The Arab Uprising: Researching the Revolutions

May 25, 2015

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22-23 September 2014 Conference held at the CBRL British Institute in Amman.

1 The Political Subject in the 'Arab Spring' | Keynote | Philip Marfleet | 22 Sept 2014
2 Gender and Revolution: Historical Patterns and Challenges … | Ahmed Kadry
3 As if in Manama: Real-time Exile, New Diaspora Politics, and Living Bahrain Abroad | Omar Sirri
4 Developing Diaspora Politics in the Egyptian Revolution … | Helen Underhill

5 Plus ça change? Observing the Dynamics of Morocco’s ‘Arab Spring’ … | Daniele Rossi-Doria
6 Researching Affect in Revolution | Leila Tayeb
7 A Critical Analysis of Arendt and Canetti’s Concept of ‘the Masses’ … | Sarra Moneir Ahmed
8 Zakariyya Tamir: An Example of Resistance Literature? | Alessandro Columbu
9 The Political is Personal: Collective and Individual Trauma … | Vivienne Matthies-Boon
10 Probing the Contingency of ‘Universal’ Rights: How the Egyptian … | Johannes Gunesch
11 Kurdish Policies in Syria under the Arab Uprisings | Marianna Charountaki
12 A Choice with Consequences: Democracy, Transnationalism and British Intervention … | Zoe Holman
13 Social Networks and the ‘Arab Uprisings’: From Revolution to Refugees | Matthew R Stevens
14 Arab Uprising Conference | Closing Remarks | Philip Marfleet and Dawn Chatty | 23 Sept 2014

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The Islamic University of Gaza bombed by Israeli F16 warplanes, August 02, 2014. (Photo: Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Nazmi Al-Masri on August 12, 2014 Over the one-year period from July 2013 to July 2014, I was supposed to participate in six international academic conferences and meetings as a partner in four international projects: three EU-funded projects (two from Erasmus-Mundus, one Tempus) and one BritishArts and Humanities Research Council-funded project. Because of the siege and the current war, I could not participate in any of these academic gatherings, which were held in the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Jordan, and Cyprus....