Living with Islamophobia

International Conference (video recording available, in English and German)

The W. Michael Blumenthal Academy of the Jewish Museum Berlin, the Berlin Institute for Integration and Migration Research (BIM) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Alice Salomon University Berlin, in cooperation with the Council on Migration and the University of Salzburg, organized the two-day international conference Living with Islamophobia in Berlin.

recording available

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The Old Building is marked in green

Where

Old Building, ground level, Glass Courtyard
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin

Where, when, what?

Video Recordings of the Conference Living with Islamophobia

(5 items)

Opening remarks: Signe Rossbach, Werner Schiffauer, and Iman Attia and Keynote: Meyda Yeğenoğlu; Jewish Museum Berlin 2018
Panel 1: Processes of Racialization with Jen’ nan G. Read, Junaid Rana, and Nasar Meer; moderators: Léontine Meijer-van Mensch and Hafssa El-Bouhamouchi; with opening remarks by Léontine Meijer-van Mensch, Naika Foroutan, and Iman Attia; Jewish Museum Berlin 2018
Panel 2: Securitization and Sexualisation with Moustafa Bayoumi and Jasmin Zine; moderators: Ozan Zakariya Keskinkiliç and Saboura Manpreet Naqshband; Jewish Museum Berlin 2018
Panel 3: Counter Strategies and Empowerment with James Carr, Deepa Kumar, and Salman Sayyid; moderator: Kübra Gümüşay; Jewish Museum Berlin 2018
Panel 4: German Perspectives with Iman Attia, Naika Foroutan, and Yasemin Karakasoglu; moderator: Farid Hafez, in German; Jewish Museum Berlin 2018

The establishment of the German right-wing party AfD (Alternative for Germany) as a parliamentary party in Germany marks a turning point in German post-war history. Similar to its European neighbors Germany is equally registering a harsh tone in debates on national security surrounding asylum and migration policies. Demands of border control, the (re-) installment of a refugee quota and deportations are all part of a rhetoric highlighting the fear of a “clash of civilizations” as well as an “Islamization” of Europe. Discourses on the “infiltration” and the alienation of Europe’s citizens fall on fertile ground. Muslims and those labelled as Muslims particularly experience institutional and structural segregation through everyday hostility. Studies on islamophobia, anti-Muslim racism have not yet fully started with incorporating experiences of discrimination, practices of quotidian resistance, counter-narratives and – movements.

The conference Living with Islamophobia put an emphasis on the perspective of those affected by it and their way of dealing with Islamophobia and anti-Mulism racism. This two-day conference therefore particularly focussed on transnational perspectives and bringing an international scientific state of the art together. It looked at processes of racialization along the categories of culture and religion, at themes of securitization as well as the role of sexuality and gender. At the same it looked at counter strategies and strategies of empowerment. While this conference was open to all, it particularly invited an expert audience in order to trigger an interdisciplinary and transnational exchange.

Program

Thu, 11 Oct 2018

6 pm	Welcome Signe Rossbach Jewish Museum Berlin Werner Schiffauer Rat für Migration (Council for Migration), Berlin Iman Attia Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin
6.15 pm	Keynote Meyda Yeğenoğlu Tampere University, Finland, Duke University, USA
7 pm	Panel Discussion: Living with Islamophobia – International Perspectives and Counter Strategies Nina Mühe CLAIM – Allianz gegen Islam- und Muslimfeindlichkeit (Alliance against Islamophobia and Muslimphobia) Fiyaz Mughal Founder and Director Faith Matters and TELL MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks), UK Shaireen Rasheed Long Island University, USA Moderation: Riem Spielhaus University of Göttingen
8.30 pm	Reception

Fri, 12 Oct 2018

9 am	Welcome Léontine Meijer-van Mensch Program Director, Jewish Museum Berlin Naika Foroutan Berlin Institute for Integration and Migration Research, Humboldt University Berlin Iman Attia Alice Salomon University, Berlin
9.15 am	Processes of Racialization Jen’ nan G. Read Duke University, USA Junaid Rana University of Illinois, USA Nasar Meer University of Edinburgh, UK Moderation: Léontine Meijer-van Mensch, Hafssa El-Bouhamouchi Jewish Museum Berlin
11.15 am	Coffee break
11.30 am	Securitization and Sexualisation Moustafa Bayoumi City University of New York, USA Uzma Jamil McGill University, Canada Jasmin Zine Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada Moderation: Ozan Zakariya Keskinkiliç Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin Saboura Manpreet Naqshband Co-Founder Berlin Muslim Feminists
1.30 pm	Lunch
2.30 pm	Counter Strategies and Empowerment James Carr University of Limerick, Ireland Deepa Kumar Rutgers University, USA Salman Sayyid University of Leeds, UK Moderation: Kübra Gümüşay
4.30 pm	Coffee break
5 pm	German Perspectives German with simultaneous translation in English Iman Attia Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin Naika Foroutan Berlin Institute for Integration and Migration Research, Humboldt University Berlin Yasemin Karakasoglu Bremen University Moderation: Farid Hafez University of Salzburg, Austria