Islamism and Uprising: Egypt and Syria
lørdag 21. april 2012 kl. 13:00 på Filmens Hus og tre andre tidspunkter
Prof. Salwa Ismail visits Norway
Salwa Ismail, Professor of Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London, U.K. is a leading international scholar on Islamism in the contemporary Middle East.
She is the author of two acclaimed books, Rethinking Islamist Politics: Culture, the State and Islamism (I. B. Tauris 2003), and Political Life in Cairo’s New Quarters: Encountering the Everyday State (Universityof Minnesota Press 2006), and is currently writing a book on violence and memory in contemporary Syria.
Ismail has, for a number of years, studied and published extensively on political and social life in her native Egypt and in Syria.
Supported by the Fritt Ord Foundation, and in a partnership between Minotenk, the PluRel Programme, Center for Islamic and Middle East Studies/IKOS at the University of Oslo, FAFO and Arabiske Filmdager.
We are hereby proud to present the full programme for Prof. Salwa Ismail’s visit to Oslo and Norway from April 17 to 22 2012:
- Tuesday April 17 19.00-21.00 at Litteraturhuset (Wergeland):
Islamism and Uprising: Egypt and Syria.
Prof. Salwa Ismail in an open conversation with Prof. Bjørn Olav Utvik and Dr. Sindre Bangstad, UiO.
Open to all, and free of charge.
- Thursday April 19 08.30-09.45 at FAFO, Borggata 2B, Tøyen:
The Political Economy of Emergent New Forms of Islamism in Egypt.
Breakfast seminar with Salwa Ismail.
Free of charge and open to all.
Registration by April 18th on web.
- Friday April 20 at 11.00-13.00 at Center for Islamic and Middle East Studies/IKOS at the University of Oslo, Seminar Room 454, 3rd floor, P A Munch Hus, Blindern:
On the Role of the Subaltern Forces in the Egyptian and Syrian Uprisings.
Free of charge and open to all.
- Saturday April 21 at 13.00-15.00 at Cinemateket/Filmens Hus at Dronningens Gate 16.
Screening of the documentary Syria-Inside the Repression by Sofia Amara.
Followed by panel debate chaired by Kai Kverme from the Center for Islamic and Middle East Studies at the University of Oslo, with panelists: Salwa Ismail, Professor at SOAS, Hanan Albakhe, member of the Syrian National Council (SNC) and opposition activist from Syria, and Sofia Amara, journalist and documentary filmmaker.
Entry: Single entry: NOK 80,- Festival Pass/Students NOK 200,- Festival Pass/Others NOK 250,-.