December 12, 2011 (Monday)
December 13, 2011 (Tuesday)
December 14, 2011 (Wednesday)
December 15, 2011 (Thursday)
December 16, 2011 (Friday)
Tentative as of December 2, 2011
December 12, 2011 (Monday)
All conferees arrive in Istanbul
Accommodation: Nippon Hotel, Topçu Caddesi No: 6 34437 Taksim, Istanbul
(No official events on December 12)
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December 13, 2011 (Tuesday)
08:45-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:20
Opening remarks / Keynote speech
David FAURE, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
 
09:20-09:30 Tea break and group photograph
 
09:30-11:30
Panel 1:
Transnationalism and Modern Transformation of Gifting in China, Palestine, and Parts of Southeast Asia and South Asia
Chair: Angela LEUNG, The University of Hong Kong

 
09:30-09:45
Jonathan BENTHALL, University College London
Regulation of Islamic charities with special reference to Palestine
09:45-10:00
Emanuel SCHAEUBLIN, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Decentralization vs. Authoritarian Control: the Palestinian Zakat Institutions (1961-2011) in the Local Context

 
10:00-10:15
Melani CAMMETT, Brown University
Shia Sectarian and Religious Organizations in Lebanon: Charitable Activities and Analytical Distinctions
 

 
10:15-10:30
Anthony SPIRES, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Grassroots NGOs in China: Filling in the Landscape 
10:30-10:50 Discussant: David FAURE, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
10:50-11:30 Questions and Answers
 
11:30-12:30 Lunch
 
12:30-14:30
Panel 2:
Internal Forms of Governance and Self Regulation: Comparative Case Studies
Chair: Jonathan BENTHALL, University College London

 
12:30-12:45
Maren EHLERS, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Benevolence, Charity, and Duty:
Poor Relief and the Status Order in Early Modern Japan

12:45-13:00 Sachiko HOSOYA, Toho University
Strategy for Achieving Legitimacy in Local Contexts:
A Case Study of the Kahrizak Charity Care Center for the Elderly and Disabled in Iran
   
13:00-13:15 Khun Eng KUAH-PEARCE, The University of Hong Kong
 Delivering Buddhist Philanthropy: Chinese Women and Religious Volunteerism
   
13:15-13:30

Thomas DUBOIS, Australia National University

Private Charities and the Public Good – Institutional Memory of Plague Prevention in Manchuria
   
13:30-13:50 Discussant: Angela LEUNG, The University of Hong Kong

13:50-14:30 Questions and Answers
 
14:30-14:45 Tea break
 
14:45-17:00
Panel 3:
Legal Regulatory Framework of Civil Society
Chair: Peter ZABIELSKIS, University of Macau
 
14:45-15:00
Oliver WALTON, University of Birmingham
‘Everything is Politics’: understanding the political dimensions of NGO legitimacy in conflict-affected regions
15:00-15:15
Nanlai CAO, The University of Hong Kong
In the World But Not Of the World: Governing Christian Charities in Contemporary China
15:15-15:30
Martin LAU, University of London
Religious Norms, Secular Forms: The Role of Judges in the Implementation of Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws

15:30-15:45
Justin PIERCE, University of East London
Blasphemy: Religious or Secular Law?
15:45-16:05 Discussant: CHOI Chi-cheung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
16:05-17:00 Questions and Answers
   
17:00-18:00 Coach transfer to restaurant
 
18:00-20:30 Welcoming dinner
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December 14, 2011 (Wednesday)
09:00-11:30
Panel 4:
Sources of Funds, Transnationalism, Legal and Economic and Gender Issues
Chair: Sachiko HOSOYA, Toho University
 
09:00-09:15

 
MA Jianxiong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Re-creating Hui identity and the charity network in the imperial extension from Ming to Qing in Southwest Chinese frontier
09:15-09:30
Christian LEKON, European University of Lefke
Sa'udi Charity To Hadhramaut As A Bone of Contention: The Hijaz Fund Episode, 1949-50
09:30-09:45
Fulya APAYDIN, Institut Barcelona D’Estudis Internacionals
The Boundaries of Non-state Welfare Provision: comparative evidence from
Turkey, Sudan and Germany 
09:45-10:00
Rajeswary BROWN, University of London
Saudi Charitable Impulse Abroad: The Coercive Power of Belief and Money in Thailand

10:00-10:15 Tea break
 
  Discussants:
10:15-10:45 Oliver WALTON, University of Birmingham
Thomas DUBOIS, Australia National University
   
10:45-11:30 Questions and Answers
 
11:30-12:30 Lunch
 
12:30-14:30
Panel 5:
Corporate and NGO Ethics: Bribery and Corruption
Chair: Rajeswary BROWN, University of London
 
12:30-12:45
Hilman LATIEF, Universiteit Utrecht
How Does the Private Sector Engage Social-Welfare Enterprises? Corporate (Islamic) Philanthropy in Indonesia
12:45-13:00
Justin PIERCE, University of East London
Zakat Funds & Terrorism: Need for State Regulation?
13:00-13:15
CHOI Chi-cheung, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ancestors are watching: ritual and governance of a Chinese cemetery organization in Singapore

13:15-13:30
Peter ZABIELSKIS, University of Macau
Seeking a Moral Economy from a Charitable Place: Village life in an urban waqf as a critique of development in Penang, Malaysia
13:30-13:50 Discussant: Mine EDER, Boğaziçi University
 
13:50-14:30 Questions and Answers
   
14:30-14:45 Tea break
   
14:45-17:00
Wrap-up discussion
Chairperson:
David FAURE, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Comments by charities practitioners
 
   
17:00-18:30 Break
18:30-20:30 Dinner
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December 15, 2011 (Thursday)
Visit to local charities
09:00 Gather at Nippon Hotel’s lobby
   
10:00-12:00 Visit to Kimse Yok Mu
(Çobançeşme Mah. Kalender Sok. No:5 Yenibosna, Istanbul)
   
12:00-14:00 Lunch and coach transfer
   
14:00-16:00 Visit to IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation
(Büyük Karaman Cad. Taylasan Sok. No:3 Pk. 34230 Fatih, Istanbul)
 
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December 16, 2011 (Friday)
Before 12:00 Check-out and departure
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