The Institute of Middle Eastern Studies invites you to join us for our Inaugural Conference titled 'The Media, Politics and Dissent in North Africa Since the Arab Spring'.
Programme for the day
10.00-10.30 Arrival and coffee
10.30-11.00 Introductions: Fatima El-Issawi and Jonathan Hill
11.00-12.45 Panel #1: The media and authoritarian resilience
Chair: Jonathan Hill
Speakers:(1) Francesco Cavatorta; (2) Kjetil Selvik; (3) Hendrick Kraetzschmar.
12.45-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.15 Panel #2: The media and political accountability since the Arab Spring
Chair: Dina Mattar
Speakers: (1) Roxane Farmanfarmaian; (2) Boubaker Jamaei; (3) Fatima el-Issawi.
15.15-15.30 Coffee
15.30-17.15 Panel #3: New medias, new dissent?
Chair: Charis Boutieri
Speakers: (1) Christina Moreno-Almeida; (2) Chaima Bouhlel; (3) Omar Radi.
17.15-17.30 Coffee
17.30-18.30 Closing address: Omar Belhouchet
19.00 Drinks and dinner