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PROGRAM SCHEDULE

TUESDAY, 21.11

Venue: Basrah University, Chancellor’s Building, Grand Lecture Hallssss

9:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 11:00 Opening Session

  • Chair: Prof. Dr. Thamer A. Hamdan Chancellor, University of Basrah
Welcome addresses:
  • Prof. Dr. Thamer A. Hamdan
  • Prof. Dr. Sajed Saad Hassan Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. Sefik Alp Bahadir, CIS
  • Dr. Hartmut Quehl, FIBW
  • Keynote speech: ………………
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 PANEL 1: Rebuilding war societies – international

  • experiences and perspectives
  • Chair: Dr. Hartmut Quehl (6 speakers, each 10 min.)

    • Preferred topics:
  • De-escalation, pacification, negotiation and reconciliation
  • The legal framework: transitional justice and establishing the rule of law
  • Reconciliation as a historical process - the German experience
  • Downsizing military personnel and reconfiguration of armed forces
  • European unification as a process of reconciliation and peace-keeping
  • Non-violent political economy
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    13:00 -14:30 Lunch break
    14:30 – 17:00 PANEL 2:

  • Rebuilding war societies – regional challenges and perspectives

  • Chair: Prof. Dr. Shaker Abd Salam Aljdan
    (10 speakers, each 10 min.)

    • Preferred topics:
  • Interplay of domestic, regional and global factors of civil wars in the Middle East region
  • The role of political cultures and transnational loyalties
  • Transnational dynamics of civil societies in the region including NGOs,women’s rights movements and
    human rights organizations
  • Conflict resolution: Western and Islamic approaches
  • Rebuilding governance in failed states and post-conflict societies ofthe Middle East
  • The legacy of colonialism and the impact of the Palestine-Conflict
  • Economy, ecology and resources
    • 19:00 Welcome dinner

    WEDNESDAY, 22.11

    Venue: Basrah University, Bab Al Zubair Campus

    09:30 – 11:00 STUDENTS’ WORKSHOPS (preliminary)
    Workshop 1:

  • Key definitions, aspects and dimensions of post-conflict recovery
    • Workshop 2:

  • Intercultural exchange and reconciliation
    • Workshop 3:

  • German experiences of reconstruction and reunification
    • Workshop 4:

  • Emigration of the youth – an alternative to engagement in rebuilding a new Iraq?
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    11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
    11:30 – 13:00
    PANEL 3:
  • Iraq after Isis – challenges and perspectives Chair: Prof. Dr. Yousif Ali Abd Alasady

    • Chair: Prof. Dr. Yousif Ali Abd Alasady (6 speakers, each 10 min.)
    Preferred topics:
  • A look at history: benchmarks of destruction and milestones of development in Iraq
  • Overcoming the aftermath of disaster and destruction during and after the Saddam regime
  • The Legacy of the Bremer administration: reduction of military personnel, combatants and irregular armed forces
  • The needs and challenges of institutional reforms
  • The role of media and NGOs in the process of reconciliation and rebuilding the new Iraq
  • The impact of regional conflicts and international interventions on the process of rebuilding the new Iraq
  • The role of macroeconomic policy and resource management
    		•
    13:00 – 14:30 Lunch break
    14:30 – 16:30 PANEL 4:
    The role of higher education in peace building and reconciliation processes
    Chair:Prof. Dr. Şefik Alp Bahadir (8 speakers, each 10 min.)
    Preferred topics:
  • The potential of higher education as effective catalysts of post-war recovery in Iraq
  • Capacity building activities for immediate post conflict reconstruction and training of new leaders
  • Development of citizenship, democracy and a sense of national/cultural identity
  • Research in dealing with impact of conflict on infrastructure, displaced people, etc.
  • Training in peace building, establishment of peace building as a discipline
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    4:30 - 5 Closing session