Program

DAY 1 - MONDAY JULY 11 2011

 8:30-9:00 AM. Welcoming participants

 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Economic Factors and Petroleum

Speaker: Azzédine Rakkah
Research Director, CERI
Science Po Paris


 1:30-4:30 PM. Historic Overview: the Arab World until Mid-December 2010

Speaker: Samir Saul
Associate Professor, History department
University of Montreal

Contributor: Azzedine Rakkah
Research Director, CERI
Science Po Paris


 6:00-8:00 PM. Opening Cocktail

DAY 2 - TUESDAY JULY 12 2011

 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. A Typology of Protest Movements

Speaker: Rachad Antonius
Professor of Sociology, UQÀM
Adjoint to the Director of CRIEC

Contributor: Samir Saul
Associate Professor, History department
University of Montreal


 1:30-4:30 PM. A Demography of Protest Movements

Speaker: Philippe Fargues
Professor and Director, Migration and Policy Center,
Robert Schuman Center, IUE

Contributor: Rachad Antonius
Professor of Sociology, UQÀM
Adjoint to the Director of CRIEC

DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY JULY 13 2011

 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Islam and the Arab Spring

Speaker: Patrice Brodeur
Associate Professor, CERUM
Islam, Pluralism and Globalization, University of Montreal

Contributor: Rachad Antonius
Professor of Sociology, UQÀM
Adjoint to the Director of CRIEC

 1:30-4:30 PM. Case Study: Egypt

Speaker: Rachad Antonius
Professor of Sociology, UQÀM
Adjoint to the Director of CRIEC

Contributor: Patrice Brodeur
Associate Professor, CERUM
Islam, Pluralism and Globalization, University of Montreal

DAY 4 - THURSDAY JULY 14 2011

 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. The Euro-Mediterranean Project and the Arab Spring

Speaker: Philippe Fargues
Professor and Director, Migration and Policy Center,
Robert Schuman Center, IUE

Contributor: Azzedine Rakkah
Research Director, CERI
Science Po Paris

 1:30-4:30 PM. The Arab Spring and Israel

Speaker: Yakov Rabkin
Professor, History department
University of Montreal, CCGES

Contributor: Philippe Fargues
Professor and Director, Migration and Policy Center,
Robert Schuman Center, IUE

DAY 5 - FRIDAY JULY 15 2011

 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. The Great Powers and the Arab Spring

Speaker: Samir Saul
Associate Professor, History department
University of Montreal

Contributor: Yakov Rabkin
Professor, History department
University of Montreal, CCGES

 1:30-4:30 PM. Case study: Tunisia and Libya

Speaker: Azzedine Rakkah
Research Director, CERI
Science Po Paris

Contributor: Samir Saul
Associate Professor, History department
University of Montreal

DAY 6 - SATURSDAY JULY 16 2011

 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Iran and the Arab Spring: Opportunities and Threats

Speaker: Houchang Hassan-Yari
Professor and head of Politics an Economics department
Royal Military College of Canada


 12h00-14h00. Roundtable. Where is the Arab spring headed?

Speaker: Samir Saul
Associate Professor, History department
University of Montreal

Speaker: Rachad Antonius
Professor of Sociology, UQÀM
Adjoint to the Director of CRIEC

Speaker: Patrice Brodeur
Associate Professor, CERUM
Islam, Pluralism and Globalization, University of Montreal

 14h00-14h30. Cocktail