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WORLD HUMANITIES CONFERENCE Challenges and Responsibilities for a Planet in Transition Co-organized by UNESCO, the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH) And the Liège Foundation for the World Humanities Conference 6 - 12 August 2017 Liège, Belgium PROGRAMME 30 June 2017 Twitter: #whcLiège2017 Website : http://www.humanities2017.org/en WORLD HUMANITIES CONFERENCE -Programme- 30 June 2017 Sunday 6 August Monday 7 August Tuesday 8 August Wednesday 9 August Thursday 10 August Friday 11 August Saturday 12 August 9h00 C.9 Parallel sessions and symposia: C.13 Parallel sessions and symposia: A.4 Keynote address individual paper proposals individual paper proposals Reports from the preparatory C.5 Parallel sessions and symposia Tanella Boni, "A habitable world and the half of S.I.1; S.II.4 (1); S.V.11; S.VI.15;S.VI.17; S.I.3; S.II.4(2); S.III.8; S.IV.9 (2); S.IV.10; conferences humanity" S.VI.20 S.V.12; S.VI.18 9h-10h I.4; II.4; IV.3; V.6; VI.12; VI.28; VI.29; VI.32 9h-10h 9h-10h 10h00 9h-10h30 Coffee Break 9h-10h30 Coffee Break Coffee Break A.5 Keynote address A.6 Keynote address P.V Plenary session - History, Memory UNESCO-CIPSH Coffee Break Souleymane Bachir Diagne, "Philosophy in Kumie Inose, "The Role of Humanities in a and Politics Coffee Break Wrap-Up Meeting CIPSH General the Face of Tribalism" World Full of Violence" Speakers include: Chantal Grell, Mariët (Closed) Assembly A.3 Keynote address 10h15-11h15 10h15-11h15 Westermann, Chris Carey 11h00 Robert Kahn, "Capturing the Past in the Present: and Making it Accessible" 9h-13h 10h45-11h45 10h15-11h45 P.VI Plenary Session - New Contexts for P.VIII CIPSH plenary session P.II Plenary session - Cultural Diversity the Humanities Moderator: Adama Samassekou; Moderator: Hsiung Ping-Chen; 12h00 11h-13h Speakers include: Margaret Higonnet, Speakers include: Rosi Braidotti, Yves A.2 Keynote address Sandra Almeida, Suwanna Satha- Gingras, Kirsten Drotner, Andersen Paul Shrivastava, "The Humanities and the P.IV Plenary Sessions - Cultural Heritage Anand, Bahjat Rizk Øivind, Renaldas Gudauskas Speakers Include: Lin Xiang Xiong, Silvana Sciences" 11h30-13h Colella 12h-13h 11h30-13h 12h-13h30 13h00 Lunch & side events Registration Lunch & side events Lunch & side events Lunch & side events Special event "Library Without Borders" Lunch & side events 14h00 13h45-14h20 12h-16h C.1 Parallel sessions and symposia C.3 Parallel sessions and symposia C.6 Parallel sessions and symposia C.10 Parallel sessions and symposia P.VII Ministerial panel 15h00 I.3(1); III.1; VI.1; VI.3; VI.5; VI.16(1); I.3(2); II.3; III.2(1); IV.1(1); VI.6; VI.7(2); II.6; II. 9(1); III.3; V.4; VI.13; VI.18; VI.30; I.5(1); II.5; V.7; VI.15; VI.19; VI.26; VI.31; S.IV.9(1);S.VI.19(1) VI.8; VI.16(3) VI.33; S.VI.14 14h30-16h 14h30-16h 14h30-16h 14h30-16h 14h30-16h 16h00 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break C.7 Parallel sessions and symposia C.11 Parallel sessions and symposia Opening session P.III Plenary session - Borders and P.I Plenary session - Humans and the Hervé Hasquin, "What Humanism and Migrations Environment What Secularism for the State in the 17h00 Speakers Include: Akif Kirecci, Vladimir Speakers include: Adrianne Parr, Steven I.1(1); II.7; II. 9(2); IV.4; IV.6; V.5; VI.22; I.2; I.5(2); II.8; IV.5; V.2(2); VI.21(1); VI.23; Twenty-First Century?" (TBC) 16h30-17h30 Kolossov, Lucia Mokrá, Tim Jensen Hartman VI.27; S.VI.21 16h30-17h30 16h30-18h 16h30-18h 16h30-18h 16h30-18h Closing session followed by press 18h00 Keynote address A.1 conference 17h30-18h15 Jean Winand, "What If We Abolish the Humanities?" 18h-19h C.2 Parallel sessions and symposia C.4 Parallel sessions and symposia C.8 Parallel sessions and symposia C.12 Parallel sessions and symposia 19h00 II.2; II.10; V.2(1); VI.2; VI.4; VI.7(1); III.2(2); IV.1(2); IV.2; V.3; VI.9(1); VI.11; I.1(2); II. 9(3); V.8; VI.14; VI.20; VI.25; I.5(3); V.9; VI.10; VI.17; VI.21(2); VI.24; VI.16(2); S.II.6 III.4; S.I.2; S.VI.19(2) S.VI.16; S.VI.22 18h30-20h 18h30-20h 18h30-20h 18h30-20h Closing Reception Welcome reception & 20h00 Cultural Performances 20h-23h 21h00 A.8 Evening event A.9 Evening event A.10 Evening event A.11 Evening event 1 WORLD HUMANITIES CONFERENCE -Programme- 29 June 2017, "Keynote Address" Room: Noppius Event Code Date and time Name Affiliation Title ‘What Humanism and What Secularism for the A.1 18h-19h on Sunday 6 August Jean Winand Dean of the Faculty of Letters, Université de Liège State in the Twenty-First Century?’