Politics in Egypt since the Fall of Mubarak

The Pembroke College is holding a conference on ‘Politics in Egypt since the Fall of Mubarak‘ on 28 October 2016.

The Programme:

9.30 – 10.00: Registration & Coffee

10.00 – 10.15:  Opening Remarks and Welcome:

10.15 – 11.30: Session 1. Reflections on the January 25 Revolution

  • Mustapha Kamel al-Sayyid, “Reflections on the January 25 Revolution: Five Years Later”
  • Andrea Teti, “Clashing Visions of Democracy? The EU and Egypt after the 2011 Uprising”

11.30 – 11.45: Coffee

11.45-13.00: Session 2. Reflections on the Morsi period

  • Steven Cook, “How to Think about the Morsi Period: Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Revolution”
  • Barbara Zollner, “The Transition of Social Movements into Political Parties after the 2011 Uprising”

13.00 – 13.45 Lunch

13.45 – 15.00: Session 3.  The Role of the Military in Egypt

  • Stephen Whitefield, Mazen Hassan & Elisabeth Kendall, “The Role of the Military in the Egyptian Transition”
  • Hazem Kandil, “The Power Triangle: Military, Security and Politics in Regime Change”

15.00 – 16.15: Session 4. Islamism and the Muslim Brotherhood

  • Neil Ketchley, “The Educational Contexts of Islamist Activism in Egypt
  • Malise Ruthven, “Islam and Democracy in Egypt”

16.15 – 16.30:  Coffee

16.30 – 17.45: Session 5. The Prospects for Egypt

  • Moataz Abdelfattah, “The Prospects of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt”
  • Adam Roberts, “Conditions for Democracy: Lessons from Egypt and other countries after the Arab Spring”

17.45- 18.00: Concluding remarks

18.00 – 19.00: Reception