Am 12. Oktober startet die Vortragsreihe mit Mohammad Magouts Vortrag: Syria on the Road to Democracy or Chaos? An Examination of Political Culture.
Schwerpunkt seiner Präsentation ist die kulturelle Basis des syrischen Regimes sowie die Entwicklung politischer Kultur während der vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnte. Diese zwei Säulen sollen mit Blick auf die aktuellen Ereignisse und mögliche Zukunftsperspektiven beleuchtet werden.
Schwerpunkt seiner Präsentation ist die kulturelle Basis des syrischen Regimes sowie die Entwicklung politischer Kultur während der vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnte. Diese zwei Säulen sollen mit Blick auf die aktuellen Ereignisse und mögliche Zukunftsperspektiven beleuchtet werden.
Zusammenfassung/Abstract:
The rule of al-Asad family over Syria has completed its 4th decade this year, which was marked –unexpectedly– with an unprecedented popular uprising. Studies of Syrian politics have traditionally focused on the sectarian, economic, and military foundations of this regime and its opponents. Few studies, however, have paid attention to the cultural basis of Al-Asad’s regime and to cultural forms of resistance against it. Any regime, no matter how oppressive and brutal, seeks to assert its authority over the cultural field and displays its power symbolically; and al-Asad’s is no exception. In this lecture, I will try to provide an overview of political culture in Syria during the past two decades, which span the final decade of Hafiz al-Asad’s reign and the reign of his son Bashar. I will also try to make some observations about changes in this culture following the outbreak of the Arab Spring and possible future developments.
Akademischer Werdegang/Academic Profile:
- 2011 – : PhD-student at the research training group “Religious non-Conformism and Cultural Dynamics”, Leipzig University
- 2008 – 2010: MA Muslim Cultures, Aga Khan University – Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London. Title of thesis “Heavy Metal Music in Syria”
- 2006 – 2007: PG Certificate, Syria Preparatory Programme (English for Academic Purposes, Orientalism, Political Philosophy), British Council, Damascus
- 2001 – 2006: BA Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Damascus
Forschungsschwerpunkte/Main Areas of Research:
- Sociology of Religion – Secularization in the Muslim World
- Popular culture in Syria and the Arab World
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