Beirut Conference Schedule
Published on: Oct 05, 2004
Friday, October 22, 2004  
9:00–9:30 A.M.






 Opening Session
(John Waterbury, president, AUB
Craig Calhoun, president, SSRC
Samir Khalaf, Center for Behavioral Research, AUB
Seteney Shami, Middle East and North Africa Program, SSRC)
9:30–11:00 A.M.
 		 Keynote Speaker
(Talal Asad, City University of New York)
11:00–11:15 A.M.

Break
11:15–1:15 P.M.



 
 
 
 
 		 PANELS
  • Conflict, Collective Action and Mobilization
  • Questioning the Modern and the Secular
  • Torture, Resistance, and the Making of New Public Spheres in the Middle East
1:15–2:00 P.M.

Lunch
2:00–3:30 P.M.




 
 
 
 
 

ROUNDTABLES

  • New Media and New Publics
    (Chair: Michael Fischer, MIT)
  • Gendering the Public Sphere
    (Chair: Hoda Elsadda, Cairo University)
  • Democratic Transitions and Public Islam
    (Chair: Dwight Reynolds, U.C., Santa Barbara)
3:30–6:00 P.M.

Afternoon Break
6:00–8:00 P.M.

Conference Dinner
8:00–10:00 P.M.

Plenary: Beirut and its Public Spheres
(Chair: Samir Khalaf, AUB
Presenters: Hashim Sarkis, Harvard University
Mai Ghoussoub, Artist and Writer)


Saturday, October 23, 2004  
9:00–11:00 A.M.



 
 
 
 		 PANELS
  • The Public Space of the Private Sphere: Domestic Employment and Households
  • Authority and Public Space in Iran
  • Transnational and Diasporic Public Spheres
  • Cities, Semiotics and Spaces of Sociability
11:00–11:15 A.M.

Break
11:15–1:15 P.M.




 
 
 		 PANELS
  • Tourism, Historical Representation and Transient Publics
  • Contested Publics, Counter Publics
  • Visuality, Nationalization and the Public Sphere in Comparative Perspective
1:15–2:00 P.M.

Lunch
2:00–3:30 P.M.





 
 

ROUNDTABLES

  • Research Networks, Academia and the Public Sphere
    (Chair: Seteney Shami, SSRC)
  • Rethinking "Publics" and "Politics"
    (Chair: Ray Jureidini, AUB)
3:30–6:00 P.M.
 
 
 

Meeting of the project on "An Arab Lexicon for the 21st Century"—by invitation only—(Chair: Fawwaz Traboulsi, Presentations: Khaldoun al-Naqeeb; Mona Abaza)
8:00–10:00 P.M.

Keynote Speaker: Michael Buroway, U.C., Berkeley


Sunday, October 24, 2004  
9:00–11:00 A.M.






 PANELS
  • Negotiating the Public and the Private
  • War, Memory, and Public Representations
  • National Publics, Democracy and Public Opinion
11:00–11:15 A.M.

Break
11:15–1:15 P.M.








 PANELS
  • Socio-Religious Movements and the Transformation of the Public Sphere: Palestine, Lebanon and Beyond
  • Changing Media, Dialogics and the Construction of Citizenship
  • Cities, Performance and Mobility
1:15–2:00 P.M.

Lunch
2:00–3:30 P.M.
 

Keynote Speaker (Craig Calhoun, SSRC)
Wrap Up
3:30–6:00 P.M.

Optional Tour of Downtown Beirut
 
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