Calendar of Events


Sunday / Dimanche, September 8
8:30am - 7:00pmWOCMES Registration/InformationP
9:00am - 11:00amBusiness Meeting of EURAMES CouncilPF
2:00pm - 5:00pmBusiness Meeting of DAVOP11
2:00pm - 7:00pmWOCMES Film FestivalP2


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Monday / Lundi, September 9
8:00am - 7:00pmWOCMES Registration/InformationP
9:00am - 7:00pmWOCMES Film FestivalP2
10:00am -12:00nnOpening Session of WOCMESR1
10:00am - 6:30pmBook Exhibition and WOCMES ExhibitionsA
2:00pm - 5:30pmHistory of Printing and Publishing in the Languages and Countries of the Middle East (Gutenberg-Museum)

2:00pm - 4:00pm001Fêtes, célébrations, commémorations: des espaces et des temps dans le monde arabeP106
002Islamic Law in a Comparative PerspectiveP4
003Les Iranien de Berlin et la modernité (1916-1925)P104
004Libya in Modern TimesP204
005Hadith Criticism and the Virtual Hadith AcademyP206
006International Migration and the MENA RegionR2
007Mathematics and Astronomy in the Middle EastP205
008State and Society: Power and IdentityP3
009EnvironmentM2
010Le Caire médiéval: approches archéologiques et historiques d'un espace urbainM3
011Islamic Education in the Soviet Union and the CISP12
012Foreign Policy, Inner-regional Relations and the Process of GlobalizationM1
013Organising Urban SpacesA
014Middle Eastern Christians in Past and PresentP105
015Ancient EgyptN6
016Women in Arab SocietiesP10
017Ottoman Bilad al-ShamP102
018Real-life Literacies in the Maghreb: Context as the Key to Learning in Tunisia and MoroccoP103
019Tradition, Mass Culture and Social Change in the Arab WorldP1
020Écriture et calligraphie dans la culture islamique médiévale et moderneP207
021Les migrations à Istanbul (de l'époque Ottomane à la Turquie contemporaineP208
022Urban Development in Mediterranean Countries between Best Practice and Self-help BuildingP5
023La réforme de l'État dans le monde islamo-méditerranéen vue du Maghreb au 19ème et 20ème siècles: la trame intellectuelle, la circulation des idéesP110
024Région et régionalisation au MaghrebP13
025National Security and Islamic OrganisationsP11

4:30pm - 6:30pm026AKey Keynote-Address: Dale F. Eickelman, Dartmouth College: Social Science under SiegeR1
026BReem Kelani: Workshop on Palestinian MusicR2
026Libya in Modern TimesP204
027Fêtes, célébrations, commémorations: des espaces et des temps dans le monde arabeP106
028Islamic Law in a Comparative PerspectiveP4
029Mathematics and Astronomy in the Middle EastP205
030EnvironmentM2
031Policy Issues in Potential Areas in the Middle East: Water, Economy, ReligionP5
032Foreign Policy, Inner-regional Relations and the Process of GlobalizationM1
033Organising Urban SpacesA
034Middle Eastern Christians in Past and PresentP104
035Ancient EgyptN6
036Ottoman Bilad al-ShamP102
037Real-Life Literacies in the Maghreb: Context as the Key to Learning in Tunisia and MoroccoP103
038Écriture et calligraphie dans la culture islamique médiévale et moderneP207
039La réforme de l'État dans le monde islamo-méditerranéen vue du Maghreb au 19ème et 20ème siècles: la trame intellectuelle, la circulation des idéesP110
040Région et régionalisation au MaghrebP13
041The Muslim-Christian DialogueP11

7:30pm - 10:30pmGeneral Reception of WOCMES (Landesmuseum)


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Tuesday / Mardi, September 10
8:00am - 7:00pmWOCMES Registration/InformationP
9:00am - 7:00pmWOCMES Film FestivalP2
9:00am - 5:00pmBook Exhibition and WOCMES ExhibitionsA
2:00pm - 5:30pmHistory of Printing and Publishing in the Languages and Countries of the Middle East (Gutenberg-Museum)

