Discoursing Sectarianism: Patterns, Trajectories and Identities from 1979 onwards

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9:00-9:15 – Introduction

9:15-10.45 – Panel 1: Discoursing Saudi-Iranian Relations

‘Let us Rid the World of Wahhabism’: Saudi Arabia in Iran’s Foreign Policy Discourse
- Olivia Glombitza - Autonomous University of Barcelona
Discourses of Sectarianism, State Apparatus and cross sectarian Harmony in Middle East: A Comparative Study of Iran and Saudi Arabia
- Sadia Rafique & Daman Nadeem - University of Lahore
Understanding Visual Propaganda in the Iranian-Saudi rivalry.
- Tom Walsh – Durham University

Coffee

11:00-12:30 – Panel 2: Discoursing Sectarianism and Strategy

Iran’s using of Shiite heritage in creating a case for negotiations with the West
- Ali Hashem - Royal Holloway University
Exposing the Enemy’s ‘Sectarianism’ as a Mobilisation Tool: Lebanese Communists’ Discourse on Christian ‘Sectarianism’ during the Lebanese Civil War
- Hideaki Hayakawa - The University of Tokyo
Cold War Sectarianisms: The Politics of Pan-Islam in Revolutionary Iran
- Bita Mousavi - New York University
Same Revolution, Different Outcome: Why Did the Syrian Regime Survive the Arab Spring?
- Adam Alrowaiti – West Virginia University

Lunch

13:30-15:00 – Panel 3: Beyond the Gulf and the Multifacetedness of Discoursing Sectarianism

‘We are not Muslims’: Sectarian and post-sectarian identities of Assyrians/Syriacs in Sweden
- Marta Woźniak-Bobińska - University of Lodz
Monuments, Tolerance and Integration: Solidifying of the Refugee Identity
- Vicky Panossian - Lebanese American University
Discursive Game of (De) Sectarianization: Assad’s Acting ‘As if Not’
- Mustafa Elmenshawy - Lancaster University

Coffee

15:15-16:45 - Panel 4: Discoursing Sectarian Rhetoric, Symbolism and Power

Iraq’s Tishreen [October] protests’ slogans and chants: Reframing narratives, reclaiming identity
- Balsam Mustafa - University of Birmingham
Maintenance of Sedimented Hegemony: Articulation of Sectarianism Discourse
- Betul Dogan-Akkas - Qatar University & Durham University
De-Sectarianization within the Saudi Religious Fold: Evolving Institutional Discourses and New Leaderships
- Umer Karim - University of Birmingham
Legacy and Securitization: A Content Analysis of Hassan Nasrallah’ speech in YouTube about Syria Crisis
- Rashed Al-Rasheed – Lancaster University

16:45-17:00 – Closing remarks

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