~ Workshop by the British Centre for Durkheimian Studies and the RAI ~
Friday 9 October 2026 – 9.15 – 17.30 (BST)
at the RAI in 50 Fitzroy Street, W1T5BT London
Register for this in person only event here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/durkheim-and-nationalism-tickets-2002559552529
Durkheim and Nationalism
9:15 Welcome
9:30 – 11:00 Panel 1:
Durkheim: The Discussion Between Ethnic Nationalism, Republican Patriotism, and Civic Nationalism
Pierre Birnbaum, Paris 1- Panthéon-Sorbonne (emeritus)
The Cultural Dynamics of White Nationalism in America
Eric Woods, University of Leeds
11:00 Tea and coffee break
11:30 – 1:00 Panel 2:
Splintering Nation: On the Self-Destruction of Tradition
Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi, Rutgers University
The Difference between Territorial Nationalism and a Hindu Nation
Sondra Hausner, University of Oxford
1:00 Lunch
2:15– 4:30 Panel 3:
Face the Nation: Signs in Search of the Ineffable
Carla Jones, University of Colorado Boulder
Civilization: Antidote or Intoxicant to Nationalism?
Ji Zhe, Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO)
Inheritances: Marcel Mauss’s ‘La Nation’ and Anti-Nationalism in the Shadow of Durkheim
Rosalind Morris, Columbia University
4:30 Tea and coffee break
5:00 Closing discussion