Questioning citizenship: political discourse and norms in comparative perspectives: Maro Pantelidou Maloutas: Gender claims and democracy

Conference

Citizenship became recently a major issue in the Greek political and intellectual agenda; the legislative reform of 2010 signified a major shift for the Greek nationality code. The study of citizenship is a constantly open intellectual and political challenge in Europe of our days. Issues related to citizenship are directly linked to the core of a critical social theory and political science and may potentially contribute to the formation of various communication channels among different disciplines in humanities and history. An interdisciplinary approach of citizenship on the basis of different historical experiences and studies of political participation, social integration and/or exclusion as well as actual perceptions of nationality aiming at the migrants’ inclusion are the topics of an international conference which will take place in Athens at the Goethe Institute in 15-16 October 2010.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15^th 2010

16.00: Introductory remarks

Dimitris Christopoulos, Panteion University

Gerasimos Kouzelis, University of Athens

16.15 – 18.30: 1^st Session:

Individuality and communalism within modern citizenship

Chair: Prof. Grigoris Ananiadis (Panteion University)

Citizenship in America and France during the 19^th century: Tocquville’s view

Prof. Stavros Konstantakopoulos (Panteion University)

Between ‘millet’ and communalism: An “imperial” answer to the citizenship’s problem, 19^th-20^th c.

Prof. Sia Anagnostopoulou (Panteion University)

Aspects of legal communitarianism: between Millet and citizenship

Prof. Konstantinos Tsitselikis (University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki)

Discussion

18:30-19:00: Coffee break

19:00 – 20:45: 2^nd Session

Citizenship and ethnicity in a comparative context (Part I)

Chair: Prof. Stefanos Pesmazoglou (Panteion University)

Citizenship rights to expatriates: the Greek and German experience

Dr. Mihalis Tsapogas (Office of the Greek Ombudsman)

Citizenship in a Post-ottoman context: the Greek, Turkish and Bulgarian case in a comparative perspective.

Dr Lambros Baltsiotis (Panteion University)

Citizenship between de- and re-nationalization.

Prof. Christian Joppke (American University of Paris)

Discussion

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16^th 2010

10:00 – 11:45: 1^st Session

Citizenship and ethnicity in a comparative context (Part II)

Chair: Prof. Lina Ventura (University of Peloponnese)

Citizenship loss in a European comparative perspective: how emigration affects nationality status

Prof. Maarten Vink (Maastricht University)

“The citizen is the state within the individual”. Portions of ethnicity and civility within (Greek) citizenship

Prof. Dimitris Christopoulos (Panteion University)

Multiple Belonging-Multiple Citizenship: Does loyalty matter?

Dr. Rainer Ohliger (Network migration in Europe, Berlin)

Discussion

11:45-12:15: Coffee break

12:15 – 14:00: 2^nd Session

Citizenship and migration integration in Europe

Chair: Prof. Nikos Alivizatos (University of Athens)

European citizenship: what may migrants expect from a regime of imperfect sovereignty

Dr. Christos Papastylianos (Office of the Greek Ombudsman)

Citizenship in a post-colonial context: comparing the Dutch and the Portuguese case

Prof. Patricia Jeronimo (University of Minho, Portugal)

Integration requirements and tests in Europe: a comparative perspective

Prof. Sara Wallace Goodman (University of California - IIrvine)

Implementing the Greek nationality reform

Prof. Andreas Takis (Secretary General for Migration Policy)

Discussion

14:00-15:30: Buffet Lunch

15:30 – 17:15: 3^rd Session

Citizenship, rights, claims and expectations (Part I)

Chair: Prof. Kalliopi Spanou, (University of Athens, Greek Deputy Ombudsman)

Gender claims and democracy

Prof,. Maro Pantelidou-Malouta (University of Athens)

Politics “for life” and re-definition of citizenship

Prof. Dimitra Makryniotis (University of Athens)

Citizenship and the mass media

Prof. Kyrkos Doxiadis (University of Athens)

Discussion

17:15-17:45: Coffee break

17:45- 19:30: 4^th Session

Citizenship, rights, claims and expectations (Part II)

Chair: Prof. Antonis Manitakis (Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki)

Remains of citizenship: Biopolitical humanism and exceptions that matter

Prof. Athena Athanasiou (Panteion University)

Citizenship as pluriform exclusion. National experiences

Prof. Dimitri Dimoulis (Law Faculty Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo, Brazil)
Prof. Soraya Lunardi (Law Faculty, Instituição Toledo de Ensino, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil)

The citizen as a subject: rights’ or chances claim?

Prof. Gerasimos Kouzelis (University of Athens)

Discussion

Concluding remarks – end of works

Τρίτη 12 Οκτωβρίου 2010

Maro Pantelidou Maloutas: Gender claims and democracy

The constant fight against social inequalities is an integral part of what modern democracy stands for. However, in the case of gender, it is not always certain whether a gender equality claim serves, beyond specific women, also the deepening of democracy and the rendering of citizenship more substantial for all.

When gender claims ideologically legitimize, on the level of discourse, the bipolarity of gender, they seem to counter in the end their own expressed target, which is gender equality. The latter, only in conjunction with the liberation from the constrains of gender seems possible to be approached, since gender represents an inherently unequal relation system.

Maro Pantelidou Maloutas is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science of the University of Athens. She specializes in issues concerning democracy, equality, citizenship and the cultural aspects of politics (political culture and political socialization). Gender constitutes a central component of her approach, both as a theoretical standpoint as well as in research. Feminist theory, controversies concerning gender identities, as well as issues referring to the relation between democracy and gender as well as citizenship and representation, constitute the main areas of interests in research and writing. She has participated in and directed various research projects and was recently directing the Greek branch of three European research projects, (5^th & 6^th Framework): Genre et gestion locale du changement and Policy frames and implementation problems: The case of gender mainstreaming, as well as Quality in gender equality policies. She is the author of many articles and eight books (mainly in Greek). Her latest book in English is: The Gender of Democracy: Citizenship and Gendered Subjectivity, London, Routledge, 2006.