Conference Program
Arab Spring and the Quest for New Metaphors: Modernity, Identity and Change
|Peter Clark Hall (PCH) in the University Centre |University of Guelph|
Day 1: 11 Nov 2017
Conference Registration
Time: 08:10 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.
Conference Welcoming Remarks
Time: 09:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Catherine Carstairs (University of Guelph History Department Chair)
Introduction
Eid Mohamed (University of Guelph) and Renee Worringer (University of Guelph)
Time: 09:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Keynote Speech
Time: 09:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Abdelwahab El-Affendi (Doha Institute for Graduate Studies) | “Democracy in Evil Times: The Political Science of Paranoid Uncertainty”
10:15-10:30 AM Coffee Break
Arab Opinion Index
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Mohammad Almasri (Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies)| “Arab Spring and the Quest for New Metaphors as Reflected in the Annual Arab Opinion Index”
Session 1: The Arab Spring and the Question of Democracy
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Panel Chair: Eid Mohamed (University of Guelph)
Ahmed Abdrabou (University of Denver and Cairo University) | “Arab Spring and the Issue of Democracy: Where do Middle East Studies Stand?”
Nathan Brown (George Washington University) | “The Din of the Spheres: Polarization and Dissonance in Post-2011 Egypt.”
Mojtaba Mahdavi (University of Alberta) | “Whither Post-Islamism: Revisiting the Discourse/Movement After the Arab Spring.”
12.30p.m.–01.30p.m.: Lunch Break
Session 2: The Public Sphere, Transitional Justice, and Resistance in the Post Arab Spring
Time: 01:30p.m. - 03:15 p.m.
Panel Chair: Catherine Carstairs (University of Guelph)
Bessma Momani (University of Waterloo) | “Shaping Middle East Society- from the ground up and across the seas”
Arnaud Kurze (Montclair State University) | “Regime Change, State Power & Resilience: The Challenges of Transitional Justice 2.0.”
Nathan Funk (University of Waterloo) | “Constructing Civic Space: Civil Resistance, Transitional Justice, and Sustainable Citizen Empowerment in Contemporary Arab Politics.”
Nermin Allam (Rutgers University)| “Memoirs of Resistance: Women's Activism and Egypt's Contentious Politics.”
03:15p.m.-03:30p.m. Coffee Break
Session 3: From Political Islam to Democratic Islam: Is this Possible?
Time: 3:30p.m. - 05:00 p.m.
Panel Chair: Renee Worringer (University of Guelph)
Andrew March (Harvard University) | "Is the Islamic State Impossible and Why?"
Mouldi Lahmar (Doha Institute)| Islamistes et politique aujourd’hui en Tunisie : La fondation d’un parti de « Démocratie Islamique » est-elle possible ?”
Dalia Fahmy (LIU Brooklyn) | “From Prison to Power to Prison: The Muslim Brotherhood and the Future of Political Islam.”
Khalidah Ali (University of Toronto) | “Re-examining Hasan al-Banna’s Model of Da‘wah in the Post-Arab Spring Era”
5:30p.m. Presenter Welcome Dinner
Day 2: 12 November 2017
Session 4: State Constraints, Political Islam, and Terrorism: The Search for Answers
Time: 09:00a.m. – 11:00a.m.
Panel Chair: Ian Spears
Abdelwahab El- Affendi (Doha Institute) | “Re-conceptualizing Jihadism: On Multiple Levels of Incomprehension and Policy Muddle.”
Rachad Antonius (Université du Québec à Montréal) | “The ‘Impossible State’, Between Ideological and Political Constraints.”
Aziz Douai (University of Ontario Institute of Technology)| “Theorizing Arab Media & Terrorism: The Terrorism-Media Interaction Model”
Samer Shehata (University of Oklahoma)| “Regional Dimensions of Authoritarianism in the Middle East”
11:00 a.m. -11:15 a.m. Coffee Break
Session 5: Revisiting the Inclusion Moderation Hypothesis: Tunisia, Turkey, and Egypt
Time: 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Panel Chair: Anne Vermeyden (University of Guelph)
Pierre Hecker (Philipps-Universität Marburg) | “From ‘conservative democracy’ to ‘repressive conservatism: The transformation of Turkish political Islam from a post-15 July perspective.”
Julius Dihstelhoff (Philipps-Universität Marburg) | “Unity – Consensus – Reconciliation: The Substance of Tunisia’s Elite Compromise: An Analysis of post-revolutionary narratives within Ennahda and Nidaa Tounes.”
Mohammad Yaghi (Freelance Researcher) | “Testing the Moderation Argument: the MB and Ennahda in Post Revolutionary Egypt and Tunisia.”
12.45 p.m. –01.45p.m.: Lunch Break
Session 6: Egypt’s Revolution, the Islamists and Minority Rights in Post Arab Spring
Time: 01:45 p.m. - 03:15 p.m.
Panel Chair: Mohammad Yaghi (Freelance Researcher)
Abdou Moussa (Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies) | “The Struggle for Revolutionary Memory: Historiography and documentation of the January 25 Revolution.”
Isaac Friesen (University of Toronto) | “Egypt’s Copts and Political Islam: The Arab Spring and the Memory Politics of Victimhood.”
Riham Bahi (Cairo University) | “Recovering Women’s Voices: The Communicative Empowerment of Muslim Women
3:15p.m.-3:30p.m.- Coffee Break
Session 7: Conclusion
Time: 03:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Panel Chair: Eid Mohamed (University of Guelph)
General discussions
Reflections on conference outcomes
Preparing for the next conference in Doha in May 2018
Arab Spring and the Quest for New Metaphors: Modernity, Identity and Change
|Peter Clark Hall (PCH) in the University Centre |University of Guelph|
Day 1: 11 Nov 2017
Conference Registration
Time: 08:10 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.
