Draft Program for Conference 3-5 April 2015, Hamburg University, Audimax CHALLENGING CAPITALIST MODERNITY II DISSECTING CAPITALIST MODERNITY – BUILDING DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERALISM 3 April 2015 – Friday 12:00-13:00 Welcoming Speeches and Messages Welcoming Speech | Prof. Norman Paech Introduction | Prof. Elmar Altvater Opening Speech | Reimar Heider Messages of Greeting | Prof. Silvia Federici, Abdullah Öcalan and others 13:00-15:00 Session 1 Dissecting Capitalist Modernity 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Moderation: N. N. Scientism—Re-colonization of the Mind | Dr. Muriel Gonzales Athenas Capitalism—Accumulation of Value or Power? | Kenan Ayaz Nation State—God on Earth? | Prof. David Harvey Industrialism—Law, Science and Imperialism | Dr. Radha D'Souza Religionism and Secularism—Religion and the State | N. N. Cultural Hegemony—Gramsci and Öcalan | Call for Papers* 15:00-16:30 Discussion 16:30-18:00 Dinner Break 18:00-20:00 Session 2 Democratic Modernity 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Moderation: Eirik Eiglad New Concepts—Democratic Confederalism  Democratic Autonomy | Havin Guneser Liberating Life: Political and Moral Society | Emine Ayna Democratic Nation—A Cure for Nationalism | Asya Abdullah Power and Truth—Foucault and Öcalan | Call for Papers* Democratic Confederalism—The Practice of Social Ecology? | Call for Papers* 20:00-21:30 Discussion *) Speaker will be selected from the authors of the papers sent in response to the “Call for Papers” Last updated: 02 March 2015 4 April 2015 – Saturday 10:00-12:00 Session 3 Ecological Industry and Communal Economy 1. 2. 3. 4. Moderation: Thomas Konicz Communal Economy: The Case for the Commons | Silke Helfrich Cooperatives in Catalonia and the Basque Country | N. N. Human Economies | Prof. David Graeber Braudel, Wallerstein and Öcalan on Economy and Capitalism | Call for Papers* 12:00-13:30 Discussion 13:30-15:00 Lunch Break 15:00-16:30 Session 4 Overcoming the Stumbling Blocks of Revolutionary Theory 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Moderation: N. N. Reproducing Capitalism: Consumption and Habits | Ahmet Pelda New Concepts of Self-defense | Fidan Yıldırım The Centrality of Women’s Freedom | Sara Aktaş Aesthetics, Culture, Arts and Beauty | N. N. Power Relations: State and Family | Dr. Nazan Üstündağ Feminism and the Kurds | Call for Papers* 16:30-18:00 Discussion 18:00-19:00 Evening Break 19:00-21:00 Concert Rotînda, Zelal Gökçe, Meral Tekçi, Mehmet Akbas 5 April 2015, Sunday 10:00-12:30 Session 5a Lessons to be Learned from Alternative Practices 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Moderation: Anja Flach Internationalism—an Evolving Concept | N. N. (YXK) Montreal: Assemblies and the State | Dimitrios Roussopoulos South Africa: Progressive Politics in a Capitalist Country? | Alex Mohubetswane Mashilo Brazil: The Landless Workers’ Movement | N. N. Democratic Confederalism in Kurdistan—Work in Progress Rojava: The Cantons—Resistance and Construction | Dr. Ahmad Yousef Başûr: Stuck between Freedom and the State | Şîlan Şakir 12:30-14:00 Discussion Last updated: 02 March 2015 14:00-15:00 Lunch Break 15:00-17:00 Session 5b Lessons to be Learned from Alternative Practices (continued) Moderation: Prof. Sabine Rollberg 7. Rojhilat: The KODAR Model | Shirzad Kamangar 8. Bakur: From State to Democracy | Selma Irmak 9. The Fourth World War and How to Win it—A Tribute to Kurds and Zapatistas | Prof. John Holloway 10. Bolivia: The Plurinational State | Marcelo Elío Chávez 11. New England  Rojava: Assembly Democracies | Janet Biehl 12. Philippines: Building NGOs and Involving Communities | N. N. 17:00-18:00 Discussion 18:00-18:25 Closing speech New Horizons: Reconstructing Liberation | Gönül Kaya Technical information: Translation: Simultaneous in Kurdish, English, German, Turkish, Italian and Spanish Food: Lunch is 3€ for registered participants Live stream: The entire conference will be streamed to the internet in several languages Registration fee: 10 Euros for students/unemployed, 20 Euros for others Accommodation: Hostel – 15 Euro per person per night standard multi bedroom, Sleeping place in homes for free Registration is open. Please register at [email protected] and specify your preferred accommodation Network for an Alternative Quest: International Initiative “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan–Peace in Kurdistan” • KURD-AKAD Network of Kurdish Academics • YXK – Association of Students from Kurdistan • Kurdistan Report • ISKU - Informationsstelle Kurdistan e.V. • Cenî – Kurdish Women's Office for Peace • Civaka Azad – Kurdish Center for Public Relations Last updated: 02 March 2015