Le colloque annuel Pierre du Bois 2017 (Galerie photos)

ELUSIVE STATE-BUILDING

The Middle East and North Africa

1917–2017

27 – 28 September 2017

 

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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