April 9, 2015 | All Day Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road

9-10:30 AM: The Art and Culture of Dissent - Manal Al Dowayan, Artist, Saudi Arabia - Dr. Cynthia Becker, Boston University - Dr. Pascal Menoret, NYU-Abu Dhabi - Dr. Doreen Lee, Northeastern University - Dr. Margaret Litvin, Boston University

11-12:30 PM: Muslims in the West - Dr. Asma Mustafa, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies - Dr. Lance Laird, School of Medicine, Boston University - Mr. Qais Abkar Omar, Afghan Novelist - Dr. Noora Lori, Pardee School of Global Studies, BU

2-3:30 PM: Education and Activism - Dr. Kevan Harris, Princeton University - Dr. Linda Herrera, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne - Beth Murphy, Founder/Director, Principle Pictures - Dr. Brian Moore, United Nations Relief and Works Agency - Dr. Betty Anderson, Boston University

4-5:30 PM: Youth Radicalization - Dr. Bernard Rougier, Sciences-Po, Paris - Dr. Moeed Yusuf, United States Institute of Peace - Dr. Ahmet Yukleyen, Istanbul Commerce University; - Dr. Eric Davis, Rutgers University - Prof. Dr. Malik Dahlan., University of Cambridge; iPlatform

In Cooperation with the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations, the Institute for Iraqi Studies, Middle East and North Africa Studies, and the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs at Boston University, the Boston Consortium for Arab Region Studies, the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, the

American Institute of Afghanistan Studies, and the Pardee School of Global Studies.

An International Research Conference at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global

Studies at Boston University

April 8 – 9, 2015

April 8, 2015 | 4 PM BU Trustees Center, 1 Silber Way 9th Floor

*Keynote Address: Dr. Asef Bayat, University of Illinois

Live music performance and reception

Free and open to the public.

Please RSVP to EventsPS@bu.edu

Seating for April 9 conference limited.

RSVP required: EventsPS@bu.edu For more information, please visit: goo.gl/BOI6yT