3rd China and The Middle East Conference: Shanghai University People’s Republic of China June 7-8, 2017

Tugrul Keskin Discussion

Shanghai University Presents an
International Conference on
 
3rd China and The Middle East Conference:
Asia to the Middle East: Asianization of the Middle East with Economic Characteristics?
Shanghai University
People’s Republic of China
June 7-8, 2017
 
Organized by
Center for Turkish Studies and Center for Global Studies
Shanghai University
http://en.shu.edu.cn/Default.aspx
 
Organizing Committee:
Dr. Guo Changgang, Shanghai University, People’s Republic of China.
Dr. Tuğrul Keskin, Shanghai University, People’s Republic of China.
Dr. Chen Hao, Shanghai University, People’s Republic of China.
Dr. Yang Chen, Shanghai University, People’s Republic of China.
 
International Committee:
Dr. Mohammedmoin Sadeq, Professor - Qatar University, Qatar.
Dr. Mark Juergensmeyer, Professor - University of California at Santa Barbara, USA.
Dr. Tarik Yousef, Senior Fellow and Director, Brookings Doha Center, Qatar.
Dr. Sean Foley, Associate Professor - Middle Tennessee State University, USA.
Dr. Baris Doster, Associate Professor – Marmara University, Turkey.
Dr. Mojtaba Mahdavi, Associate Professor - University of Alberta, Canada.
Dr. Saban Kardas, Associate Professor – TOBB University, Turkey.
Dr. Nissim Otmazgin, Professor – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.  
Dr. Sari Hanafi, Professor - American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Dr. Juan Cole, Professor - University of Michigan, USA.
Dr. Yunus Emre, Associate Professor – Kultur University, Turkey.
Dr. Geoffrey Gresh, National Defense University, USA.
Dr. Merve Kavakci, Associate Professor - Uskudar University, Turkey.
Dr. David Fasenfest, Pofessor - Wayne State University, USA.   
 
 
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
 
 
Wednesday June 7, 2017 at Shanghai University
 
9:00–9:45 AM: Opening Ceremony
 
Introduction by Welcome Speech and Introduction by Dr. Guo Changgang, Professor - Shanghai University, People’s Republic of China.
 
Opening Remarks by
 
9:15–9:45 AM: Keynote Speech by Dr. Pan Guang, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, People’s Republic of China.
 
 
10:00 AM–12:00 PM: Panel
 
 
PANEL I: CHINESE POLICY TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST
 
MODERATOR: Dr. Tuğrul Keskin, Shanghai University, People’s Republic of China.
 
Chinese Geopolitical Imaginaries of the MENA Region: Critical Discourse Analysis and Contemporary Chinese Leadership’s Mental Maps. Jordi Quero Arias, Lecturer in International Relations (University Pompeu Fabra) Researcher – Middle East Department (Barcelona Centre for International Relations), Spain.
 
SICMa: Sino-Islamic Conflict Management Framework Defusing Tensions between Chinese and Muslims. Visiting Professor and Research Fellow Patrik K. Meyer -Department of International Relations, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (Indonesia) - New America Security Fellow, Washington DC, USA.
 
The Trump Effect: ​Revisiting the Sino-Middle East Janus-faced Relations. Associate Professor Mojtaba Mahdavi - University of Alberta, Canada.
 
China’s Relations with North Africa: From Ideology to Pragmatism. Professor Yahia H. ZOUBIR, KEDGE Business School, France.
 
Israel-China Relations Enter a New Stage: Limited Strategic Hedging. Mordechai Chaziza, Bar-Ilan University and Lecturer in Department of Politics and Governance, Ashkelon Academic College Ashkelon, Israel.
 
China's rise in a decentered world through the lens of peacekeeping and antipiracy missions, lessons from Africa and the Middle East. Andrea Ghiselli, PhD Candidate- Fudan University and Junior Research Fellow at Torino World Affairs Institute (Italy) - People’s Republic of China.
 
 
12:00 – 13:00 PM: Lunch
 
13:00 – 15:00 PM: Panel
 
 
PANEL II: SINO-TURKISH RELATIONS
 
MODERATOR: Dr. Guo Changgang, Shanghai University, People’s Republic of China.
 
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Turkish Foreign Policy towards Eurasia. Associate Professor Barış Doster, Faculty of Communication, Marmara University, Turkey.
 
