Conférence internationale "Le monde arabe à l’âge des révolutions"

Date de début: 

24 Juin 2012 - 09:30

Date de fin: 

27 Juin 2012 - 17:30

Type d'événement: 

  • Colloque

Publié ici : 

11 Juin 2012

Mis à jour le : 

20 Juin 2017

Zone géographique: 

  • Moyen-Orient
CEDEJ (Egypte, Soudan)

Visiter le site web

http://www.cedej-eg.org/spip.php?article614

Les réservations sont complètes pour les sessions du Colloque, seule la conférence finale du 27 juin est ouverte.

The Arab World in the Age of Revolutions : a Global Assessment

Paris, June 24 to 27, 2012

Programme

Sunday June 24

Venue : TBC
Welcome dinner : 8:30 pm

The Arab uprising : when art joins revolutions

With participations of :

  • Ms Karima Khakil, American University of Cairo and Social Research Council
  • Mr Adib Samoud, Tunisian photographer
  • Mr Kamal Ben Hameda, Libyan writer

Debate session organized by Sciences Po students

Monday June 25

Venue : Leroy Beaulieu hall, Sciences Po Introductory Session : 9 am- 10 am

Speakers :

  • Pr Gilles Kepel, Sciences Po, KFAS Program
  • Pr Khaled Fahmy, American University, Cairo, Department of History

Session 1 : 10 am- 12 am
The Arab uprising : a cultural revolution ?

Between mainstream media and social networks, a vibrant and diverse public sphere has emerged. What are the roles of TV channels, social networks, digital techies and alternative artists in the making of the "Arab revolutions" ? Who are these emerging actors ? What type of networks and " repertoires of action" have been mobilized ?What about the new opened cultural spaces in the Gulf and elsewhere ? To what extent, cultural resources, be it Islamic or not, have seen the light or faded away ? How did local national and Arabist identities overlap ?

Chair : Pr Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth College

Speakers :

  • Dr Bassam Haddad, George Mason University, Jadaliyya
  • Pr Nabil Mouline, KFAS Program at Sciences Po
  • Mr Alexandre Kazerouni, Sciences Po Paris
  • Pr Khaled Hroub, Cambridge University

Lunch : 12 am - 2 pm

Session 2 : 2 pm - 4 pm
Social and Economic Demands and Policy Changes

Session 2.1 : 2 pm – 4 pm

What are the social and economic factors behind the uprisings ? What are the major social and economic demands ? What type of policy challenges and implications ? How could the uprisings affect the role of the state ? The local and regional economics, in particular with regard to oil revenues and IFI ? What consequences did they have for the social fabric, nationally and regionally ?

Chair : Dr Dina El Khawaga, Sciences Po, KFAS Program

Speakers :

  • Pr Rabab Al Mahdi, American University of Cairo
  • Dr Habib Ayeb, American University of Cairo and Social Research Council
  • Dr Farah Al Naqib, American University of Kuwait
  • Pr Mussa Griffa, University of Tripoli

Coffee break : 4 pm – 4:30 pm

Session 2.2 : 4:30 pm – 6 pm

What type of policy challenges and implications need to be adressed ? How could the uprisings affect/reshape the role of the state ? What future for the local and regional economics, in particular with regard to oil revenues and IFI ? What consequences did they have for the social fabric, nationally and regionally ?

Chair : Pr Elyes Jouini, Paris Dauphine University
Speakers :

  • Pr Steffen Hertog, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, London School of Economics
  • Dr Amr Adly, Egyptian Initiative for Personnal Rights
  • Dr Hakim Ben Hammouda, Economist

Reception and panel discussion : 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue : "Maison de l'Amérique Latine"

The challenge of launching the transition related institutions and processes

Moderator : Pr. Ghazi Gherairi, International Academy of Constitutional Law
Speakers

  • Pr Yadh Ben Achour, Tunis
  • Pr Hazem Beblawy, Cairo

Dinner : 8:30 pm – 10 pm
Day two

Tuesday June 26

Venue : Leroy Beaulieu hall, Sciences Po

Session 3 : 9 am – 12:30am

Overlapping Leadership : From Revolutionary leaders to incumbent rulers, Islamists and Salafists

Eighteen months after the uprisings, both the elite composition and course of action have changed. Who are the new political leaders – from the urban youth focusing on community organization and widening social movements to old and new political opposition figures ? What are the incumbent rulers' strategies ? Where does the military and the religious stand ?

