EPIL Module II
"Historic Memories and Present Day Realities"
Wien/Vienna, 21.-28.10. 2007
Kolpinghaus, 1060 Wien, Gumpendorferstrasse 39
Tel. +43(0)587 56 31

Sunday, October 21- Sunday, October 28, 2008

Programme

The reflection on historic memories is intimately linked to the location of Module II in Vienna. Here the experience of the Turkish sieges of the
16th and 17th centuries is not forgotten. It continues to shape popular culture and the relationships between the local people and the largely
Muslim migrant population, many of them of Turkish origin. At the same time legal recognition of Islam in Austria dates back to the early 20th century.

The module will present new research on the historic events and the way they shaped the "look at the Orient" and the images of "the other"
up to present times. It will also look at some specific fields of interaction and potential tension between majority culture and migrant communities.
How are mutual perceptions shaped by old images? How are new images being created? What are the building blocks for communities of
(religious) diversity and good neighbourly living? The module will introduce some best-practice examples and attempt to stimulate reflection on these.

SUNDAY, 21.10. 2007
Arrivals
16:30 Welcome by the organising committee Kolpinghaus
18:00 Christian Sunday Evening Worship Service Evangelische Kirche Matzleinsdorf
followed by a communal meal

MONDAY, 22.10. 2007
Historic Memories
09:00 Morning meditation Kolpinghaus
09.30 "Tracing the Ottomans in Austrian history": The Turkish siege of Vienna and
its reception in history - Valeria Heuberger Kolpinghaus
12.30 lunch
14.00 "The Ottoman face of Vienna", excursion by bus
19.30 Reflection "Impressions of the day" - together with the EPIL Academic Team Kolpinghaus

TUESDAY, 23.10. 2007
Present Day Realities
Public Spaces - Places of Tensions and Possibilities
09:00 Morning meditation Kolpinghaus
Followed by two options:
09:50 Option I: The school as a public space
Visit to the Haydn Grammar School, presentation
and discussion with the rector, Hans-L.Rudolf, and teachers of the school
Haydn Gymnasium
10:00 Option II: Parks as a public space
Visit to the "Girls' Park", followed by presentation and discussion with Margit Wolf of the park care centre "Zeit!Raum" (Time!Space)
12.30 lunch
15.30 Reflection: Impressions of the morning
Sharing of the experiences in plenary Kolpinghaus
19:30 Public event:
"The school as a field of tension and possibilities- experiences with Christian- Muslim dialogue" A public debate.
Participants: Zeynap Elibol, Alfred Garcia-Sobreira-Majer,
Sr. Beatrix Mayrhofer, Dorothea Paschen,
Moderator: Ursula Baatz, ORF (Austrian Radio and Television) Albert-Schweitzer Haus

WEDNESDAY, 24.10. 2007
Points of encounter between different religions in everyday life I -
Pastoral care in the maternity ward
09:00 Morning meditation Kolpinghaus
10.00 "Dealing with birth and the loss of a child"
Encounter with members of staff and the interreligious pastoral
care team in Vienna's largest city/university hospital
Ulrike Frank Schlamberger, Mona El Sabagh, Andrea Saleh, Monika Prochaska,
Monika Fray-Rahoul Allgemeines Krankenhaus
12:00 Reflection "Impressions of the morning" Allgemeines Krankenhaus
13:00 lunch Allgemeines Krankenhaus
14:30- A guided walk through Vienna's inner city, led by Beatrice Dunin
-16.30 visit to a coffee shop/ free time
19:00 Reception by Lord Mayor Dr. M. Häupl
and meeting with the Viennese patronat committee of EPIL

THURSDAY, 25.10. 2007
Points of Encounter in everyday living II -
Food, meals and celebrations
09:00 Morning meditation Kolpinghaus
09:30 "Experiencing the multicultural tradition of food in Vienna"
A visit to the market, shopping and conversations with the vendors ("Standler") Naschmarkt
11:30 Cooking together - sharing different traditions - Kitchen of Kolpinghaus
13:00 Banquet republicain: Eating and telling stories about the food we prepared
15:30- Reflection: "The religious and spiritual implications of food and food preparation"
-17.00 Inputs by Michael Bünker and Amina Baghajati Kolpinghaus
19:30 Free evening: cultural options "Burgtheater" (in German) or "Volksoper"

