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Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research Duisburg; Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen05 June to 07 June 2014, Essen, Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut EssenConference Programme:THURSDAY, 5 June12.30 - 13.30Coffee and Registration13.30 - 14.00Claus Leggewie (KWI Essen): WelcomeVolker Heins (KHK/GCR21 / University of Bochum): Opening Remarks14.00 - 15.30Opening Lecture: Michael Barnett (George Washington University):Periodizing Humanitarianism15.30 - 16.00Coffee Break16.00 - 18.00PANEL 1: HISTORIES OF HUMANITARIANISM: COOPERATION AND PATERNALISMChair: Alexandra Przyrembel (Freie Universität Berlin)Francesca Piana (Swiss National Science Foundation / ColumbiaUniversity):'A Red Crux on a White Flag': The Visual Politics of the ICRC after WWIFlorian Hannig (University of Halle-Wittenberg):The Biafra concern in West Germany: Historicizing empathyCharlotte Walker-Said (City University of New York):Science and Charity: Humanitarianism and the End of EmpireJeff Roquen (Lehigh University, Pennsylvania):America's first humanitarian intervention, 1895-189818.00 - 19.00Break: Snacks19.00 - 20.30Käte Hamburger Lecture:Thomas G. Weiss (CUNY Graduate Center):Humanitarianism's Contested CultureDiscussants: Dennis Dijkzeul (University of Bochum) andDavid Chandler (University of Westminster)FRIDAY, 6 June10.00 - 12.00Opening Lecture:Fritz Breithaupt (Indiana University):The Dark Sides of Empathy: Nietzsche's Objection Against Empathy and theFuture of HumanitarianismDiscussants: Frank Adloff (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg) andChristine Unrau (KHK/GCR21 Duisburg, University of Cologne)12.00 - 13.30Lunch13.30 - 15.00PANEL 2: HUMANITARIANISM, RELIGION AND TRANSCULTURALITY: COOPERATION ANDSENSIBILITYChair: Claus Leggewie (KWI Essen)Mathis Danelzik (KWI Essen):Shaping, marginalizing and cooperating with religious authority: Thecase of campaigns to end female genital mutilationJochen Kleres (University of Gothenburg):Humanitarianism, Development and Shifting Emotional ClimatesMayke Kaag (University of Leiden):Islamic charities from the Arab world in Africa: Transculturalencounters of humanitarianism and morality15.00 - 15.30Coffee Break15.30 - 17.30PANEL 3: HUMANITARIANISM, PEACEBUILDING AND THE MILITARY: COOPERATIONAND COMPLICITYChair: Dirk Messner (German Development Institute / Deutsches Institutfür  Entwicklungspolitik)Antonio Donini (Feinstein International Center at Tufts University andGraduate Center, Geneva):Deep lessons from AfghanistanAdam Branch (Makerere Institute of Social Research, Uganda):Assembling for protection: The politics of transnational militarizationin AfricaKai Koddenbrock (KHK/GCR21, Duisburg):Reconfiguring Goma: The political economy of humanitarianism andpeacebuilding in Eastern CongoAidan Hehir (University of Westminster):R2P after the Arab Spring: The perennial need for UN military reform?SATURDAY, 7 June10.30 - 12.00PANEL 4: NEW PLAYERS IN GLOBAL HUMANITARIANISM: COOPERATION ANDCOMPETITIONChair: Kai Koddenbrock (KHK/GCR21, Duisburg)Cindy Horst (Peace Research Institute Oslo):Diaspora humanitarianism: The invisibility of a third humanitarianspaceDevon Curtis (University of Cambridge):China and the Insecurity of Development in the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo (DRC)Jutta Joachim (University of Hannover) / Andrea Schneiker (University ofSiegen):Private military and security companies: New players in global aidgovernance12.00 - 13.30Lunch13.30 - 14.30Dennis Dijkzeul (University of Bochum) and David Chandler (University ofWestminster):Concluding RemarksDeadline for Registration: 21 May 2014For further information see:http://www.gcr21.org/events/