International Colloquium Compostela
Pilgrims and Pilgrimages as Peacemakers
in Christianity, Judaism and Islam
(Santiago de Compostela, October 13-15, 2010)
Provisional timetable
Wednesday, 13/10/10
10:00 hrs.
Inauguration. Marta González Vázquez, Secretaria Xeral da Igualdade (Xunta de Galicia).
10:30 - 11:30 hrs.
Round table: Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages in the Muslim World.
- Mgr. Jean-Clément Jeanbart, Grec Melkite Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo.
- Mgr. Santiago Agrelo Martínez, OFM, Archbishop of Tangier.
- Mgr. Henri Teissier, Archbishop Emeritus of Algiers.
11:30 - 12:30 hrs.
Identitarian Pilgrimages and Multicultural Coexistence.
Dr. John Eade. CRONEM (Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism). Southlands College. Roehampton University (United Kingdom).
12:30 - 13:00 hrs. Coffee break.
13:00 -14:00 hrs.
Pilgrimages and cultural transmission: the myth of the stars and the Way of Saint James.
Dr. Isidro García Tato. Instituto de Estudios Gallegos “Padre Sarmiento” CSIC (Spanish National Research Council).
17:00 - 18:00 hrs.
"The mainstay of my kingdom": Saint James' cult as an element of identity and
consensus building in the Early Middle Ages.
Dr. Carlos Baliñas Pérez. Department of Medieval History. Faculty of Humanities.
University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
18:00 - 18:30 hrs. Coffee Break.
18:30 - 19:30 hrs.
Patterns of War and Peace in the Latin East.
Dr. John France. School of Arts and Humanities: History and Classics. University of Swansea (United Kingdom).
19:30 hrs.
Short Papers Session
Thursday, 14/10/10
09:30 - 10:30 hrs.
Holy Places and Peace Processes in the Holy Land.
Dr. Noga Collins-Kreiner. Centre for Tourism, Pilgrimage & Recreation Research.
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies. University of Haifa (Israel).
10:30 - 11:30 hrs.
Green Pilgrimages: Pilgrimage, Pacifism and Ecology in Present Day Society.
Dr. Adrian J. Ivakhiv. Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources.
University of Vermont (United States of America).
11:30 - 12:00 hrs. Coffee Break.
12:00 - 13:00 hrs.
The knights of Marmelar, peace and conflict in a country of pilgrimage.
Dr. Paula Pinto Costa. Faculty of Letters. University of Porto. CEPESE (Portugal).
Dr. Maria Cristina Pimenta. CEPESE (Portugal).
16:00 - 17:00 hrs.
Islamic Pilgrimages: Spaces of peace and conflict.
Dr. Juan E. Campo. Department of Religious Studies. University of California – Santa Barbara (United States of America).
17:00 - 18:00 hrs.
Sacred Journeys as Spaces for Peace in Christianity.
Dr. Michael A. Di Giovine. Department of Anthropology. University of Chicago (United States of America).
18:00 - 19:00 hrs.
Pilgrimages as Peacemakers from a Jewish Perspective.
Dr. Norman Solomon. Faculty of Oriental Studies. University of Oxford (United Kingdom).
19:00 - 19:30 hrs. Coffee Break.
19:30 - 20:30 hrs.
Round table: Pilgrimages: Dialectic between peace and conflict.
-Dr. Juan E. Campo.
-Dr. Michael A. Di Giovine.
-Dr. Norman Solomon.
Friday, 15/10/10
09:30 - 10:30 hrs.
Sacred places and Pilgrimages in the Balkans: Peace and war.
Dr. Margarita Karamihova. Balkan Ethnology Department. Ethnographical Institute
and Museum. Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Bulgaria).
10:30 - 11:30 hrs.
Muslim Shrines and Multi-Religious Visitations in Hindus’ Cultural city Banaras: A
Reflection on Peacemaking.
Dr. Rana P.B. Singh. Department of Geography. Banaras Hindu University (India).
11:30 - 12:00 hrs. Coffee Break.
12:00 - 13:00 hrs.
Pilgrimages and political change in the Spanish Transition.
Dr. José Andrés-Gallego. Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales. Spanish National Research Council (Spain).
13:30 hrs.
Closure. Ignacio Santos Cidrás, Director-Xerente da S.A. de Xestión do Plan Xacobeo.
