As a part of its When Authoritarianism Fails in the Arab World (WAFAW) program, the European Research Council will be holding an international conference on October 29- 30, 2015 hosted by CERI/Sciences Po in Paris. This year’s theme will be: “With or Without Brothers: Domestic, Regional, International and Transnational, State and Sub-State Political Makeovers of the Islamist Scene (2013-2015).”
For more information, please see the institute’s website or reference the call for papers.
Participants are encouraged to propose papers focusing on the following issues:
• Micro-dynamics of Islamist mobilization post-2013
• Quietist Salafi resilience
• Political and popular interactions with the Organisation of the Islamic State
• Al-Qaida vs. the Islamic State
• Intra-Muslim Brotherhood contestation
• Jihadi movements and diasporas
Deadline for proposals in English, Arabic or French (300 words) is June 30, 2015 (see application instructions here)
Approved first draft papers (4,500 words minimum, in English, Arabic or French) will be sent for circulation by September 20, 2015. In order to enhance the quality of the discussions and debates, it will be mandatory for all participants to send their paper prior to the conference and to circulate it amongst other paper givers. All will be encouraged to have read all the contributions. As such, oral presentations will only be minimal and the conference will dedicate most of its time to interactions between specialists and the audience.