Cairo Papers in Social Science Annual Symposium:
The Political Economy of the New Egyptian Republic
6 April 2013, 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Cairo, Egypt
Program
9:00-9:30a.m. -- Coffee
9:30-9:45a.m. -- Opening Remarks
9:45-10:30a.m. -- Keynote:
- What Happens to a Dream Deferred? The Political Economy of Egypt from Adjustment to Revolution, Ellis Goldberg (University of Washington)
10:30-10:45a.m. -- Break
10:45a.m.-12:45p.m. -- Session I--Economics
- Affordable Housing Policies after the Revolution: More of the Same?, David Sims (Independent Consultant, Cairo)
- The Implications of Islamic Finance in Egypt’s Second Republic, Clement Henry (The American University in Cairo)
- Islah (Reform) from ‘Gift’ to ‘Right,’ Yasmine Moataz (Cambridge University)
- Istiqrār (Stability) and the Quest for Permanent Employment in Revolutionary Egypt, Dina Makram Ebeid (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology)
12:45-2:00p.m. -- Lunch
2:00-3:30p.m. -- Session II--Politics
- The Political Economy of Elections and the Parliamentary System, Hans-Christian Nielsen (Aarhus University)
- Militarism, Neo-Liberalism, and Islamism in the New Republic, Zeinab Abul-Magd (Oberlin College)
- A Vanished Cotton Estate Facing Urbanization: Remembering the Organization of Labor under the ‘Izba System in the Nile Delta, Mona Abaza (The American University in Cairo)
3:30-4:00p.m. -- Break
4:00-5:30p.m. -- Session III--Culture
- Tumult, Trauma, and Resilience: Psychological Well-Being of Cairenes One Year Following the January 25 Uprisings, Deena Abdelmonem, Salma Mohamed, Mona Amer, M. and others (The American University in Cairo)
- The Resurrection of Women`s Rights in Post-January 25 Egypt, Hania Sholkamy (The American University in Cairo)
- Islamism and Tourism in Post-revolution Egypt: Between Confrontation of Values and Economic Pragmatism, Sandrine Gamblin (The French University in Egypt)
Location
Flamenco Hotel (Valencia Room)
2 El-Gezira al-Wosta Street, Zamalek
If you have any inquiries, please contact: Iman Hamdy, Editor, Cairo Papers in Social Science
- Telephone: 2615-1586
- E-mail: cairopa@aucegypt.edu