Thursday, 15 September 2011, 10:00 - 17:00
Thai Theatre (Room LG.03), New Academic Building, LSE
10:00 Panel 1 - Two Egyptian Ethnographies: Steel and Slogans
Presenters:
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Dina Makram-Ebeid, From 'Dream Come True' to 'Lost Cause': Everyday Struggles of Public Sector steel workers in Egypt
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Alia Mossallam, What a Revolution makes of its People: Reading a Revolt through its own Lyrics
Chair: Professor Martha Mundy, Department of Anthropology, LSE
11:15 Coffee
11:45 Panel 2 - Palestine: State Building and International Social Movements
Presenters:
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Alaa Tartir, Neo-liberalism for Development and Statehood in Palestine: Fayyadism, Aid Dependency and State Building
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Suzanne Morrison, The Global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement: An Overview
Chair: Dr John Chalcraft, Department of Government, LSE
13:00 Lunch Break (lunch will be provided)
14:00 Panel 3 - Identity, Territory and International Recognition
Presenters:
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Zeynep Kaya, Ethnification of Territories and the Map of Greater Kurdistan
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Perveen Ali, Strengthening Refugee Protection in the Middle East through the Strategic Use of Resettlement
Chair: Dr Katerina Dalacoura, Department of International Relations, LSE
15:15 Tea
15:30 Panel 4 - Economic Development, Sustainability and Political Economy
Presenters:
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Wesley Schwalje, Knowledge-based Economic Development as a Unifying Vision in a Post-Awakening Arab World
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Prianjali Mascarenhas, Expanding the Sustainability Map: Building Public-Private Partnerships in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi
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Andrew Bowen, The Manama Dialogue: Britain's Withdrawal and Bahrain's Transition to Independence in 1971
Chair: Dr Ali Kadri, Department of International Development, LSE
17:00 Close of Conference