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 C.5 Parallel sessions and symposia individual paper proposals symposia: individual paper A.4 Keynote address Reports from the preparatory S.II.4 (1); proposals Tanella Boni, "Penser au Féminin à conferences S.II.6; S.III.8 ; S.VI.15; S.VI.16; S.I.3; S.II.4(2); S.IV.9 (2); partir de l'Afrique" I.4; II.4; IV.3; V.6; VI.12; VI.28; VI.29; 9h-10h S.VI.17; S.VI.20 S.IV.10; S.V.12; S.VI.18 VI.32 9h-10h 9h-10h 10h00 9h-10h30 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break 9h-10h30 P.V Plenary session - History, A.5 Keynote address A.6 Keynote address UNESCO-CIPSH Memory and Politics Coffee Break Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Kumie Inose, "The Role of Humanities Wrap-Up Meeting CIPSH General Moderator: Laurent Tissot Coffee Break "Philosophy in the Face of Tribalism" in a World Full of Violence" (Closed) Assembly Speakers include: Chantal Grell, A.3 Keynote address 10h15-11h15 10h15-11h15 Salle des Professeurs Salle des Mariët Westermann, Chris Carey, 11h00 Robert Kahn, "Capturing the Past in Professeurs Chaterine Jami the Present: and Making it Accessible" 10h45-11h45 9h-13h 10h15-11h45 P.VI Plenary Session - New Contexts P.II Plenary session - Cultural for the Humanities P.VIII CIPSH plenary session Diversity Moderator: Hsiung Ping-Chen Moderator: Adama Samassekou Speakers include: Rosi Braidotti, 12h00 11h-13h P.IV Plenary Sessions - Cultural Heritage Speakers include: Margaret Yves Gingras, Kirsten Drotner, A.2 Keynote address Moderator: Robert Halleux Higonnet, Sandra Almeida, Andersen Øivind, Renaldas Paul Shrivastava, "Future Earth" Speakers include: Lin Xiang Xiong, Suwanna Satha-Anand, Bahjat Rizk Gudauskas Silvana Colella, Frieda Steurs, Issa 11h30-13h 12h-13h N'Diaye 11h30-13h 13h00 12h-13h30 Lunch & side events Registration Lunch & side events Lunch & side events Lunch & side events Special event Place du XX août "Library Without Borders" University's old Lunch & side events 14h00 buildings 13h45-14h20 12h-16h P.VII Ministerial panel C.1 Parallel sessions and symposia C.3 Parallel sessions and symposia C.6 Parallel sessions and symposia C.10 Parallel sessions and symposia Moderator: Philippe Busquin Panels: Nada Al-Nashif Assétou Founé 15h00 I.3(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; I.5(1); II.5; V.7; III.5(1); VI.15; VI.19; SAMAKE MIGAN Ghattas Khoury S.IV.9(1); S.VI.19(1); VI.32 VI.8; VI.16(3) VI.18; VI.30; VI.33; VI.26; VI.31;VI.36(1) 14h30-16h 14h30-16h 14h30-16h 14h30-16h 14h30-16h 16h00 Coffee Break (+posters Coffee Break (+posters Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break presentation) presentation) Opening session P.I Plenary session - Humans and the C.7 Parallel sessions and symposia C.11 Parallel sessions and symposia P.III Plenary session - Borders and Environment Hervé Hasquin, "What Humanism Migrations Noppius auditorium - Moderator: Jean-Luc De Paepe Moderator: Madeline Caviness and What Secularism for the State 17h00 Opera Complex Speakers include: Adrianne PARR, I.1(1); II.7; II. 9(2); IV.4; IV.6; V.5; VI.22; I.2; I.5(2); II.8; III.5(2); IV.5; VI.21(1); Place de la République française Speakers include: Akif Kirecci, Vladimir in the Twenty-First Century?" (TBC) Steven Hartman, François Djindjian VI.27 VI.23; S.VI.21;VI.36(2) Kolossov Lucia Mokrá, Tim Jensen 16h30-17h30 Discussant: Timothy Lloyd 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?" C.2 Parallel sessions and symposia C.4 Parallel sessions and symposia C.8 Parallel sessions and symposia 18h-19h C.12 Parallel sessions and symposia 19h00 II.2; II.10; VI.2; VI.4; VI.7(1); VI.16(2); 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); II.11; III.5(3); V.9; VI.10; VI.17; S.I.1; S.VI.14 III.4; S.I.2 S.V.11; S.VI.19(2) VI.21(2); VI.24; ; 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 WORLD HUMANITIES CONFERENCE -Programme- 21 July 2017, “Keynote Speakers“ Room: Noppius Event Code Date and Time Name Affiliation Title ‘What Humanism and What Secularism for A.1 18h-19h on Sunday 6 August Jean Winand Dean of the Faculty of Letters, Université de Liège the 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 A.2 12h-13h on Tuesday 8 August Paul Shrivastava ‘Future Earth’ Director of Future 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 scenarios. She also writes children's books. She is A.4 9h-10h on Tuesday 