Whither the Arab World? Revisiting Democratic Transition Theory

An international conference organized by the Kuwait Program at Sciences Po and chaired by Ghassan Salamé, Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po (PSIA).

The conference will bring together over thirty distinguished professors and leading experts to discuss economic and political changes during transitions from a multidisciplinary perspective, with a special focus on the Arab world.

Guest speakers will include: Manaf Alhajeri, Kuwait Economic Society; Lisa Anderson, President of the American University of Cairo; Tarek Mitri, Director of the Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut; Robert Springborg, Kuwait Program Visiting Professor at PSIA, Sciences Po; and many more.

 

 

Wednesday 5th November 2014  – 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Opening roundtable: Democracy without Democrats?
Sciences Po – Amphitheatre Chapsal, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume

Thursday 6th November 2014 –  9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Political Economy of Democratic Transitions
Maison de l’Amérique Latine, 217 Boulevard Saint Germain

Friday 7th November 2014 –  9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Political Engineering of Democratic Transitions
Maison de l’Amérique Latine, 217 Boulevard Saint Germain

Please see the detailed conference program

Registration by midday on Wednesday 5th November:
– Sciences Po students: please register via the online form

– External guests: please register by email to program.kuwait@sciencespo.fr

You may register for as many individual sessions as you like.

 

 

Based at the Paris School of International Affaires at Sciences Po, the Kuwait Program at Sciences Po is a unique partnership between Sciences Po and the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS).