Tunisia in Comparative Perspective - Institute for Religion, Culture

Tunisia in Comparative Perspective:
With Reflections on Indonesia, India, and Egypt
March 27-28, 2015
International Affairs Building, Room 1501
420 West 118th Street
Columbia University
9:00am
Doors open for coffee, bagels, and registration
9:30-10:00am
Welcome and Introduction to Aims of the Conference and the Conference Volume
 Alfred Stepan, Columbia University
10:00-11:25
Contrasts Between Islamic Led Parties in Tunisia and Egypt
 Monica Marks, St Antony’s College, Oxford - “Tunisia’s Ennahdha”
 Carrie Wickham, Emory University - “Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood”
 Discussant: Nader Hashemi, University of Denver
11:30-12:30pm
 Rached Ghannouchi, Founder and President of Ennahdha - “Ennahdha’s Democratic
Commitments, Capabilities, and Practices: Major Evolutionary Moments and
Choices”
12:30-1:45
Break for lunch. Panelists meet in room TBA.
1:45-3:15
Contrasting Patterns of Civil-Military Relations and Constitution-Making
 Nathan Brown, George Washington University - “The Shallow Roots of Egypt’s
Constitutional Disaster: With Reflections on Tunisia”
 Hicham Bou Nassif, Carleton College - “Tunisia’s Transition to Democracy: The Role
of the Military”
 Discussant: Donald Horowitz, Duke University
3:15-4:00
Tunisia: Labor Before and After the Fall of Ben Ali
 Laryssa Chomiak, Centre d'études maghrébines à Tunis - “The Role of Labor and the
CGTT in Opposition under Ben Ali and in Opposition Post-Ben Ali”
4:00-5:15
National and International Support for Authoritarianism or Democracy
 Emad Shahin, American University in Cairo - “Egypt: Civil Society and International
Support for Military Authoritarianism in Muslim Brotherhood Eradicationism”
 Radwan Masmoudi, President, Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Tunis
and Washington DC - “Democratic and Non-Democratic International Support for
Transitions in Tunisia and Egypt”
7:00pm
Dinner for panelists. Location TBA.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015
9:00am
Doors open for coffee and bagels
9:30- 10:45
Theoretical, Comparative, and Political Perspectives
 Jeremy Menchik, Boston College - “Crafting Indonesia’s Religious Democracy:
Inclusion-Moderation and the Sacralization of the Post-Colonial State”
 Discussant: Donald Horowitz, Duke University
10:45- 12:45
 Sudipta Kaviraj, Columbia University - “India: Crafting a Democracy with the
World’s Largest Muslim Minority Population”
 Discussant: Karen Barkey, Director, Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life,
Columbia University
12:15- 1:30
Break for Lunch. Panelists meet in a room TBA.
1:30-2:25
 Alfred Stepan, Columbia University - “The Theory of Democratic Transitions: Tunisia
in Comparative Perspective”
 Additional comments: Monica Marks, St. Antony’s College, Oxford
2:30- 3:45
Roundtable and Tentative Conclusions
Rachid Ghannouchi (President, Ennahdha), Karen Barkey (Columbia University), Nader
Hashemi (University of Denver), and Donald Horowitz (Duke University)
3:45-5:00
Closing reception in the 15th floor Reception Hall. Open to all.