Seasons of the Arab Spring

Activity Type: 
Conference
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Date: 
Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 18:00 to Friday, March 30, 2012 - 18:30
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Ave.
Contact Email: 
global@pitt.edu
Cost: 
Free

An International Conference at the University of Pittsburgh

Thursday, March 29
Welcoming Reception: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Session I: Revolutionary Dynamics (6:00pm - 8:00pm)
Asef Bayat (University of Illinois): "Revolution without Movement, Movement without Revolution -- Again"
Samer Shehata (Georgetown University): "Too Little, Too Late: The Mubarak Regime's Response to Dynamic Protest"
Mohammed Bamyeh (University of Pittsburgh): "On Spontaneity and Organization"

Friday, March 30
Breakfast: 9:00am - 10:00am
Session II: Revolutionary Aftermath: Movements, Ideas and Constitutional Thought (Fri: 10:00am - 12:00pm)

  • Haidar Hammoudi (University of Pittsburgh): "Islamic Law and the Arab Spring"
  • Valentine Moghadam (Northeastern University): "What is Democracy? Promises and Perils after the Arab Spring”
  • Zakia Salime (Rutgers University): "A New Feminism? 20th February Movement and Gender Dynamics in Moroccan Protests"

    • Lunch: 12:00pm - 1:30pm
    Session III: Revolutionary Narration (Fri: 1:30-3:30)

  • Muhsin al-Musawi (Columbia University): "The Narrative of the Arab Street"
  • Amani Attia (University of Pittsburgh): "Religion in Towfik's Utopia: A novel that anticipated the Egyptian Revolution"
  • Dina Matar (School of Oriental and African Studies, UK): "The Media Landscape During and Post the 'Arab Spring': Problems and Approaches"

    • Session IV: Revolutionary Deferments? (Fri: 3:45pm - 5:15pm)

  • Salim Tamari (Institute for Jerusalem Studies): "Why did the Arab Spring bypass Palestine?"
  • Habibul Haque Khondker (Zayed University, UAE): "The Arab Spring and Gulf Exceptionalism"

    • Session V: General Session: What is to be Done? (Fri: 5:30pm - 6:30pm)
    All participants

    UCIS Unit: 
    Global Studies Center
    Non-University Sponsors: 
    Humanities Center
    Department of Sociology
    Faculty Research and Scholarship Program
    World Regions: 
    International
    Middle East