The Civilizationism Project
In the past two decades, there has been a world-wide resurgence of discourses that define the people in terms of their unique civilizational identity and call for states to refurbish their timeless civilizational glory. These discourses, or “new civilizationisms” as we call them, both draw on and react against an older, Enlightenment-inspired, and Eurocentric notion of civilization. We are part of an international research network setting out to map the overlapping ecosystems of new civilizationism.
Team Members
Our team is comprised of scholars from various locations (including North America, Europe, and Asia) and a wide range of humanities and social science disciplines.
Reading Lists
Our reading lists collect publications about civilizationist discourse based on four key themes: “Genealogies”, “Networks, infrastructures and World-making”, “States” and “Identities”.
Our Events
Historical Memory as an Act of Worldmaking
Historical Observatory, Geismar Landstraße 11
Göttingen
Germany
War and Civilizationist Horizons
Beirut
Lebanon
Civilizationism, Sovereignty and Democracy
Stanford Archaeology Center
488 Escondido Mall, Building 500, Room 106
Stanford, CA 94305
CA
United States
Contact Us
The Department of Anthropology, Stanford University
Main Quad, Building 50
450 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford, CA 94305
Email: tbhansen@stanford.edu (Professor Thomas Hansen)
Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS), University of Göttingen
Waldweg 26
37073 Göttingen
Germany
Email: srirupa@gmail.com (Professor Srirupa Roy)
For general inquiries about the website
Contact Cynthia Chen (click to email us)