The Pembroke College is holding a conference on ‘Politics in Egypt since the Fall of Mubarak‘ on 28 October 2016.
The Programme:
9.30 – 10.00: Registration & Coffee
10.00 – 10.15: Opening Remarks and Welcome:
10.15 – 11.30: Session 1. Reflections on the January 25 Revolution
- Mustapha Kamel al-Sayyid, “Reflections on the January 25 Revolution: Five Years Later”
- Andrea Teti, “Clashing Visions of Democracy? The EU and Egypt after the 2011 Uprising”
11.30 – 11.45: Coffee
11.45-13.00: Session 2. Reflections on the Morsi period
- Steven Cook, “How to Think about the Morsi Period: Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Revolution”
- Barbara Zollner, “The Transition of Social Movements into Political Parties after the 2011 Uprising”
13.00 – 13.45 Lunch
13.45 – 15.00: Session 3. The Role of the Military in Egypt
- Stephen Whitefield, Mazen Hassan & Elisabeth Kendall, “The Role of the Military in the Egyptian Transition”
- Hazem Kandil, “The Power Triangle: Military, Security and Politics in Regime Change”
15.00 – 16.15: Session 4. Islamism and the Muslim Brotherhood
- Neil Ketchley, “The Educational Contexts of Islamist Activism in Egypt
- Malise Ruthven, “Islam and Democracy in Egypt”
16.15 – 16.30: Coffee
16.30 – 17.45: Session 5. The Prospects for Egypt
- Moataz Abdelfattah, “The Prospects of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt”
- Adam Roberts, “Conditions for Democracy: Lessons from Egypt and other countries after the Arab Spring”
17.45- 18.00: Concluding remarks
18.00 – 19.00: Reception