Le colloque annuel Pierre du Bois 2017 (Galerie photos) ELUSIVE STATE-BUILDING The Middle East and North Africa 1917–2017 27 – 28 September 2017 Wednesday 27 September 2017 Opening and Introductory Remarks PANEL ONE – From the Twilight of the Ottoman Empire to the ‘Caliphate’ Redux PANEL TWO – The Sykes-Picot Paradigm: Overemphasis or Lasting (dis)Order? PANEL THREE – The Iraq Wars: A Paradigm of Unceasing Conflict in the Region PANEL FOUR – Peace and Wars: A Century of the Palestine Question Thrusday 28 September 2017 PANEL FIVE – Authoritarianism and Interventionism: Resilience and Renewal PANEL SIX – The Arab Spring and its Discontents PANEL SEVEN – Alternative Statehood and Armed Militancy: From the Ikhwan to the Islamic State ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION – Persistent Narratives: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Orientalism SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS AND CLOSE
