RESEARCH REPORT 2017-2020 Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity mpimmg Project Coordinator: Dr. Anna Stuhldreher Layout and Design: Birgitt Sippel Project Assistant: Mira Seyfettinoglu Language Editing: Jake Carpenter ©2020 | Published by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity Printed by Katalogdruck-Berlin.de | Potsdamer Str. 58 | 10785 Berlin Photos: die drehen | benjamin klingebiel TABLE OF CONTENT 01 INTRODUCTION ---------------------------------------------------- 5 02 ETHICS, LAW AND POLITICS DEPARTMENT ------------------------ 7 03 RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY DEPARTMENT -----------------------------21 04 SOCIO-CULTURAL DIVERSITY DEPARTMENT ----------------------33 05 FELLOW GROUP “COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONALISM” ----------45 06 FELLOW GROUP “GOVERNANCE OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY” -------51 07 RESEARCH GROUP ”AGEING IN A TIME OF MOBILITY” ------------57 08 RESEARCH GROUP “EMPIRES OF MEMORY” ----------------------63 09 PEOPLE AND PROJECTS -------------------------------------------67 10 AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------- 219 11 JOURNALISTS-IN-RESIDENCE ----------------------------------- 231 12 INTERDEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES ------------------------------ 233 13 COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITES ------------------------------------- 237 14 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES ---------------------------------------- 241 15 OUTREACH OF THE INSTITUTE ---------------------------------- 245 16 THE DATARAMA ------------------------------------------------- 253 17 LIBRARY -------------------------------------------------------- 257 18 FROM THE INSIDE OF THE INSTITUTE -------------------------- 261 19 PUBLICATIONS -------------------------------------------------- 263 20 EVENTS --------------------------------------------------------- 327 21 NON-ACADEMIC STAFF ----------------------------------------- 337 SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD The Board was established by the President of the Max Planck Society. Its role is to advise the Institute’s Directors and staff members in providing regular evaluations and critically assessing the Institute’s work to ensure it is of high international quality. The Board also advises the Insti- tute and the President of the Max Planck Society on innovative developments in the Institute’s research activities and its deployment of its resources. The Board’s members, each appointed for a six-year term, include: Prof. Rainer Bauböck (Chair), European University Institute, Department of Political and Social Sciences Prof. Matthew Engelke, Columbia University Prof. Thomas Faist, University of Bielefeld, Department of Sociology Prof. Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens, Université de Montréal, Faculté de droit Prof. Virginie Guiraudon, Sciences Po, Centre d’études européennes, Paris Prof. Vincent Goossaert, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris Prof. Michèle Lamont, Harvard University, Department of Sociology Prof. Richard Madsen, University of California at San Diego, School of Global Policy and Strategy Prof. Peter Niesen, Hamburg University Prof. Joel Robbins, University of Cambridge, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology Prof. Nomi Stolzenberg, University of Southern California, USC Gould School of Law Prof. Leti Volpp, University of California at Berkeley DIRECTORS Prof. Ayelet Shachar, Department of Ethics, Law, and Politics Prof. Peter van der Veer, Department of Religious Diversity Prof. Steven Vertovec, Department of Socio-Cultural Diversity MAX PLANCK FELLOWS Prof. Ran Hirschl, University of Göttingen Prof. Matthias Koenig, University of Göttingen RESEARCH GROUP LEADERS Prof. Karen Schönwälder, Department of Socio-Cultural Diversity Dr. Megha Amrith, Research Group “Ageing in a Time of Mobility” Dr. Jeremy F. Walton, Research Group “Empires of Memory” 01 INTRODUCTION The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Reli- gious and Ethnic Diversity is one of the foremost centers for the multi-disciplinary study of diver- sity, in its various forms, in today’s globalizing world. The Institute consists of three independent departments: Peter van der Veer is the Director of the Department of Religious Diversity; Steven Vertovec is the Director of the Department of So- cio-Cultural Diversity; and Ayelet Shachar is the Director of the Department of Ethics, Law, and Politics. As societies across the globe become ever more diverse, pressing new challenges emerge to the fore, motivating the study of critical ques- tions, such as: the relationship between mobility and inequality; the interaction of globalization, religious diversity, and the secular state; the le- gal boundaries of cultural accommodation; global