TENTATIVE PROGRAM
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 am - 9:00 Welcoming and Opening Remarks
Prof. Asma Asfaruddin - Chair, CSID Board of Directors
Prof. Nader Hashemi - Director of the Center for Middle East Studies, University of Denver
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9:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. Keynote Presentation
Keith Ellison
United States Representative (D-MN)
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9:30 am - 10:45 am Panel 1
Panel 1: Countering Extremism, Promoting Democracy
- "Iraq's Anti-ISIS Militias: Implications for Democracy" - Hassan Abbas, Professor and Chair of the Department of Analytical Studies at the College of International Security Affairs (CISA), National Defense University (NDU)
- "ISIS and Radical Islam: Sources of Their Appeal in Sudan" - Atta El-Battahani and Hafiz Ahmed Abdalla -
- "Countering ISIS and Promoting Democracy Among Filipino Youth in Bangsamoro Region" - Mussolini Sinsuat Lidasan, Executive Director of the Al Qalam Institute of Islamic Identities and Dialogue in Southeast Asia at Ateneo de Davao University
10:45 am- 11:15 am Coffee and Tea Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Panel 2
Panel 2: Strategizing Democratization
- "Promoting Democracy in the Face of Autocratic Meltdown and the Rise of Geosectarianism and Jihadism" - Kamran Bokhari, Fellow, Program on Extremism, Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, George Washington University, and Senior Lecturer, Security and Policy Institute, Univ. of Ottawa
- "Citizenship and Authoritarianism in Saudi Arabia After the Arab Spring" - Natana DeLong-Bas, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Theology Department & Islamic Civilization and Societies, Boston College
- "Aspirations for a Dignified Life: Palestinians in a Post-National World" - Maria Holt, Department of Politics & International Relations, University of Westminster
- "The Influence of Ghannouchism on Malaysian Political Parties" - Maszlee Malik, Assistant Professor in the Department of Fiqh and Usul alFiqh, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia
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12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Keynote Banquet Luncheon
Abdelfattah Mourou
Vice President of the Tunisian Parliament
Anne Patterson (Invited)
Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs
U.S. Department of State
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2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Panel 3
Panel 3: Islam, Moral Authority, and Political Rights
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Beyond the Arab Spring: Islamic Movements Engaging with Democracy" - Sebastian N, Professor, Dept. of International Relations, Sikkim Central University, Gangtok, India
- "Palestine-Israel and the Neoliberal Ideal" - Luke Peterson, Visiting Assistant Professor in History, The University of Pittsburgh
- "Preserving Stability in Jordan" - Anja Wehler-Schoeck, Resident Director, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Jordan & Iraq
- "The Challenge of 'Daesh' and Rebuilding the House of Islam" - Rashid Shaz, Professor & Director, Centre for Promotion of Educational & Cultural Advancement of Muslims, Aligarh Muslim University, India
- "Reconsidering Moral Authority, Reconsidering Terrorism" - Alexs Thompson, Ph.D., Middle Eastern/Religious Studies, University of Chicago
3:30-4:00 p.m. Coffee and Tea Break
4:00-5:30 p.m. Panel 4
Panel 4: PANEL DISCUSSION:
The Future of Islam and Democracy After the Arab Spring
- John Voll, Professor, Georgetown University
- Nathan Brown, Professor, George Washington University
- Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
- Amy Hawthorne, Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED)
- William Taylor, Executive Vice President, United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
5:30-5:45 pm Closing Remarks
Prof. Tamara Sonn - Chair, CSID Program Committee
Co-Sponsors of the Annual Conference:
Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
We expect
about 200 local, regional and international experts, academics, politicians, and policy-makers from the US and the Muslim World.
Seats are limited, so
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