FRIDAY, 26. 10. 2007, Austrian National Holiday
"Daham und Islam"*- Memories and Identity
09:00 Morning meditation Kolpinghaus
09:30 Reflection "Hurting or healing memories" - How memories influence present day
relationships (in personal, communal and political contexts).
A dialogue exercise in plenary, followed by discussion
Moderator: Reinhild Traitler Kolpinghaus
12.00 lunch
afternoon: free, or
14.00 Guided tour to Schönbrunn castle (Hapsburg Summer Residence)
17:00 Muslim Friday Prayer Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Veronikagasse
followed by a communal meal
19.30 "Which identities do we have, which do we need for the future of Austria-
reflections on the politics of integration" - public discussion on the
occasion of the Austrian National Holiday
Lecturers: Alev Korun, Corinna Milborn, Amir Zaidan
Moderator: Barbara Heyse-Schaefer Albert Schweitzer- Haus

SATURDAY, 27.10.2007
New Images and Different Perceptions of the Other
09:00 Morning meditation Kolpinghaus
09:30 The Significance of Art and Representation in Muslim and Christian Traditions:
Christian iconography: Christian images since the time of the Turkish siege of 1683
Kalligraphy: Beauty, meditation- interpretation?
Short presentations in plenary followed by two workshops
Led by Gerhard Ederndorfer and Zehra Yilmaz
15.30- Work in plenary:
17.30 "Historic memories and community building"
Learnings of the week, with the Academic Team Kolpinghaus
18.00 "Music as a field of cooperation"
Austrian-Islamic Music Group BardAllah
Concert - workshop and explanations
19.30 The celebration continues............dinner, etc.

SUNDAY, 28.10.2007
09:30 Evaluation and agreements, meeting of the learning groups, invitation to
Module III and preliminary information, etc.
11.30 Closing ritual, followed by lunch and departures Kolpinghaus

* "Daham" means "at home" in Viennese dialect.
The slogan "Daham statt Islam" ("Daham instead of Islam") was used as a campaign slogan by the rightist Freedom Party during the election campaign in 2005.

Lecturers
Valeria Heuberger, M.A., Ph.D. studied history, European ethnology and art history at the University of Vienna. She worked as researcher at the Austrian Institute of East and Southeast European Studies, Vienna, and is now with the Research Center Josefsplatz, Vienna.
Various publications about ethnic & religious minority issues and Islam in Southeast Europe.

Hans-L.Rudolf, MA., is director of the Haydn Gymnasium in Vienna.

Margit Wolf, MA., leader of a socio-cultural neighbourhood project "Zeit!Raum" /Time!Space, which works with the concept of streetwork in the park, specifically directed at school girls.

Zeynap Elibol, MA., is director of the Islamic Academy for Social Education, a profession - oriented school of higher education.

Rev. Dr. Alfred Garcia Sobreira-Majer is inspector/supervisor for Protestant religious education at all institutions of compulsory education (primary and secondary grades) and member of a study group of Christian and Muslim teachers of religious education

Sr. Dr. Beatrix Mayrhofer is director of the Catholic Private Grammar School (Schoolsisters).

Dorothea Paschen, MA., is a educator, director of a primary school and chairperson of the curriculum commission on teaching Islam in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Dr. Ursula Baatz is a Roman Catholic theologian, working as a jounalist and researcher with the Austrian radio and television (ORF) in Vienna.

Rev. Ulrike Frank-Schlamberger, MA., is a Protestant pastor and hospital chaplain in the General Hospital of Vienna. She is coordinator of the pastoral counselling team.

Andrea Saleh and Mona El Sabagh work as Muslim members of the pastroal counselling team at the General Hospital.

Monika Prochaska works as midwife at the General Hospital, Monika Frey-Rahoui works freelance as a midwife.

Beatrice Dunin, MA., is an English teacher.

