Events / Ayşe Çağlar

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	Unthinkable Europeans in Unequal Europes	Tue, 24.02.2026	Lecture	Manuela Boatcă Ayşe Çağlar	REGISTER HERE	Unthinkable Europeans in Unequal Europes Tue, 24.02.2026 Speakers: Manuela Boatcă Ayşe Çağlar Series: Lecture In this Monthly Lecture, Manuela Boatcă draws on the notion of "unthinkable history" proposed by the Haitian anthropologist Michel-Rolph Trouillot in the context of the Haitian Revolution, and discusses on the theoretical and political implications of questions of Europeanness. She specifically asks: What is it that makes Romani Europeans unthinkable in a European project? Read more
Unthinkable Europeans in Unequal Europes Tue, 24.02.2026 Speakers: Manuela Boatcă Ayşe Çağlar Series: Lecture In this Monthly Lecture, Manuela Boatcă draws on the notion of "unthinkable history" proposed by the Haitian anthropologist Michel-Rolph Trouillot in the context of the Haitian Revolution, and discusses on the theoretical and political implications of questions of Europeanness. She specifically asks: What is it that makes Romani Europeans unthinkable in a European project? Read more
	Buildings Communicate: Reading the European Migration Crisis Through Architecture	Mon, 26.01.2026	Seminars and Colloquia	Paolo Novak Ayşe Çağlar		Buildings Communicate: Reading the European Migration Crisis Through Architecture Mon, 26.01.2026 Speakers: Paolo Novak Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia This talk by Paolo Novak investigated what the buildings of asylum infrastructure communicate about crisis. It traced the institutional mechanisms that have turned ordinary structures into spaces of accommodation, listens to the stories of those who live within them, and unearths the histories of the communities that surround them. Read more
Buildings Communicate: Reading the European Migration Crisis Through Architecture Mon, 26.01.2026 Speakers: Paolo Novak Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia This talk by Paolo Novak investigated what the buildings of asylum infrastructure communicate about crisis. It traced the institutional mechanisms that have turned ordinary structures into spaces of accommodation, listens to the stories of those who live within them, and unearths the histories of the communities that surround them. Read more
	Sites of Statelessness	Tue, 20.01.2026	Panels and Discussions	Paolo Novak Ranabir Samaddar Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury Ayşe ÇağlarYuri Kazepov		Sites of Statelessness Tue, 20.01.2026 Speakers: Paolo Novak Ranabir Samaddar Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury Ayşe ÇağlarYuri Kazepov Series: Panels and Discussions This discussion addressed the distinctive dynamics of the different sites in the production of statelessness, considers their impact as critical, and does not merely treat them as a backdrop. The speakers argued that these different sites evoke distinct histories and repertoires and also offer different possibilities of alignment with emerging problematics. Read more
Sites of Statelessness Tue, 20.01.2026 Speakers: Paolo Novak Ranabir Samaddar Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury Ayşe ÇağlarYuri Kazepov Series: Panels and Discussions This discussion addressed the distinctive dynamics of the different sites in the production of statelessness, considers their impact as critical, and does not merely treat them as a backdrop. The speakers argued that these different sites evoke distinct histories and repertoires and also offer different possibilities of alignment with emerging problematics. Read more
	Spaces and Traces of Containment	Wed, 10.12.2025 - Wed, 10.12.2025	Conferences and Workshops	Katharyne Mitchell Paolo Novak Ayşe ÇağlarLaura Guérin, Platon Issaias, Martina Tazzioli, Karin Harreser		Spaces and Traces of Containment Wed, 10.12.2025 - Wed, 10.12.2025 Speakers: Katharyne Mitchell Paolo Novak Ayşe ÇağlarLaura Guérin, Platon Issaias, Martina Tazzioli, Karin Harreser Series: Conferences and Workshops By exploring the historically produced infrastructures, logistical systems, and their changing assemblages of actors that give these spaces their “afterlives,” the workshop sought to bring together empirical research on the scalar configurations of (im)mobility governance at the intersections of state, capital, and labor. Read more
