The Arab Revolts Conference
Causes, Dynamics, Effects
Friday 13 April, 2012
9:30am - 6pm, $0/Rsvp
Columbia University, Schermerhorn Hall
1190 Amsterdam Ave, Room 501
9:30 AM: Opening Keynote:
Rashid Khalidi (Columbia)
America and the Arab Revolts
*Moderated by Bashir Abu-Manneh (Columbia)
11 AM First Panel:
Gilbert Achcar (SOAS, London)
Roots and Dynamics of Arab Revolt
Asef Bayat (Illinois)
Revolution without Movement, Movement without Revolution-Again
Mona El-Gobashy
The Politics of Counter-Revolt in Egypt
*Moderated by Marwa El Shakry (Columbia)
2:15 PM Second Panel:
Jason Brownlee (Texas)
Antecedents of the Tunisian Revolt
Gershon Shafir (UCSD)
Tahrir in Tel-Aviv?
Lisa Wedeen (Chicago)
Ideology in the Political Present: Notes from Syria
*Moderated by Nadia Abu El-Haj (Columbia)
430 PM Closing Keynote:
Khaled Hroub (Cambridge)
After the Revolts: The Question of Palestine
*Moderated by Rashid Khalidi (Columbia)
Sponsored by the Center for Palestine Studies
Co-sponsored by:
Middle East Institute
Trans-Arab Research Institute (TARI)
Heyman Center
MESAAS
Rashid Khalidi (Columbia)
America and the Arab Revolts
*Moderated by Bashir Abu-Manneh (Columbia)
11 AM First Panel:
Gilbert Achcar (SOAS, London)
Roots and Dynamics of Arab Revolt
Asef Bayat (Illinois)
Revolution without Movement, Movement without Revolution-Again
Mona El-Gobashy
The Politics of Counter-Revolt in Egypt
*Moderated by Marwa El Shakry (Columbia)
2:15 PM Second Panel:
Jason Brownlee (Texas)
Antecedents of the Tunisian Revolt
Gershon Shafir (UCSD)
Tahrir in Tel-Aviv?
Lisa Wedeen (Chicago)
Ideology in the Political Present: Notes from Syria
*Moderated by Nadia Abu El-Haj (Columbia)
430 PM Closing Keynote:
Khaled Hroub (Cambridge)
After the Revolts: The Question of Palestine
*Moderated by Rashid Khalidi (Columbia)
Sponsored by the Center for Palestine Studies
Co-sponsored by:
Middle East Institute
Trans-Arab Research Institute (TARI)
Heyman Center
MESAAS