Skip to content

Making Strange

  • Home
  • Biography
  • What is Policy Translation?
  • Research
  • Teaching
  • People
  • Publications
July 25, 2020 / Anthropology

Workshop on “Translation in World Politics” at Kate Hamburger Kolleg, Duisburg, Germany

Last week, on October 08-09, I took part in a workshop at the University of Duisburg’s Kate Hamburger Kolleg (Centre for Global Cooperation Research) named “Translation in World Politics”. It was very pleasing to see the ideas of policy translation making headway in other disciplines, and now also in International Relations and World Politics. I want to tell “thank you” to organizers of the workshop – Dr. Alejandro Esguera and Dr. Tobias Berger for organizing such a wonderful event, and for inviting me from so far to take part in it. It’s been fantastic…

Thus, it’s now official. Policy Translation made it to International Relations. In a two-day workshop on 08-09 October, a number of prominent scholars from the UK and Germany (and one not so prominent scholar from Azerbaijan) discussed theory, methods and empirical application of the ideas of “translation” various social phenomena in politics. The highlight of the event was the key-note speech by Professor Richard Freeman from the University of Edinburgh. Professor Freeman applied ideas from Hanna Arendt’s book “The Human Condition” to analyzing politics via studying an encounter of Henry Kissinger and his Chinese counter-part Chou. It’s a new form of political analysis when events and meetings come to forefront, often in an ethnographic light. I was lucky to see Richard’s presentation of John Dewey’s thought in Tilburg in 2012, and I must say that there is some magic in the manner with which he interprets the great minds to help us make sense of their relevance in politics.

As part of the workshop, I presented a concept note on policy translation advancing seven themes around which the scholarship of policy translation rotates, blending these with examples from my own work in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan (what I call the world periphery). If interested, I can send you my paper via email.

Here is a link to the description of the event prepared by the centre, including the photos and the programme.

Post navigation

Previous Post:

On Being an Academic and a Public Intellectual

Next Post:

The Importance of Being Stupid in Research

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Archives

  • December 2022 (1)
  • September 2022 (1)
  • January 2022 (1)
  • July 2021 (2)
  • June 2021 (1)
  • January 2021 (1)
  • September 2020 (2)
  • September 2019 (1)
  • August 2019 (1)
  • June 2019 (1)
  • December 2018 (1)
  • November 2018 (1)
  • September 2018 (1)
  • July 2018 (1)
  • April 2018 (1)
  • March 2018 (1)
  • June 2017 (1)
  • April 2017 (1)
  • November 2016 (1)
  • August 2016 (1)
  • January 2016 (3)
  • December 2015 (1)
  • November 2015 (2)
  • October 2015 (1)
  • September 2015 (1)
  • July 2015 (1)
  • May 2015 (1)
  • April 2015 (1)
  • February 2015 (1)
  • December 2014 (2)
  • November 2014 (1)
  • October 2014 (1)
  • August 2014 (2)
  • June 2014 (1)
  • May 2014 (1)
  • January 2014 (1)
  • December 2013 (2)
  • September 2013 (1)
  • August 2013 (1)
  • July 2013 (3)
  • June 2013 (1)
  • May 2013 (3)
  • March 2013 (4)
  • February 2013 (1)
  • October 2012 (3)
  • August 2012 (1)

Categories

Book an appointment with me

Archives

  • December 2022
  • September 2022
  • January 2022
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • January 2021
  • September 2020
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • June 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • September 2018
  • July 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • June 2017
  • April 2017
  • November 2016
  • August 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • November 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • July 2015
  • May 2015
  • April 2015
  • February 2015
  • December 2014
  • November 2014
  • October 2014
  • August 2014
  • June 2014
  • May 2014
  • January 2014
  • December 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • October 2012
  • August 2012
©2023 Making Strange - Powered by Simpleasy