Establishing Research Networks on the studies of protest movements: focing on the cases of the Middle East and its comparison with those in Asia

International Workshop: “Establishing Research Networks in the Middle East and Asia: First Inter-Core Meeting”

Programme

• 13:30 Opening remarks:
• Keiko SAKAI (Coordinator of Core-to-Core Program, Center for Relational Studies on Global Crises, Chiba University)
• Mahmoud al-Qaysi (University of Baghdad, Iraq)
• Larbi Sadiki (Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Doha, Qatar)
• 14:00 Keynote Lecture:
• Kiichi Fujiwara (Professor, Institute for Advanced Academic Research, Chiba University)
  Revisiting Democratic Revolutions: Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East
• 14:45-15:00 Coffee Break
• 15:00-15:45 Presentation 1:
• Larbi Sadiki (Senior Fellow, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Doha, Qatar)
• General view on Arab Spring in 2011 and in 2019
• Discussion
• 15:50-16:35 Presentation 2:
• Mostafa Khalili (Special Research Fellow, Chiba University)
• From "Green Movement" to "Woman, Life, Freedom": continuity and change in the evolution of the protest movement in Iran
• Discussion
• 16:40-17:25 Presentation 3:
• Keiko Sakai (Dean, Center for Relational Studies on Global Crises, Chiba University)
• Protest movements in the history of the Arab Region: searching for Watan
• Discussion
• 17:25- 18:00 General Discussion

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Sponsored by: JSPS Core-to-Core program: Type B. Asia-Africa Science Platforms (JPJSCCB20210002), headed by Keiko SAKAI)

The aim of this Core-to-core Program is to grasp the socio-political awareness of young people in recent years in the Middle East, especially in the Arab countries, and to compare it with the cases of Japan and Asia. The Center for Relational Studies on the Global Crises, Chiba University will work as a research hub for this research exchange.

Contact: Center for Relational Studies on Global Crises　
Email: glblcrss [at] chiba-u.jp