ARAB-TURKISH CONGRESS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (ATCOSS-2012) March 17-19, 2012, Cairo University PROGRAM Venue : Registration : Opening Ceremony : Opening Panel : Sessions : College of Economic and Political Sciences 9:00 9:30 9:30 11:00 (Festivals Hall) 11:00-13:10 14:30 18:00 Strategic Thinking Institute (SDE), Ankara Center for Civilization Studies and Cultures Dialogue, Cairo University
ATCOSS-2012 ORGANIZATION Heads of the Congress Prof. Yasin Aktay SDE President Dr. Pakinam ElSharkawy Cairo Univ. Center for Civilization Studies Coordinators Dr. Ahmed Uysal SDE & Eskisehir Osmangazi University (ESOGU), Turkey Dr. Tarek Abdel-Galil Director Cairo Center for Turkish Studies (KATAM), Egypt Organizing Committee Mr. Abdullah Erfan, CCSDC Ms. Aliaa Wagdy, CCSDC Amine Yazıcı, SDE Bedir Sala, SDE Mehmet Özkan, SDE Dr. Cenap Çakmak, ESOGU Dr. Ahmet Özturk, ESOGU Advisory Board Prof. Birol Akgün, Turkey Prof. Fadel Bayat, Iraq Prof. Juan Cole, USA Prof. Şinasi Gündüz Prof. Hacı Duran, Turkey Prof. Mazen Mutabbagany, Saudi Arabia Prof. Qasem Abdu Qasem, Egypt Prof. Heba Raof, Egypt Prof. Gamal Amr Sabet, Finland Prof. Mohamed Elsayed Saleem, Egypt Prof. Mehmet Şişman, Turkey Prof. Mahfuz Söylemez, Turkey Prof. Ahmed Zayed, Egypt 2
THE ARAB TURKISH CONGRESS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES ATCOSS 2012 / PROGRAM Day I: March 17, 2012, Cairo University Ceremonial Opening, Festival Hall, Cairo University 9:30-11:00 Dr. Ahmet Uysal, ATCOSS Coordinator, Turkey Prof. Pakinam El Sharkawy: ATCOSS Co-President, Egypt Prof. Yasin Aktay: ATCOSS Co-President, Turkey Prof. Hossam Kamel: President of Cairo University Prof. Hussain Khaled: Minister of Higher Education, Egypt Dr. Mohammed Elmadhoun: Palestinian Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture H. E. Prof. Beşir ATALAY, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Opening Panel, Festival Hall, Cairo University 11:00-1:15 Prof. Saif El Din Abdulfatah, The Transitional Periods in Social Sciences Prof. Ibrahim Kalın, NGOs and Soft Power Prof. Doğu Ergil, Democratization and Civil Society Organizations FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SCIENCES Sawiris Room Waqf and Education in Turkey and the Arab world Bekir Berat Özipek 2:30-4:00 (IRCICA) Center for Research on History, Arts and Islamic Culture Sabri Tawfiq Foundation for Arts and Science, Istanbul Sevince Alkan Ozcan ISAM's role in research and development Tarik Abdulcalil The legal status of waqfs that operate commercial enterprise in Turkish law llyas Çeliktaş Gulf philanthropy: Development and prospects Riham Ahmed Khafagy Waqf and Development: Historical Perspectives Necdet Subaşı 4:30-6:00 Endowments and education in Egypt during the reign of Khedive Ismail Khaled Makram Fawezy The role of Waqf in the urban development in the city of Alexandria in the Ottoman era, 1517-1798 Hossam Mohamd Abde Almoti Charitable endowments for religious establishments in the Islamic era Adel Mohamed Zeyada The waqf of Hadım Hafız Ahmed Pasha in Egypt Meral Bayrak Ferlibaş, Meryem Kaçan Erdoğan The Islamic waqfs role in social welfare and identity preservation Emad Ajwa Room 5 Islamic movements and reform Kemal İnat 2:30-4:00 Reform concept in the political Islam movements Rehab Abdulrahman Civilizational renaissance approaches in Islamic movements: Gulen movement and Muslim Brotherhood Shaimaa Bahaa Political renewal and democratic transformation: What can Muslim Brotherhood learn from AK Party? Abdulrahman Hosam Islamic Movements: Muslim Brothers and Salafies Şinasi Gündüz 4:30-6:00 Transformative impact of globalization on Islamism: The case of Muslim Brotherhood Kasım İleri The Muslim Brotherhood and the revolution in Egypt Ragab Elbasel Muslim Brotherhood and "Milli Görüş" Movement Compared Ahmet Gökçen Understanding the non-state actors in the Middle East: The case of Egyptian Salafi Movement Muhammad Al-Zawawy Contemporary Salafies and political action in Morocco Abdelhakim Aboullouz 3
