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Reconciliation in the Middle East & North Africa:

An Interdisciplinary Research in Reconciliation and Refugees

11.-15.08.2018

Day Time Agenda

11.08.2018

(Saturday)

Arrival in Jena

18:00 – 19:00 Optional Short City tour (guided by Prof. Leiner)

20:00 Dinner

12.08.2018

(Sunday)

Senate

8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast in Hotel

Walk to the Senate

9:00 – 10:00 Welcome Desk

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1st Session: Reconciliation, Refugees and our Common Projects

10:00 – 11:00 Prof. Dr. Martin Leiner, Ayad Muhsen Al-Dajani and the JCRS-Team

Welcome and Introduction

Short welcoming message from presidents of universities and representatives of organisations

11:00 Prof. Marwan Mamdouh Omar El-Muwalla

(President of the University of Petra)

11:10 Professor Dr. Mostafa Mohamed Mostafa El Sheekh

(Vice President of Tanta University for postgraduate studies and Research)

11:20 Profesor Dr. Alla Abdelhafiz Mohamed Abdelgawad

(Vice President of the University of Assiut Egypt)

11:30 Professor Ashraf Ismail Mohammad Aladwan

(Vice Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at University of Jordan)

11:40 Director, Professor Sultan Barakat

(Director of the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies and a professor in politics and post-war recovery

studies at the University of York)

11:50 Ute Stotz, Presenting German Sciecne Foundation ( DFG)

Carsten Walbiner, Presenting German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Greetings

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12:00 – 14:30 Lunch (Koz Restaurant. Schloßgasse 1) & Break

14:30 – 16:15 2nd Session: Presentation of potential common Research Projects

14:30-15:00 Erasmus +: Presentation of actual and possible Partners presenting Prof. Leiner (JCRS)

15:00-15:45 Horizon 2020 and similar: Presentation of possible partners presenting Prof. Leiner/Prof.

Wüstenberg with Liridona Velia (Innsbruck), Zahra Langhi (LWPP) and Rafael Heiber (CAF)

15:45-16:00 DFG-Programs: Forschergruppe presenting (Ute Stotz with Prof. Leiner)

16:00-16:15 DAAD-Programs presenting Carsten Walbiner

Coffee Break (15 min)

16:30 – 17:00 Davide Tacchini: Refugees in Need of Reconciliation (Lecture)

17:00 – 17:10 Greetings by the Mayor of Jena

19:00- 20 :30 Individual Dinner, Ending the Day in JCRS Office in JenTower (optional)

13.08.2018

(Monday)

Senate

Refugees and Reconciliation: Challenges and Practices

10:00 – 12:00 1st Session: Challenges and Practices 1

10:00 Dr. Rabah Aynaou & Prof. Yamina Hakkou (Ouijda, Morocco)

Morocco’s Perspective in the Reconciliation Process

10:30

Professor Dr. Zeyad Makhamreh (University of Jordan)

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Impact of Refugees Dynamics on Environmental Degradation in the Arab Cities

11:00 Dr. Dalal Iriqat (American Arab University of Jenin)

Diplomacy in the Perspective of Peace Building: From Coercion to Dictation

11:30 Ralf Wüstenberg (University of Flensburg)

Victimhood and Reconciliation

12:00 – 14:30 Lunch (Zur Rosen. Johannisstrasse 13) & Break

14:30 – 18:00 2nd Session: Challenges and Practices 2

14:30 Fannie du Toit (United Nation Development Prgoram in Iraq)

Reconciliation Initiatives in Iraq

15:00 Prof. Dr. Nergis Dama (Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University)

The Approach to Refugees in Turkey

15:30 Zahra Langhi (Women’s Plateform for Peace in Libya)

Libya after Seven Years of Impasse – a Study on Peace and Reconciliation in Libya

16:00 Coffee Break (15 min)

16:15 Dr. Zeina Barakat ( Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS))

Women Waging Reconciliation and Peace

16:45 Dr. Muath Yahia Yosef al-Zoubi (University of Jordan)

Legal Issues Regarding the Global Refugee Crisis: The Example of Jordan

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17:15 Dr. Amjad Abu-el Ezz (Al Najah-University Nablus)

The EU´s Political Role in the Middle East Peace Process

17:45 Coffee Break (15 min)

18:00 Meeting refugees in Jena

Mr Lölke from the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (German government approach)

14.08.2018

(Tuesday)

Senate

Refugees and Reconciliation in Media and in Education

10:00 – 12:00 1st Session: Reconciliation, Refugees and Media

10:00 Dr. Zahra Ahmad Ali Awad (Univesity of Jordan)

Digital News Corporation and Public Opinion: The Case of Syrian Refugees in Germany.

10:30 Ayad M. Al-Dajani (Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS))

Online Social Media for Social Change Towards Reconciliation Process

11:00 Prof. Dr. Sultan Barakat (York/Qatar)

Crises in Qatar, Reconciliation in Future Perspective

11:30 Dr. Ula (Mohammad Kamel) Ali Al-Dabbagh (University of Petra).

Reconciliation in the Middle East – Media

12:00 – 14:30 Lunch (Versilia. Wagnergasse 5) & Break

14:30 – 17:00 2nd Session: Reconciliation and Education

14:30 Dr. Ayman T. R. Haidaria (American Arab University of Jenin)

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Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Palestine: Perspectives of Palestinian Civil Society Organizations.

15:00 Prof. Dr. Michael Wermke (Fredrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany)

How to Prepare Teachers on Working with Refugees? – a Project of Zentrum für Religionspädagogische

Bildungsforschung (ZRB)

15:30 Break

17:00 Celebration of the AARMENA-Network

15.08.2018

(Wednesday)

Dornburg Castle

Religion and Reconciliation

10:00 Departure with Bus at Hotel

11:00 – 13:00 1st Session: Religion and Reconciliation 1

11:00 Professor Issa Diab (Saint Joseph University)

Religious Thought That Leads to Reconciliation and Peace Making

11:30 Professor Dr. Youssef Sayed Mahmoud (University Fayoum)

Fostering Friendship Relegations Among Muslim and Christian Students

12:00 N.N. (University Notre Dame)

12:30 Prof. Joram Tarusarira (University Groningen)

Refugees and the anatomy of apology and forgiveness

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch & Break

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14:00-14:30 Photoshooting: Group Photos

14:30 – 16:00 2nd Session: Religion and Reconciliation 2

14:30 Carolina Rehrman (Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS))

Refugees in Greece: Between European Disputes and National Populism

15:00 Prof. Dr. Wietske De Jong-Kumru (University of Flensburg)

A Postcolonial Look at Europe’s „Refugee Crisis“.

15:30 Prof. Dr. Martin Leiner (Director , Jena Center for Reconciliation Studies (JCRS))

The Hölderlin-Perspective: Its Contribution to Reconciliation at the Peak of the Refugee Crises

16:00 Coffee Break

17:00 Departure with Bus

16.08.2018

(Thursday)

7:30 Breakfast and Coming Together with JCRS-Staff-Members

Departure