Middle East Authoritarianism and the subversion of Western democracy
Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
Why the US Should Support Democracy in the Muslim World, and How?
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
8:30 - 9:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15 am Opening Remarks
Prof. Asma Afsaruddin - Chair of the CSID Board
Prof. Dalia Fahmy - Chair of the Program Committee
9:15 - 9:45 AM - Opening Speaker
Keynote Speaker (TBD)
9:45 - 11:15 AM - PANEL 1:
The Cost of Authoritarianism: Assessing U.S. Mideast Policy over the Long Term
Moderator: Dalia Fahmy - Associate professor of political science, LIU Brooklyn
Mustafa Akyol - Senior Fellow, CATO
Shadi Hamid - Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Sarah Leah Whitson - Executive Director, Democracy in the Arab World Now (DAWN)
Wa’el Alzayat - Executive Director, EmGAGE
11:15 - 12:00 PM - PANEL 2:
Middle East Authoritarianism and the subversion of Western democracy
A Conversation with David Kirkpatrick
The New Yorker Magazine
Moderator: Nader Hachemi, Director, The Center for Middle East Studies, University of Denver
12:00 - 1:30 PM - Keynote Luncheon
Keynote Speakers:
Democratic Backsliding and Threats to Democracy in the Arab World
Damon Wilson - President, National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
Amaney A. Jamal - Dean, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs,
Princeton University
Moderator: Radwan Masmoudi
Founder and President of President, Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy
1:30 - 3:00 PM - PANEL 3
Political Islam and Democracy: A 45-year Retrospective
Moderator: Dan Brumberg, Georgetown University
Jocelyne Cesari - Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding at Harvard Divinity School
Deina Abdelkader - Assoc. Professor, Political Science Dept., University of Massachusetts Lowell
William Scott Harrop - Doctoral candidate, Department of Politics, University of Virginia
Ismail Numan Telci, Vice President, Center for Middle eastern Studies, ORSAM, Turkey
Omair Anas - Director of Research, Centre for Studies of Plural Societies, India
3:00 - 3:15 PM Coffee and tea break
3:15 - 4:45 PM - PANEL 4
The Role of Islamic Values in Building a Just Society and Political System
Moderator: Asma Afsaruddin - University of Indiana
Mark Tessler - Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
Youssef Chouhoud - Assist. Professor, Political Science, Christopher Newport University
Lindsay Benstead - Director, Middle East Studies Center, Portland State University
Marko Veković - Professor and Executive Editor Politics and Religion Journal, Belgrade, Serbia
Andrew March - Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM - Keynote Speech
The Future of Democracy in the Arab World
Keynote Speaker:
Mohamed Moncef Marzouki
Former President of Tunisia
5:30 pm - Closing Remarks
Emgage and the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
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