Graduate Institute of International Studies - International Conference:
The New Palestine, The New Europe: Emerging Models in Society & Culture
February 24th-25th, 2001

You are cordially invited to attend the international conference this coming Saturday and Sunday, February 24th-25th, 2001, on "The New Palestine, The New Europe: Emerging Models in Society and
Culture".
It will be addressed by a variety of prominent researchers from Palestine, as well as France, Italy, Austria and England. All sessions are to be held in the Law Building, Room 317. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided throughout.

Program
First Day: Saturday, February 24th,  2001
9:30-10:00 President Hanna Nasir: Welcoming Remarks
10:00-11:00 The Bipolar Framework:
Ali Jarbawi:
Palestine: Reaching out for Independence and Freedoms
Philippe Schmitter:
The New Europe: How New Will It Be?
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-13:00 First Session: Popular and Populist Movements, Nationalism and the State
Mustafa Barghouthi:
The Popular Uprising and Future Palestinian Political Perspectives
Karl Stuhlpfarrer:
Haider's FPض and Europe's New Right: Extreme Convictions, Opportunistic Politics
Joni Aasi:
Transitions in Eastern Europe: Arab Perspectives
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Second Session: The Intifada, Women and Youth
Penny Johnson:
The Search for the Social: Reflections on Gender and the Second Palestinian Intifada
Institute of Community and Public Health:
The Impact of the Intifada on Palestinian Youth
Eileen Kuttab:
Where Have All the Women Gone? Comparison Between Two Intifadas
Mukhaimer Abu Sa'dah:
The Development of Palestinian Women's Participation in Politics: Emancipation or Liberation?
15:30-16:00 Break
16:00-17:00 Third Session:   Art and Architecture
Jean Harari:
The Sprawling City and the Gloomy Sparks of Architecture
Marwan al-Allan:
Palestinian Art: Continuing Regression

Second Day: Sunday, February 25th, 2001
10:00-11:30 Fourth Session: The Intifada, Europe and the Globe
Jean-Paul Chagnollaud:
Europe's Foreign Policy and the Intifada
Jamal Qariouti:
Palestine and Globalization: Defining Variables
Roger Heacock:
Intifada: The First Globalized Liberation Struggle
11:30-12:00 Break
12:00-13:30 Fifth Session: Narratives & Storytelling
Sharif Kana'na:
The 'Modernization' of Palestinian Folk Narratives
Chris Smith:
The European Storytelling Revival - Challenging or Strengthening Stereotypes?
13:30-14:30 Lunch