On Muslim Subjectivity in Russia: The Hybrid Languages of Self-Description

‘On Muslim Subjectivity in Russia: The Hybrid Languages of Self-Description’

An international workshop, Amsterdam University, 6-7 December 2019

Programme

 

Friday, 6 December
Location: Bushuis, VOC-zaal | Kloveniersburgwal 48, 1012 CX Amsterdam

 

10.00 – 10.20. Alfrid Bustanov (UvA), Introduction to the project
10.20 – 12.00. Shamil Shikhaliev (Institute of History, Makhachkala, Russia). Private Archives and the Study of Muslim Subjectivity
Discussant: Dinara Mardanova (Institute of History, Kazan, Russia)

 

12.00 – 12.15. Coffee break

 

12.15 – 13.15. Matteo Benussi (University of Berkley/ UvA). Social Science and the Muslim Subject: Toward a Systematization
Discussant: Alfrid Bustanov (UvA)

 

13.15 – 14.00. Lunch

 

14.00 – 15.00. Mansur Gazimzianov (UvA). The Muslim ‘I’ of a Soviet Mullah: Kalam al-Din Shangareev
Discussant: Shamil Shikhaliev (Institute of History, Makhachkala, Russia)

 

15.00 – 15.15. Coffee break

 

15.15 – 16.15. Danis Garaev (Narxoz University, Almaty, Kazakhstan). Performing Autobiography: Airat Vakhitov as a Fighter and Intellectual
Discussant: Matteo Benussi (University of Berkley/ UvA)

 

16.15 – 16.30. Coffee break

 

16.30 – 17.30. Michael Kemper (UvA), The Subjectivity of Fakhreddinov’s Athar

 

17.30 – 18.00. Discussions

 

Saturday, 7 December
Location: Universiteitsbibliotheek C1.13 (Belle van Zuylenzaal) | Singel 421-427, 1012 WP Amsterdam

 

10.00 – 11.00. Reading session: Two articles by Barbara Rosenwein.

 

11.00 – 12.00. Pavel Shabley (Kustanay University, Kazakhstan). Кто гарант шариата: о правовой неразберихе в Акмолинске в 1911 году
Discussant: Mansur Gazimzianov (UvA)

 

12.00 – 12.15. Coffee break.

 

12.15 – 13.15. Dinara Mardanova (Institute of History, Kazan, Russia), The Many Faces of Hasan ‘Ata Gabashi
Discussant: Alfrid Bustanov (UvA)

 

13.15 – 13.30. Coffee break.

 

13.30 – 14.30. Naira Sahakyan (UvA). Among Empires and Revolutions: The Turmoil of 1917 in the Eyes of Daghestani Reformer ‘Ali al-Ghumuqi
Discussant: Pavel Shabley (Kustanay University)

 

14.30 – 15.30. Lunch.

 

15.30 – 16.30. Alfrid Bustanov (UvA), Writing the Muslim Self: Autobiography of ‘Abd al-Majid al-Qadiri
Discussant: Matteo Benussi (University of Berkley/ UvA)

 

16.30 – 17.00. Concluding remarks