This special episode features a round-table discussion from the POMEPS 12th Annual Conference, which was held on June 9-10, 2021.
The panel, “Undisciplining the Discipline: Approaches to Studying “The City,” features six scholars:
Omar Dewachi, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Social Medicine and Global Health at Rutgers University
Mona Harb, Professor of Urban Studies and Politics at the American University of Beirut
Sarah El-Kazaz, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics of the Middle East at SOAS, University of London
Pascal Menoret, teaches Anthropology at Brandeis University
Farah al-Nakib, Assistant Professor in the History Department at California Polytechnic State University
Lana Salman, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School
Music for this season’s podcast was created by Feras Arrabi. You can find more of his work on his Facebook and Instagram page.
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