IWM International Summer School in Philosophy and Politics 2010 Religion in Public Life Cortona
Italy July 4-17, 2010
Call for Applications Deadline: March 25, 2010 Program The IWM invites forty graduate students and young postdoctoral researchersin the humanities or social sciences to take part in the Summer Schoolwithin the Institute’s research focus on “Religion & Secularism”.
It willprovide a forum for study and discussion with leading scholars on majorquestions and challenges related to the topic. For complete details pleasevisit http://www.iwm.at/summerschool.
Seminar 1 Religion and Multiple Modernities Seminar 2 Religion and Democracy Seminar 3 The Role of Faith in Public Discourse Seminar 4 God in Contemporary Debates Evening discussions with Italian public figures (including the formerPrime Minister Giuliano Amato) will complete the program.
Faculty José Casanova, Professor of Sociology and Head of the Program‘Globalization, Religion and the Secular’, Berkley Center, GeorgetownUniversity. Dipesh Chakrabarty, Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor ofHistory, South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College,University of Chicago. Nilüfer Göle, Director of Studies, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en SciencesSociales (EHESS), Centre d’Analyse et d’Intervention Sociologiques(CADIS), Paris. Friedrich Wilhelm Graf, Professor of Systemic Theology and Ethics,Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich. Sudipta Kaviraj, Professor of South Asian Politics and IntellectualHistory, Head of the Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages andCultures, Columbia University. Marcin Krol, Professor of the History of Ideas and Philosophy, Dean,Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, Warsaw University. Krzysztof Michalski, Professor of Philosophy, University of Boston andWarsaw University, Rector, Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna. Michael Sandel, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government,Harvard University. Charles Taylor, Professor emeritus of Philosophy, McGill University,Montréal; Permanent Fellow, IWM, Vienna. Organization Each of the seminars will meet Monday through Friday.
Participants arerequired to enroll in three seminars. They will be conducted in English,thus excellent command of this language is absolutely required. There is no tuition for the Summer School; course materials, room and fullboard will be provided (accommodation in double rooms, single rooms areavailable for an extra charge).
Participants are responsible to covertravel costs to and from Cortona and all other incidental expenses. Application The application must be submitted in English and include · the application form (please download) · a curriculum vitae and · a letter of motivation discussing at least one of the fourseminar topics (max. 5 pages)
Please submit your application by e-mail Esta dirección electrónica esta protegida contra spam bots. Necesita activar JavaScript para visualizarla Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IWM)1090 Wien, Austria; Spittelauer Lände 3T: +43-1-31358-0, F: +43-1-31358-30 Deadline for application is March 25, 2010! Applicants will be notified by the end of April. The Summer School is organized by the Institute for Human Sciences (Vienna) and generously supported by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation(Cologne).
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