Announcing Pardee Center Conference on “Transnational Currents in the Gulf”
Experts from a variety of disciplines and around the world will meet at Boston University on March 25 – 26, 2010, for a Pardee Center conference on “Transnational Currents in the Gulf: People, Money and Ideas.”
Please note that on Thursday, March 26, the sessions will be held at the Rafik Hariri Building (BU School of Management, 4th Floor) from 1.00pm to 5.30PM. (Map and Directions here) and on Friday, March 26, the third and final session will meet at the Pardee House (67 Bay State Road, Boston) from 10.00am to 12.00pm .
Please also note that smart casual attire is required for the sessions held on March 25, Thursday.
The conference will be chaired by Professor Augustus Richard Norton, Professor of Anthropology and International Relations at Boston University. Professor Norton has written extensively on Muslim and Middle East Politics and has varied and rich experience working in the Middle East.
The conference will include three public sessions on Money, People, and Ideas in the Gulf region.
Because of limited seating, the dinner event, including a keynote address by Ambassador Charles Dunbar, Professor of International Relations at Boston University, on Thursday, March 25 is by invitation only.
The program of the conference is as follows:
Thursday, March 25 2010
1.00pm Welcome remarks by Professor Augustus Richard Norton
1.15pm Session I: Money
Chair: Ali Banuazizi (Boston College)
The Dubai Model Evaluated – Ibrahim Warde (Tufts University)
The Growing Middle Class – Kristin Diwan (American University)
Markets – Nader Habibi (Brandeis University)
3.15pm Break
3.45pm Session II: People
Chair: Nazli Kibria (Boston University)
Expats – Judith Yaphe (National Defense University)
Youth – Mehdi Semati (Northern Illinois University)
Citizenship and Rights – Farhad Kazemi (New York University)
6.00pm Reception
7.00pm Dinner (By Invitation Only)
Keynote Address: Yemen and the Gulf – Ambassador Charles Dunbar (Boston University)
Friday, March 26, 2010
10.00 am Session III: Ideas
Chair: Farhan Nizami (Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies)
Waning Appeal of Iran Model: Ali Banuazizi (Boston College)
Reflections on the Currents of Change: John Tirman (MIT)
Reflections on the Currents of Change: Farhad Kazemi (NYU)
Participation in public sessions of the conference is open, but seating is limited. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP at pardee@bu.edu. Please indicate the sessions (I, II or III) that you will attend.
All inquiries related to the conference may be directed to The Pardee Center or directly to Prof. Augustus Richard Norton.
The conference is one in a series of Pardee Center activities focusing on emerging regional trends in human and social development (a related conference within the Pardee Center’s Africa 2060 program will be held on April 16, 2010.