“Re-rooting ‘We Refugees’: Lessons on the Conditions of Displacement from Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil” – Dr. Scott Ritner
“Sites of Emancipation: Contributions from a Rancièrian Perspective” – Hannes Glück
“Humanitarian Subjects in Neoliberal Times” – Veronika Zablotsky
12:00-1:30 pm: Lunch Break
1:30-3:30 pm
Session 2: Chair: Prof. Max Tomba
“Borders and Crossings: Lessons of the 1980s Central American Solidarity Movement for 2010s Sanctuary Practices” – Prof. Susan Coutin (skype)
“History, Sense, Sanctuary: The Time-Lapse Politics of Church Asylum” – Key MacFarland
“Hotspot Geopolitics versus Geosocial Solidarity: Contending Constructions of Safe Space for Migrants in Europe” – Prof. Katharyne Mitchell and Prof. Matthew Sparke
3:30-4:00 pm: Coffee break
4:00-6:00pm
Session 3: Keynote Address
“Time, Sanctuary, and Decoloniality: Notes from Manus Island Prison” – Prof. Anne McNevin
6:00-8:00 pm
Dinner at the Cowell Provost’s House