FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2001

9:00 am: opening ceremony of the conference at MAP (Maghreb Press Agency)

11:00 am: Workshop 1 - The Validity of Huntington's hypothesis

(The “Clash of Civilisations”: a fabulous interpretation of history) "le choc des civilisations : une interprétation fabuleuse de l'histoire", Azzedine Bennis, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco.

(The hypothesis of the clash of civilizations: between imaginary representations and value system) "L'hypothèse du clash des civilisations entre imaginaire, représentations et système de valeurs", El-Mostafa Chadli, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco.

(Moralists Theories in International Relations: Epistemological Problems) "les théories moralistes en relations internationales : problèmes épistémologiques", Ahmed Hidass, Information Sciences Institute, Rabat, Morocco.

12:30 pm: coffee break

(What is the West?) "Qu'est-ce que l'Occident?", Sélim S. Khaznadar, University of Constantine, Constantine, Algaria and Fatiha Talahite, CNRS, Paris, France.

"The Nationalist Disguised 'Clash of Civilizations' in the Sino-American Conflict", Simon H. Shen, Oxford University, Oxford, England.

(The September 11th Events. Clash of Civilisations or Policies?) "Les événements du 11 septembre. Entre le choc des civilisations et le choc des politiques", Abdellatif Moutadayenne, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada.

2:00 pm : lunch

3:00 pm : Workshop 1 - continuation - discussants' comments and debate

5:00 pm : coffee break

5:30 pm: Workshop 2 - The Public Scene Transformations

5:30pm: Workshop 2 - part 1 - Actors Behind the Scenes

"Dialogue or Clash of Civilizations: Challenging the Neo-Institutional Liberalism on the Threshold of the 21st Century", Hassan Bakr A. Hassan, University of Assiout, Assiout, Egypt.

"Revisiting the 'clash of civilizations' theory : From clear-cut wholes to criss-crossing networks", Mohammed Berdouzi, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco.

(The War on Terror. Ambiguities of a concept and strategies of the actors) "Lutte au terrorisme : la zone d'ambiguïté d'un concept et les stratégies des acteurs", Lise Garon and Taïeb Moalla, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada.

(The Logic of Security After September 11th. Fluid Alliances) "La logique sécuritaire de l'après-11 septembre: des alliances fluides", Houchang Hassan-Yari, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Canada.

8:00pm: end of work day

9:00pm : dinner hosted by Mohamed V University of Rabat-Agdal

SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2001

10:00am : Workshop 2, part 1 - continuation - Actors Behind the Scenes

(The Events of September 11th and the Question of Meaning. Analysis of the Religious Authorities' Stand in Quebec in the Light of Law Pluralism) "Les événements du 11 septembre et la question du sens : une analyse de la position des autorités religieuses au Québec sous l'angle du pluralisme juridique", Sylvain Nadeau, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada.

(The World Order: Between Uniformity and Diversity) "L'ordre international : entre l'uniformité et la diversité", Abdelmoughit Tredano-Benmessaoud, Mohammed V University, Souissi, Morocco.

11:00am: coffee break

12:00pm: discussants' comments

1:00pm: debate

2:00pm: buffet

3:00pm: Workshop 2 - part 2 - The Media Scene

"The Clash and 'Civilisation' : Policy, populace and international legitimacy", Nalini Persram, Francesco Cavatorta and Shiera El Malik, Trinity College, Dublin, Irland.

(Impact of New Arab Televisions) "L'impact des nouvelles télévisions arabes", Lardi Mohammed Chouikha, Higher Institute of Journalism, Tunis, Tunisia.

(Islamism and Universalism : What Clash of Civilisation?) "Islamisme et universalime : quel choc de civilisation ?", Abderrahim El Omari, University of Beni-Mellal, Morocco.

(Semiology of the myth generated by the journalistic coverage of September11th, 2001, by RDI, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) "L'édification du mythe engendré par la couverture journalistique des événements du 11 septembre 2001, par le Réseau de l'information (RDI, Société Radio-Canada)", Richard Godin, University of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada :

5:00pm : coffee break

5:30pm : Workshop 2, part 2 - continuation - The Media Scene

(Recounting horror : A semio-psychanalytical and cultural analysis of the figures in the written press) "Raconter l'horreur : analyse sémio-psychanalytique et culturelle des figures du récit dans la presse écrite", Christiane Kègle and Clough Christiane, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada.

6:00pm : discussants’ comments

7:00pm : discussion

8:00pm : end of work day

9:00pm : dinner hosted by the Société Générale Marocaine des Banques

SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2001

10:00am : Workshop 3 - Alternative Hypotheses

(Cultures : from clash to dialogue) "Les cultures : du clash au dialogue", Noureddine Afaya, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco.

(Human rights as an alternative hypothesis to Huntington’s) "les droits de l'homme comme hypothèse alternative à celle de Huntingdon", Marguerite Rollinde, Maghreb-Europe Institute, Paris, France.

12:00pm : coffee break

1:30pm : lunch

2:30pm : discussants’ comments

3:30pm : discussion

6:00pm : walking tour of Rabat.

9:00pm : closing dinner hosted by the Ministry of Human Rights