Video: Workshop on Military Regimes, Diversity, and Sectarianism in Muslim Societies

October 25, 2014

A workshop help October 24-25, 2014. Organized by the Initiative on Contemporary Islamic Societies, with support from the Henry Luce Foundation.

  • Panel One: Post-colonial military regimes and the management of diversity (Cemal Kafadar, Harvard University, Chair) — Marcus Mietzner (Australian National University) on Indonesia; Ayesha Jalal (Tufts University) on Pakistan; Joshua Landis (University of Oklahoma) on Iraq.
  • Panel Two: The shifting political economy of majorities and minorities (Elif Babül, Mount Holyoke College, Chair) — Kabir Tambar (Stanford University) on Turkey; Murray Last (University College London) on Nigeria; Edin Hajdarpasic (Loyola University of Chicago) on Bosnia.
  • Panel Three: Islamist political movements and the return of the Praetorian Guard (Ousmane Kane, Harvard University, Chair) — Roger Owen (Harvard University) on Egypt; Bruce Hall (Duke University) on Mali; Michael Semple (Queens University Belfast) on Afghanistan.