Rev. Dr. Michael Bünker is Bishop designate of the Austrian Protestant church; he also serves as general secretary of the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (CPCE - GEKE).

Amina Baghajati is public relations officer of the Islamic Faith Community in Austria.

Dr. Reinhild Traitler-Espiritu is EPIL coordinator. She formerly served as programme director of the Protestant Academy Boldern and as president of the Swiss Interreligious Association.

Corinna Milborn, autor, journalist und chief editor

Alev Korun MA, member of the Municipal Government of Vienna

Amir Zaidan, MA., is director of the Islamic Institute for the Pedagogy of Religion.

Rev. Barbara Heyse Schaefer, MA., is director of the Austrian Protestant Women's Agency (EFA) and serves as coordinator for EPIL in Vienna.

Prof. Gerhard Ederndorfer is the former director of the Archiepiscopal Museum of the Cathedral and Diocese of Vienna

Zehra Yilmaz is a teacher for art education and kalligraphy.

Ensemble BARD.ALLAH is a group of musicians who make "Music for God" and work in the tradition of Islamic meditative music, especially the Sufi traditions. They attempt to connect the source of these traditions, the Orient, with the German speaking cultures of the Occident.
Gernot Galib Stanfel (Ud, Cenk, Ney, Tanbur, Rhebab, vocals)
Gerald Ilyas Klawatsch (Rübab, Rhebab, Kanun, guitar, vocals)
Christian Scholl (violin, vocals)
Ignatio Musa Bejar (E), (saxophone, clarinet, flute, Ney)
Monika Trotz (vocals)

Organising Committee/Project Leadership/Academic Team (AT)
Rev. Barbara Heyse-Schaefer MA., Director, Protestant Women's Agency of Austria,
coordinator Module Vienna
Waltraut Kovacic MA.; Director of the Protestant Academy Vienna
Elisabeth Janosievics, kfb Catholic Women's Movement of Austria
Rev. Heike Wolf MA, Protestant Women's Agency/AT
Sule Türk, Forum of Islamic Women in Austria/AT
Sabine Kandel, Forum of Islamic Women in Austria
Dr. Reinhild Traitler-Espiritu, EPIL coordinator

Dr. Tania Oldenhage, theologian, Boldern Protestant Academy, AT
Rifa'at Lenzin, Islam scholar, Zürich/AT
Sabiha Haskic, Muslim theologian and therapist, Medica Zenica/AT
Randa Halabi, Druze educator, Beirut

Ehrenschutzkomitee/ Patronat Committee
DI Omar Alrawi, Langtagsabgeordneter und Gemeinderat
Christa Esterhazy, Entwicklungspolitische Aktivistin
Prof. Christine Gleixner, Oberin
Dr. Hildegard Goss-Mayr, Österreichischer Versöhnungsbund (IFOR)
Österreichisches Netzwerk für Frieden und Gewaltfreiheit
Dr. Michael Häupl, Bürgermeister/Lord Mayor of Vienna
Katholischer Akademikerverband - Fraueninitiative
Annemarie Kury, Krankenschwester, Hilfsaktivistin Bosnienkrieg
Ökumenischer Rat der Kirchen in Österreich
Ökumenisches Forum christlicher Frauen in Österreich
Plattform für interreligiöse Begegnung
Plattform für Christen und Muslime
Anas Shakfeh; Präsident der Islamischen Glaubengemeinschaft
Ursula Stenzl, Bezirksvorsteherin von Wien-Innere Stadt
Dr Monika Vana, n.a.Stadträtin, Mitglied der Wiener Landesregierung
Weltgebetstag der Frauen

EPIL International
Teny Pirri-Simonian, M.Sc., Nyon/Switzerland, EPIL coordinator
Catherine Gyarmathy, Zürich/Budapest, EPIL treasurer

The EPIL Programme - Module Vienna is sponsored by the following local institutions
Weltgebetstag der Frauen/Women's World Day of Prayer
Bildungskommission der Evangelischen Kirche in Österreich
City Administration of Vienna: MA 17
Evangelischer Verein für Studentenheime Wien