Program

 

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Venue: Public Lecture Theatre, Old Arts Building, The University of Melbourne    

Saturday March 17
Time                          
 Session Speaker / Chair
9.00am - 9.10am Welcome Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh (Conference Convenor)
9.10am - 9.15am Welcome to the University of Melbourne Prof Simon Evans (Pro Vice-Chancellor, International)
9.15am - 9.30am Official Opening Prof the Hon Gareth Evans AO QC
9.30am - 10.30am Keynote Address: The Challenges of Egypt's Transition to Democracy  Prof Samer Soliman (American University in Cairo)
10.30am - 11.00am Coffee Break  

11.00am - 1.00pm

Session One
 

Theatre B, Old Arts Building

Parallel Panel One: Implications of the Arab Spring

Chair: A/Prof Richard Pennell (The University of Melbourne)

  • As 'Spring' moves towards 'Autumn'
  • Prof George Joffé (London University & University of Cambridge)
 
  • The Arab Revolt: not a 'Spring' but an 'Awakening'
  • Prof Amin Saikal (Australian National University)

Theatre C, Old Arts Building

Parallel Panel Two: Egypt

 Chair: Prof Fethi Mansouri (Deakin University)
 
  • Gender and Politics in Egypt Today: Continuities and Change One Year On
  • Dr Lucia Sobera (The University of Sydney)
 
  • Political Islam in the New Egypt
  • Ms Raihan Ismail: PhD Candidate (Australian National University)
 
  • The Egyptian Uprising: A Political Economy Approach
  • Mr Adel Abdel Ghafar: PhD Candidate (Australian National University)
1.00pm - 2.00pm Lunch  
2.00pm - 3.30pm

Session Two

  

Theatre B, Old Arts Building

Parallel Panel One: Africa and the Maghreb

 Chair: Prof George Joffé (London University & University of Cambridge)
 
  • The Qaddafis and their kin: genealogies of power and myth
  • A/Prof Richard Pennell (The University of Melbourne)
 
  • The Arab Spring and the Challenges of Reforms and Democratic Transition
  • Prof Fethi Mansouri (Deakin University)
 
  • Libya: Between Revolt, Uprising, Upheaval, Turmoil and NATO
  • A/Prof Milad M El.Harathi (Benghazi University) 

Theatre C, Old Arts Building

Parallel Panel Two: Cultural Dimensions

(Theatre C, Old Arts Building)

 Chair: Prof Emma Murphy (Durham University)
 
  • The January Revolution as a Struggle on the Language
  • Ms Mansoura Ez-Eldin (Literary Times, Cairo)
 
  • Body as a Symbol of Dignity: how Arabs merged to defend dignity
  • Mr Matthieu Rey: PhD Candidate (College de France, Paris)
 
  • Soccer as an Engine of Change and Assertion of Identity
  • Mr James Dorsey: (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore)
3.30pm - 4.00pm Coffee Break  

4.00pm - 6.00pm

Session Three

  

Public Lecture Theatre, Old Arts Building

Panel: Western Policy and the Arab Spring

 Chair: Mr Charles Dunne (Freedom House)
 
  • Mr Aly Abuzaakouk (Libya Forum for Human & Political Development)

 
 
  • Mr Ammar Abdulhamid (Tharwa Foundation)

 
 
  • Mr Tarek Radwan (Atlantic Council) 

 

Sunday 18 March
Time Session Speaker / Chair
9.00am - 11.00am

Session One

  

Public Lecture Theatre, Old Arts Building

Panel: Security, Participation and Reconstruction

 Chair: Prof. Amin Saikal (Australian National University)
 
  • Non-Violent action and revolutionary change
  • Prof Stephen Zunes (University of San Francisco)
 
  • What Next for Political Participation? Electoral Reform in Lebanon and Egypt
  • Dr Benjamin MacQueen (Monash University)
 
  • Al-Qaida and the Arab Spring: Reacting to Surprise and Adapting to Change
  • Dr Norman Cigar (Marine Corps University, USA)
11.00am - 11.30am Coffee Break  
11.30am - 1.30pm

Session Two

  

Theatre B, Old Arts Building

Parallel Panel One: Syria, Palestine and the Gulf

 Chair: Dr Kylie Baxter (The University of Melbourne)
 
  • The Fertile Crescent: between impotence and despair
  • Dr Fiona Hill (Almanar Consultancy)
 
  • The Gulf One Year On: The Impacts of the Bahrain Uprising
  • Dr Matthew Gray (Australian National University)
 
  • Lebanon in the eye of the Arab Spring
  • Dr Adel Beshara (University of Melbourne)

Theatre C, Old Arts Building

Parallel Panel Two: Movements and Narratives of the Arab Spring

 Chair: Prof Samer Soliman (American University in Cairo)
 
  • Youth, The Arab Spring and the Problem of Generations
  • Prof Emma Murphy (Durham University)
 
  • Diffusion Effects and the Arab Uprisings: Explaining the Spread
  • Dr Kristian Alexander (Zayed University)
 
  • Diplomacy, Civil Society and the Arab Spring
  • Prof Bob Bowker (Australian National University)
 

 
1.30pm - 2.30pm Lunch  
2.30pm - 4.00pm

Session Three

  

Theatre B, Old Arts Building

Parallel Panel One: The Obama Administration and the Arab Spring

 Chair: Dr Ben MacQueen (Monash University)
 
  • Same old Story? Obama and the Arab Uprisings
  • Prof Jeremy Pressman (University of Connecticut)
 
  • Whose Stability? Western governments and the Yemen Uprising
  • Dr Sarah Phillips (The University of Sydney)
 
  • The Absent Obama Doctrine
  • Ms Kumuda Simpson: PhD Candidate (The University of Melbourne)

Theatre C, Old Arts Building

Parallel Panel Two: Turkey and Iran

 Chair: Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh
 
  • Is Turkey a role model for democratic reform in the Middle East?
  • Prof Greg Barton and Ms Derya Akguner (Monash University)
 
  • Turkey: A Model for Emerging Arab Democracies
  • Dr Halim Rane and Ms Bridget Minogue (Griffith University)
 
  • The Arab Spring and Iran's political opposition
  • Mr Hadi Sohrabi: Phd Candidate (Swinburne University)
4.00pm - 4.30pm Coffee Break  

4.30pm - 5.30pm

Public Lecture Theatre, Old Arts Building

Panel Discussion

Chair: Prof Shahram Akbarzadeh

Prof Emma Murphy, Prof Samer Soliman, Prof George Joffé, Prof Amin Saikal