Session 3.1, Countries in transition : 9am – 10:45am
Chair : Pr Bernard Haykel, Princeton University
Speakers

  • Pr Stéphane Lacroix, Sciences Po Paris
  • Pr Mohamed Kerrou, University of Tunis
  • Dr Abir Amineh, University of Ben Ghazi

Coffee break : 10:45 am – 11 am

Session 3.2, Countries facing upheavals : 11am – 12:30am
Chair : Pr Nizar Hamzeh, American University of Kuwait
Speakers

  • Dr Thomas Pierret, University of Edinburgh
  • Pr Ghanim Al Najjar, Kuwait University
  • Dr Omar Al Shehaby, Gulf University of Science and Technology

Lunch : 12:30am- 2pm

Session 4 : 2 pm- 5:30 pm

The Geopolitics of the New Arab region

Eighteen months after the uprisings, has the regional balance of power changed ? Who are the major regional and international players (Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, US and Europe) ? What are the central issues at stake, where do the Iranian challenge and the Arab Israeli conflict stand ?

Chair : Pr James Piscatori, Durham University

Session 4-1, actors and alliances : 2pm-3:30pm
Speakers :

  • Pr Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, Al Ain University
  • Mr Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, NTC, Libya
  • Pr Mahmood Sarioghalam, National University of Iran
  • Mr Sultan Al Kassemi, blogger UAE

Coffee break : 3:30 pm – 4 pm

Session 4-2, regional/international interactions : 4 pm – 5:30 pm
Speakers :

  • Dr Ali Al-Tarrah, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Kuwait at UNESCO
  • H.E Jean-Claude Cousseran, Académie Diplomatique Internationale
  • Pr Bernard Rougier, Director of CEDEJ
  • Mr Max Rodenbeck, The Economist

Cocktail : 6:30 pm - 8 pm
Venue : TBC

Cultural Evening
Voices of the Arab Revolutions
Scenography : Sulayman Al Bassam, playwriter and director, Kuwait
Day three

Wednesday June 27

Venue : Leroy Beaulieu hall, Sciences Po

Session 5

Media, social media and citizen journalism : a turning point

Session 5-1 : 10 am – 11 am

The cyber sphere and activists, the widespread of new outreach tools and the current legal and political challenges the actors are facing, including political repression and legal constraints.

Chair : Mr Moazz El Zoughby, Arab Reform Initiative - Cairo
Speakers :

  • Enrico de Angelis, Sciences Po/ CEDEJ
  • Ms Paloma Haschke, CEDEJ/ KFAS Program, Sciences Po

Coffee break : 11 am – 11:15 am

Session 5-2 : 11:15 am – 12:15 am

The multiple interactions between electronic and citizen journalism during and after the Arab uprisings.

Chair : Ms Hala Kodmani, journalist
Speakers :

  • Mr Issandar el Amrani, the Arabist
  • Mr Bassam Haddad, Jadaliyya

Lunch : 12:30 am – 1:30 pm

Public Conference

The possible New Arab World

Venue : Emile Boutmy Hall, Sciences Po
Jointly sponsored by
Sciences Po KFAS Program
and
Policy Planning Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2:00 pm - 3 pm
Introduction :
The Arab World in the Age of Revolutions : taking stock
Pr Gilles Kepel, KFAS Program, Sciences Po
Dr Joseph Maïla, Policy Planning Director

3 pm – 4:30pm
Round table :

Actors' views

Chair : Pr Nabil Fahmy, American University, Cairo, GAPP
Speakers :

  • Mr Kamel Jendoubi, Tunis
  • Dr Ziad Bahaa Eldine, Egypt
  • Pr Azmi Beshara, Doha Policy Center
  • Dr Ahmed Al Tayyeb, Cheikh of Al Azhar

Coffee Break : 4:30 pm- 5 pm

5pm – 6.30 pm
Round table :

How can Europe and France foster political and social change in the region ? A view from Europe

Speakers TBC : European Political representatives
Hillary Wiesner, Carnegie Foundation, New-York

6:30pm – 7pm
Keynote speech :
Speaker TBC : French Official Representatives

Dinner : 8:30 pm

 

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