Program Middle East Conference 2012
University of Oslo
Eilert Sundts Hus Auditorium 7
Monday 7th of May 2012
08.30-09.00
Registration
09.00-09.30
Introductory speech:
“Why Sociology needs the Middle East and the Middle East needs Sociology”
By Sari Hanafi, associate professor of Sociology, the American University of
Beirut (AUB) and editor of Arab Journal of Sociology
Session one
The Arab Spring
Chair: tba
09.30-10.30
Keynote speech:
“Conceptualizing the Arab spring: Towards an Unruly Post-Colonial History
from Below”
By John Chalcraft, reader in the history and politics of empire/imperialism at
London School of Economics (LSE)
10.30-10.45
Coffee break
10.45-12.00
Comments and discussion:
“The future and prospects of the Arab Spring”
Moderator: tba
Participants:
Kjetil Selvik, Middle East Researcher (Fafo)
Fredrik Engelstad, Professor of Sociology (UiO)
John Chalcraft, (LSE)
Sari Hanafi, (AUB)
12.00-13.15
Lunch
Session two
Gender and Democracy in the Middle East
Chair: Rania Maktabi, Østfold University College (hiof)
13.15-14.30
Keynote speech:
“Engendering Democracy: Gender and Democracy in the Middle East”
By Valentine Moghadam, Professor of Sociology, Northeastern University,
Boston (NU)
14.30-14.45
Coffee Break
14.45.15.05
“Engendering Democracy: Regional and Global Perspectives”
By Helga Hernes, Senior Advisor (PRIO)
15.05-15.25
“Islamic Women’s Organization in the West Bank”
By Hilde Granås Kjøstvedt, researcher and Ph.D candidate at Christian
Michelsen Institute (CMI)
15.25.15.45
“The Political Controversy Surrounding Family Law in Post-Revolutionary
Egypt”
By Monika Lindbekk, Ph.D candidate at department of Criminology and
Sociology of Law (UiO)
15.45-16.30
Discussion:
“Gender Relations and Democracy in the Middle East”
Participants:
Valentine Moghadam, (UB)
Helga Hernes, (PRIO)
Hilde Granås Kjøstvedt, (CMI)
Monika Lindbekk, (UiO)
16.30-18.00
Soirée. Tapas and drinks
Tuesday 8th of May 2012
09.00-09.30
Registration
Session three
Palestine after the Arab spring
Chair: tba
09.30-10.15
Keynote speech:
“The Power of Inclusive Exclusion: Anatomy of Israeli Rule in the Occupied
Palestinian Territories”
By Sari Hanafi, (AUB)
10.15-10.30
Coffee break
10.30-10.50
“Peripheral Nationhood: Negotiating Israeliness from the margins of the
state”
By Cathrine Furberg Moe, Ph.D candidate in social anthropology at London
School of Economics (LSE)
10.50-12.00
Discussion:
“Palestine in a Sociological Perspective”
Participants:
Sari Hanafi, (AUB)
Dag Tuastad, (UiO)
Cathrine Furberg Moe, (LSE)
12.00-13.00
Lunch
Session four
Islamist Movements and Democracy
Chair: Kristian Berg Harpviken (PRIO)
13.00-14.00
Keynote speech:
“Islamist Movement Change in the Arab World: General Trends, Country
Specifics”
By Carrie Rosefsky Wickham, Associate Professor of Political Science at Emory
University
14.00-14.15
Break
14.15-14.35
“The Muslim Brotherhood: Heroes or Hijackers of the Revolution”
By Bjørn-Olav Utvik, Associate Professor of Middle East History at University
of Oslo (UiO)
14.35-14.55
“The Salafis are coming, but where are they going?”
By Jacob Høigilt, Middle East Researcher at Fafo
14.55-15.15
“What explains violent Islamism?”
By Thomas Hegghammer, Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Defense
Research Establishment
15.15-15.30
Coffee break
15.30-16.15
Discussion:
”Islamism and Democracy”
Participants:
Carrie Rosefsky Wickham, (Emroy University)
Bjørn Olav Utvik, (UiO)
Jacob Høigilt, (Fafo)
Thomas Hegghammer, (FFI)
16.15
Closure