International Conference
Violence, Art, and Politics
Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb
May 23 – 24, 2014
Lecture Room A
Conference Program:
Friday, May 23
9:00 – 9:15 the Dean of Faculty of Political Science, Nenad Zakošek,
Welcome Address
9:15 – 11:15 Session I Moderator: Enes Kulenović
9:15 – 9:45 Vlasta Jalušić, Peace Institute, Ljubljana
Understanding Violence and Power in Contemporary Conflicts
9:45 – 10:15 Sean Homer, American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad
On the ‘Critique of Violence’ and Revolutionary Suicide
10:15 – 10:45 Aleksandar Mijatović, University of Rijeka
Dead Mask and Personification of Torture: Personal Identity and Violence in John Locke, Michael Foucault and Roberto Esposito
10:45 – 11:15 Discussion
11:15 – 11:30 Refreshment break
11:30 – 13:30 Session II Moderator: Luka Ribarević
11:30 – 12:00 Wolfgang Heuer, Freie Universität, Berlin
Horror and Laughter – at the Limits of Political Science
12:00 – 12:30 Zrinka Božić – Blanuša, University of Zagreb
Touched by Disaster: Writing and the Political
12:30 – 13:00 Goran Gretić, University of Zagreb
The Case of Wagner – Revolutionary Art – Nationalism – Anti-semitism
13:00 – 13:30 Discussion
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 – 17:00 Session III Moderator: Krešimir Petković
14:30 – 15:00 Ivana Perica, University of Vienna
The A-Politics of Aesthetic: Passivity of Jacques Ranciere
15:00 – 15:30 Jennifer Ann Vilchez, University of Granada / CEU, Budapest
Horrorism, Vulnerability and Family Trauma
15:30 – 16:00 Davorin Žagar, University of Zagreb
Is Rectum Political?
16:00 – 16:30 Antonija Zrno, University of Zagreb
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Violent in Democratic Societies
16:30 – 17:00 Discussion
20:00 - Dinner
Saturday, May 24
9:15 – 11:15 Session IV Moderator: Ana Matan
9:15 – 9:45 Ian Parker, University of Leicester
Academics and Politics: Intersectionality and Systemic Violence
9:45 – 10:15 Nebojša Blanuša, University of Zagreb
Crypts and Phantoms of Croatian War Film
10:15 – 10:45 Krešimir Petković, University of Zagreb
Coetzee Meets Foucault: Power, Punishment and Political Violence in Waiting for the Barbarians and Disgrace
10:45 – 11:15 Discussion
11:15 – 11:30 Refreshment break
11:30 – 13:30 Session V Moderator: Wolfgang Heuer
11:30 – 12:00 Karolina Dolanska, Charles University in Prague
Beauty and Art
12:00 – 12:30 Marijana Grbeša, University of Zagreb
Pop Politics: Violence Against Politics or a New Democratic Resource?
12:30 – 13:00 Zoran Kurelić, University of Zagreb
The Violence in Blue Velvet as a Political Problem
13:30 – 14:00 Discussion
14:00 Closing ceremony and lunch
Conference program click HERE.