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All sessions were held at the Watson Institute, McKinney Room, 111 Thayer Street, Providence, RI.

Friday, February 22, 2013

12:30 – 1:00 PM
Sandwich lunch at leisure

1:00 – 1:30 PM
Welcome and Introduction – Beshara Doumani

1:30 – 3:30 PM 
SESSION 1 – Whose Agenda? Over-research and invisibility
Chair: Beshara Doumani
Discussant: Omur Harmansah
Presenting: Mayssoun Soukarieh, Linda Quiquivix, Hazem Jamjoum

3:30 – 4:00 PM
Break

4:00 – 6:00 PM
SESSION 2- Scholarship vs Activism?
Chair: Keith Brown
Discussant: Sherine Hamdy
Presenting: Sa’ed Atshan, Susan Ellison, Eric Larson

6:00 – 7:30 PM
Dinner at the Brown Faculty Club

Saturday, February 23, 2013

9:15 – 9:30 AM
Continental Breakfast outside McKinney Room

9:30 – 11:30 AM 
SESSION 3: Beyond the State: Lived Learning, Dignity and Repressed Possibilities
Chair: Naoko Shibusawa
Discussant: Michael Kennedy
Presenting: Yousuf Al-Bulushi, Yasser Munif, Chana Morgenstern

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Working lunch to discuss next steps