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# Deorientalizing citizenship? An introduction to the second Oecumene symposium
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/deorientalizing-citizenship-introduction-to-second-oecumene-symposium/
- Published: 2013-05-06T12:05:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-23T01:25:31.000Z
- Description: In the first of a series of videos from the Oecumene project's second symposium on citizenship, orientalism and colonialism, Engin Isin discusses the major themes addressed in the symposium and outlines the future for the project
- Author: Engin Isin
- Tags: Cultural politics, #Migrated, Oecumene: Citizenship after Orientalism, ideas, Civil Society, culture, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 17:36, #ImagesUploaded, #appended-excerpt

*This video is part of a series this week from the Oecumene project's* [*second symposium*](http://www.oecumene.eu/events/2nd-symposium?ref=opendemocracy.net)*. Further videos this week will include the keynote speeches from* [*Walter Mignolo*](https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/walter-mignolo) *and* [*Saba Mahmood*](https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/saba-mahmood)*. All of the videos will appear on the* [*Oecumene: Citizenship after Orientalism*](https://www.opendemocracy.net/freeform-tags/oecumene-citizenship-after-orientalism) *partnership page, funded by the Oecumene Project and the Open University.*

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An editorial partnership with Open University

In the first of a series of videos from the [Oecumene](https://www.opendemocracy.net/freeform-tags/oecumene-citizenship-after-orientalism) project's second symposium on citizenship, orientalism and colonialism, Engin Isin discusses the major themes addressed in the symposium and outlines the future for the project