8:00am - 10:00am042Results of Contemporary Research on the Qur'an: The Question of a Historico-Critical Text of the Qur'anP204
8:30am - 10:30am043The Question of JerusalemP1
044Social Economic and Political Development in Saudi ArabiaP10
045New Approaches to Turkish Literature: Turkish Literature in Comparative PerspectiveP4
046Migrations internationales au MaghrebP12
047The Urban Space of Zokak el-Blat: Interdisciplinary Fieldwork in a Pericentral Quarter of BeirutM1
048Modern Islam and the Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi Sufi OrderP102
049Global Fusion: Visions for the Future of Middle EastM3
050Turkish Politics and Foreign Policy after the Cold War: New Challenges and OpportunitiesP11
051La Libye et la colonisation italienneP206
052State and Society: Law versus PoliticsP104
053Religious Elite, Reformism and Modernism,18th-19th Century P106
054Droit étatique, droit coutumier, pluralisme juridique et pratiques juridiquesP110
055A Life in DiasporaP205
056The Perspectives of a Democratic PalestineM2
057Modern and Contemporary Art in in the Mediterranean Islamic World - New Approaches / Les arts plastiques dans l'islam méditerranéen - nouvelles approches et méthodes d'analyseP208
058Women or Something Like That? Rethinking the Middle East Field: The Problematic Integration of Gender StudiesF8
059The Interrelatedness of Intellectual Trends in the Modern Mediterranean A
060Problematic Encounters: East-West Relationships in Historical PerspectiveP207
061Voyage et re-fondation du monde: voyageurs orientaux en OrientP103
062Foreign Policy, Inner-regional Relations and the Process of GlobalizationF7
063Mutual PerceptionsP3
064Taking Islamist Debates and Discourses Seriously: New Avenues in Research and CollectionN6

10:30am-11:30amPoster Presentations (Building P)
10:30am-11:00amReception of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Foyer P1)

