Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law Stanford University


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Democratization in the Middle East: A Provisional Assessment  
ARD Workshop

Date and Time
February 5, 2009
8:15 AM - 4:30 PM

Availability
Open to Stanford faculty, students, staff, and visiting scholars


Participants
Larry Diamond (commentator) - Senior Fellow at FSI and Hoover Institution at Stanford University
Kathryn Stoner-Weiss (panelist) - CDDRL Associate Director for Research at Stanford University
Moulay Hicham (commentator) - CDDRL at Stanford Univeristy
Shadi Hamid (panelist) - CDDRL at Stanford University
Olivier Roy (commentator) - Research Director at CCNRS/EHESS/IEP, Paris
Lahouari Addi (panelist) - Professor of Political Sciology at IEP, Lyon
Nicholas Pouillard (panelist) - PhD student at EHESS, Paris
Stephane LaCroix (panelist) - Abbasi Program at Stanford University

Agenda

8:15-8:45 am Coffee, light breakfast for participants
8:45-8:50 am Opening remarks; goals of the workshop (Olivier Roy, Larry Diamond)
8:50-10:30 Stable Autocracies?
  • Jordan – Shadi Hamid, (CDDRL, Stanford)
  • Saudi Arabia – Stephane LaCroix, (Abbasi Program, Stanford)
  •  Egypt – Larry Diamond (Hoover, CDDRL, Stanford)

Commentator: Moulay Hicham (CDDRL, Stanford)
10:30-10:40 Break
10:40-12:00 Liberation Movements: The Roles of Religion and Nationalism
  • Lebanon and Hezbollah - Nicolas Pouillard, (EHESS, Paris)
  • Algeria – Lahouari Addi, (IEP, Lyon)
Commentator: Olivier Roy (CNRS/EHESS/IEPParis)
12:00-1:30 Lunch - Attending Don Emmerson talk on Islam;

Philippines Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Encina Hall Central
1:45-3:00 Framework on Democratization in the Arab World

General Discussion lead by Olivier Roy and Kathryn Stoner-Weiss

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Location
Daniel and Nancy Okimoto Conference Room
Encina Hall, 3rd floor, east wing
616 Serra St.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
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FSI Contact
Audrey McGowan


Topics: Democratization | Islam | Algeria | Egypt | Jordan | Lebanon | Middle East & North Africa | Philippines | Saudi Arabia