Study of the non-Western world has had little impact upon theorising about the state and politics in the West. The roundtable seeks to offset this and to argue the particularity of the Western political experience, the theoretical relevance of the non-Western world and to initiate a census of the richly divergent study of the state outside of the West.

9:30-10:00 Opening

10:00-10:45 Session 1: Problematizing the State from an Asian Perspective Richard Boyd (Leiden)

10:45-11:15 Coffee Break

11:15-12:00 Session 2: The State in the Middle East

Charles Tripp (SOAS)

12:00-12:45 Session 3: The State in Africa

Martin Doornbos (ISS)

12:45-14:30 Lunch

14:30-15:15 Session 4: The State in Southeast Asia

Richard Robison (ISS)

15:15-15:45 Coffe Break

15:45-16:30 Session 5: The State in East Asia

Tak-Wing Ngo (Leiden)

16:30-17:00 Conclusion

Registration not required.