AALIMS - Oxford Conference on Political Economy of Islam and Muslim Societies
AALIMS - Oxford Conference on Political Economy of Islam and Muslim Societies
Registration
There is no fee for registering for either the Graduate Student Workshop (Friday Morning); or for the Conference on the Political Economy of Islam and Muslim Societies (Friday Afternoon and All Day Saturday). However, if you are planning to attend, please send Nicola Shepard (nicola.shepard@qeh.ox.ac.uk) a message with the following information:
- Your name, institution, position and contact details;
- Whether you plan to attend both the workshop and conference; and
- Whether you are happy for your e-mail address to be included in a list of participants that will be available on the day.
May 15th, Friday
8:30-10:00 AM: Governance
Chair: Jean-Philippe Platteau (University of Oxford)
Michael Callen (Harvard University), Saad Gulzar (New York University), Arman Rezaee (University of California, San Diego) and Jacob Shapiro (Princeton University)
Living in Ungoverned Space: Pakistan's Frontier Crimes Regulation
Renard Sexton (New York University)
Aid, Insurgency and the Pivotal Role of Control: Evidence from Afghanistan
10:30-12:45 AM: Inter-Group Conflict
Chair: Amaney Jamal (Princeton University)
Avital Livny (Carlos III-Juan March Institute)
Ethnic Diversity and Inter-Group Trust in Turkey
Margaret Roberts (University of California, San Diego), David Romney (Harvard University) and Paul Zachary (University of California, San Diego)
Covered Up: An Experiment on Censorship, Crowdsourcing, and Religion in Saudi Arabia
Chantal Berman (Princeton University) and Elizabeth R. Nugent (Princeton University)
Regionalism, Revolutionary Perceptions, or Real Preferences? Testing Determinants of Vote Choice in Tunisia’s 2014 Parliamentary Election
2-3:30 PM: Public Goods
Chair: Timur Kuran (Duke University)
Thomas Pepinsky (Cornell University)
Natural Resource Shocks and Public Goods Provision in Eastern Indonesia
Melani Cammett (Harvard University), Aytuğ Şaşmaz (Harvard University):
Is There a Faith-Based Welfare Advantage? Preliminary Findings from a Pilot Study in Lebanon
3:45-6:00 PM: Economic and Political Performance of the Islamic World
Chair: Lisa Blaydes (Stanford University)
Eric Chaney (Harvard University)
Economic Growth in the Malthusian Era: Evidence from the 1609 Spanish Explusion of the Moriscos.
Timur Kuran (Duke University) and Jared Rubin (Chapman University)
The Financial Power of the Powerless: Socio-Economic Status and Interest Rates under Partial Rule of Law
Jean-Philippe Platteau (University of Oxford)
Laicist Reform in the Lands of Islam: Lessons from Enlightened Despotism
May 16th, Saturday
9-11:15 AM: Gender and Family
Chair: Thomas Pepinsky (Cornell University)
Lisa Blaydes (Stanford University) and Melina Platas Izama (Stanford University)
Religion, Patriarchy and the Perpetuation of Harmful Social Conventions: The Case of Female Genital Cutting in Egypt
Imane Chaara (University of Oxford)
Women as Decision-Makers within Households: Does Religiosity Matter? Evidence from Morocco
Amaney Jamal (Princeton University) and Helen Milner (Princeton University)
Women, Patriarchy and Globalization in MENA: Evidence from Tunisia
1:00-3:15 PM: Religion, Ideology, and Attitudes
Chair: Tahir Andrabi (Pomona College)
Ali Çarkoğlu (Koç University)
Ethnicity and Religion in Shaping Threat Perceptions: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Turkey
Masooda Bano (University of Oxford)
Education and Aspirations: Results from Islamic and State Schools in Pakistan and Nigeria
Maya Tudor (University of Oxford) and Dan Slater (University of Chicago)
Ideological Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy in the Postcolonial World
3:45-6:00 PM: Sharia
Chair: Denis Galligan (University of Oxford)
Nathan Brown (George Washington University)
Citizenship, Religious Rights and State Identity in Arab Constitutions: Who Is Free and What Are They Free to Do?
John Bowen (Washington University)
Muslim Divorce Tribunals in non-Muslim Lands
Matthew Nelson (SOAS, University of London)
Islamic Law in an Islamic State: What Role for Parliament?