Workshop on The Anthropology of the ‘State’: An Arab Perspective
Workshop on
The Anthropology of the ‘State’: An Arab Perspective
May 17th 2008
Boardroom 2.017
2nd floor Arthur Lewis Building
University of Manchester
Programme 9.30 -10.00: Arrival and registration Session One (10.00 -11.30): Discussant: Dr. Keir Martin Dr Lori Allen, University of Cambridge Human Rights and the Uncertain State of Palestine Dr Samuli Schielke, University of Joensuu and ISIM, Leiden Imposing Certainty: Policing Saints-day Festivals and the Moral Geography of Public Space in Egypt Coffee Break 11.30 – 12.10 Session Two (12.10 – 14.00) Discussant: Professor Steve Reyna Prof Annika Rabo, Stockholm University Where is the Syrian State and How Can We Study It? Dr Susanne Dahlgren, University of Helsinki Finland Modernisation in a Weak State: The Case of Reversed Development in Southern Yemen Dr Salwa Ismail, SOAS Notes on the Study of the Everyday State Lunch Break (14.00 – 15.30) Session Three (15.30 – 17.00) Discussant: Professor Sarah Green Dr Michelle Obeid, The University of Manchester Searching for the “Ideal Face of the State” in a Lebanese Border Town Dr Cédric Parizot, Centre de Recherche Français de Jérusalem The limits of the Separation in a Borderless State: Rethinking the Israeli Separation Regime Between Israel and the West Bank Through Informal Mobility and Exchanges of Palestinian and Israeli Populations. Conclusive Remarks (17.00 – 17.30) Free Admission but limited places. Pls book a place by May 5th
