Managing Sufi Lodges and Shrines: An Exploratory Approach Towards a Contribution to Religion and the Economy
Programme Overview
Thursday, 6 February 2025
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08:30–09:00 |
Arrival and Get-Together |
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09:00–09:05 |
Welcome Address |
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Isabelle Deflers (Vice President for Internationalization and Diversity, University of the Bundeswehr Munich/Germany) |
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09:05–09:15 |
Welcome and Organizational Information |
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Evelyn Reuter (University of the Bundeswehr Munich/Germany) |
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09:15–09:30 |
Introductory Remarks |
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Robert Langer (University of the Bundeswehr Munich/Germany) |
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09:30–10:30 |
Keynote |
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Maren Freudenberg (Ruhr University Bochum/Germany): Religions as economic players in the spiritual marketplace: Producing, selling, funding – and profit-making? Incl. Q&A and initial discussion |
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10:30–11:00 |
Coffee Break |
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11:00–12:45 |
Panel 1: Managing Sufi Sites as Symbolic Knots of Individual and Collective Religiosity |
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Chair: |
Jakob Krais (University of the Bundeswehr Munich/Germany) |
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Respondent: |
Erhan Kurtarır (Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi/Turkey) |
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Michel Boivin (Centre d'Etudes de l'Asie du Sud et des Himalayas, CNRS-EHESS/France): Reframing the Sufi Space in the Southern Indus Valley: From the Sufi Lodge to the Sufi University |
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Mark Sedgwick (Aarhus University/Denmark): Dreaming of al-Andalus: Modern Sufi Sites in Southern Spain |
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Johara Berriane (University of the Bundeswehr Munich/Germany): Ahmad al-Tidjani of Fes (Morocco): the Multivocality of a Transnational Pilgrimage Site |
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12:45–14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00–15:45 |
Panel 2: The Transformation of Sufi Site Management from Religious Politics to Heritagization |
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Chair: |
Alexandra Bettag (University of the Bundeswehr Munich/Germany) |
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Respondent: |
Sebastian Ambros (University of the Bundeswehr Munich/Germany) |
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Michiel Leezenberg (University of Amsterdam/The Netherlands): Spirituality after Saddam: Managing Sufi Lodges in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq |
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Brett Wilson (Central European University/Austria): Abodes of Culture: Sufi Lodges as Museums in the Turkish Republic |
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Pascale Bugnon (University of Geneva/Switzerland): Transforming Sacred Sites into Cultural Heritage: The Cases of Suleiman-Too in Kyrgyzstan and Said ibn Abi Waqqas in China |
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15:45-16:15 |
Coffee Break |
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16:15-16:45 |
Group Work Preparation |
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Participants will collaboratively review notes displayed on boards, be introduced to the group work categories (Agents, Funding, Places, Context, Symbolism), and form small discussion groups. |
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16:45-18:15 |
Parallel Group Work |
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Participants will discuss their assigned topics in small groups, drawing on insights from the keynote and case studies to develop systematization approaches. |
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18:30 |
Dinner |
Friday, 7 February 2025
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09:00–09:15 |
Final Preparation Time for Group Presentations |
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09:15–10:45 |
Group Presentations and Synthesis and Systematization Development |
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10:45–11:15 |
Coffee Break |
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11:15–12:00 |
Final Discussion |
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Chair: |
Cem Kara (University of Hamburg/Germany) |
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12:00–13:00 |
Lunch |
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13:00 |
Departure |