cities and super-diversity within them; new forms of membership and belonging; and the trans-bor- dering networking of ethnic and religious minori- ties. These thematic clusters provide a glimpse into the foundational queries that animate the rigorous scholarly investigation pursued by re- searchers at the Institute through a variety of dis- ciplinary perspectives, including, but not limited to, anthropology, sociology, political science, phi- Constitutionalism; and Matthias Koenig heads losophy, and law. the Max Planck Fellow Group in the Governance The Institute also hosts two Max Planck Re- of Cultural Diversity. search Groups, led by early career scholars who This report showcases the major research and were selected through a competitive open-call scholarly activities undertaken by the Institute’s process managed by the Max Planck Society in academic units in the period between January Munich: Megha Amrith is the Group Leader of 2017 and June 2020. It describes, in some detail, the Ageing in the Time of Mobility Max Planck the intellectual vibrancy, breadth, and depth of Research Group; and Jeremy Walton is the Group the research projects pursued by the scientific Leader of the Empires of Memory Max Planck Re- staff at the MPI-MMG. Our research fellows (doc- search Group. toral, post-doctoral, and visiting professors) hail Finally, the Institute serves as an intellectual from 53 books, 35 edited volumes and special is- and institutional home to two Max Planck Fellow sues, 335 journal articles, 213 chapters in edited Groups, headed by outstanding university pro- volumes and 29 working papers in the said time fessors and designed to foster collaboration with period. They have contributed to major intellec- members of the MPI-MMG: Ran Hirschl heads tual debates in their fields. Our scholars have also the Max Planck Fellow Group in Comparative engaged in extensive public outreach activities, RESEARCH REPORT 2017-2020 5 Introduction disseminating the key findings of their research community by reading through the wealth of in- to academic and non-academic audiences in civ- formation offered by this report, and by browsing il society organizations, through print, electronic, through our extensive website. digital and social media venues, and have provid- I would like to express sincere gratitude to ed expert advice to various levels of government. Anna Stuhldreher for spearheading the mam- We welcome you to learn more about the In- moth endeavor of preparing the 2017-2020 sci- stitute’s different departments, research projects, entific report, Mira Seyfettinoglu for her invalu- and the host of international and interdisciplinary able research assistance, and Birgitt Sippel for the conferences, workshops, seminars, and guest lec- striking visual design of the pages you are about ture series that take place at our vibrant research to read. Ayelet Shachar, Göttingen, September 2020 6 Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity ETHICS, LAW AND POLITICS 02 DIRECTOR: PROF. DR. AYELET SHACHAR Overview . 7 Selected Events . 16 Selected Publications . 19 OVERVIEW The Department of Ethics, Law and Politics (ELP), Before we take a closer look at these themes, headed by Ayelet Shachar, was established in July it is worth exploring the philosophy motivating 2015. The Department focuses on pressing topics the training and mentoring of early career re- of citizenship, migration, and diversity, addressed searchers at the Department. These researchers from the joint perspectives of law and political are welcomed into the intellectually rigorous, yet theory. Our Department probes a broad range of warm, environment that has become the trade- cutting-edge theoretical, ethical, and legal puz- mark of the ELP. zles. Comparative approaches, inter-disciplinary In the relatively short period of time since its inquiry, and international collaboration are key to inception, the Department has established an our continued success. impressive track record of attracting outstanding From the refugee crisis in 2015 to the unprec- junior scholars trained in law, political science, edented travel restrictions imposed by more than philosophy, history, and sociology. Our doctoral 200 countries in response to COVID-19 in 2020, and post-doctoral fellows hail from near and far: the major research themes in our Department in- from Bogazici University in Istanbul to the Aus- tersect with persistent and often urgent scholarly tralian National University in Canberra, and from and public debates: Who belongs? And according to what criteria? How porous (or impenetrable) are the boundaries of solidarity and the gates of admission? Should non-citizens gain the right to vote, and if so, in relation to what level(s) of gov- ernment (city, state, supranational institutions)? Is it legitimate to demand value-adaptation from newcomers as a precondition for naturalization?