Arab Springs

4:00 pm Panel 3: New Subjects of Gender, Sexuality, and Citizenship "A New Generation of Rights in Morocco: From Gender Equality to Esthetic Citizenship," Zakia Salime, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender and Women's Studies, Rutgers University "The (Re)Constitution of Gender/Sexuality and the Militarization of Society in the Egyptian Transitional Government," Paul Amar, Associate Professor of Global and International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara Discussants: Sahar Amer, Professor Of Asian Studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Banu Gokariksel, Associate Professor of Geography, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

9:00 am Welcome Professor Srinivas Aravamudan, Dean of the Humanities 9:15am Opening Remarks Professor Miriam Cooke and Professor Frances Hasso

2:00 pm Panel 2: Languages, Technologies and Spectacles of Revolution "Words as Weapons: A linguistic revolution Tunisia," Nabiha Jerad, Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics, University of Tunis I "Transformation in the Politics of Spectacle," Negar Mottahedeh, Associate Professor of Literature and Women's Studies, Duke University Discussant: Kimberly K. Lamm, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, Duke University

9:30 am Panel 1: Revolutions and Repression "Civic Revolutions in Egypt and Yemen," Sheila Carapico, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Richmond "Beyond Cairo and Tahrir: Empire and Subaltern Revolts in Egypt," Zeinab Abul-Magd, Assistant Professor of History, Oberlin College and Visiting Assistant Professor of History, American University in Cairo "The Syrian Uprising: The Long Road to Democracy," Radwan Ziadeh, Visiting Scholar at the Carr Center for Human Rights, Harvard University, and Founder, Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies Discussant: Michael Hardt, Professor of Literature and Italian Studies, Duke University

5:00 pm Spoken Word Performance: Poetic Portraits of a Revolution Featuring Triangle Area poets Will McInerney and Kane Smego, project translator and interpreter Mohammad Moussa, and professional photographer and videographer Sameer Abdel-khalek. Room 240, John Hope Franklin Center