Convenors: Fabian Klose and Mirjam Thulin as well as all members of the Leibniz Institute of European History Research Area II
Venue: Leibniz Institute of European History in Mainz, Germany
Date: October 8 to 10, 2015
Conference Program
Thursday, October 8, 2015
16:00: Welcome and Introduction, Johannes Paulmann (Mainz), Fabian Klose (Mainz), Mirjam Thulin (Mainz)
16:30-17:30: Keynote Lecture: Humankind – from Division to Recomposition, Francisco Bethencourt (London)
18:00 Dinner
Friday, October 9, 2015
09:00-10:30: Panel I: Morality and Human Dignity, Part I: Early Modern Concepts
- Humanism and Its Humanitas. The Transition from humanitas Christiana to humanitas politica in the Political Writings of Erasmus, Mihai-D. Grigore (Mainz)
- All People have Reason and Free Will. The Debate about the Nature of the Indigenous Americans in the 16th Century, Mariano Delgado (Fribourg)
- Chair: Jorge Luengo (Mainz)
- Commentary: Wolfgang Schmale (Vienna)
10:30-11:00: Coffee Break
11:00-13:00: Panel II: Morality and Human Dignity, Part II: Modern Concepts
- Humanitarianism before Humanitarianism? Spanish Discourses on Slavery, c. 16th to 19th Centuries, Thomas Weller (Mainz)
- Conceptions of Humanity in Nineteenth Century German Protestant Missions, Judith Becker (Uppsala/Mainz)
- Chair: Katharina Stornig (Mainz)
- Commentary: Johannes Paulmann (Mainz)
13:00-14:00: Lunch Break
14:00-15:30: Panel III: Social Inequalities
- Global Justice: Equal Rights of All Members of the Human Family, Gerhard Kruip (Mainz)
- Between Christian Solidarity and Human Solidarity: „Humanity” and the Mobilization of Aid for “Distant Children” in Catholic Europe, c. 1840-1930, Katharina Stornig (Mainz)
- Chair: Thomas Weller (Mainz)
- Commentary: Gregor Feindt (Mainz)
15:30-16:00: Coffee Break
16:00-18:00: Panel IV: Violence and International Law
- „A War of Justice and Humanity“ – Abolition and Establishing “Humanity” as an International Norm, Fabian Klose (Mainz)
- Fulfilling the Marten’s Clause: the Debate to Develop Crimes Against Humanity, Kerstin von Lingen (Heidelberg)
- Humanity as a Polemical Concept within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Esther Möller (Mainz)
- Chair: Bernhard Gißibl (Mainz)
- Comment: Martin Aust (Bonn)
18:30 Dinner
Saturday, October 10, 2015
09:00-11:00: Panel V: Philanthropy
- Justice and Charity: The Concept of Zedakah in Judaism, Mirjam Thulin (Mainz)
- „Humanity“ and the Social Implications of Pietism in German Reformed Communities, Peter Yoder (Berry College, USA)
- Charity, bienfaisance, solidarietà. The “Appeal to Humanity” in International Masonic Relations, Joachim Berger (Mainz)
- Chair: Judith Becker (Uppsala/Mainz)
- Commentary: Manfred Sing (Mainz)
11:00-11:15: Coffee Break
11:15-12:15: Keynote Lecture II, Paul Betts (Oxford)
12:15-13:00: Final discussion: Johannes Paulmann (Mainz)