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Pre-registration Deadline: Friday April 20th, 2018
The Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy

19th Annual Conference


Authoritarianism and Democratic Decline
in the Age of Sectarianism and Populism


Thursday April 26, 2018
The Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036


TENTATIVE PROGRAM

Pre-Registration ends on April 20th
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8:30 - 9:00 Registration


9:00 - 9:15 am Opening Remarks


9:15 - 10:30 AM - PANEL 1: 
Egypt and the Contradictions of Liberalism


Moderator: Asma Afsaruddin , Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Indiana University

  • Dalia Fahmy, Associate professor of political science, LIU Brooklyn

  • Daanish Faruqi, Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University

  • Khalil Al-Anani, Associate Professor, The Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

  • Andrew Miller, Deputy Director for Policy, The Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED)

 
10:30 - 11:00 AM  Coffee and tea break



 11:00 - 12:30 PM - PANEL 2: 
Piety or Politics? Interpreting the Iran-Saudi
Rivalry and the Rise of Sectarianism.


Moderator:

  • Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar, Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW)

  • Trita Parsi, President, The National Iranian American Council

  • Nader Hashemi, Director, The Center for Middle East Studies, University of Denver.
12:30 - 2:00 PM - Keynote Luncheon

Keynote Speaker: 

Senator Bernie Sanders (VT)
(Invited)

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee



2:00 - 3:30 PM - PANEL 3 -
Challenges to Democratic Consolidation in Tunisia

Moderator : Radwan Masmoudi, President of CSID

  • Naoufel Jammali, Member of Parliament and Member of Political Bureau of Ennahdha Party

  • Khaled Chouket, Member of Executive Committee of Nidaa Tounes

  • Andrew March, Associate Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University

  • Eric Brown, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

3:30 - 4:00 PM  Coffee and tea break

4:00 - 5:15 PM - PANEL 4 - Parallel Sessions:

  U.S. foreign policy, Neoliberalism, and the Pact Theory

Moderator :

  • Dalia Fahmy, “In Flux: U.S.-Egypt Strategic Interests and Military Relations post-Arab Spring”,

  • Cindy May, “The Language of Force: The United States and the Islamic World,”

  • Colin Powers, “Democratization Imperiled? Stubborn Neoliberalism in Tunisia and the Dangers Therein”

  • Deina Abdelkader, “Democratic Transitions: Are There Recipes for Success?”


 Islamic Politics, Populism, and Coalition Building

Moderator: 

  • Emrah Celik, “Power and Islam in Turkey: The Relationship Between AKP Government and Sunni-Islamic Groups, 2002-2015.”

  • Marko Jovanovic, “Islamic Populism,”

  • Shirin Saeidi, “A Sovereignty of Pleasure: Hardship, Religion and the Politics of Statecraft in Post-2009 Iran,”

  • M. Tahir Kilavuz, “Once Allies, Always Allies: How Coalition Building Under Authoritarianism Shape Democratic Transitions in the MENA,”

5:15 - 5:30 pm - Closing Remarks
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Registration Fees include lunch and coffee breaks, but does not include lodging.
Payment must be received by April 20 to qualify for pre-registration rates. 
Please mail registration form with payment to:
CSID Conf. Registration, 1050 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 500, Washington DC 20036
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