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CSID's 21st Annual Conference - Why the US should Support Democracy?
The CSID Annual Conference is the international conference on Islam & Democracy, held in Washington DC, attended by experts & policymakers.
When and where
Date and time
Thursday, June 1 · 8:30am - 5:30pm EDT
Location
The Mayflower Hotel, Autograph Collection 1127 Connecticut Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20036
Refund Policy
About this event
- 9 hours
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Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
21st Annual Conference
Why the US should Support
Democracy in the Muslim World, and
How?
Thursday, June 1, 2023
The Mayflower Hotel
Washington D.C.
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
8:30 - 9:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15 am Opening Remarks
Prof. Asma Afsaruddin - Chair of the CSID Board
Prof. Dalia Fahmy - Chair of the Program Committee
9:15 - 9:45 AM - Opening Speaker
Islam & Democracy: the Struggle and Debate of the 21st century
John L. Esposito
University Professor of Religion and International Affairs
Georgetown University
9:45 - 11:15 AM - PANEL 1:
The Cost of Authoritarianism: Assessing U.S. Mideast Policy over the Long Term
Moderator: Dalia Fahmy - Associate professor of political science, LIU Brooklyn
Andrew March - Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Shadi Hamid - Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Sarah Leah Whitson - Executive Director, Democracy in the Arab World Now (DAWN)
Wa’el Alzayat - CEO, Emgage
11:15 - 12:00 PM - PANEL 2:
Middle East Authoritarianism and the subversion of Western democracy
A Conversation with David Kirkpatrick
The New Yorker Magazine
Moderator: Nader Hachemi, Director, The Center for Middle East Studies, University of Denver
12:00 - 1:30 PM - Keynote Luncheon
Keynote Speakers:
Democratic Backsliding and Threats to Democracy in the Arab World
Damon Wilson - President, National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
Amaney A. Jamal - Dean, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs,
Princeton University
Moderator: Radwan Masmoudi
Founder and President, Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy
1:30 - 3:00 PM - PANEL 3
Political Islam and Democracy: A 45-year Retrospective
Moderator: Dan Brumberg, Georgetown University
POLITICAL ISLAM: MORE THAN ISLAMISM
Jocelyne Cesari - Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding at Harvard Divinity School
Ennahdha and Tunisia’s Transition: A Forensic Look at What Went Wrong
Monica Marks - Professor of Middle East politics at New York University, Abu Dhabi
Islam and Democracy: Lessons learnt from the “Arab Spring”
Deina Abdelkader - Assoc. Professor, Political Science Dept., University of Massachusetts Lowell
Tunisia Still Survives…?
William Scott Harrop - Doctoral candidate, Department of Politics, University of Virginia
Consolidating Democracy in Tunisia: Uncertain Future for Democratic Institutions and the Role of the United States
Ismail Numan Telci, Vice President, Center for Middle eastern Studies, ORSAM, Turkey
3:00 - 3:15 PM Coffee and tea break
3:15 - 4:45 PM - PANEL 4
The Role of Islamic Values in Building a Just Society and Political System
Moderator: Asma Afsaruddin - University of Indiana
What Does Islam Really Say about the Rights, Status and Behavior of Women? The Interpretations of Islam Embraced by Ordinary Muslim Citizens in the Arab World
Mark Tessler - Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
How Islamic values can contribute to building a free society
Mustafa Akyol - Senior fellow at the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity
Inheritance Laws and the Limits of (and Prospects for) Gender Equality in the MENA
Youssef Chouhoud - Assist. Professor, Political Science, Christopher Newport University
What Explains Voter Preferences in Tunisia's Transitional Elections?
Lindsay Benstead - Director, Middle East Studies Center, Portland State University
WHY DEMOCRATIZATION OF THE ARAB WORLD IS IMPORTANT FOR THE BALKANS?
Marko Veković - Professor and Executive Editor Politics and Religion Journal, Belgrade, Serbia
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM - Keynote Speech
What lessons can be drawn from the failure of the revolution and the counter-revolution in Tunisia?
Keynote Speaker:
Mohamed Moncef Marzouki
Former President of Tunisia
5:30 pm - Closing Remarks
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Co-Sponsored by:
Emgage
Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
The Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University