Approaches to political participation in the early 20th century

The Workshop, part of the HISDEMAB resarch project of the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft collaborative excellence programme, takes place at the Institut Français du Proche Orient (IFPO) Amman.
Friday June 17, 2022
Excursion to Petra (optional).
Group dinner (19:30 – 22:00).
Saturday June 18, 2022
09:00 – 15:00
Welcoming words by Julie Bonnéric, Abdul Hameed El Kayyali, Falestin Naili and Nora Lafi
“Discussion and Reflection on the concept of Historicity and on Democracy“, chaired by Nora Lafi (Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin and Hisdemab Project Leader). Contributions by Abdel Qader Amer, Falestin Naili, Abdul Hameed El Kayyali, Frank Bösch, Elisabeth Kimmerle, Robin Schmahl, Simon Baumann, Habib Khazdaghli, Ahlem Hajaji, Matthieu Rey and Manfred Sing.
Sunday June 19, 2022
09:00 – 15:00
“Approaches to political participation in the early 20th century” Chaired by Abdul Hameed El Kayyali (Institut français du Proche-Orient, Amman, IFPO Amman)
Abdul Majeed Al-Shunnaq (Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at the University of Jordan), “Political participation in Jordan in the early 20th century”.
Muhammad Muthaffar Al-Adhami (Professor of modern and contemporary history), “The Parliamentary Experience in Iraq in the early 20th century: The Ottoman Era and the British Mandate”.
Habib Kazdaghli (Director of the Laboratoire Régions et Ressources Patrimoniales de Tunisie and Professor at Université de la Manouba in Tunis), “Political participation in the early 20th century in Tunisia. The Tunisian Youth Movement 1907-1914”.
Mohammed Arna’ut (Professor at the Institute for Oriental Studies, Prishtina- Kosovo), “Concept and practice of democracy in Syria in the early 20th century”.
Group dinner :19:30 – 22:00
Monday June 20, 2022
09:30 – 11:30
Visits of the Museum of Parliamentary Life, and visit of The Center for Documents and Manuscripts in The University of Jordan in Amman established in 1972 to promote the study of Arabic and Islamic heritage, and to provide researchers with original and primary sources. The CDM library boasts 31,000 manuscripts.
11:30 – 19:30
Visit of the cities of Salt and Irbid. Tours of sites dating back to the late Ottoman period and the Mandate era.
Group dinner (19:30 – 22:00)
Organised by HISDEMAB members based at IFPO Amman: Abdel Qader Amer (IFPO Amman / University of Jordan), Khaled Bashir (HISDEMAB Student Assitant in Amman / University of Jordan), Abdul Hameed El Kayyali (IFPO Amman) and Falestin Naili (Universität Basel).