The Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action is pleased to announce the fourth session of its webinar series (2021-2022)
Beyond Winter and Spring: politics and social contention in the MENA region after 2011
Date: Monday 28 March at 4pm (Beirut time).
Session 4 - Diving into the Second Wave: making sense of the Algerian and Sudanese Uprisings.
With speakers:
Prof. Khaled Medani, McGill University
Dr. Magdi el-Gizouli, The Rift Valley Institute
Dr. Thomas Serres, University of California Santa Cruz
Dr. Dalia Ghanem, Malcolm H. Kerr Middle East Center
The session will be moderated by
Dr. Rossana Tufaro, Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action
On December 17, 2010, the self-immolation of the Tunisian street vendor Mohammad Bouaziz ignited an unprecedented wave of popular uprisings all over the MENA region. About ten years later, as the transformative power of this social movement for social justice seemed to have lost its revolutionary momentum, another outstanding wave erupted, shaking at the very foundation a variety of other polities (Algeria, Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq) which had been only marginally touched by the so-called “first wave”.
After having attempted to challenge dominant success/failure approaches through which the so-called “first wave” of social movements has been mainly understood in previous webinars, this session aims at looking into the so-called “second wave”. It seeks to provide an overview of the genealogies of, and contentious backlashes against the Algerian and Sudanese uprisings from the lens of socio-economic grievances.
The webinar is part of the thematic cycle “Beyond Winter and Spring: politics and social contention in the MENA region after 2011”, by The Centre for Social Sciences, Research and Action within the framework of the research programme on social justice and social contention in the Arab world.
Date and time: Monday 28 March at 4pm (Beirut time).
Language: This webinar will be held in English.
Registration: The webinar will be hosted on zoom. The link will be sent via email prior to the webinar. Please fill in this form before 25 March 2022: https://bit.ly/3N2YTwq
Submit your questions to the speakers ahead of the webinar on the same link!
