Marie Duboc of the American University in Cairo looks at the Egyptian labour movement in the years preceding the Egyptian revolution.

An international conference marking the first anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution through an interdisciplinary gathering, held at the Department of Politics and International Relations. Conference panels ranged over the causes, characteristics and fortunes of the revolution and brought together scholars and activists from inside and outside Egypt and the Arab world.

Reem Abou-El-Fadl, conference convener from the University of Oxford, explains the conference rationale and aims in examining the revolution in progress.

An international conference marking the first anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution through an interdisciplinary gathering, held at the Department of Politics and International Relations. Conference panels ranged over the causes, characteristics and fortunes of the revolution and brought together scholars and activists from inside and outside Egypt and the Arab world.

Stephen Whitefield, Head of Oxfords Department of Politics and International Relations, introduces the conference in the context of the Departments existing research.

An international conference marking the first anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution through an interdisciplinary gathering, held at the Department of Politics and International Relations. Conference panels ranged over the causes, characteristics and fortunes of the revolution and brought together scholars and activists from inside and outside Egypt and the Arab world.

(Chairs: Prof. Christer Jnsson)

Dr. Alistair Edgar (ACUNS): Religions and Spirituality in the United Nations: Resonance or Dissonance?

Dr. Pamela Sue Anderson (Oxford): God, Gender and Global Governance

Dr. Rama Mani (Oxford): Can Spirituality and Ethics be Integrated in Global Governance?

(Chair: Prof. Adam Roberts, Oxford)

Dr. Scilla Elworthy(Peace Direct):From Brute Force to Inner Power to Sustain Global Peace and Security

Prof. Christer Jnsson (Lund University): ACUNS at 25: Diplomacy and Cultural and Religious Diversity in Global Governance

This interdisciplinaryconference explored the paradoxical role of religion and spirituality in the contemporary social and political context, and its potential to shape global governance.

(Chair: Prof. Richard Caplan, Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford)

Dr. Ryan McKay (Royal Holloway University of London): Religion, Morality and Parochial Altruism

Prof. Tim Sisk (University of Denver): Between Terror and Tolerance: Religious Leaders in Deeply Divided Societies

Fletcher Cox (Korbel School): Religion, Peacebuilding and Development: Can Development Aid foster Social Cohesion?

(Chair: Dr. Rama Mani, Oxford)

Anne Baring: (Jungian analyst and author): Religion, Spirituality and the Feminine: Defining A New Worldview

Prof. Katherine Marshall (Georgetown University): Bringing Mind, Heart and Soul into Globalization

Prof. Jeffrey Haynes (London Metropolitan University): Religion, Democratization and Globalization

Speakers: Prof. Richard Caplan (CIS); Prof. Alistair Edgar (ACUNS); Prof. Timothy Sisk (SDIP)

This interdisciplinaryconference explored the paradoxical role of religion and spirituality in the contemporary social and political context, and its potential to shape global governance.

Speaker: Prof. Charles Mills (Northwestern)

Theme: Political Theory and the Liberal Tradition

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Speaker: Zaki Nahaboo (Open University)

Theme: Political Theory and the Liberal Tradition

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