Spaces and Traces of Containment Wed, 10.12.2025 - Wed, 10.12.2025 Speakers: Katharyne Mitchell Paolo Novak Ayşe ÇağlarLaura Guérin, Platon Issaias, Martina Tazzioli, Karin Harreser Series: Conferences and Workshops By exploring the historically produced infrastructures, logistical systems, and their changing assemblages of actors that give these spaces their “afterlives,” the workshop sought to bring together empirical research on the scalar configurations of (im)mobility governance at the intersections of state, capital, and labor. Read more
	Part I: Rethinking Gender Identity	Tue, 21.10.2025	Lecture	Rogers Brubaker Ayşe Çağlar		Part I: Rethinking Gender Identity Tue, 21.10.2025 Speakers: Rogers Brubaker Ayşe Çağlar Series: Lecture Rogers Brubaker’s IWM Lectures in Human Sciences traced how gender identity evolved from its mid-20th century beginnings in psychological assessments of intersex individuals into a fundamental “principle of vision and division of the world,” embedded in laws, regulations, and organizational policies. The first lecture analyzed the performative, productive, interactive, and regulative workings of the gender identity category. Read more
Part I: Rethinking Gender Identity Tue, 21.10.2025 Speakers: Rogers Brubaker Ayşe Çağlar Series: Lecture Rogers Brubaker’s IWM Lectures in Human Sciences traced how gender identity evolved from its mid-20th century beginnings in psychological assessments of intersex individuals into a fundamental “principle of vision and division of the world,” embedded in laws, regulations, and organizational policies. The first lecture analyzed the performative, productive, interactive, and regulative workings of the gender identity category. Read more
	Un/Making Protection: The Proliferation of Temporary Protection Regimes Across Space and Time	Tue, 08.07.2025 - Tue, 08.07.2025	Conferences and Workshops	Diego Acosta Manuela Bojadžijev Ruslana Koziienko Ayşe ÇağlarVolha Biziukova, Irem Sengül, Leila Hadj Abdou, Kayi Esra, Lucie Macková, Sarah Knoll		Un/Making Protection: The Proliferation of Temporary Protection Regimes Across Space and Time Tue, 08.07.2025 - Tue, 08.07.2025 Speakers: Diego Acosta Manuela Bojadžijev Ruslana Koziienko Ayşe ÇağlarVolha Biziukova, Irem Sengül, Leila Hadj Abdou, Kayi Esra, Lucie Macková, Sarah Knoll Series: Conferences and Workshops The workshop examined the proliferation of temporary protection (TP) regimes in response to mass displacement since the post-Cold War era, focusing on cases such as the former Yugoslavia, the Venezuelan exodus, Syrians in Turkey, and Ukrainians in the EU. It aimed to critically explore common patterns of temporariness and uncertainty across these regimes and situate them within broader legal, political, and institutional contexts. Read more
Un/Making Protection: The Proliferation of Temporary Protection Regimes Across Space and Time Tue, 08.07.2025 - Tue, 08.07.2025 Speakers: Diego Acosta Manuela Bojadžijev Ruslana Koziienko Ayşe ÇağlarVolha Biziukova, Irem Sengül, Leila Hadj Abdou, Kayi Esra, Lucie Macková, Sarah Knoll Series: Conferences and Workshops The workshop examined the proliferation of temporary protection (TP) regimes in response to mass displacement since the post-Cold War era, focusing on cases such as the former Yugoslavia, the Venezuelan exodus, Syrians in Turkey, and Ukrainians in the EU. It aimed to critically explore common patterns of temporariness and uncertainty across these regimes and situate them within broader legal, political, and institutional contexts. Read more
	A Future-Oriented Humanism? Racism and Balibar’s Reinterpretation of Anthropological Differences	Mon, 23.06.2025	Seminars and Colloquia	Manuela Bojadžijev Ayşe Çağlar		A Future-Oriented Humanism? Racism and Balibar’s Reinterpretation of Anthropological Differences Mon, 23.06.2025 Speakers: Manuela Bojadžijev Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows Colloquium, Manuela Bojadžijev explored the possibility of a future-oriented humanism in the face of ongoing processes of dehumanization. She examined Étienne Balibar’s anthropology of differences, highlighting how his theory of racism and concept of the “genealogical schema” offer critical tools for understanding and resisting contemporary forms of exclusion and domination. Read more
A Future-Oriented Humanism? Racism and Balibar’s Reinterpretation of Anthropological Differences Mon, 23.06.2025 Speakers: Manuela Bojadžijev Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows Colloquium, Manuela Bojadžijev explored the possibility of a future-oriented humanism in the face of ongoing processes of dehumanization. She examined Étienne Balibar’s anthropology of differences, highlighting how his theory of racism and concept of the “genealogical schema” offer critical tools for understanding and resisting contemporary forms of exclusion and domination. Read more