10:30am - 1:00pm065Results of Contemporary Research on the Qur'an: The Question of a Historico-Critical Text of the Qur'anP204
11:00am - 1:00pm066AKeynote-Address: Roger Owen, Harvard University: The Study of the Middle East Economies and Their History, 1960 - 2002: The State of the Art Then and NowR1
066La Libye et la colonisation italienneP206
067Les phénomènes de martyre dans les sociétés musulmanes contemporainesP10
068Medieval Muslim VisionsP105
069The Question of JerusalemP1
070New Approaches to Turkish Literature: Turkish Literature in Comparative PerspectiveP4
071Migrations internationales au MaghrebP12
072The Urban Space of Zokak el-Blat: Interdisciplinary Fieldwork in a Pericentral Quarter of BeirutM1
073Modern Islam and the Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi Sufi OrderP102
074Global Fusion: Visions for the Future of Middle EastM3
075Ancient Middle EastP108
076Religious Elite, Reformism and Modernism,18th-19th Century P106
077Droit étatique, droit coutumier, pluralisme juridique et pratiques juridiquesP110
078German Archeological Research on the Ancient Middle EastN6
079The Perspectives of a Democratic PalestineM2
080Modern and Contemporary Art in in the Mediterranean Islamic World - New Approaches / Les arts plastiques dans l'islam méditerranéen - nouvelles approches et méthodes d'analyseP208
081Women or Something Like That? Locating the Grassroots: Gender and Authenticity in Middle Eastern PoliticsF8
082The Interrelatedness of Intellectual Trends in the Modern Mediterranean A
084Problematic Encounters: East-West Relationships in Historical PerspectiveP207
085The Last Phase of the Ottoman EmpireP13
086Environment of Semiarid and Arid Mountain RegionsP5
087Voyage et re-fondation du monde: voyageurs orientaux en OrientP103
088Mutual PerceptionsP3
2:00pm - 4:00pm089Statut de l'enquête ethnographique dans un contexte de guerreF7
090Les phénomènes de martyres dans les sociétés musulmanes contemporainesP10
091Elite Change in the Arab World and IranM3
092The Third Edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam / Édition française de l'Encyclopédie de l'IslamP110
093New Approaches in Turkish Literature: The Use of Myth in Turkish LiteratureP4
094Analytical Approaches on Political IslamP11
095Israel Vision and DivisionM2
096Great Britain and Palestine. New Approaches to the History of the British MandateH15
097L'autoroute ou la ville? Pour une approche critique des grands projets urbains à l'heure de l'internationalisationP102
098La Libye et la colonisation italienneP206
099From Transjordan to Jordan: Society, Politics and EconomyP104
100Youth Politics / Politiques de la JeunesseP106
101German Archeological Research on the Ancient Middle EastN6
102Women or Something Like That? Locating the Grassroots: Gender and Authenticity in Middle Eastern PoliticsF8
103Looking from the Outside on the Middle EastH10
104The Iraqi Question in World PoliticsP1
105The Interrelatedness of Intellectual Trends in the Modern Mediterranean A
106Islam and Arabic Influences in the CIS StatesP105
107The Last Phase of the Ottoman EmpireP13
108Environment of Semiarid and Arid Mountain RegionsP5
109Results of Contemporary Research on the Qur'an: The Question of a Historico-Critical Text of the Qur'anP204
110Nationalism: The Middle East and Its Role in the WorldP12
111Jewish Immigration from Muslim Countries to IsraelP207
4:30pm - 6:30pm112AKeynote-Address: Annemarie Schimmel, Bonn: Changing Ideas about SufismR1
112New Approaches in Turkish Literature: The Use of Myth in Turkish LiteratureP4
113Elite Change in the Arab World and IranM3
114Israel Vision and DivisionM2
115Great Britain and Palestine. New Approaches to the History of the British MandateH15
116Saudi Arabia in Regional and International PoliticsP10
117L'autoroute ou la ville? Pour une approche critique des grands projets urbains à l'heure de l'internationalisationP102
118Political Islam: Case StudiesP11
119Youth Politics / Politiques de la JeunesseP106
120Anthropology in the Middle East: Past Perspectives - Future VisionsP3
121The Iraqi Question in World PoliticsP1
122Institution Building in the Middle EastP104
123Looking from the Outside on the Middle EastH10
124Statut de l'enquête ethnographique dans un contexte de guerreF7
125The Middle East Peace ProcessM1
126Islam and Arabic Influences in the CIS StatesP105
127Results of Contemporary Research on the Qur'an: The Question of a Historico-Critical Text of the Qur'anP204
128Nationalism: The Middle East and Its Role in the WorldP12
129Women or Something Like That? RoundtableF8
4:30pm - 7:00pm130ArchaeologyP103
4:30pm - 7:30pm131Cultural Conceptions of Middle Eastern Statesmen, Intellectuals and Technocrats (19th - 21st Centuries)P206
4:30pm - 7:00pm132Economic Liberalization, Political Change and Shifting Political Mobilization in the Middle East and North AfricaP207

5:30pm - 7:00pmReception by Taylor & Francis, Publishers, London
7:30pm - 11:00pmWOCMES Dinner Cruise on the Rhine


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Wednesday / Mercredi, September 11
8:00am - 7:00pmWOCMES Registration/InformationP
9:00am - 7:00pmWOCMES Film FestivalP2
9:00am - 6:30pmBook Exhibition and WOCMES ExhibitionsA
9:00pm - 4:30pmHistory of Printing and Publishing in the Languages and Countries of the Middle East (Gutenberg-Museum)

