#  The Arab Uprisings: Accomplishments, Failures and Prospects 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **November 15, 2013** 

 09:00AM - 05:00PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **The Castle at Boston University – 225 Bay State Road, Boston, MA**  



 

 



 

 A conference sponsored by **Trans Arab Research Institute** and the **Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies & Civilizations at the Center for International Relations, Boston University**, with support from the **Center for Middle Eastern Studies**

####  **[PROGRAM](http://www.bu.edu/pardeeschool/files/2014/01/Arab-Uprisings-Conference-report-BU-Nov-15-2013.pdf)**

 **Panel One: “In Quest of Freedom & Dignity”**

 Chair: Elaine Hagopian (Simmons College)

 Speakers: [Haytham al Manna’](http://carnegie-mec.org/publications/?fa=48372) (National Coordination Body for Democratic Change), Amr Hamzawi (American University in Cairo), [Sara Roy](/people/sara-roy) (Harvard University), [Melanie Cammett ](https://research.brown.edu/myresearch/Melani_Cammett)(Brown University)

 **Panel Two: “Youth & Women & the Arab Uprisings”**

 Chair: [Betty Anderson](http://www.bu.edu/history/faculty/betty-anderson/) (Boston University)

 Speakers: [Farouk El-Baz](http://www.bu.edu/remotesensing/faculty/el-baz/) (Boston University), [Caryle Murphy](http://www.carylemurphy.com/) (Wilson Center), [Chloe Mulderig](/http:/www.bu.edu/anthrop/graduate/students/m-mulderig/) (Boston University), Ghanem Alnajjar (Kuwait University)

 **Lunch:[ Sadek al-‘Azm](http://www.righttononviolence.org/advisory-board-2/members/dr-sadek-jalal-al-azm/)**

 **Panel Three: “The Arab Socio-Political Order: Challengers, Beneficiaries and Old Guards”**

 Chair: [Leila Farsakh](http://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/faculty/leila_farsakh) (University of Massachusetts Boston)

 Speakers: Ali Ahmida (University of New England), [Denis Sullivan](https://cssh.northeastern.edu/people/faculty/denis-sullivan/) (Northeastern University), [Roger Owen](http://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/faculty/owen.php) (Harvard University), [Gilbert Ashcar](/http:/www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff30529.php) (University of London)

 **Panel Four: “External Involvement in Arab Uprisings”**

 Chair: Seif Da’na (University of Wisconsin-Parkside)

 Speakers: [Tamirace Fakhoury ](http://sas.lau.edu.lb/social-sciences/people/tamirace-fakhoury.php)(Lebanese American University), [Hugh Roberts](http://ase.tufts.edu/history/faculty/roberts.asp) (Tufts University), [Robert Pelletreau](http://www.americantaskforce.org/ambassador_robert_h_pelletreau) (Former US Ambassador to Bahrain)

 Free and open to the public. Registration required.

 **Contact:** [Victoria Puyat](mailto:lbpuyat@bu.edu)  
**Sponsors:** The Trans Arab Research Institute and the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies & Civilizations at the Center for International Relations, Boston University, with support from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Ad Hoc or Co-Sponsored ](/eventseries/ad-hoc-or-co-sponsored)
- [ 2013-14 ](/academic-year/2013-14)
 
 

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