Day II: March 18, 2012 Sunday Sawiris Room Turkish NGOs and political development Eman Hasan 10-11:30 The role of civil society, think-tanks and individuals on constitution making process in Turkey Amine Yazici Drafting constitution and civil society in Turkey Levent Korkut The relations between the NGOs and the local administration: the Turkish case Fatih Kırışık An impartial and independent institution in preventing maladministration: Ombudsman Feyzullah Unal Arab NGOs: New Diverse Roles Abdulfatah Mady 12:00-1:30 The struggle for democracy, human rights and non-state actors in the new Middle East Talip Karakaya The role of civil society in Syrian Revolt Ignacio Alvarez-Ossorio The reality and employment prospects in Tunisia after the revolution of January 14: A model of Tunisian Red Crescent Zohra Ben Mansour Socio-Political Aspects of NGO Role in Turkey Magda Makhlouf 2:30-4:00 The role of non-governmental organizations in social integration: The Case of multi-ethnic Sakarya M.Kemal Şan, Musa Taşdelen Non-governmental organizations as a factor of social development in Turkey Fatih Özbay Margins of social change: Debates of autonomy and the Kurdish problem Sıtkı Karadeniz Civil society and globalization vis-à-vis the New Middle East Kudret Bülbül Civil Society, Identity, Culture Abdulaziz Awadala 4:30-6:00 From margins to the centers: Formation of the Muslim identities under the shadow of Orientalism Ramazan Aras Rethinking civil society in the Muslim world without an Orientalist vision Mazin Mutabbagani Qoranic references of the human rights organizations in Turkey Murat Kayacan Conservative NGOs in Turkey: A general outlook Ergün Yıldırım Transformation of Arabic identity during the Arabic Spring Hüsamettin İnaç The contribution of Qoranic discourse to the religious perceptions Fethi Ahmet Polat Room 5 Political Movements between Islamism and Secularism Heba Raouf Ezzat 10:00-11:30 The challenge of secularism towards Islamism Yunus Cengiz Post-Islamism between Egypt and Turkey Ismail Alexandrani Is democracy secular? Reflections on the secularism-democracy nexus Ismail Yaylaci Resistance Groups: A Better Understanding Murat Çemrek 12:00-1:30 Arabic fundamentalist groups in the political action: Hezbollah and Hamas activities Eman Mahdi Hezbollah s military wing: initial catalysts and prospects for disarmament Bilal Hamade Armed non-governmental organization in the Middle East: The case of Hezbollah Ali Bakeer Non-state Actors in International Relations Abdulkhabir Atta 2:30-4:00 The impact of Arab revolutions on Hamas regional and Arab relations Amjad Ahmed Jebrel Non-state actors and use of force in military disputes Akram Hossam Security arrangements in Gaza in the light of the military roles of international organizations Ahmed Ali Salem Non-state actors and international/regional politics: The Arab spring and beyond Mehmet Ozkan Trans-National Roles of NGOs Birol Akgün 4:30-6:00 Role of Islamic Conference in building bridges in the Middle East Fathia Farouk The role of an NGO in international dispute: Flotilla issue between Turkey and Israel Meltem Saribeyoglu NGOs and Sudan separation Mortada Radwan Arab Spring, Europe and the International NGOs Murat Erdoğan 4
