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Public Keynote Lecture and Panel Discussion – The Political in Philosophical Discourses of the Modern Islamic World

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As part of the workshop “The Political in Philosophical Discourses of the Modern Islamic World,” the public keynote lecture by Zeynep Direk on “Heidegger and Atatürk: Existential Phenomenology and the Political” will take place on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at 6:00 pm.

Furthermore, on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at 6:00 PM, there will be the public panel discussion “Exploring Philosophy and the Political in and with the Islamic World” featuring Zeynep Direk, Elizabeth Kassab, Salah Mosbah, Eliane Saadé, and Ali Reza Shomali. Both events are also broadcasted via live stream.

From 26th to 28th of September the scholarly network Philosophy in the Modern Islamic World will hold and host the workshop “The Political in Philosophical Discourses of the Modern Islamic World” at Ruhr-Universität Bochum. The evening Lecture by Zeynep Direk will be the opening event for the following two days of the Workshop, in the panel discussion Members of the Network and international Guests will explore the relation between philosophy and the politucal through the lense of their own work. Both evening events are open to the public and will also be broadcasted via live stream.

 

Date and Time:

Keynote by Zeynep Direk on “Heidegger and Atatürk: Existential Phenomenology and the Political”: Tuesday, 26th of September 2023, at 6:00 pm

Panel discussion “Exploring Philosophy and the Political in and with the Islamic World” featuring Zeynep Direk, Elizabeth Kassab, Salah Mosbah, Eliane Saadé, and Ali Reza Shomali: Wednesday, 27th of September 2023, at 6:00 pm

Location: GB03/43 (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, Building GB) and live stream

More information on the workshop can be found here.

Link to the poster

Direct Link: Livestream Keynote Zeynep Direk 26th of September, 6 pm (CET)

Direct Link: Livestream Panel Discussion on 27th of September, 6 pm (CET)

Link to the announcement of the workshop