8:30am - 10:30am133Water Issues in the MENA RegionN6
134Chronicle of a War: The Hidden Information of the Islamic Point of View after September 11M1
135Poverty and Poverty Alleviation in PalestineP4
136Savoirs historiques au Maghreb: construction et usagesP13
137Religion and SocietyP204
138The Future of Arab Political Opposition: Loyal, Co-opted, or Illegal?P5
139International Relations, Social Cohesion and Security in the MediterraneanP11
140Israeli Foreign Policy after the Al-Aksa IntifadaM2
141Early Islamic Texts, Their Analysis and Re-Interpretation in the 21st CenturyP12
142Actualités du patrimoine récent au Maghreb et au Moyen-OrientP102
143Philosophical and Theological ReflectionsP103
144Language and LinguisticsP202
145Women in Arab SocietiesP10
146Filières de formation et modèles professionnels: ingénieurs et urbanistes au Maghreb et au Moyen-OrientP105
147Women or Something Like That? Gender and TransnationalismP1
148Performance in the Middle East: Music and TheatreP205
149Urban Spaces and Urban DevelopmentM3
150Productions et pratiques historiographiques dans le Maghreb moderne et contemporainP104
11:00am - 1:00pm151AThe Impact of September 11 on the Middle East (Part 1)R1
151Gender and Social Change in the Mandate StatesP1
152Water Issues in the MENA RegionN6
153Chronicle of a War: The Hidden Information of the Islamic Point of View after September 11M1
154Poverty and Poverty Alleviation in PalestineP4
155Savoirs historiques au Maghreb: construction et usagesP13
156Religion and SocietyP204
157The Future of Arab Political Opposition: Loyal, Co-opted, or Illegal?P5
158International Relations, Social Cohesion and Security in the MediterraneanP11
159Sufi Saints and Non-Sufi Saints: Sacredness, Symbolism, and SolidarityP3
160Surveying Middle East Studies: Towards a Global PerspectiveH15
161Actualités du patrimoine récent au Maghreb et au Moyen-OrientP102
162L'Islam et la constitution des sciences modernesH10
163Performance in the Middle East: Music and TheatreP205
164Poems and Poets, Novels and Authors, Writing TodayP206
165Language and LinguisticsP202
166Philosophical and Theological ReflectionsP103
167New Directions in Middle East Political EconomyH16
168Women in Arab SocietiesP10
169Filières de formation et modèles professionnels: ingénieurs et urbanistes au Maghreb et au Moyen-OrientP105
170Constructing Collective Identities in Islamic ContextsA
171Tourism in the Southern MediterraneanM2
172Urban Spaces and Urban DevelopmentM3
173Productions et pratiques historiographiques dans le Maghreb moderne et contemporainP104
2:00pm - 4:00pm174AThe Impact of September 11 on the Middle East (Part 2)F8
174Savoirs historiques au Maghreb: Construction et usagesP13
175Political Theory in Middle East Area StudiesR2
176Poverty and Poverty Alleviation in PalestineP4
177Water Issues in the MENA RegionN6
178Reconstruction and Preservation of Collective Memory: New Trends in Moroccan HistoriographyP10
179Democratization in Palestine: Shifting Boundaries and ConstraintsA
180Sufi Saints and Non-Sufi Saints: Sacredness, Symbolism, and SolidarityP3
181Charity (Sadaqa), Charitable Institutions and Pious Endowments (Awqaf) in Medieval and Ottoman IslamP104
182Poems and Poets, Novels and Authors, Writing TodayP206
2:00pm - 4:30pm183Language and LinguisticsP202
2:00pm - 4:00pm184Philosophical and Theological ReflectionsP103
185Minorities in Mirror, Muslim-Christian Relations in the Malay World (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines), in the 19th and 20th centuryP208
186Tourism in the Southern MediterraneanM2
187Filières de formation et modèles professionnels: ingénieurs et urbanistes au Maghreb et au Moyen-OrientP105
188Political Elites: Parties and OppositionsH15
189Urban Spaces and Urban DevelopmentM3
190Construction of Gender through Cultural Texts and PerformancesP1
191International Relations, Social Cohesion and Security in the MediterraneanP11
192Studies on the Arab World Economies: Main Focuses, Results and MethodsP204
3:00pm - 4:00pm193The Mediterranean in the New Evolving International Order: Domestic, Regional and International Interests: Region Building in the MediterraneanM1