China-Turkey Relations in the Context of Syrian Crisis and Chinese Middle East Policy. Emrah Başaran, Research Assistant – Department of Sociology, Konya Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey.
 
The Strategic Path of International Productivity Cooperation between China and Turkey from the Perspective of the Belt and Road Initiative. Associate Professor Wei Min, Institute of West- Asian and African Studies (IWAAS) Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).
 
The Political Economy of the Asian Infrastructure Bank. Associate Professor Özlem Arzu Azer, Beykent University, Turkey.
 
Causes and Impacts of Economic Stall in Turkey. Assistant Professor Zhiqiang Zou, the Middle East Studies Institute Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.
 
Economic Growth, Poverty and Income Inequality in China: Its Position in the World Economy. Fatih Kaleci, Department of Sociology, Konya Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey.
 
Regional Nationalism and Othering Process in the Middle East. Assistant Professor Gökhan Bozbaş, Department of International Relations, Konya Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey.
 
Bilateral Relations Between Turkey and China: Opportunities and Challenges. Assistant Professor Mehmet Nuri Salur, Department of Business Administration, Konya Necmettin Erbakan University, Turkey.
 
 
15:00 – 15:30 PM: Coffee Break
 
15:30 – 17:30 PM: Panel
 
 
PANEL III: CHINA, ISLAM AND CENTRAL ASIA

MODERATOR: Dr. Chen Hao, Shanghai University, People’s Republic of China.
 
Central Asian states confront threats of Islamist radicalization, power practices, social responses and perception of Middle East among the post-soviet societies.  Catherine POUJOL, Regional Director of IFEAC (French Institute of Central Asian Researches, Bishkek, Kirghizstan), Professor of Central Asian Studies at INALCO, Paris, France.
 
The Sufi Traditions of Central Asia: An Appraisal. Zafar Mohyuddin, Lecturer, Department of History and Pakistan Studies, University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
 
The Islamic Revival in Post-Soviet Central Asia. Azhar Baisakalova, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan.
 
Empires along the Silk Road and their dancing merchants. Nargis Nurulla-Khodzhaeva, Institute of Oriental Studies of Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia); Z.Shahidi International Cultural Foundation (Dushanbe, Tajikistan).
 
The rise of political Islam amidst diffusion of external norms in Central Asia. Assistant Professor Medet Tiulegenov, Chair Department of International and Comparative Politics American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan.
 
Situating Central Asia and the Middle East in China’s OBOR Strategy. Mahesh Ranjan Debata, Director, Area Studies Programme, Centre for Inner Asian Studies School of International studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.             
 
 
Thursday June 8, 2017 Shanghai University
 
 
9:30 AM–11:30 PM: Panel
 
PANEL IV: CHINA AND ARAB WORLD

MODERATOR: Professor Sari Hanafi, American University in Beirut. Lebanon
 
China in Middle East and North Africa, a new actor and power: Case of Algeria. Hamitouche Youcef, University of Algiers Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, Algeria.
 
The Belt and Road Initiatives and Culture Exchange and Cooperation between China and Egypt. Kong Yan. The Middle East Studies Institute of Shanghai International Studies, China.
 
Confucius in the UAE: Chinese Soft Power in the GCC. Professor Habibul Haque Khondker, Zayed University, UAE.
 
An Assessment of the Sino – Maghreb Economic Relations:  Past – Present and Future. Zine M. BARKA, University of Tlemcen Groupe de Recherche en Economie des Finances Publiques – GREFiP, Algeria.
 
Developing People-to-People Bonds through Islam: China and the Gulf Cooperation Council. Assistant Professor Jonathan David Fulton, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates.
 
Made in China, Consumed by Ummah: Branding Local Qingzhen to Global Halal. Wai-Yip Ho, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Study; Education University of Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China.
 
Sino Egyptian relations and the New Regional Dynamics of the Middle East. Yossra Mohamed Taha, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Department of Political Science, Egypt.
 
 
12:00 – 13:00 PM: Lunch
 
13:00 – 15:00 PM: Panel
 
 
PANEL V: CHINA AND CPEC
 
MODERATOR: Dr. Yang Chen, Shanghai University, People’s Republic of China.
 
