Citizenship Across Borders: New forms in a post-national world
International conference
Organized by
University of Strasbourg – Syracuse University
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University
Université de Strasbourg, DRES National Centre for Scientific Research UMR 7354
Syracuse Abroad and the Syracuse Strasbourg Center
20-21 October 2022
Strasbourg
October 20th Thursday
Université de Strasbourg, Palais Universitaire, Salle Pasteur
- 9h00-9h15 Welcome in the Aula of the University Palace
- 9h30 Opening: Carol Faulkner / Samim Akgönül
Welcome address: Erika Wilkens (Syracuse Abroad) / Vincente Fortier (DRES research center)
Raymond Bach (Syracuse Strasbourg Center) - 10h45 Keynote: Elizabeth Cohen, Syracuse University: Citizenship Across Generations
- 12h00 Lunch break sponsored by DRES Research Center
Restaurant « la Victoire », 24 Quai des Pêcheurs, 67000 Strasbourg
- 13h30 Panel 1
Citizenship as a construction: Language, Literature and Perceptions
Chair: Samim Akgönül
Dympna Callaghan, Syracuse University: “Poor citizen, distressed”: Shakespeare and the Citizen
Jennifer K. Dick, University of Haute Alsace: Under Flag: Language and (Unattainable) Homogenization in the Era of Postnational Citizenship
Subhasree Ghosh, University of Calcutta, From Subjects to Citizens: ‘Constructing’ Citizenship in Post-Colonial India, 1947-1955
- 15h00-15h15 Coffee Break
- 15h15 Panel 2
Post-ottoman nationhood and citizenship
Chair: Seth Jolly
Samim Akgönül, University of Strasbourg: Why immigrants vote? External vote of Turks in Europe and loyalty concerns
Yunus Sözen, LeMoyne College: Pro-immigration Right-Wing Authoritarian Populism: Redefining Nation and Citizenship in Turkey
Inci Öykü Yener-Roderburg, University of Essen-Duisburg: Non-voter remote refugee partisanship: Evidence from the non-voter Kurds for the Turkish Elections in Germany
- 16h45-17h00 coffee break
- 17h00 Panel 3
Legal citizenship: roots and mutations
Chair: John J. Goodman
Chris R. Kyle, Syracuse University: Birthright Naturalization Law: An English Historical Perspective
Andres Sanchez-Padilla, Centro Universitario de la Defensa de Zaragoza: Defining the Rules of Naturalization: Sovereignty, Citizenship, and U.S.-Spanish Relations (1868-1884)
Dalia Abdelhady, Lund University, and Amy Lutz, Syracuse University: Lived Citizenship among the Children of North African Immigrants
- 18h30 Break before Dinner
- 19h30 Conference dinner sponsored by the Maxwell School,
Restaurant “Au pont Saint Martin” 15 Rue des Moulins, 67000 Strasbourg
October 21st Friday
Syracuse University Strasbourg Center, Room 202/203
19 Quai Rouget de Lisle
- 8h30-9h00 Welcome and coffee
- 9h00 Panel 4
Challenges of Immigration between Africa and Europe
Chair: Mary Boyington
Seth Jolly, Syracuse University: Immigration as the Key Structuring Issue of Party Politics in Europe
Kishauna Soljour, San Diego State University: Afrique Sur Seine: Sub-Saharan African Migration and Acculturation in France
John Goodman, Syracuse University Strasbourg Center: Citizenship as a Mirage: Diplomatic Challenges and Suspended Citizenship in the Sahel
- 10h30-10h045 coffee break
- 10h45 Panel 5
Citizenship and identity: Gender and Social Movements
Chair: Carol Faulkner
Azra Hromadžić, Syracuse University: A City in Love with the River in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Debora Spini, Syracuse University Florence Center: “My Indianness is my religion”: inclusive citizenship and the women protest of Shaheen Bagh, New Delhi
Dagmar Wernitznig, University of Ljubijana: Citizenship, Gender, and Post-War Transitions: Historiographical Case Studies of Alien Women
- 12h30 Lunch break sponsored by Syracuse Abroad
Restaurant Le Jasmin 1 Rue Schimper, 67000 Strasbourg
- 14h00 Round table and debate
And then what? New nationalism in Post-national era
With Hélène Quanquin, University of Lille; Carol Faulkner, Syracuse University; Samim Akgönül, University of Strasbourg; Elizabeth Cohen, Syracuse University
- 16h00 End of the conference and free time in Strasbourg