4:00pm - 5:00pmPoster Presentation (Building P)

4:30pm - 6:30pm194Tracking Change: Political, Cultural and Intellectual Transition in the Muslim WorldP10
195Savoirs historiques au Maghreb: construction et usagesP13
196Political Theory in Middle East Area StudiesR2
197Poverty and Poverty Alleviation in PalestineP4
198Water Issues in the MENA RegionN6
199Sufi Saints and Non-Sufi Saints: Sacredness, Symbolism, and SolidarityP3
200Charity (Sadaqa), Charitable Institutions and Pious Endowments (Awqaf) in Medieval and Ottoman IslamP104
201Poems and Poets, Novels and Authors, Writing TodayP206
203Minorities in Mirror, Muslim-Christian Relations in the Malay World (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines), in the 19th and 20th CenturyP208
204Palestinian QuestionsH16
205Tourism in the Southern MediterraneanM2
206Filières de formation et modèles professionnels: ingénieurs et urbanistes au Maghreb et au Moyen-OrientP105
207Political Elites: Parties and OppositionsH15
208Urban Spaces and Urban DevelopmentM3
209Objets dignes et indignes dans l'étude du monde arabe et musulman P11
210Working in the Late Ottoman EmpireP106
211The Mediterranean in the New Evolving International Order: Domestic, Regional and International Interests: Region Building in the MediterraneanM1
212The Sources and Nature of Encyclopaedias of Science and Medical Compendia in Islamic CivilizationP102
213Studies on the Arab World Economies: Main Focuses, Results and MethodsP204
214Construction of Gender through Cultural Texts and PerformancesP1

5:30pm - 6:30pmCommemorating September 11 (Dom/Cathedral of Mainz)
7:00pm - 7:30pmWorld Peace Prayer (St. Johannes Church)
7:00pm - 8:00pmBusiness Meeting for Members of the DAVO-Working Group on Gender in the Near and Middle EastPF
8:00pm - 9:30pmOpen Reception of the DAVO-Working Group on Gender in the Near and Middle EastPF
8:00pm - 10:15pmWOCMES Award Celebration (Staatstheater)


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Thursday / Jeudi, September 12
8:00am - 7:00pmWOCMES Registration/InformationP
9:00am - 7:00pmWOCMES Film FestivalP2
9:00am - 5:00pmBook Exhibition A
9:00am - 6:30pmWOCMES Exhibitions

8:30am - 10:30am215Translators as Cultural MediatorsP110
216Majority and Minority Relations - Jews and Israeli Arabs as a Case in Point M2
217Central Asia: An Extension of the Middle East?P4
218Political Changes in the Oil Monarchies of the GulfH15
219Multi-Dimensional Approaches to Shi'i StudiesP3
220Avicenna: Avicenna and the Classical TraditionP11
221Environment in the Arab World: Problems, Policies, Culture, Activism, Regional and International AgreementsN6
222Constructing IdentitiesP13
223Problems and Perspectives of the Youth in Arab SocietiesP106
224Islamic Education and Exegetic PracticeP102
225Middle Eastern Economy and Perspectives for DevelopmentH16
226Muslim and Turkish Communities in GermanyP204
227Islam in South-Eastern EuropeP15
228Methods and Methodologies in Middle East Studies: Life Story Narratives, Oral History and Autobiographies: Self and Subjectivity in Autobiographies, Memoirs, Novels, Travelogues and ArchitectureR2
229Sufism: Tradition and ReformP104
230Writing History: Methods and MethodologyP5
231Urban Texture and Architecture in Past and PresentM3
232Lectures croissées d'un monument témoin de l'histoire. La Citadelle de DamasP206
233Women or Something Like That? Gender and ConflictP1
234Historical Missions to the Middle EastP10
235The Mediterranean in the New Evolving International Order: Domestic, Regional and International Interests: Region Building in the MediterraneanM1
236Media and Intellectuals after September 11A