8 August Tanella Boni "Penser au Féminin à partir de l'Afrique" Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cocody in Abidjan. Scholar from the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, teaches French and Philosophy at the University of A.5 10h15-11h15 on Thursday 10 August Souleymane Bachir Diagne Columbia (USA). He is a specialist in the history of "Philosophy in the Face of Tribalism" philosophy, Islamic philosophy, literature and African philosophy. Professor of English Department at Konan University and a "The Role of Humanities in a World Full of A.6 10h15-11h15 on Friday 11 August Kumie Inose Vice-President of the Science Council of Japan Violence" Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, former A.10 4h30 - 5h30 on Friday 11 August Hervé HASQUIN Minister, Secretary of the Royal Academy of Belgium WORLD HUMANITIES CONFERENCE -Programme- 21 July 2017, “Plenary Sessions” Room: Noppius Event Code Name Role Affiliation P.I Plenary session - Humans and the Environment. 16h30-18h on Tuesday 8 August Deputy Secretary General of Union Académique Internationale and Secretariat of the Royal P.I Jean-Luc De Paepe Moderator Commission of History (Belgium) Professor of Environmental Politics, Political Philosophy, and Cultural Criticism, Chair of Taft P.I Adrianne PARR Speaker Faculty, Director Taft Research Center, UNESCO Co-Chair of Water, Department of Political Science & School of Architecture & Interior Design, University of Cincinnati P.I Timothy Lloyd Discussant CIPSH - IFFS, President P.I Steven Hartman Speaker Professor and Convenor of the Humanities for the Environment (HfE) Circumpolar Observatory P.I François Djindjian Speaker Vice-President of CIPSH and Treasurer of UISPP P.II Plenary session - Cultural Diversity. 11h30-13h on Thursday 10 August P.II Adama Samassekou Moderator Former Président of the CIPSH and President of the WHC P.II Margaret Higonnet Speaker FILL - International Federation of Modern Languages and Literature, Professor P.II Sandra Almeida Speaker Federal University of Minas Gerais, Vice-Rector and organiser of the Latin American Conference P.II Suwanna SATHA-ANAND Speaker Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy Department, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok P.II Bahjat Rizk Speaker Permanent Delegation of Lebanon to UNESCO, Cultural Attaché P.III Plenary session - Borders and Migrations. 16h30-18h on Monday 7 August P.III Madeline Caviness Moderator Mary Richardson Professor Emeritus of Tufts University Associate Professor of History at the Faculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social Sciences P.III Akif Kirecci Speaker at Bilkent University; Vice-President, UNESCO National Commission for Turkey P.III Vladimir Kolossov Speaker CIPSH - International Geographical Union (IGU), Past President Vice-president of the Slovak MOST Committee, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences P.III Lucia Mokrá Speaker Comenius University in Bratislava P.III Tim Jensen Speaker President of International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) P.IV Plenary Sessions - Cultural Heritage. 12h-13h30 on Monday 7 August P.IV Robert Halleux Moderator Member of the Institut de France and of the Royal Academy of Belgium P.IV Lin Xiang Xiong Speaker Founder and President of Global Chinese Arts & Culture Society CIPSH - Chair and Secretariat of European Consortium for Humanities Institutes and Centres P.IV Silvana Colella Speaker (ECHIC) P.IV Frieda Steurs Speaker CIPL - Permannet Committee of Linguists P.IV Issa N'Diaye Speaker Président du Forum Civique, Espace de Réflexion et d’Action pour la Démocratie P.V Plenary session - History, Memory and Politics. 10h15-11h45 on Tuesday 8 August P.V Laurent Tissot Moderator Comité international des sciences historiques (CISH) P.V Chantal Grell Speaker Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine, Professeur P.V Mariët Westermann Speaker Executive Vice President of for Programs and Research, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation P.V Chris Carey Speaker Executive Vice President of for Programs and Research, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation P.V Chaterine Jami Speaker CIPSH - Adjunct Member of International Federation of Associations of Classical Studies (FIEC) P.VI Plenary Session - New Contexts for the Humanities.