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4-5 March 2020 - Ghent (Belgium)PresentationOn the 5th of March 2020, Liberas (Ghent, Belgium), in conjunction with the School of History, Religion and Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University (Oxford, United Kingdom) and the Leibniz Institute of European History (Mainz, Germany), organises an international colloquium devoted to the interdependency between blasphemy and violence in modern history. This international colloquium offers a much-needed analysis of a subject that historians have largely neglected, yet holds great relevance for contemporary society. Both young and established scholars will focus on specific incidents of blasphemy and sacrilege in Europe and the Arab world &#8211; a landmark case or a series of little-known micro studies &#8211;, examine its relationship with violence and discuss the legal background and context surrounding each incident. Drawing on a variety of chronological and geographical contexts, the colloquium will probe the phenomenon of blasphemy and its link to violence from different angles. All presentations will be given in English. The eve preceding the conference (4 March), internationally renowned expert Alain Cabantous will give a keynote lecture in French on blasphemy and sacrilege during the French Revolution.PracticalThere is no registration fee. If you wish to attend, please register via mail: inschrijven@liberas.eu. Please indicate in your mail whether you will attend the keynote lecture (in French) on Wednesday evening and/or the conference on Thursday.Convenors: David Nash, Eveline BouwersOrganisation: Christoph De SpiegeleerVenue: Liberas, Kramersplein 23, 9000 GhentProgrammeWednesday 4 March 202018:00-19:30: Key note Alain Cabantous (Paris, FR): Violence et Sacr&#233; ou le Blasph&#232;me en R&#233;volution &#160;Thursday 5 March 20209:00-9:30: Welcome and Opening9:00-9:10: Peter Laroy / Christoph De Spiegeleer (Ghent, BE): Welcome to Liberas9:10-9:30: Eveline Bouwers (Mainz, DE) &#38; David Nash (Oxford, GB): Introduction9:30-11:00: Section 1: Blasphemy as a Companion to Political Transition9:30-9:50: Laura Thompson (Boston, US / Tunis, TN): Protecting Muslims&#8217; Feelings, Protecting Public Order: Tunisian Blasphemy Cases from the 19th Century through the Arab Spring9:50-10:10: Nadezhda Beliakova (Moscow, RU): On Blasphemy and Violence during the Revolution and the Construction of Socialism in the Soviet Union10:10-10:30: Julio de la Cueva (Toledo, ES): Blasphemy, War and Revolution: Spain, 193610:30-11:00: Comments and Discussion11:00-11:30: Coffee Break11:30-13:00: Section 2: Blasphemy as a Tool for Emancipation11:30-11:50: Emilia Musumeci (Teramo, IT): David Lazzaretti: Martyr, Rebel, or Heretic? A Puzzling Case in Post-Unification Italy11:50-12:10: Matthew Kerry (Stirling, GB): Blasphemy in Early Twentieth-Century Spain: Vulgarity, Violence and the Crowd12:10-12:30 Marcin Skladanowski (Lublin, PL): Pok&#233;mon in the Church: The Case of Ruslan Sokolovskiy and the Limits of Religious Performance in Contemporary Russia 12:30-13:00: Comments and Discussion13:00-14:00: Lunch Break14:00-15:30: Section 3: Blasphemy as an Instrument to Confront the Secular14:00-14:20: Marco Omes (Pisa, IT): Blasphemy, Religious Adherence and Political Loyalty in the Roman States during the French Occupations (1789-1799 and 1808-1814)14:20-14:40: Dirk Johannsen (Oslo, NO): Blasphemy as a Cultural Strategy. The Case of the Nordic Modern Breakthrough, 1871-189014:40-15:00: Hussien Soliman (Alexandria, EG): Blasphemy as a Justification for Violence against Freethinkers in Modern Egypt15:00-15:30: Comments and Discussion15:30-16:00: Coffee Break16:00-17:00: Section 4: Blasphemy as a Strategy for Suppressing the Religious Other16:00-16:20: Christoffer Leber (Munich, DE): The New Martyr. The Jatho Affair in Imperial Germany between Blasphemy, Freethought, and Religious Reform (c. 1910-1915)16:20-16:40: Yvonne Sherwood (Kent, GB): Blasphemy, Violence, and the Production of Minorities16:40-17:00 Comments and Discussion17:00-18:00: Concluding remarks