Symposium Schedule
Opening Reception
9:15 A.M. - 9:45 A.M., 313 Pyle Center
Introduction to the Symposium
9:45 A.M. - 10:00 A.M., 313 Pyle Center
Susan Stanford Friedman, UW-Madison (English/Gender & Women's Studies)Tejumola Olaniyan, UW-Madison (English/African Languages and Literature)
Session I: "Morocco's Arab Spring? Voices of Dissent in Literature, Film and the Press"
10:00 A.M. - 11:45 A.M., 313 Pyle Center
Valérie K. Orlando, University of Maryland
Moderator: Névine El Nossery, UW-Madison (French and Italian)
Session II: "Revolution in Arabic: Staging the Collective Will"
1:00 P.M. - 2:30 P.M., 313 Pyle Center
Muhsin Jassim al-Musawi, Columbia University
Moderator: Mary Layoun, UW-Madison (Department of Comparative Literature)
A break with refreshments will follow the session.
Session III
2:45 P.M. - 4:15 P.M., 313 Pyle Center
Khalil Bendib, Berkeley, California
Moderator: Tejumola Olaniyan, UW-Madison (English/African Languages and Literature)
A break with refreshments will follow the session.
Session IV: Roundtable
4:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M., AT&T Lounge, Pyle Center
Hala Ghoneim, UW-Madison (African Languages and Literature)
Ammar Naji, UW-Madison (English)
Duaa Salemeh, UW-Madison (English)
Mary Youssef, UW-Madison (African Languages and Literature)
Moderator: Névine El Nossery, UW-Madison (French and Italian)