Cultures of Freedom and Contending Visions of Justice and Governance in the Muslim World:
Voices from the Arab and Muslim Worlds
Symposium Program, 9-10 April 2015, University of Sydney
| Thursday 9 April 2015 New Law School, Seminar Room 342 | ||
| Event | Time | Paper and Presenter |
| Symposium Welcome
Plenary Session Islamists and Democratisation: Tunisia and Beyond |
9.15 – 9.30
9.30 – 10.30 |
Lily Z. Rahim and Lucia Sorbera, Uni. of Sydney
Chair: John Esposito, Georgetown University Larbi Sadiki, University of Qatar Nahda’s Democratic Learning Curve: Islamists and Democratisation in Tunisia |
| Comparative Democratic Trajectories | 10.30 –12.15 | Chair: Naser Ghobadzadeh, Australian Catholic Uni.
Ricardo Armillei, Deakin University Democratisation and Political Transformations in Tunisia: Is it Time for an Arab Winter? Mostafa Shouman, University of Sydney Political Transition in Egypt and Tunisia: A Muddled Comparison Dominic Jarkey, Australian National University Symbolism and Strategic Effects in the 2011 Arab Uprisings Loretta Bolotin, University of Sydney Assessing the Political Moderation of the PKS: Has the Mask Become the Face? |
| Lunch 12.15 – 1.15 | ||
| Authoritarian Resilience | 1.15 – 2.45 | Chair: Lily Zubaidah Rahim, University of Sydney
Yasuyuki Matsunaga, Tokyo Uni of Foreign Studies Khomeinism: The Non-Obvious Constraints on Political Reform in Iran Naser Ghobadzadeh, Australian Catholic University Elections in a Theocracy: Democratisation or Authoritarian Resilience? James Barr, Deakin University Reform or Reinvention: Rouhani’s Islamic Republic Paul Esber, University of Sydney Instituting Authoritarianism in the Wake of the Arab Spring |
| Security Perspectives and Jihadi Worldviews |
2.45 – 4.15 | Chair: Sarah Phillips, University of Sydney
Gabriele Marranci, Macquarie University The Fasci(st)nation with Zealot Islam: Dreaming Death With Daesh Ansari Jainullaudeen, BasmalaAus and UNSW ‘Oppressed’ Muslims Rebelling against ‘Oppressor’ Non-Muslims? Noor Huda Ismail, Monash University Indonesians Fighting with the Islamic State and Al Qaeda Affiliates in Syria and Iraq: The Threat this Poses to SE Asia Mujib Abid, University of Sydney The Quest for Legitimacy in Afghanistan: Mujahidin and Insurgency |
| Tea Break 4.15 – 4.30 | ||
| Media Coverage | 4.30 – 5.30 | Chair: Lily Zubaidah Rahim, University of Sydney
Letecia Anderson, University of Sydney Contending Visions of Turkey in the Western Media: Ally or Enemy? Zeinab Jasim Abdulnabi, University of Sydney The Peace Journalism Model: Al-Jazeera’s Coverage of Syria’s Chemical Attack |
| Thursday Keynote Address Eastern Avenue Lecture Theatre | ||
| Welcome and Introduction
Keynote Address Q & A Reception |
6.15 – 6.30
6.30 – 7.15 7.15 – 7.45 7.45 – 8.45 |
Lily Zubaidah Rahim, University of Sydney
John Esposito, Georgetown University The Future of Islam, Democracy and Political Islam After the Arab Uprisings Chair: Lily Zubaidah Rahim, University of Sydney |
| Friday 10 April 2014 New Law School, Seminar Room 342 | ||
| Event | Time | Paper and Presenter |
| State Building, Religious Secularity and Islamist Politics | 9.15 – 10.45 | Chair: Michael Humphrey, University of Sydney
Ali Basak, Hamid Bin Khalifa University, Qatar A Different Reading of Secularism in a Muslim Majority State: The AKP in Turkey Umut Azuk, Okan University, Turkey Democracy and Secularism in Turkey: A Model for the Muslim World? Martin Kear, University of Sydney Spring in the Territories: Hamas and the Soft Authoritarianism of Gaza Ali Mamouri, Australian Catholic University Indigenous Secularism: Returning to Traditional Shiism |
| Citizenship Rights, Constitutionalism and Islam |
10.45 – 12.15 | Chair: Lucia Sorbera, University of Sydney
Gianluca Paolo Parolin, American University, Cairo The Buzz and Fuzz of Citizenship in North African Constitutions Fritz Siregar, University of New South Wales Political Parties and the Institutional Legitimacy of the Indonesian Constitutional Court Muhammad Khoirul Muqtafa, Deakin University The Phenomenon of Banser Ansor in Contemporary Indonesia Mahmood Pargoo, Australian Catholic University Jurists Toolbox: Strategies from Literary Reading of the Text |
| Lunch 12.15 – 1.15 | ||
| Whither the Egyptian Revolution? | 1.15 – 2.45 | Chair: May Telmissany, University of Ottowa
Walid El Khachab, York University Popular Culture Reclaiming the Public Space: Resistance in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring Lucia Sorbera Gender, Politics and Political Legitimacy in Egypt Sara Verdi, America University, Cairo On Memorialisation of the 18 Days in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution Amro Ali, University of Sydney Despotism and the Unmaking of the Egyptian Citizen |
| Economic Governance and Sectarian Politics | 2.45 – 4.15 | Chair: Omid Tofighian, University of Sydney
Dara Conduit, Monash University Economic Underpinnings of the Syrian Uprisings: Comparing Hama (1982) and Homs (2011) William Bullock, Australian National University Arab and Iranian Labour in a Changing Middle East William Gourley, Monash University The Kurdish Movement in Turkey, Syria and Iraq: The Kurds in a Post-Nationalist Middle East Lily Zubaidah Rahim, University of Sydney Be Careful What You Wish For: The Slide Towards Islamic Fundamentalism and Sectarian Governance |
| Tea break 4.15 – 4.30 | ||
| Plenary Session
Electoral Integrity: Comparative Perspectives |
4.30 – 5.30 | Chair: John Esposito, Georgetown University
Pippa Norris, University of Sydney / Harvard Uni Flawed and Failed Electoral Contests |
| Friday Keynote Address Eastern Lecture Theatre | ||
| Welcome and Introduction
Keynote Address Q & A Reception |
6.15 – 6.30
6.30 – 7.15 7.15 – 7.45 7.45 – 8.45 |
Duncan Ivison, Dean of Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
May Telmissany, University of Ottowa Nomadic Citizenship: Reflections on Exilic Revolution Chair: Lucia Sorbera, University of Sydney |
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