Workshop #1: Accountability and Connections in Autocratic Governance
Date and Time
Friday, April 17th, 2020, at 2 pm – 4 pm, ET
Moderator
Marc Lynch, Professor at George Washington University & Director of Project on Middle East Political Science
Papers and Authors
“It’s Good To Be King: Ruler Type and Perceptions of Democracy in Authoritarian Regimes;” Scott Williamson, Stanford University
“Bureaucrat-Local Politician Linkages and Hierarchical Local Governance in Emerging Democracies;” Salih Yasun, Indiana University Bloomington
“Ministries Matter: Horizontal Accountability Under Autocracy;” Erin York, Harvard Kennedy School
Discussants
Lindsay Benstead, Portland State University
Lisa Blaydes, Stanford University
Sean Yom, Temple University
Workshop #2: International Relations
Date and Time
Friday, April 24th, 2020, at 2 pm – 4 pm, ET
Moderator
Marc Lynch, Professor at George Washington University & Director of Project on Middle East Political Science
Papers and Authors
“Mr. Otaiba Goes to Washington: Agenda-setting and Persuasion in Small-State Diplomacy” Andrew Leber, Harvard University
“The Norms and Practices of Sovereignty in the Arab State System;” Raslan Ibrahim, State University of New York Geneseo
“Conflicts, foreign intervention and the state in the Middle East and North Africa;” Irene Constantini, University of Naples L’Orientale
Discussants
Ariel Ahram, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
May Darwich, University of Birmingham
Greg Gause, Texas A&M University
Workshop #3: Social Movements
Date and Time
Friday, May 8th, 2020, at 2 pm – 4 pm, ET
Moderator
Marc Lynch, Professor at George Washington University & Director of Project on Middle East Political Science
Papers and Authors
“From Different Origins to Similar Demands: Secular Feminists and Islamists in Tunisia;” Maro Youssef, The University of Texas at Austin
“Labor Protests and the Concessions-Repression Dilemma in Jordan;” Matthew Lacouture, Wayne State University
“Gateway Activism: From Pro-Palestinian Solidarity to Calls for Democracy in the Arab Gulf;” Dana El-Kurd, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Discussants
Sherine Hafez, University of California Riverside
Jillian Schwedler, City University of New York Hunter College
Ian Hartshorn, University of Nevada Reno
Workshop #4: Gaza
Date and Time
Friday, May 22nd, 2020, at 3 pm – 5 pm, ET
Moderator
Marc Lynch, Professor at George Washington University & Director of Project on Middle East Political Science
Papers and Authors
“Hamas In Power: Governance, Clans, Mosque And Legitimacy ;” Abdalhadi Alijla, Orient Institute in Beirut
“Organization Strength – Cohesion, Continuity And Public Outreach: The Case Of Hamas;” Imad Alsoos, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
“Violent resistance in Gaza’s Great March of Return;” Pietro Stefanini, Palestinian Return Center
Discussants
Khalil al-Anani, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
Nathan Brown, George Washington University
Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University
Workshop #5
Date and Time
Friday, June 12th, 2020, at 2 pm – 4 pm, ET
Moderator
Marc Lynch, Professor at George Washington University & Director of Project on Middle East Political Science
Papers and Authors
“Legislative Opposition and the Autocrat’s Policy Agenda;” Daniel Tavana, Princeton University
“Battlefronts for Reform: The Elusive Quest of Achieving the Demographic Dividend in Rentier Economies;” Dania Thafer, Georgetown University
“Committee Assignments as Proxy to Understanding the Saudi Shura Council and Its Role in Policy Making 1994-2016;” Luai Ali, Independent Researcher
Discussants
Michael Herb, Georgia State University
Mehran Kamrava, Georgetown University
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Workshop #6
Date and Time
Friday, June 19th, 2020, at 2 pm – 4 pm, ET
Moderator
Marc Lynch, Professor at George Washington University & Director of Project on Middle East Political Science
Papers and Authors
“Whose Side Are You On? Opposition Expectations for Military Behavior During Popular Uprisings;” Matthew Cebul, University of Michigan and Sharan Grewal, College of William and Mary
“Clientelism and Competition: The Politics of Refugee Aid Coordination in Jordan;” Reva Dhingra, Harvard University
“Do International Declarations Affect Voting Behavior? Evidence from Trump’s “Deal of the Century” and the 2020 Israeli Elections ;” Chagai Weiss, University of Wisconsin – Madison and David Romney, Harvard University
Discussants
Kathleen Cunningham, University of Maryland
Rawan Arar, University of Washington
Sarah Bush, Yale University
Workshop #7
Date and Time
Friday, June 26th, 2020, at 1 pm – 4 pm, ET
Moderator
Marc Lynch, Professor at George Washington University & Director of Project on Middle East Political Science
Papers and Authors
“Exploiting Dissent: External International Interventions in the Arab Uprisings;” Shamiran Mako, Boston University
“What Have the Ottomans Ever Done for Us?’ Why Middle East Politics needs the Long Nineteenth Century;” Daniel Neep, Georgetown University
“National Listening: Refrains of Trauma and Resilience;” Michelle Weitzel, University of Basel
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Discussants
Matt Buehler, University of Tennessee
May Darwich, Durham University
David Patel, Brandeis University
Lisa Wedeen, University of Chicago