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Subject: The Egyptian Revolution of 2011: Civil Resistance and Power Politics
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The Egyptian Revolution of 2011: Civil Resistance and Power Politics
Panel Discussion organised in partnership with the Oxford University Research Project on Civil Resistance and Power
6.00pm - 7.30pm, followed by a drinks reception
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1
On 17 December 2010 a vegetable-seller set fire to himself in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid after police had harassed him. This incident triggered a series of demonstrations, first locally, then across Tunisia, and then in other Arab countries. Within two months, the movements had resulted in the departure from office of President Zine al-Abidine Ben-Ali of Tunisia and President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. Elsewhere, they led to different outcomes, including armed conflicts and external interventions. In all, power politics as well as popular demonstrations played a key role.
This meeting will focus on the Egyptian revolution, exploring the range of factors contributing to change. It marks the publication by Oxford University Press of the paperback edition of Civil Resistance and Power Politics: The Experience of Non-violent Action from Gandhi to the Present, edited by Adam Roberts and Timothy Garton Ash, with a new foreword on the Arab Spring.
About the Speakers:
Professor Khaled Fahmy - Professor and Chair in History at the American University in
Cairo and a leading expert on Egypt. Author of All the Pasha's Men: Mehmed Ali, his Army,
and the Making of Modern Egypt (1997). He was present in Tahrir Square during the
protests that led to the downfall of President Mubarak.
Professor Charles Tripp - Professor of Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies
(SOAS), University of London, and a specialist in Middle East affairs. He is the author of
Islam and the Moral Economy: the Challenge of Capitalism (2006) and is presently working
on a study of the politics of resistance in the Middle East.
Professor Timothy Garton Ash - Guardian columnist, Professor of European Studies at the
University of Oxford and Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony's College. He is the
joint editor (with Sir Adam Roberts) of Civil Resistance and Power Politics: Non-Violent
Action from Gandhi to the Present (2009).
Chair: Sir Adam Roberts,KCMG, FBA, President of the British Academy and Emeritus Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford
Attendance is free, but registration is required for this event. Please click here<http://email.britac.ac.uk/_act/link.php?mId=A8670456066925387416866343421&tId=9372926> to register via our website.
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