Conference Program
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 09:00- Registration opens 09:45-10:45 Student workshop: Data sources for the study of civil
society in Israel
and globally 11:00-12:30 Parallel Sessions 1: Research on the third sector in Israel (in
Hebrew) 12:30-13:30 Light Lunch 13:30-14:30 Hotel check-in and room allocation 14:30-16:00 Parallel Sessions 2: Research on the local-global nexus
of civil society around the world 16:00-16:30 Coffee break 16:30-18:30 Plenary Keynote: Prof. Jan Aart Scholte, Warwick University - Global-Local Interfaces in Civil Society: Perils and Promises for Peace Discussant: Dan Bitan, Co-Director, Israeli-Palestinian Science Organization (IPSO) Chair: Eliezer Ya'ari, CEO, New Israel Fund 18:30-20:00 Free time 20:00 Dinner Greetings: Prof. Rivka Carmi, President, Ben-Gurion University
of the Negev Opening remarks: The Israeli Center for Third Sector
Research, globalization and the war in Gaza -
Prof. Benjamin Gidron, Director, ICTR, Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev
Thursday, March 19th, 2009 09:00- Breakfast 08:00-09:00 Registration opens 09:00-10:30 Parallel Sessions 3: Research on the local-global nexus
of civil society around the world 10:30-11:00 Coffee break 11:00-13:00 Plenary International Panel: The local-global nexus of civil
society – divergent approaches Dr. Marlies Glasius, University
of Amsterdam - Global Justice Meets
Local Civil Society: The International Criminal Court's Investigation in the Central African Republic Prof. Jackie Smith, Notre Dame
University - Thinking
Globally, Acting Locally within the World Social Forum Process: Prospects and
Challenges Dr. Lisa Anteby-Yemini, CNRS, IDEMEC, Aix-en-Provence - African Asylum Seekers in Israel: Global Discourse and Local Activism Chair: Dr. Hagai Katz, Ben-Gurion University 13:00-14:00 Lunch Prizes and awards: Prof. Jimmy Weinblatt, Rector, Ben-Gurion University
of the Negev 14:00-17:00 Massada excursion departs 14:00-15:30 Parallel Sessions 4: Research on the third sector
in Israel (in
Hebrew) 15:30-16:00 Coffee break 16:00-17:00 Plenary New findings from ICTR research (in Hebrew) Joel Balabachan, ICTR - Trends in Israel's third
sector and its funding, 2007-2008: new findings form the Israeli Third Sector
Database Eran Klein, Shatil - Between similarity and difference:
The place of civil society organization in 'affluent' municipalities in light
of organizational and funding data |
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