10:30am-11:30amPoster Presentation (Building P)

11:00am - 1:00pm237AKeynote-Address: Jon W. Anderson; The Catholic University of America: New Media in the Arab Middle East and DiasporaA
237Majority and Minority Relations - Jews and Israeli Arabs as a Case in Point M2
238Central Asia: An Extension of the Middle East?P4
239Political Changes in the Oil Monarchies of the GulfH15
240Multi-Dimensional Approaches to Shi'i StudiesP3
241Avicenna: Avicenna and the Classical TraditionP11
242Constructing IdentitiesP13
243Islamic Education and Exegetic PracticeP102
244Middle Eastern Economy and Perspectives for DevelopmentH16
245Mamluk SocietyP106
246The Future of the MENA RegionF8
247Middle Eastern History Analysed: Case Studies from the 11th until the 20th CenturyP207
248Methods and Methodologies in Middle East Studies: Life Story Narratives, Oral History and Autobiographies: Self and Subjectivity in Autobiographies, Memoirs, Novels, Travelogues and ArchitectureR2
249Sufism: Tradition and ReformP104
250Writing History: Case StudiesP5
251Urban Texture and Architecture in Past and PresentM3
252Lectures croissées d'un monument témoin de l'histoire. La Citadelle de DamasP206
253Environment in the Arab World: Problems, Policies, Culture, Activism, Regional and International AgreementsN6
254Translators as Cultural MediatorsP110
255Women or Something Like That? Gender and ConflictP1
256Historical Missions to the Middle EastP10
257The Mediterranean in the New Evolving International Order: Domestic, Regional and International Interests: Rethinking Cooperation, Redefining Security M1
2:00pm - 4:00pm258AAfghanistanP1
258Reconceptualizing Public Spheres in the Middle East and North AfricaP3
259Constructions of National Identity in Space, in Public, in Literature, and in AbsentiaP206
260Political Changes in the Oil Monarchies of the GulfH15
261Media and Intellectuals after September 11A
262Avicenna: Avicenna on Natural Philosophy and Exact SciencesP11
263Environment in the Arab World: Problems, Policies, Culture, Activism, Regional and International AgreementsN6
264(Migrant) Domestic Workers to / in / from the Middle EastP110
265Cinema, Media and the Middle EastP5
266Islamic Response to ModernityP102
267MediaP4
268Middle Eastern Economy and Perspectives for DevelopmentH16
269Normative Phenomena and Legal Issures: From Early Islam until TodayP204
270Middle Eastern History Analysed: Case Studies from the 11th until the 20th CenturyP207
271Methods and Methodologies in Middle East Studies: Life Story Narratives, Oral History and Autobiographies: Self and Subjectivity in Oral History NarrativesR2
272Tourism: Obstacles and ChancesP106
273The Other View: Contemporary Literature by Women Authors in the Middle EastP208
274Sufism: Tradition and ReformP104
275Politics and Security around the Caspian Sea and Central AsiaP12
276State-Society-RelationsH10
277Urban Texture and Architecture in Past and PresentM3
278Historical Missions to the Middle EastP10
279The Mediterranean in the New Evolving International Order: Domestic, Regional and International Interests: Rethinking Cooperation, Redefining Security M1
280The Bible on the WebP103
281The Official Ideology in TurkeyP13
282Library Sciences and IndexingP105
283The Dynamics of Land, Law and Politics in Historic PalestineM2
4:30pm - 6:30pm284AKeynote-Address: R. Stephen Humphreys, University of California, Santa Barbara: Can the Medieval Speak to the Modern? Historical Scholarship and the Middle East at the Beginning of the Twenty-First CenturyA
284Constructions of National Identity in Space, in Public, in Literature, and in AbsentiaP206
285(Migrant) Domestic Workers to / in / from the Middle EastP110
286Cinema, Media and the Middle EastP5
287Islamic Response to ModernityP102
288The Bible on the WebP103
289Normative Phenomena and Legal Issures: From Early Islam until TodayP204
290Methods and Methodologies in Middle East Studies: Life Story Narratives, Oral History and Autobiographies: Self and Subjectivity in Oral History NarrativesR2
291Tourism: Obstacles and ChancesP106
292The Other View: Ottoman and Contemporary Literature by Women Authors in the Middle EastP208
293The Dynamics of Land, Law and Politics in Historic PalestineM2
294The Mediterranean in the New Evolving International Order: Domestic, Regional and International Interests: Rethinking Cooperation, Redefining Security M1
295State-Society-RelationsH10
4:30pm - 7:00pm296Muslim Intellectuals and Discourses of ModernityP3
4:30pm - 8:30pm297Historical Missions to the Middle EastP10