Day III: March 19, 2012 Monday Sawiris Room Round Table: Arab and Turkish Non-State Actors Historical Relations Obada Kohaila 10:00-11:30 A declaration of protest to Britain by the society of Nadiu l-musanna related to Palestinian problem Mustafa Bıyıklı, Abdullah İlgazi Turkish-Syrian civil society relations after 1990 Hasan Duran Young Ottomans as modern intellectual movement and their relations with the Muslim World Kamil Çolak, Fahri Yetim The influence of Egyptian intellectuals in the Ottoman intellectual circles Turgay Anar The dynamics of change from Madina to city Ahmet Küçük The Egyptian Revolution: Turkish perspectives Mazen El Nagar 12:00-1:30 The anatomy of a postmodern revolution: Egypt 2011 İsmail Numan Telci, Tuncay Kardaş Social network and virtual organization: popular movements in the middle east Melek Coşkun Is Arab spring a social media-made revolution? İsmail Hıra, Mehmet E. Babacan Ideological and political discourse as a psychological operation in popular revolts Emel Yılmaz Non-Muslim minorities in the context of Arab spring: The Syrian case Hakan Olgun Media as a Political Actor Hesham Gaafar 2:30-4:00 Professionalism and consistency in the Egyptian media after the revolution Dalia Yousef The role of Internet activist groups, political change: Egyptian Revolutionary Model Heba Zakarya Hamed Media and virtual reality and its effect on political movement: The case of Jordan Suzan Abdallah Afifi Media depictions of Arab revolutions in Turkey from a media literacy perspective Yalçın Yılmaz State-media relations and transformation of Arab public sphere Omaır Anas New Media and Virtual Reality Role in the New Middle East Aytekin Geleri 4:30-6:00 New media & Arab revolutions: From media effects to an alternative virtual environment Wessam Fauad New media role in the transformation of the Gulf countries Zinat Abu shawish Social networks as substitutes of political parties and civil society Ali Kessaissia Internet as a change agent: Mapping the internet society in Egypt Osama El Badawy Room 5 NGOs and soft power Nadia Mostafa 10:00-11:30 Non-governmental organizations as an actor in international relations, The role of civil society Nehad Makram Soft power, civil society and facilitation in Turkish foreign policy Ali Zenil The role of NGOs in the transformation of Turkish foreign policy towards North Africa Muzaffer Şenel Socio-Political Movements and the Revolution in Egypt Akif Kireççi 12:00-1:30 The Egyptian opposition movements and institutions Fatma El Zhraa Salem The Egyptian labor movement and social change: An analytic view Nivien Zakaria Mohamed Social movements as an engine of democratic transformation and political change: The Egyptian case Suzi mohamed rashad Youth, Women and change Yusuf Tekin 2:30-4:00 Arab youth and social networking in the process of political change, an analytical study and field, "Algeria as a model " Talip Kaihoul, Radhouane Djeddi Tunisian women organizations and the revolution of January 14: Participation and exclusion Faten Mbarek Young civilians role in democratization in Turkey Hilal Kaplan The demographic gift in the Middle East Hisham El Roby Family and women in Ahmad Amin's East-West comparisons Nevin Karabela Round Table: Universities, Social Sciences and Establishing a New Role Safsafy Al Katory 4:30-6:00 Universities in the context of mental borders in the Middle East İbrahim Özcoşar Ideas on Turkish-Arab university model Ejder Okumuş Making a Middle Eastern sociology and the construction of the social: Turkish and Arab Discourses Zülküf Kara Role of language and literature in modernization process in Egypt and Iran Uğur Köroğlu Lingual proximity: The Middle Eastern impact and perception on the Turkish literature Beyhan Kanter The distinction between sovereignty and authority as the theoretical basis of rule of law: A comparison between Western and Islamic Law Talip Türcan The role of ideas of Naguib Mahfouz and Orhan Pamuk in their winning the Nobel Prize for literature Kazım Ürün 5
ATCOSS-2012 SPONSORS Turkish Airlines Türk Hava Yolları Office of Public Diplomacy Kamu Diplomasisi Koordinatörlüğü BYEGM First for Industrial Development Municipality of Keçiören Keçiören Belediyesi Middle Eastern Studies & Coop. Center Eskişehir Osmangazi University, National Council for Youth Ulusal Gençlik Konseyi 6