Twentieth Anniversary ASEN Conference ‘Nation and Charisma’

Event type: 
Conference
Date: 
13 April 2010 - 15 April 2010

From the Association for Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN)

 Registration and for the Twentieth Anniversary ASEN Conference ‘Nation and Charisma’

The Twentieth Anniversary ASEN conference ‘Nation and Charisma’ will be held at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from Tuesday 13th to Thursday 15th April 2010.

We are happy to announce our six confirmed Keynote speakers:

Day 1- Tuesday 13th April 2010 

The Theoretical and Historical Relationship between Nations and Charisma 

  • Emeritus Professor David Martin:  “Charisma and Founding Fatherhood”
  • Professor of History Lucy Riall, Birkbeck College, University of London: “Heroes of the nation: charisma and personality cults in Risorgimento Italy’

Day 2- Wednesday 14th April 2010

The Types of Charismatic Leaderships

  • Emeritus Professor Lord Desai: “Gandhi and Nehru: Reason and Charisma in Narratives of Nationhood”
  • Professor MacGregor Knox, Stevenson Professor of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science: “Mussolini and Hitler: Charisma, Regime, and Nation”

Day 3- Thursday 15th April 2010

Charismatic Nationalism and Movements

  • Professor Elleke Boehmer, Professor of World Literature in English, Oxford University: “Madiba Magic: Mandela’s Outlier Charisma”
  • Professor Erik-Jan Zurcher, Professor of History, The International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam, Netherlands: “The Ataturk Cult in Turkey”

A full programme is available at http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/ASENProgramme.pdf

To register for conference attendance and dinner, please visit: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/ConfRegOnline2010.html

For further details or questions please contact conference organisers:

Margit Wunsch and Dr Vivian Ibrahim (Asen.conference@lse.ac.uk)

 

URL: 
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/ConfRegOnline2010.html
Gandhi_Poster-bw.pdf
Organiser(s): 
Margit Wunsch and Dr Vivian Ibrahim
Venue: 
ASEN London School of Economics Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 6801 Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 6218
Location: 
London, London School of Economics and Political Science
Registration details
Registration now open see: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/ConfRegOnline2010.html
Contact details
Dr Vivian Ibrahim
asen.conference@lse.ac.uk
Contact phone: 
+44 (0)20 7955 6801
ASEN London School of Economics Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE
Contact fax: 
+44 (0)20 7955 6218