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Gawadar and the Gulf States: Regional Security Imperatives and Economic Dividends. Professor Saeed Shafqat, Forman Christian College, Pakistan.
 
Pakistan’s Security Challenges: impact on CPEC. Sabahat Jaleel, Lecturer University of Engineering and Technology Taxila, Pakistan.
 
CPEC and the Future of Pak-China Relations: A Historical Perspective. Ahmad Hassan, Assistant Professor Department of History and Pakistan Studies University of Sargodha, Pakistan.
 
Impact of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor on Peace and Security in Pakistan. Zahid Shahab Ahmed, PhD Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalization, Deakin University, Australia.
 
History of the Cultural Exchanges between China, Pakistan and the Middle East: A Socio-religious Perspective. Assistant Professor Muhammad Abrar Zahoor, Department of History and Pakistan Studies - University of Sargodha-Sargodha Punjab-Pakistan.
 
Gilgit-Baltistan is at crossroads: CPEC & Geopolitics. Fawad Aslam, PhD. Candidate, History Department, Nanjing University China.
 
 
15:00 – 15:30 PM: Coffee Break
 
15:30 – 17:30 PM: Panels
 
 
PANEL VI: CHINA AND IRAN
 
MODERATOR: Associate Professor Mojtaba Mahdavi - University of Alberta, Canada.
 
China-Iran Relations: Religion and Security.  Assistant Professor Mohammadbagher FOROUGH, Leiden University Institute for Area Studies / The Department of International Studies, Netherlands.
 
China and Iran in Central Asia: Potentials for Cooperation and Areas of Competition. Assistant Professor Hamidreza Azizi, Regional Studies Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
 
Is building the Iran-China relationship as easy as ‘One Belt, One Road? Associate Research Fellow Dara Conduit. Deakin University, Australia.
 
Sino-Russian Cooperation on Iran’s Nuclear Issue. Mher Sahakyan, PhD. Director, “China-Eurasia” Council for Political and Strategic Research” Foundation, Armenia. Nanjing University, China.
 
Paradoxes of Islamisation and Secularisation: The Case of Post-Revolutionary Iran. Mahmoud Pargoo, Australian Catholic University, Australia.
 
Consuming the Korean wave as an Alternative Popular Culture in Iran. Research Fellow Giyeon, Koo - Institute of Cross Cultural Studies, Seoul National University, South Korea.
 
18:00–20:00 PM: Dinner
 
 
Friday June 9, 2017 Shanghai University
 
 
9:30 AM–12:00 PM: Panel
 
 
PANEL VII: GRADUATE STUDENTS PANEL ON CHINA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
 
MODERATOR: Professor Yahia H. ZOUBIR, KEDGE Business School, France.
 
The Nature of the Relationships between Middle Eastern Leaders and China: 1992-2015. Roie Yellinek, Ph.D. Student, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
 
Chinese Foreign Policy Toward Afghanistan, 2001 to Present. Jiade Xiao, University of Denver, USA.
 
The Quandary of ‘Made in China’: A Study of the Impact of Chinese Consumer Good Imports on the West Bank (Palestine) Economy. Oliver Hayakawa, Doctoral Student, University of Exeter, England.
 
Political Economy of China and Foreign Policy. Michael McCall, American University in Beirut. Lebanon.
 
China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): A Game Changer or an East India Company of the Twenty First Century for Pakistan? Mazhar Abbas, PhD Student, Global Studies, Shanghai University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China.
 
Middle Eastern Crisis; China’s need as a dialogue stakeholder. Marriyam Siddique, Candidate PhD International Relations, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) Jilin University of PR China.
 
Building Infrastructure, Shaping Images—A Case Study of Chinese Infrastructural Investment in the New Egyptian Capital. Xiaoyue Li, The University of Michigan, USA.
 
CLOSING REMARKS:
 
Smoothing the Water: Science and Research collaboration between China and the Arab World. Professor Sari Hanafi, American University in Beirut. Lebanon
 
12:30 AM–13:30 PM: Lunch
 

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I would like to attend this conference. Who should we contact?

Responding to David Straub:

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Dear David,

you are very welcome to attend this event, it is open to public. Please send me an email I will send you a pdf version of the program. tugrulkeskin@t.shu.edu.cn or tugrulk@vt.edu

Dear Ryan, thank you for your help as well.

Best,

Tugrul