2011 SymposiumDemocracy in the Middle East Levy Conference Center, University of Pennsylvania Law School AGENDA |
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| 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Breakfast & Registration |
| 9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. | Welcome & Introduction Welcome by Dean Michael Fitts, University of Pennsylvania Law School |
| 9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Panel 1: Why Now? Internal and External Influences on the Middle Eastern Revolution Moderated by Dean Amy Gadsden, Associate Dean for International Affairs, University of Pennsylvania Law School Strategic Narratives and the Arab Spring Monroe Price, Director of the Center for Global Communication Studies, The Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania Iran's Green Movement: Part of or distinct from the Arab Spring? Mirjam Künkler, Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Opening Keynote Senior Adviser Daniel Brumberg, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention Introduction by Professor William Burke-White, Deputy Dean and Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School |
| 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Panel 2: Post-Transitional Reform: The Shift to a Democratic State Moderated by Professor William Burke-White, Deputy Dean and Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School The Constitution Writing Process: Can Egypt and Tunisia Reconstitute Themselves as Democracies? Nathan Brown, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University and Nonresident Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Human Rights First and MENA Advocacy Work in the Middle East Tad Stahnke, Director of Policy and Programs, Human Rights First |
| 1:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Panel 3: The Post-Revolutionary Middle East: A Realistic Picture Moderator TBD Political Participation in the Post-Revolutionary Middle East Lina Khatib, Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford, Program Manager for the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy The Consequences of Constituency Politics, Islamic Law and "Marginalized Majorities" for Post-Revolution States in the Middle East Adnan Zulfiqar (L ’07), Law & Public Policy Fellow at Center for Global Communication Studies, The Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania The Challenge to U.S. Foreign Policy: Inter-Arab Politics in the Wake of the Arab Uprising Nabeel Khoury, Director of the Near East South Asia Office of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Closing Keynote: Is Liberty God’s Law? Shari'a, the Military and the Arab Revolutions Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl (L ‘89), Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor in Islamic Law, UCLA School of Law |
| 4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks and Question & Answer Dean Amy Gadsden, Associate Dean for International Affairs, University of Pennsylvania Law School |
| 5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Cocktail Reception |
This program has been approved for 7 hours of substantive law credit and 0 hours of ethics credit for Pennsylvania lawyers. CLE credit can be arranged for other jurisdictions as well. CLE credits are free for University of Pennsylvania faculty and staff. CLE credits will cost $25 for public sector attorneys for the entire program and $10 per credit hour for all others (i.e., $70 for a seven hour program).
