The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at CDDRL is pleased to announce a one-day conference to be held on Friday April 29, 2011, entitled, "Democratic Transition in Egypt." This event, co-sponsored by the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University, will focus on Egypt's current revolutionary period, to examine this pivotal moment in Egypt's political history and prospects for future reform. 

This conference is the final event of the Elections and Changing Political Dynamics in the Arab World Seminar Series and brings to Stanford leading Egypt academics from American and European universities and think tanks.  Panels will examine the background to the revolution, discuss the role of oppositions parties and civil society, and forecast Egypt's political future.  This conference will provide diverse perspectives to study this timely event that has larger implications for democratic change and political stability across the Arab world.