Workshop on Democracy & Constitutionalism
Date: 4/26 (Fri)
Time: 9:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Conference Room 1, 13/F, South Wing, General Building
Timetable:
0900 – 0930 Registration
0930 – 0950 Opening Ceremony
0950 – 1040 Keynote Speech I
Topic: A ‘frozen’ conflict? Syria between diplomatic stalemate and ongoing violence
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Pierret (Senior Researcher, The Institute of Research and Study on the Arab and Muslim Worlds)
1055 – 1210 Panel 1: Middle East and North Africa
1310 – 1400 Keynote Speech II
Topic: Class hierarchy and the unfolding of intimacy in Morocco: informalisation and sexual politics in a Muslim context
Speaker: Dr. Mériam Cheikh (Senior Lecturer, Centre for social sciences studies on the African, American and Asian worlds (CESSMA))
1425 – 1540 Panel 2: Sub-Saharan Africa
1555 – 1655 Roundtable: A better research agenda for MENA and SSA?
1655 – 1700 Closing Remarks
