From: Lina Khatib <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Conference announcement
Date: April 6, 2012
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the third annual conference of the Program
on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University's Center on
Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. The conference,
Democratic Transition and Development in the Arab World, is free and
open to the public and will take place on April 26 and 27, 2012 at
Stanford University in California. Further details about the
conference can be found on our website, where you can also RSVP to
attend.
Program on Arab Reform and Democracy (ard)
Annual Conference, 26 & 27 April 2012
*CONFERENCE PROGRAM*
Democratic Transition and Development in the Arab World
Day One - April 26, 2012
9:00-10:45am Opening Panel – International & Domestic Frameworks for
Development
Welcoming Remarks:
Larry Diamond and Lina Khatib, Stanford University
Adel Abdellatif, UNDP:
The Regional and International Dimension of Development (title TBC)
George Kossaifi, Dar Al-Tanmiyah:
Towards an Integrated Social Policy of the Arab Youth
10:45-11:00am Break
11:00-12:30am Session 1: Political Economy of Reform
Chair: Hicham Ben Abdallah, Stanford University
Mongi Boughzala, University of Tunis El-Manar:
Economic Reforms in Egypt and Tunisia: Revolutionary Change and an
Uncertain Agenda
Abdulwahab Alkebsi, Center for International Private Enterprise:
Answering Calls for Economic Dignity
12:30-1:30pm Lunch
1:30-3:00pm Session 2: Oil-Dependent Economies and Social and
Political Development
Chair: Larry Diamond, Stanford University
Hedi Larbi, World Bank:
Development and Democracy in Transition Oil-rich Countries in MENA
Ibrahim Saif, Carnegie Middle East Center:
Lessons from the Gulf's Twin Shocks
3:00-3:30pm Break
3:30-5:00pm: Session 3: Youth, ICTs, and Development Opportunities
Chair: Lina Khatib, Stanford University
Loubna Skalli-Hanna, American University:
Youth and ICTs in MENA: Development Alternatives and Possibilities
Hatoon Ajwad Al-Fassi, King Saud University:
Social Media in Saudi Arabia: An Era of Youth Social Representation
Day Two - April 27, 2012
9:00-10:30am: Session 1: Civil Society Development
Chair: Sean Yom, Temple University
Laryssa Chomiak, Centre d’Etudes Maghrebines à Tunis (CEMAT):
Civic Resistance to Civil Society: Institutionalizing Dissent in
Post-Revolutionary Tunisia
Rihab Elhaj, New Libya Foundation:
Building Libyan Civil Society
10:30-11:00am Break
11:00-12:30pm: Session 2: Democratic Transition and the Political
Development of Women
Chair: Katie Zoglin, Human Rights Lawyer
Valentine Moghadam, Northeastern University:
The Gender of Democracy: Why It Matters
Amaney Jamal, Princeton University:
Reforms in Personal Status Laws and Women’s Rights in the Arab World
12:30-1:30pm Lunch
1:30-3:00pm: Session 3: Minority Rights as a Key Component of Development
Chair: Joel Beinin, Stanford University
Mona Makram-Ebeid, American University in Cairo:
Challenges Facing Minority Rights in Democratic Transition (title TBC)
Nadim Shehadi, Chatham House:
The Other Turkish Model: Power Sharing and Minority Rights in the Arab
Transitions
3:00-3:15pm Break
3:15-4:30pm: Session 4: Towards Integrated Development in the Arab World
Chair: Larry Diamond, Stanford University
Closing roundtable discussion: Scenarios for integrated development
4:30-5:30pm Reception
Best,
Lina Khatib
Dr. Lina Khatib
Program Manager
Program on Arab Reform and Democracy
Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Stanford University
http://cddrl.stanford.edu/people/linakhatib/
http://arabreform.stanford.edu
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