. Professor of Management (David O'Brian Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at Concordia University, Montreal). Since 2015, he is the Executive Director of Future A.2 12h-13h on Tuesday 8 August Shrivastava, Paul ‘Future Earth’ Earth, an international research programme for sustainable development and global change, combining a scientific with artistic approaches. President and CEO of Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), a non-profit organization focused on "Capturing the Past in the Present: and Making it A.3 10h45-11h45 on Monday 7 August Robert Kahn research and development for the national information Accessible" infrastructure. Ivorian French-speaking writer, author of poems, novels and A.4 9h-10h on Tuesday 8 August Boni, Tanella scenarios. She also writes children's books. She is Professor of "Penser au Féminin à partir de l'Afrique" Philosophy at the University of Cocody in Abidjan. Scholar from the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, teaches French and Philosophy at the University of Columbia (USA). He A.5 10h15-11h15 on Thursday 10 August Diagne, Souleymane Bachir "Philosophy in the Face of Tribalism" is a specialist in the history of philosophy, Islamic philosophy, literature and African philosophy. Professor of English Department at Konan University and a Vice- A.6 10h15-11h15 on Friday 11 August Kumie Inose "The Role of Humanities in a World Full of Violence" President of the Science Council of Japan Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, former Minister, ‘What Humanism and What Secularism for the A.10 4h30 - 5h30 on Friday 11 August Hervé HASQUIN Secretary of the Royal Academy of Belgium State in the Twenty-First Century?’. 2 WORLD HUMANITIES CONFERENCE -Programme- 29 June 2017, "Plenary Sessions" Room: Noppius Event Code Name Affiliation Position P.I Plenary session - Humans and the Environment. 16h30-18h on Tuesday 8 August Moderator: (TBC) Professor of Environmental Politics, Political Philosophy, and Cultural Criticism, Chair of Taft Faculty, Director Taft Research Center, UNESCO Co- P.I Adrianne PARR Professor Chair of Water, Department of Political Science & School of Architecture & Interior Design, University of Cincinnati P.I Steven Hartman Humanities for the Environment (HfE) Observatory member (TBC) (TBC) P.II Plenary session - Cultural Diversity. 11h30-13h on Thursday 10 August Moderator: Adama Samassekou P.II Margaret Higonnet FILL - International Federation of Modern Languages and Literature Professor Vice-Rector and organiser of the Latin American P.II Sandra Almeida Federal University of Minas Gerais Conference P.II Suwanna SATHA-ANAND Philosophy, Philosophy Department, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Professor P.II Bahjat Rizk Permanent Delegation of Lebanon to UNESCO Cultural Attaché P.III Plenary session - Borders and Migrations. 16h30-18h on Monday 7 August Moderator: (TBC) Assistant Professor of History at the Faculty of Economics, Administrative, P.III Akif Kirecci Assistant Professor and Social Sciences at Bilkent University. P.III Vladimir Kolossov CIPSH - International Geographical Union (IGU) Past President P.III Lucia Mokrá Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava Vice-president of the Slovak MOST Committee P.III Tim Jensen International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) President P.IV Plenary Sessions - Cultural Heritage. 12h-13h30 on Monday 7 August Moderator: (TBC) P.IV Lin Xiang Xiong Founder and President of Global Chinese Arts & Culture Society Founder and President P.IV Silvana Colella CIPSH - European Consortium for Humanities Institutes and Centres Chair and Secretariat (TBC) (TBC) P.V Plenary session - History, Memory and Politics. 10h15-11h45 on Tuesday 8 August Moderator: (TBC) P.V Chantal Grell Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine Professor P.V Mariët Westermann The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Executive Vice President of for Programs and Research P.V Chris Carey CIPSH - International Federation of Associations of Classical Studies (FIEC) Adjunct Member (TBC) P.VI Plenary Session - New Contexts for the Humanities. 11h30-13h on Friday 11 August Moderator: Hsiung Ping-Chen P.VI Rosi Braidotti CIPSH - Consortium of Humanities Centres and Institutes (CHCI) Board member P.VI Yves Gingras Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) Professor P.VI Kirsten Drotner Professor, Institut for Kulturvidenskaber Professor P.VI Andersen Øivind CIPSH - Union Académique Internationale (UAI) President P.VI Renaldas Gudauskas CIPSH - Apheleia Chair P.VII Ministerial Panel. 14h30-16h Friday 11 August Ministre de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique du Ministre de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Assétou Founé SAMAKE Mali Recherche Scientifique du Mali P.VI MIGAN Cité Administrative de Bamako Cité Administrative de Bamako Bamako - MALI Bamako - MALI P.VI Ghattas Khoury Minister of Culture, Lebanon Minister of Culture, Lebanon Vice Minister of Education (China) Vice Minister of Education (China) P.VI Hao Ping Chairperson of Chinese National Commission for Chairperson of Chinese National Commission for UNESCO UNESCO P.VIII CIPSH plenary session.