	Continuities and Ruptures in Forced Migration	Tue, 29.10.2024 - Tue, 29.10.2024	Conferences and Workshops	Ruth Wodak Ayşe ÇağlarPaula Diehl, Jannis Panagiotidis, Pieter Bevelander, Michael John, Danai Avgeri, Hannah Sommer, Sabine Hess, Bastian Vollmer, Anuscheh Farahat, Judith Kohlenberger, Rainer Bauböck		Continuities and Ruptures in Forced Migration Tue, 29.10.2024 - Tue, 29.10.2024 Speakers: Ruth Wodak Ayşe ÇağlarPaula Diehl, Jannis Panagiotidis, Pieter Bevelander, Michael John, Danai Avgeri, Hannah Sommer, Sabine Hess, Bastian Vollmer, Anuscheh Farahat, Judith Kohlenberger, Rainer Bauböck Series: Conferences and Workshops In 2024, several events, conferences, and activities marked the anniversary of labor migration in/to (Western) Europe, including Austria, where the first “recruitment agreement” with Turkey was reached in 1964, followed by the one with then Yugoslavia in 1965. In the context of these anniversaries, different border and bordering regimes, forms of regular and irregular migration, and representation of “migrants,” as well as different forms of exclusion and racism, come to the fore. Read more
Continuities and Ruptures in Forced Migration Tue, 29.10.2024 - Tue, 29.10.2024 Speakers: Ruth Wodak Ayşe ÇağlarPaula Diehl, Jannis Panagiotidis, Pieter Bevelander, Michael John, Danai Avgeri, Hannah Sommer, Sabine Hess, Bastian Vollmer, Anuscheh Farahat, Judith Kohlenberger, Rainer Bauböck Series: Conferences and Workshops In 2024, several events, conferences, and activities marked the anniversary of labor migration in/to (Western) Europe, including Austria, where the first “recruitment agreement” with Turkey was reached in 1964, followed by the one with then Yugoslavia in 1965. In the context of these anniversaries, different border and bordering regimes, forms of regular and irregular migration, and representation of “migrants,” as well as different forms of exclusion and racism, come to the fore. Read more
	Abolitionism and the Possibility of Radical Futures? From a Politics of Fear and Exclusion to One of Care	Mon, 28.10.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Teresa Degenhardt Ayşe Çağlar		Abolitionism and the Possibility of Radical Futures? From a Politics of Fear and Exclusion to One of Care Mon, 28.10.2024 Speakers: Teresa Degenhardt Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia This Fellows Colloquium addressed current societal struggles around migration, border control, and the rise of populist politics. Teresa Degenhardt explored the concept of abolitionism, asking whether a future beyond the nation-state and its criminal justice and border infrastructures is possible. Read more
Abolitionism and the Possibility of Radical Futures? From a Politics of Fear and Exclusion to One of Care Mon, 28.10.2024 Speakers: Teresa Degenhardt Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia This Fellows Colloquium addressed current societal struggles around migration, border control, and the rise of populist politics. Teresa Degenhardt explored the concept of abolitionism, asking whether a future beyond the nation-state and its criminal justice and border infrastructures is possible. Read more
	Relational Accountability as Research Ethics in a Nordic-Saami (Green) Colonial Context	Mon, 27.05.2024	Seminars and Colloquia	Eva Maria Fjellheim Ayşe Çağlar		Relational Accountability as Research Ethics in a Nordic-Saami (Green) Colonial Context Mon, 27.05.2024 Speakers: Eva Maria Fjellheim Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia This colloquium explored ‘green colonialism’ as an analytical term to understand how Saami lands in Norway are being sacrificed in the name of the so-called ‘green energy transition’. This talk focused on the ethical dilemmas encountered while working in a context characterized by (green) colonial harm and fatigue. Read more
Relational Accountability as Research Ethics in a Nordic-Saami (Green) Colonial Context Mon, 27.05.2024 Speakers: Eva Maria Fjellheim Ayşe Çağlar Series: Seminars and Colloquia This colloquium explored ‘green colonialism’ as an analytical term to understand how Saami lands in Norway are being sacrificed in the name of the so-called ‘green energy transition’. This talk focused on the ethical dilemmas encountered while working in a context characterized by (green) colonial harm and fatigue. Read more