Diversity of identities or uniformity? Historian Malte Rolf on how people in the multi-ethnic empire of 19th-century Russia were able to assert themselves in the face of demands for uniformity.
The Cluster of Excellence “Religion and Politics” at the University of Münster focuses in the winter term on the implications of colonial legacies for social, cultural and religious affiliations and identity contructions of subject populations, past and present. Featuring speakers such as the political scientist Herfried Münkler and the historians Brigitte Reinwald and Lora Wildenthal, the lecture series “Empires, Identities and Belonging” deals with case studies from antiquity to the 20th century, including the history of the Jews in Ancient Rome, the multi-confessional Fatimid dynasty in the Middle Ages, and the life of West African soldiers deployed in the French army in Europe during the two world wars. The lecture series is the prelude to the Cluster of Excellence’s first annual theme, “Belonging and Demarcation. Dynamics of social formation”, which deals with social identity formations and related cultural and religious dynamics and struggles.
03.11.2020
Die Resonanzsensibilität von Kulturen
Wolfgang Reinhard, Freiburg
10.11.2020
Zwischen Zugehörigkeit und Abgrenzung. Juden im Imperium Romanum
Lutz Doering, Münster
17.11.2020
Was ist ein Imperium? Die Differenz zwischen Imperialismus- und Imperiumstheorien
Herfried Münkler, HU Berlin
24.11.2020
CANCELLED: Imperiale Grenzgänge/r – Erfahrungsmuster und Gruppenprofile westafrikanischer Soldaten und Veteranen der französischen Kolonialarmee
Brigitte Reinwald, Hannover
01.12.2020
Multiple Zugehörigkeiten? Die Vielschichtigkeit von belonging in einem Vielvölkerreich (Russland ca. 1850–1917)
Malte Rolf, Oldenburg
08.12.2020
CANCELLED: Imperium und Religion im multikonfessionellen Fatimidenreich: Die Experimente des Kalifen al-Hakim (996-1021) in Kairo
Almut Höfert, Oldenburg
15.12.2020
Germany and the Idea of Belonging in Colonialism and Human Rights Activism
Lora Wildenthal, Houston, Texas (USA)