Carthage Seminars, Online Via ZOOM
The Third Annual Reset Dialogues Seminars on Pluralism in North Africa
01 July – 02 July, 2020
14:00-19:00 (Carthage/Alger/Rabat Time, GMT +1)
15:00-20:00 (Rome, GMT+2)
16:00-21:00 (Baghdad/Beirut, GMT+3)
09:00-14:00 (New York, GMT -5)
06:00-11:00 (San Francisco, GMT -8)
Reset Dialogues on Civilizations | Reset Dialogues US | The Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts (Beit al-Hikma)
Program
Day 1 – Wednesday 01 July 2020
15:00-15:45 (Rome Time)
Opening Session and Introduction
Abdelmajid Charfi, President, Beit el-Hikma; Professor, University of Tunis
Giancarlo Bosetti, Chair, Reset Dialogues on Civilizations (DOC), Milan
Jonathan Laurence, Director, Reset Dialogues US; Professor, Boston College
Mohammed Hashas, Scientific Coordinator, Reset DOC; LUISS University & FSCIRE-Palermo
Federica Zoja, Scientific Coordinator, Reset DOC; Journalist, Avvenire, Milano
Reset Dialogues – Video (5 min.)
Session 1 – Liberty in Mediterranean constitutional traditions: changes and challenges
Panel 1– Constitutional liberties in Arab societies
15:45- 17:00
Mohammad Fadel, On Islam and Constitutionalism
Jocelyne Cesari, Conflation of Religious and Political Pluralism: the Dilemma of Modern Islamic Thinking
Mohamed Haddad, Tunisia from 2014 to 2018: How to Evaluate the Democratique Process? (in Arabic)
Chair: Jonathan Laurence, Boston College; Reset US
Coffee Break 17:00-17:30
Panel 2: Political liberties in Arab thought
17:30-18:45
Abdeljabbar Rifai, Pluralism, and the Structures of Ethics in Creed and Fiqh Jurisprudence (in Arabic)
Mohamed Mesbahi, Political liberties in the Contemporary Arab World (in Arabic)
Suzanne Kassab, Enlightenment and Political Humanism on the Eve of the Arab Revolts
Chair: Mohammed Hashas, Reset DOC; FSCIRE-Palermo
Panel 3– Liberty in European and American constitutions and institutions
18:45-20:00
Silvio Ferrari, Freedom of Religion or Belief in Europe. New Challenges and New Answers for the European Unification Process
Alberto Melloni, The Catholic Paradox of Liberty in the Italian Constitution
Jonathan Laurence, Paths to Toleration in the US and Europe
Chair: Federica Zoja, Reset DOC
Day 2, Thursday 02 July 2020
Session 2 – Pluralism and liberty: tolerating conflicting values
Panel 1 – Theoretical and Juridical Considerations North and South of the Mediterranean
15:00-16:15
Debora Spini, Post Secularisation, Democratic Pluralism, and Manipulation of Religion
Alessandro Ferrari, Through the Mirror of Religious Freedom: The Two Mediterranean Shores and the Challenge of Universalism
Nader Hammami, Cultural Identity and Freedom of Conscience in Tunisia (in Arabic)
Chair: Giancarlo Bosetti, Reset DOC
Panel 2 – Gender Issues and Political Transformation in the Current Maghreb
16:15-17:30
Soumia Boutkhil, The Obstructed Pipeline: Obstacles to Decision-making Positions for Women in Morocco
Amel Boubekeur, On Algerian Current Socio-Political Revolts: Aspirations and Challenges
Mounir Kchaou, Pluralism, Populism and the Shaping of the Political System in the Tunisian Constitution of 2014
Chair: Mohamed Haddad, University of Carthage
Coffee Break 17:30-18:00
Panel 3 – The Role of Social Sciences in Promoting Cultural Pluralism
18:00-18:45
Lisa Anderson, Social Science and Truth: What Makes Tolerance?
Sari Hanafi, Social Sciences and Moral Philosophy
Chair: Hala Wertani, Beit al-Hikma
Roundtable: Covid-19 Crisis: Reflections on the Digital World, Religion, Liberties and State Surveillance
18:45-19:45 {Livestream on YouTube}
Nader Hashemi, Jocelyne Cesari, Alberto Melloni, Mohamed Haddad, Sari Hanafi, Giancarlo Bosetti
19:45-20:00.
Concluding notes