Reset Dialogues
on Civilizations
and
Supreme
Council
of Culture
present
Beyond Orientalism and Occidentalism
Thinking Dialogue among Civilizations
March 4th/6th 2006 - Cairo, Egypt
Saturday March 4th
5.30 p.m Welcome Remarks
Prof. Emad Abu Ghazi,
Head Central Department Supreme Council of Culture
Nina zu Fürstenberg,
Director Reset Dialogues on Civilizations
Georg Heinrich Thyssen- Bornemisza
H.E. Antonio Badini,
Ambassador of Italy to Egypt
5:45 p.m. First Session
Intercultural Dialogue:
Instructions for
the Ruling Classes
Chairman:
Giancarlo Bosetti,
Reset editor-in-chief
«Against Culture Clashes and Terror Wars:
Forms of Intercultural Dialogue»
Fred Dallmayr,
Professor of Philosophy at Notre Dame University, Indiana
«From Orientalism to Occidentalism and
beyond»
Hassan Hanafi,
Professor of philosophy at Cairo University
«What to Learn from Each Other»
Giuliano Amato,
Vicepresident of the European Convention
Sayed Yassin,
Former Director of Al Ahram Centre for Strategic Studies
and Professor of Political Sociology
Public Discussion
Sunday March 5th
10.00 a.m. Second Session
A history of translations and exchange
Chairman: Ahmed Etman,
Professor of Graeco-Arabic at Cairo University
«The Cultural Context of Translations
from Arabic into Latin»
Charles Burnett,
Professor of History of Islamic Influences in Europe
at Warburg Institute, London
«The Oblivion of Islam in the West and
Averroes»
Massimo Campanini,
Professor of Arab Culture at Milan University
«The dialogue among Civilizations, Languages
and Religions from Alexandria to Bagdad»
Ahmed Etman,
Professor of Graeco-Arabic at Cairo University
«A Matter of Context. Favourable Conditions
for Cultural Exchange»
Dimitri Gutas,
Professor of Arabic and Graeco-Arabic at Yale University
Kassem Abdu Kassem,
Professor of Medieval History at Zagzig University
«Mutual Knowledge and Acknowledgment
for fruitful dialogues and human complementarity»
Zeyneb el-Khodeyri,
Professor of medieval philosophy at Cairo University
«Opening and Closing of Civilizational
Boundaries: from Translation to Incomprehension. From
Conflict to Peace»
Bassam Tibi,
A.D. White Professor-at-Large of Cornell University
Public Discussion
5:00 p.m Third Session
Logos and Praxis. Toward a Possible Action
Plan
Chairman: Gaber Asfour,
Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Culture
of Egypt
«The Challenge of Democracy beyond Cultural
Borders»
Nadia Urbinati, Professor of Political Science at
Columbia University, New York
Mahmoud Amin El Alem, Committee of the Supreme Council
of Culture and Philosopers
«Dialogue and Non-violence: Against the Clash
of Intolerances»
Ramin Jahanbegloo, Professor of Contemporary Studies,
Teheran University
Otto Schily, Former German Minister of the Interior
Public Discussion
Monday March 6th
10.00 a.m Roundtable
Taming Radicalisms.
Mutual Images, Obstacles,
Opportunities and the role of the media.
Chairman: Giancarlo Bosetti
«Between Relativism and Islamophobia –
searching for the right tone in the debate about immigration,
integration and religious fundamentalism»
Jörg Lau,
Journalist of German Newspaper Die Zeit
«Arabic and Islamic views about Dialogue
among Civilizations»
Guido Rampoldi,
Editorialist of La Repubblica- Italian Daily Newspaper
Nadia Mostafa,
Professor of Political Science, Cairo University
Mohamed Salmawi,
President of the Association of Egyptian Writers and
editor in Chief of El Ahram Hebdo, Cairo
Public Discussion
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