[MGSA-L] Harvard, Cultural Politics: "Rites of Nation in Crosscultural Contexts, " Dec. 2, 2pm

Roilos, Panagiotis roilos at fas.harvard.edu
Wed Nov 24 08:02:33 PST 2021


Dear all,

I would like to invite you to the following event.

Sincerely,
Panagiotis Roilos
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Panagiotis Roilos
George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature
Department of the Classics and Department of Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Faculty Associate, The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
Founder and Director, Delphi Academy of European Studies
Greek Hauntologies and Disjointed Times: Temporality and Tropes of Indebtedness from British Aestheticism
to the Current European Crisis


Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Cultural Politics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Seminar (Zoom)
Date:
Thursday, December 2, 2021, 2:00pm to 3:30pm
Location:
Online Only
"Rites of Nation in Crosscultural Contexts: Exploring The Effect of National Rituals in Israel and the U.S."

Attend this event via Zoom<https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkf-qtqjgtH91_OXAAxQeiD6yRI03hXBcP> (advance registration required)

Speaker:

Yossi Harpaz, Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tel-Aviv University.

Remote Access Information:

To join by computer:

https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkf-qtqjgtH91_OXAAxQeiD6yRI03hXBcP

Please note: This event requires registration in advance in order to receive the meeting link and password.

Abstract:

What is the role of ritual in national identity? Social scientists have long viewed collective ritual as a key to group cohesion, whether in simple societies or modern nation-states. National rituals in the U.S., for example, include the presentation and veneration of the flag as well as the pronouncement of loyalty oaths. To date, however, scholars have not directly examined the effects of such rituals on participants’ identity and belonging. The project I present aims to identify the effect of national rituals across cultural contexts. The presentation will focus on two rituals: (1) the loyalty oath that immigrants make when naturalizing in the United States; (2) the siren that is sounded across Israel during its Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers, which marks a solemn moment of silence. Both projects use a quasi-experimental survey design to measure the effects of ritual on participants’ national identity and their solidarity towards co-nationals.

https://wcfia.harvard.edu/event/cultural-politics-interdisciplinary-perspectives-seminar-12-02-21


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