Dr. Margrit Pernau
Wednesday, 10. May:
18.00 Public opening lecture: The civilizational context of Indian Democracy (Shmuel Eisenstadt, Jerusalem)
19.30 Reception
Thursday, 11. May:
9.00 Introduction: Comparative perspectives on civil society. In search for a common framework (Margrit Pernau, Berlin)
1.Section: Concepts in trans-cultural research (Chair: Monica Juneja, Hannover/ Delhi)
10.00 Changes in the concept of religion in Germany and Great Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries (Andreas Gestrich, Trier)
11.00 Coffee-break
11.15 Hinduism between Dharma and religion in the 18th and 19th centuries (Sudhir Chandra, Aizwal)
12.15 Reconfiguring the relation between religion and world: Sufism and reformist Islam in South Asia since the 18th century (Carl Ernst, Chapel Hill)
13.15 Lunch
2. Section: Civil society, civility and the process of civilizing subjects (Chair: Cornelia Bohn, Luzern)
15.00 Religion and civilizing subjects in Europe (Weber, Foucault, Luhmann) (Alois Hahn, Trier)
16.00 Coffee break
16.15 Civil society in its Indian incarnation? Hindu Reform, Philanthropy and 'Public spirit' ca. 1880-1930 (Harald Fischer-Tiné, Berlin)
17.15 From scholastic learning to religious healing: unani medicine and civility in 19th century India (Seema Alavi, Delhi)
19.00 Classical Indian dance performance by Aranyani Bhargava
20.30 Dinner (Venue to be announced)
Friday, 12. May:
3. Section: Religion and the social capital of Civil society (Chair: Jamal Malik, Erfurt)
9.00 Protestant Philanthropy in 19th Century Germany: Civil Society and Religious Conflict (Bettina Hitzer, Bielefeld)
10.00 Philanthropy, Gender and Civil society in Great Britain (Dorice Williams Elliott, Kansas)
11.00 Coffee break
11.15 Religious Donations in India in the 19th century (Malavika Kasturi, Toronto)
12.30 Lunch
4. Section: The state and the religious actors of Civil society (Chair: Ulrike Freitag)
15.00 Citizenship and the relationship between state and religious communities in Germany and Great Britain (Dieter Gosewinkel, Berlin / Paris)
16.00 Colonial Administration of religions (Katherine Prior, London / Bristol)
20.00 Dinner (Venue to be announced)
Saturday, 13. May
9.00 Secular-religious conflicts and coalitions in Europe (Monika Wohlrab-Sahr, Leipzig)
10.00 Civil Society and Communalism. The Indian Experience (Salil Misra, Delhi)
11.00 Coffee break
11.15 Panel discussion
The role of religion in Civil Society: resource or obstacle? (Chair: Jürgen Kocka, Berlin)
Participants: José Casanova (Berlin / New York), Christian Troll S.J. (St. Georgen), Rajeev Bhargava (Delhi), Ashis Nandy (Berlin, Delhi), Francis Robinson (London))
13.00 Lunch