| Date/Time | 11 February 2013 (Mon.) 14:00-17:30 / 12 February 2013 (Tue.) 10:30-18:30 |
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| Venue | Room 303 (Large Conference Room), ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 3-11-1 Asahi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo Access Map |
| Organized by | Core Project “Human Mobility and Formation of Plural Societies in the Middle East and the Muslim World” |
| Jointly sponsored by | Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore |
| Language | English |
| Admission:Free, No registration is required. |
| Day 1: Monday, February 11, 2013. | |
| 14:00-14:10 | Opening and welcome remarks by Hidemitsu Kuroki (ILCAA, TUFS) |
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| 14:10-15:10 | Michael Hudson (MEI, NUS) “The Arab uprisings two years on: prospects for democratic transitions” |
| 15:20-16:20 | Aiko Nishikida (ILCAA, TUFS) “Regional stability and Palestinian state” |
| 16:30-17:30 | Peter Sluglett (MEI, NUS) “Minorities in Lebanon: a constant state of flux” |
| Chair: Masato Iizuka (ILCAA, TUFS) | |
| 18:00-20:00 | Reception party |
| Day2: Tuesday, February 12, 2013. | |
| 10:30-11:30 | Yasuyuki Matsunaga (TUFS) “Postrevolutionary Iran’s strategic culture and its regional implications” |
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| 11:40-12:40 | Taku Osoegawa (ILCAA, TUFS) “State formation, transnational Identities and stability in the Levant region” |
| Chair: Nobuaki Kondo (ILCAA, TUFS) | |
| 12:40-14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00-15:00 | William Harris (Otago University, Dunedin, NZ) “The Syrian Uprising and the ‘stability’ and future of the Levant” |
| 15:10-16:10 | Ali Kadri (MEI, NUS) “The many obstacles to Arab integration” |
| 16:30-17:50 | Comment by Keiko Sakai (Chiba University) followed by general discussion and closing remarks by Michael Hudson |
| Chair: Hidemitsu Kuroki | |