Conference Welcoming Remarks
Time: 09:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Catherine Carstairs (University of Guelph History Department Chair)
Introduction
Eid Mohamed (University of Guelph) and Renee Worringer (University of Guelph)
Time: 09:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Keynote Speech
Time: 09:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Abdelwahab El-Affendi (Doha Institute for Graduate Studies) | “Democracy in Evil Times: The Political Science of Paranoid Uncertainty”
10:15-10:30 AM Coffee Break
Arab Opinion Index
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Mohammad Almasri (Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies)| “Arab Spring and the Quest for New Metaphors as Reflected in the Annual Arab Opinion Index”
Session 1: The Arab Spring and the Question of Democracy
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 a.m.
Panel Chair: Eid Mohamed (University of Guelph)
Ahmed Abdrabou (University of Denver and Cairo University) | “Arab Spring and the Issue of Democracy: Where do Middle East Studies Stand?”
Nathan Brown (George Washington University) | “The Din of the Spheres: Polarization and Dissonance in Post-2011 Egypt.”
Mojtaba Mahdavi (University of Alberta) | “Whither Post-Islamism: Revisiting the Discourse/Movement After the Arab Spring.”
12.30p.m.–01.30p.m.: Lunch Break
Session 2: The Public Sphere, Transitional Justice, and Resistance in the Post Arab Spring
Time: 01:30p.m. - 03:15 p.m.
Panel Chair: Catherine Carstairs (University of Guelph)
Bessma Momani (University of Waterloo) | “Shaping Middle East Society- from the ground up and across the seas”
Arnaud Kurze (Montclair State University) | “Regime Change, State Power & Resilience: The Challenges of Transitional Justice 2.0.”
Nathan Funk (University of Waterloo) | “Constructing Civic Space: Civil Resistance, Transitional Justice, and Sustainable Citizen Empowerment in Contemporary Arab Politics.”
Nermin Allam (Rutgers University)| “Memoirs of Resistance: Women's Activism and Egypt's Contentious Politics.”
03:15p.m.-03:30p.m. Coffee Break
Session 3: From Political Islam to Democratic Islam: Is this Possible?
Time: 3:30p.m. - 05:00 p.m.
Panel Chair: Renee Worringer (University of Guelph)
Andrew March (Harvard University) | "Is the Islamic State Impossible and Why?"
Mouldi Lahmar (Doha Institute)| Islamistes et politique aujourd’hui en Tunisie : La fondation d’un parti de « Démocratie Islamique » est-elle possible ?”
Dalia Fahmy (LIU Brooklyn) | “From Prison to Power to Prison: The Muslim Brotherhood and the Future of Political Islam.”
Khalidah Ali (University of Toronto) | “Re-examining Hasan al-Banna’s Model of Da‘wah in the Post-Arab Spring Era”
5:30p.m. Presenter Welcome Dinner
Day 2: 12 November 2017
Session 4: State Constraints, Political Islam, and Terrorism: The Search for Answers
Time: 09:00a.m. – 11:00a.m.
Panel Chair: Ian Spears
Abdelwahab El- Affendi (Doha Institute) | “Re-conceptualizing Jihadism: On Multiple Levels of Incomprehension and Policy Muddle.”
Rachad Antonius (Université du Québec à Montréal) | “The ‘Impossible State’, Between Ideological and Political Constraints.”
Aziz Douai (University of Ontario Institute of Technology)| “Theorizing Arab Media & Terrorism: The Terrorism-Media Interaction Model”
Samer Shehata (University of Oklahoma)| “Regional Dimensions of Authoritarianism in the Middle East”
11:00 a.m. -11:15 a.m. Coffee Break
Session 5: Revisiting the Inclusion Moderation Hypothesis: Tunisia, Turkey, and Egypt
Time: 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Panel Chair: Anne Vermeyden (University of Guelph)
Pierre Hecker (Philipps-Universität Marburg) | “From ‘conservative democracy’ to ‘repressive conservatism: The transformation of Turkish political Islam from a post-15 July perspective.”
Julius Dihstelhoff (Philipps-Universität Marburg) | “Unity – Consensus – Reconciliation: The Substance of Tunisia’s Elite Compromise: An Analysis of post-revolutionary narratives within Ennahda and Nidaa Tounes.”
Mohammad Yaghi (Freelance Researcher) | “Testing the Moderation Argument: the MB and Ennahda in Post Revolutionary Egypt and Tunisia.”
12.45 p.m. –01.45p.m.: Lunch Break
Session 6: Egypt’s Revolution, the Islamists and Minority Rights in Post Arab Spring
Time: 01:45 p.m. - 03:15 p.m.
Panel Chair: Mohammad Yaghi (Freelance Researcher)
Abdou Moussa (Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies) | “The Struggle for Revolutionary Memory: Historiography and documentation of the January 25 Revolution.”
Isaac Friesen (University of Toronto) | “Egypt’s Copts and Political Islam: The Arab Spring and the Memory Politics of Victimhood.”
Riham Bahi (Cairo University) | “Recovering Women’s Voices: The Communicative Empowerment of Muslim Women
3:15p.m.-3:30p.m.- Coffee Break
Session 7: Conclusion
Time: 03:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Panel Chair: Eid Mohamed (University of Guelph)
General discussions
Reflections on conference outcomes
Preparing for the next conference in Doha in May 2018