4:30pm - 6:30pmAEDSAW MeetingN6
5:30pm - 6:30pmRecitation of Poems by Tamirace FakhouryP208
5:30pm - 9:00pmReception (upon Invitation): Economic Cooperation between Germany and the Middle East (Handwerkskammer)
8:00pm - 22:30pmConcert: Inaam Wali - The Voice of the Mediterranean (Frankfurter Hof)


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Friday / Vendredi, September 13
8:00am - 1:00pmWOCMES Registration/InformationP
9:00am - 1:15pmWOCMES Film FestivalP2
9:00am - 2:00pmWOCMES Exhibition

8:30am - 10:30am298AlevismP5
299Democratization and Sectarianism in the Middle EastP102
300Foreign Direct Investment and the Impact of GlobalizationN6
301Classical LiteratureP13
302Gender Studies: Women, Medicine and Medical DiscourseM3
303Migration in the Middle EastP204
304Security Politics in the Middle EastP104
305Urban Rehabilitation and Architectural RestaurationP4
306Muslim Identities and Locally Embedded IslamP206
307The Mediterranean in the New Evolving International Order: Domestic, Regional and International Interests: Democracy and Human Rights. Values, Norms and InterestsM1
308Oriens ChristianusP10
309Lebanon in Post-War Limbo: Cultural, Economic and Political Reconstruction in an Uncertain Regional EnvironmentM2
310Al-Dariyah: Historical and Architectural AspectsP11
11:00am -12:00nn311The Authentic Asil Arabian Horse - An Endangered Arab HeritageP3
11:00am - 1:00pm312Migration in the Middle EastP204
313AlevismP5
314Democratization and Sectarianism in the Middle EastP102
315Foreign Direct Investment, Free Trade and the Impact of GlobalizationN6
316Classical LiteratureP13
317Avicenna: Avicenna on Metaphysics and TheologyP11
318Gender Studies: Women in ModernityM3
319Security Politics in the Middle EastP104
320Urban Rehabilitation and Architectural RestaurationP4
321Muslim Identities and Locally Embedded IslamP206
322Oriens ChristianusP10
2:00pm - 4:00pm323The Mediterranean in the New Evolving International Order: Domestic, Regional and International Interests: Democracy and Human Rights. Values, Norms and InterestsM1
324Lebanon in Post-War LIMBO: Cultural, Economic and Political Reconstruction in an Uncertain Regional EnvironmentM2
325AlevismP5
326Oriens ChristianusP10
327Avicenna: The Heritage of AvicennaP11
328Historic Preservation Projects in EgyptP4
329Analysing TerrorismP3
330Gender Studies: Women in ModernityM3
331Lebanon in Post-War LIMBO: Cultural, Economic and Political Reconstruction in an Uncertain Regional EnvironmentM2
332The Mediterranean in the New Evolving International Order: Domestic, Regional and International Interests: Democracy and Human Rights. Values, Norms and InterestsM1
4:30pm - 7:00pm333Oriens ChristianusP10

7:00pm - 9:00pmLecture: Farouk Mardam-Bey - Contemporary Arab Literature (Institut Français)
8:00pm - 9:45pmReading: Najem Wali: People in Iraq - Beyond War and Dictatorship (Rathaus/City Hall)