Sponsored by The British Academy and convened by Professor Stephen Whitefield this seminar takes place on the day following the keynote address by Prof Mustapha Kamel Al-Sayyid.

Advance registration required. To register your attendance please contact philip.entwistle@politics.ox.ac.uk

The programme includes

Session 1: Dynamics of Popular Support for Democracy

Prof Stephen Whitefield, Oxford University (with Dr Mazen Hassan & Dr Elisabeth Kendall)

Dr Elizabeth Frazer, Head of Politics at Oxford University

Session 2: Democracy as Institutions

James Watt, HM Ambassador to Egypt 2011-14

Dr Mazen Hassan, Cairo University

Session 3: Democracy & the Military

General Sameh Seif Elyazal, Chairman of Al Gomhouria Center for Political & Security Studies

Prof Alfred Stepan, Columbia University

Session 4: Democracy & Outcomes

Mr Neil Ketchley, London School of Economics

Mr Tarek Amer, CEO of the National Bank of Egypt (UK)