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The workshop on Friday will primarily focus on the question of the interdependencies and mutual influences of philological research and editing on the one and processes of (re)discovery of religious, cultural, and ritual traditions within Alevi communities on the other hand.If you would like to participate in the Workshop, please inform us via email: benjamin.weineck@ori.uni-heidelberg.deThe workshop will be concluded on Saturday by a public panel discussion involving Alevi actors (academic and institutional) as well as representatives of other theologies (Sunni-Muslim and Christian) on the question of the present developments that aim at the establishment of "Alevi theology" and "Alevi religious education" as academic disciplines at German universities and beyond. The panel discussion will be organized by the Heidelberg Centre for Euro-Asian Studies (HECEAS e.V.).Venue:Karl Jaspers CentreVoßstraße 2, Gebäude 440069115 HeidelbergRaum 212Organized by :University of Heidelberg, Field of Focus 3 "Cultural Dynamics in Globalised Worlds", Funding Line "Cultural Heritage and History"Research Project "Negotiating Alevi Cultural Heritage: Stateless Cultural Assets of Marginalized Groups between Hegemonial Definition and Self-Standardization"Seminar für Sprachen und Kulturen des Vorderen Orients: Islamic Studies / Ottoman StudiesIn cooperation with:HCCH - Heidelberg Centre for Cultural Heritage;HECEAS e.V. - Heidelberg Centre for Euro-Asian StudiesPreliminary ProgrammeFreitag / Friday, 28. 11. 20149:00 Grußworte / Welcome AddressSESSION I — DEFINING AN ALEVI CANON AND HERITAGE09:30-10:00Rıza Yıldırım (Ankara) — How to Determine the 'Aleviness' of an 'Alevi Manuscript'?10:00-10:30Doğan Kaplan (Konya) — The Possibility of Defining Alevism via Written Sources10:30-11:00Mark Soileau (Mardin) — Alevi Cultural Heritage and the Bektashi Hagiographies11:00-11:30KAFFEEPAUSE / COFFEE BREAKSESSION II — ORAL CULTURE AND TEXT11:30-12:00Janina Karolewski (Hamburg) — Manuscripts Caught Between a Deconstructionist and Some Canonizers: Common Concepts on Alevi History Under Negotiation12:00-12:30David Shankland (London) — On the Primacy of Custom: Text and Culture in an Alevi Village12:30-14:00MITTAGSPAUSE / LUNCH BREAKSESSION III — STANDARDISATION AND DIVERSITY BEYOND THE WRITTEN WORD14:00-14:30Ulaş Özdemir (Istanbul) — Between Debates and Sources: Defining Alevi Music14:30-15:00Martin Greve (Istanbul) — Religious Music in Dersim between Standardization and Regional Reconstruction15:00-15:30Beatrice Hendrich (Köln) — Von der performativen zur materiellen Kultur? – Anmerkungen zum Thema 'cem evi'15:30-16:00KAFFEEPAUSE / COFFEE BREAKSESSION IV — ALEVI RELATED TEXTS FROM AN OTTOMAN CONTEXT16:00-16:30Markus Dressler (Göttingen) — Alevi and Alevilik as Historical Concepts and their Relation to the Notion of Heterodox Turkish Islam16:30-17:00Johannes Zimmermann (Heidelberg) — Finding only half the Needle: Alevi Presences in Late-Ottoman Sources – A Glance at Health Reports, Provincial Newspapers, and (semi-)private Letters.17:00-17:30Benjamin Weineck (Heidelberg) — "Dairenin Dışına Çıkanlar" (mı?): Approaching Alevi History in Ottoman Administrative Writing Beyond Paradigms of Religious Deviance and Political Subversion17:30-18:00Abschlussdiskussion / Wrap-up DiscussionSamstag / Saturday, 29.11.2014, 14–16Öffentliche Podiumsdiskussion "Ressourcen, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer alevitischen Theologie"Karl Jaspers CentreVoßstraße 2, Gebäude 440069115 HeidelbergRaum 212