Revival of Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa
Organized by
The Center for African Studies (CAS)
and
The Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Introductory Remarks: 9:00-9:15 am
Hadi Salehi Esfahani, CSAMES Director
Teresa Barnes, CAS Director
Panel 1: Uprisings in Algeria
9:15 am-10:45 am
Chair: Teresa Barnes, CAS Director
Hamza Hamouchene, Algerian Campaigner, Writer, and Scholar, The Transnational Institute (TNI)
Zine Barka, Professor of Economics, University of Tlemcen, Algeria
Coffee Break: 10:45 am-11:00 am
Panel 2: Uprisings in Iraq and Lebanon
11:00 am-12:30 pm
Chair: Ken Cuno, Professor, Department of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bassam Yousif, Professor Economics, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
Mona Khneisser, PhD Student, Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lunch Break: 12:30 pm-1:45 pm
Panel 3: Uprisings in Sudan
1:45 pm-3:15 pm
Chair: Maimouna Barro, CAS Associate Director
Nada Mustafa Ali, Lecturer of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts; Director, Human Rights Minor, University of Massachusetts Boston
Khalid Mustafa Medani, Professor of Political Science Department and the Islamic Studies Institute and Chair, African Studies Program, McGill University
Coffee Break: 3:15 pm-3:30 pm
Panel 4: Uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, and Iran
3:30 pm-5:00 pm
Chair: Laila Hussein Moustafa, Middle East & North African Studies Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Asef Bayat, Catherine and Bruce Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies at the Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hadi Salehi Esfahani, CSAMES Director and Professor of Economics and Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Concluding Discussion: 5:00 pm-5:45 pm