9.00
Registration
09.30–09.45
Welcome and Introduction
The Rt Hon. Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, James Watt and Dr Hassan Hakimian
on behalf of the BES, CBRL and LMEI
09.45–10.45
Session 1: 1919 A Century Beyond: Reflections on Egyptian Politics
Keynote Speaker: Professor Nabil Fahmy
Dean of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo
Chairman: Professor Magdy Ishak Hanna
Vice Chairman, British Egyptian Society
10.45
Refreshments
11.15–12.00
Session 2: Reflections on the 1919 Independence Movement
Copts in the 1919 Revolution - An Exceptional Participation in Egyptian Political Life
Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour
Former Egyptian Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment
Moderator: Sir Derek Plumbly
Former British Ambassador to Egypt
12.00-13.00
Session 3: The Great Theft of History: World War One and the Prelude to Revolution
Professor Khaled Fahmy
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Sa'id Professor of Modern Arabic Studies, University of Cambridge
Moderator: Roger Hardy
Associate Fellow, Green Templeton College, Oxford
13.00
Lunch
14.00–15.15
Session 4: The Strategy and Tactics of the Protests
Telegraphing Revolt: Protest Diffusion in the 1919 Egyptian Revolution
Dr Neil Ketchley
Lecturer in Middle East Politics, King’s College London
Workers on the Canal, Camaraderie within Apartheid
Mohamed Elsayed
MA History, SOAS and Co-founder of Mubtadas
Moderator: Dr May Darwich
Assistant Professor in the International Relations of the Middle East in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
15.15
Refreshments
15.45–17.00
Session 5: Britain and Egypt
The British and 1919: Reaction, Reform, and Regime Restoration
Professor James Whidden
Professor, Department of History, Acadia University
‘No Very Fixed Ideas’. The Foreign Office, the High Commissioners and the Egyptian Nationalists
Dr C. W. Richard Long
Author of British Pro-Consuls in Egypt, 1914-1929
Moderator: HE Sir Geoffrey Adams
British Ambassador to Egypt
18.00–19.30
PUBLIC LECTURE
THE IMPACT OF EGYPT’S 1919 REVOLUTION ON THE POST-OTTOMAN ARAB WORLD
Keynote Speaker: Professor Eugene Rogan
Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, Director, St Antony’s College Middle East Centre, Oxford University
Chairman: James Watt
Chairman, Council for British Research in the Levant
09.00–10.15
Session 6: The Role of Women in the Independence Movement
A Ward of Their Own: Mothers, Medical Doctors and the Revolution of 1919
Professor Beth Baron
Distinguished Professor and Director, Middle East and Middle Eastern American Centre, The City College of New York
Women and Gender in the 1919 Revolution and Beyond
Professor Margot Badran
Senior Fellow, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
Moderator: Nabila Ramdani
Journalist, author of Women in the 1919 Egyptian Revolution
10.15
Refreshments
10.45–12.00
Session 7: The Historiography of the 1919 Revolution
From Nationalism to Islamism; Revolution, the Wafd and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood
Emeritus Professor Philip Marfleet
Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of East London
Neither Wilson nor Lenin: an Intellectual History of the 1919 Revolution
Dr Hussein A.H. Omar
Assistant Professor in Global History, University College Dublin
Moderator: Dr Anthony Gorman
Senior Lecturer, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh
12.00–13.15
Session 8: Impact on Society and Minorities
Copts and the 1919 Revolution: Egyptian Identities and Nationalisms
Mark Bebawi
Doctoral Student, Rice University
The 1923 Egyptian Constitution and the Future of Elementary Education in Egypt
Dr Relli Shechter
Academic Visitor, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, University of Oxford
Moderator: Dr Ahmed El Mokadem
International Consultant & Company Chairman
13.15
Lunch
14.15–15.00
Session 9: The Arts
Long Live Degenerate Art! Art as a Liberator for Egyptian Surrealists
Dr Omneya el Naggar
Department of Political Science, the American University of Cairo
Moderator: Peter Mackenzie Smith
Trustee, The British Egyptian Society
15.00–16.45
Session 10: The Revolution and its Influence on the Next Hundred Years (panel session)
Panellist: Dr May Darwich
Assistant Professor in the International Relations of the Middle East in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
Panellist: Dr Anthony Gorman
Senior Lecturer, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh
Panellist: The Hon. Mona Makram Ebeid
Former Member of Parliament and Senator, Professor of Political Science and Media
Panellist: Nabila Ramdani
Journalist, author of Women in the 1919 Egyptian Revolution
Moderator: Professor Robert Springborg
Italian Institute of International Affairs
16.45–17.00
Closing Remarks: The Rt Hon. Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean
Chairman, The British Egyptian Society