05.07.2017 - 10:09

Käte Hamburger Lecture by Claudia Derichs

Knowledge Production, Area Studies and Global Cooperation  | Wed, July 5, 2017, 17.30–19.30 h  |  Gerhard-Mercator-Haus, Lotharstraße 57, 47057 Duisburg

In our differentiated and stratified globalized world, different ideas, initiatives and perceptions of global cooperation partly co-exist, and partly clash. This is the starting point for Claudia Derichs's most recent book, titled "Knowledge Production, Area Studies and Global Cooperation".

In the 25th Käte Hamburger Lecture, presenting her arguments from the book, Prof. Claudia Derichs, Chair of Comparative Politics and International Development Studies at the Philipps-Universität Marburg, discusses some of the important methodological and political implications of this insight. Focussing particularly on Asian varieties of Islamic thought and political practice, she offers a detailed view of a context, the perception of which is often overshadowed by orientalist stereotypes in the West. Furthermore, she challenges traditional Area Studies notions of areas and Western political science notions of cooperation.

Claudia Derichs was Assistant Professor / Acting Chair at the IN-EAST from 1995 to 2006.

The programme of the lecture is as follows:

17:00  Registration
17:30  Welcoming and Introductory Remarks
            Dr. Markus Böckenförde, Executive Director, Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research (KHK/GCR21)

17:40  25th Käte Hamburger Lecture
            Claudia Derichs: Knowledge Production, Area Studies and Global Cooperation

Discussants:
Prof. Dr. Florian Coulmas, Senior Professor for Japanese Society and Sociolinguistics (IN-EAST)
Dr. Christian Scheper, Researcher, Institute for Development and Peace (INEF)

Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Ina Kerner, Fellow, Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research (KHK/GCR21)

18:30  Discussion with the Audience
19:30  End of the Lecture

Kindly register for the Lecture by 4th July at events@gcr21.uni-due.de.

For further information on the Käte Hamburger Lecture, please visit http://www.gcr21.org/events/.