At the conference in Jena, we will discuss tensions that arise in the formatting of property objects, result from their specificity and are at stake in political disputes.
Next date:
| Rosensäle; Jena
| International annual conference
International Annual Conference "Problematic Objects of Property – Form, Materiality, Politics"
International Annual Conference "Problematic Objects of Property – Form, Materiality, Politics"
Programm
4.11.2026
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Time |
Topic |
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15.00 – 16.30 |
“Walking the Scene – Problematic Objects in Jena” |
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17.30 |
Welcome/ Introduction |
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18.00 |
Keynote Timothy Mitchell (Columbia University): "Property as Appropriation of the Future” |
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20.00 |
Reception |
5.11.2026, Rosensäle
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Time |
Topic |
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9.00 – 10.30 |
Form (Formatting of Complex Matters?) Panel 1: Property Objects in Reproductive Economies: Substances, Capacities, Infrastructures Speakers: Catherine Waldby (Australian National University) (online); Sigrid Vertommen, (University of Amsterdam and Ghent University) (online) |
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Panel 2: Property in Digital Goods: The Technological and Legal Reformatting of Information and Data Speakers: Anna-Verena Nosthoff (University of Oldenburg), Tilo Wesche, Simon Gurisch (SFB), Malte Engeler (Berlin) |
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10.30 – 10.45 |
Break |
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10.45 – 12.15
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Keynote K-Sue Park (University of California, Los Angeles): "Land as a Problematic Property Object” |
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12.15 – 13.15 |
Lunch Break |
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13.15 – 14.45 |
Panel 3: Property in Land (i): Agriculture, Infrastructures, Territory Anne Tittor (SFB), Christian Lund (University of Copenhagen) Comment: Laura Calbet (University of Stuttgart) |
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Panel 4: Property in Non-Human Organisms: Regimes of Owning Plant Varieties Maria Backhouse, Veit Braun (University of Augsburg) |
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14.45 – 15.00 |
Break |
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15.00 – 16.30 |
Matter (Material Preconditions of Form?) Panel 5: Property of 'Natural Resources’ - Problems and Strategies of Owning Water Speakers: Andrea Ballestero (University of Southern California), Ute Tellmann/Annika Troitzsch/Nadia Abd El Hafez (SFB), Madeleine Moore (University of New South Wales, Sidney) |
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Panel 6: Properties of Knowledge: Ways of Owning and Financing Universities Mads Hansen (Université de Technologie de Compiègne), N.N. |
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16.30 – 16.45 |
Break |
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16.45 – 18.15 |
Panel 7: Property and Wildlife in a More-than-Human World Speakers: Petra Gümplová, Anna Paul (SFB), Bram Büscher (Wageningen University), Stéphanie Domptail (Justus Liebig University, Gießen), Lea Lacan (University of Cologne), Selma Lendelvo (University of Namibia) |
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Panel 8: Property in Housing: Wealth, Assetization, Financialization, and Use Speakers: Hanna Hilbrandt (University of Zurich), Philipp Kadelke (TU Dortmund), Cody Hochstenbach (Universiteit van Amsterdam) |
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18.15 – 18.30 |
Break |
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18.30 – 20.00 |
Keynote: Quinn Slobodian (online): "Operational Property" |
6.11.2026, Rosensäle
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Time |
Topic |
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9.00 – 10.30 |
Politics: Panel 9: Property and State Sovereignty: Geopolitically Contested Resources and Infrastructures Speaker: Alke Jenss (Albert Bergstrasser Institute, Freiburg), Stefan Schmalz/N.N. (SFB) Oliver Prausmüller (University of Vienna) |
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Panel 10: Racial Capitalism: The Longterm Consequences of Enslavement and Humans as Property Objects Speakers: Chi Hyun Kim (HU Berlin) Grit Grigoleit-Richter (University of Passau) Felix Krämer (SFB) |
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10.30 – 11.00 |
Break |
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11.00 – 11.30 |
Summary |
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11.30 – 13.00 |
Political Contestations around Property Objects Speakers: Lisa Vollmer, Michael Schwind, Varun Patil, Petra Gümplova, N.N. (SFB) |
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End of Conference |
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