Jan Busse - Bordering, Ordering and the Making of the Middle East

Wed 08 12 2021 16 15 17 45 Speaker Dr Jan Busse Bundeswehr University Munich Moderator Dr Klaus Weber European University Viadrina Bordering Ordering and the Making of the Middle East Constructing the Post Ottoman Space in a Global Context Situated at the intersection of Historic and International Political Sociologies of IR Critical Geopolitics and Middle East Studies this presentation offers a de essentialized engagement with borders of and within the Middle East For this purpose I use the label post Ottoman space as being derived from socially constructed processes of bordering and ordering Such a perspective first helps properly taking into account the Ottoman legacy of the region Second this perspective contributes to overcoming an exceptionalist and essentialized status which is often ascribed to the Middle East Finally by using the label post Ottoman space it is possible to emancipate the region from being the object of Western colonial enterprises and instead acknowledging agen