Power, Governmentality, Resistance & State of Exception in Arab World

AUB's SBS Department, Arab Sociology Association, and Center for Arab Unity, in collaboration with Heinrich Boll Foundation are holding a workshop on August 29-30 entitled "Power, Governmentality, Resistance, and State of Exception in the Arab World."

Details

The workshop draws on the observation that, since their independence, Arab States have been governed by states of emergency, exception and occupation. The state formation in this region has witnessed a production of different forms of citizenship, refugeeness, and statelessness.
Cases of severe poverty coupled with recurring outbursts of state repression, conflict and displacement (as in Iraq, south of Sudan and Darfour), states of military occupation (as in the Palestinian territory and in Iraq) and spaces of exception (as detention camps of Iraqi refugees and Palestinian refugee camps dated since 1948), as well as military global and local insurgencies and resistance. Despite their substantial divergences, along a continuum, they exhibit different points along the passage from the rule of law to the "law of rules."

Venue

The opening session will take place in Bathish Auditorium, West Hall, while the rest of the workshop will take place in West Hall, room 204.