Workshop “Democratization and Conflict”
Friday, October 2, 2009
Zurich, Switzerland
Agenda
|
9:30 |
Coffee and welcome |
| 10:00 |
Judith Vorrath (ETH Zurich): “Beyond ethnicity: Changing conflict lines in Burundi’s democratic transition” Discussant: Magnus Öberg |
| 11:00 |
Lutz Krebs (ETH Zurich): “How Influential are Political Leaders? Elites and Ethno-Nationalist Conflict during Democratization” Discussant: Johanna Birnir (Univ. of Maryland) |
|
12:00 |
Lunch |
| 13:30 |
Johanna
Birnir (Univ. of Maryland) & Nil S. Satana (Bilkent University): “Incompatibles jarring, or sparring of the
sacred and the secular? Religion and legislative politics”
Discussant: Halvard Buhaug (PRIO) |
|
14:30 |
Lars-Erik
Cederman (ETH Zurich), Kristian Skrede Gleditsch (Univ. of Essex) &
Simon Hug (Univ. of Geneva): “Elections and Ethnic Civil Wars” Discussant: Håvard Strand (PRIO) |
Venue
The workshop will take place at Hotel Uto Kulm on Uetliberg overlooking Zürich. You can find directions to the hotel here.