We are looking forward to seeing colleagues, POMEPS workshop participants, TMC authors, TRE grant recipients, and steering committee members as well as meeting new scholars at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting this year in San Francisco. Here’s a guide to what promising panels and roundtables related to Middle East political science. Be sure to RSVP for the POMEPS Reception on Thursday evening as well!
Please check the official ISA Program to confirm locations or any changes
Wednesday. April 4
8:15 AM- 10:00 AM
WA56: Islamic Social Movements and Global Neoliberal Capitalism
Union Square 24, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Ozlem Madi-Sisman (Chair), Angela Joya (Chair), Travis Selmier II (Discussant), Colin Powers, Sabine Dreher, Fouad Gehad Marei, Feisal Khan
WA09: The Diversity of Power: Perspectives from Domestic and International Politics
Market Street, Parc 55 San Francisco
Tobias Scholz (Chair), Mihai Chihaia (Discussant), Kamila Suchome, Jordan Shapiro, Luigi Cino, Rafaa Chehoudi
10:30 AM -12:15 PM
WB77: Of Militias, Insurgent Groups, and Border Zones: The Syrian War in Comparative Perspective
Nob Hill 6, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl (Chair, Discussant) Reinoud Leenders, Antonio Giustozzi, Kevin Koehler, Andre Bank, Yazan Doughan, Regina Schwab, Samuel Plapinger
WB13: Understanding Middle East Politics
Cyril Magnin 3, Parc 55 San Francisco
Amir Kamel (Chair, Discussant) Nima Baghdadi, T. J. Liguori, Francesco Belcastro, Natascha Bolden, Chad Nelson, Farrah Samir Hawana
1:45 PM- 3:30 PM
WC76: Religion, War, and Conflict
Nob Hill 5, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Kristin Bakke (Chair), Laila Wahedi (Discussant), Manus I. Midlarsky, C. Christine Fair, Meirav Mishali-Ram, Anita Weiss, Barak Mendelsohn
WC06-B: Sovereignty: Comparative Migration Policies
Imperial B, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Audie Klotz, James F. Hollifield (JSS Discussants), Gerasimos Tsourapas, Ingrid Berns Pavezi, Scott Glendye, Melissa Mouthaan, Ahmet Erdi Ozturk, Smiha Sözeri
4:00 PM- 5:45 PM
WD11: The Ethics of Fieldwork Preparedness
Cyril Magnin 1, Parc 55 San Francisco
Milli M. Lake (Chair), Sarah Elizabeth Parkinson (Chair), Stephanie Schwartz (Discussant), Kate Cronin-Furman (Discussant), Lily L. Tsai, Dipali Mukhopadhyay, Faten Ghosn, Brigitte Zimmerman, Romain Malejacq
Thursday, April 5
8:15 AM- 10:00 AM
TA23: Social Movements, Protests, and Resistance
Franciscan A, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Kirssa Cline Ryckman (Chair, Discussant) Ravi Bhavnani, Karsten Donnay, Edoh Agbehonou, Alexander Taaning Grundholm, Stephanie Dornschneider, Michelle Jurkovich
10:30 AM- 12:15 PM
TB07: When Power and Rules Are Not Enough, Syria and the Intervener’s Dilemma.
Plaza B, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Bryan Hutcheson (Chair), Lina Tuschling, Wim Laven, Joel Elliott
TB33: Conducting Research on and in the Middle East in the Midst of Conflict, Resistance, and Displacement
Golden Gate 2, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Bahar Baser (Chair), Mari Toivanen (Chair) Ahmet Erdi Ozturk, Octavius Pinkard, Elly Harrowell, Simon Watmough
TB73: Political Sociology of Islamism
Nob Hill 2, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Filippo Dionigi (Chair), Cindy Reiff (Discussant) Emmanuel Karagiannis, Barbara Zollner, Rafeel Wasif, Sevket Ovali, Ilkim Ozdikmenli Celikoglu, Turan Kayaoglu
1:45 PM- 3:30 PM
TC72: Oil Actors, Markets, and Geopolitics in an Age of Upheaval
Union Square 16, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Dag H. Claes (Chair, Discussant), Timothy C. Lehmann (Discussant) Philippe A. Le Billon, Berit Kristoīersen, Emily Meierding, Jeff D. Colgan, Victor McFarland, Timothy C. Lehman
4:00 PM- 5:45 PM
TD64: Policy as Non-Policy? Formal and Informal Migration Governance Practices in the
Middle East
Union Square 5, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Willem Maas (Chair), Kamal Sadiq (Discussant), Craig Damian Smith, Filippo Dionigi, Kelsey Pearce Norman, Zahra Babar, Gerasimos Tsourapas
Thursday
6:00 PM- 8:00 PM
Redford
637 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Friday, April 6
8:15 AM- 10:00 AM
FA46: The Syrian Civil War: Global and Regional Political Implications
Powell 1, Parc 55 San Francisco
Halit M. Tagma (Chair), Hasan Yonten (Chair), Balkan Devlen (Discussant) Zelal Basak Kizilkan, Halit M. Tagma, Bezen B. Coskun, Zeynep Kaya
10:30 AM- 12:15 PM
FB34: Missed Opportunities for Prevention? A Multi-Method Study of US Policy and
Atrocities in Syria Since 2011
Golden Gate 7, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Scott Straus (Chair, Discussant) Mona Yacoubian, Ian S. Lustick, Miguel Garces, Andrew Kydd, Lawrence Woocher, Daniel Solomon
FB80: Authority and Legitimacy Under Shifting Rules of Sovereignty in the Middle East
Nob Hill 9, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Imad Mansour (Chair, Discussant), Dana Olwan, Amal I. Khoury, Imed Labidi, Mazhar Al-Zoby, Hassan Barari
1:45 PM- 3:30 PM
FC60: Resilience, Rigidity, and Adaptation in Islamist Parties
Mason, Parc 55 San Francisco
Alexander Arifianto (Chair), Emy Matesan (Chair), Julie Chernov Hwang (Discussant) Saleena Saleem, Özlem Kaygusuz, Zana Citak, Stacey Philbrick Yadav
4:00 PM- 5:45 PM
FD13: Studying Walls and Borders
Cyril Magnin 3, Parc 55 San Francisco
Elif Çetin (Chair), Mark F. N. Franke (Discussant), Cigdem Hajipouran Benam (Discussant), Tina Kempin Reuter, Tazreena Sajjad, Kelsey Pearce Norman, Ruben Zaiotti, Filippo Dionigi
FD15: Flash Talk: Movements, Demography, and New Rules in the Middle East
Yosemite A, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Amal I. Khoury (Chair), Imad Mansour, Gizem Bilgin Aytaç, Jonathan F. Forney, Justin Gengler, Mark Tessler, Natascha Bolden, Ozum Yesiltas, Russell Lucas, Vahid Abedini, Vera van Hüllen
FD78: Disorder and Uncertainty Rule: Governance in a Time of Chaos and Contingency
Nob Hill 7, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Rebecca Tapscott (Chair), William Reno (Chair), Rita Abrahamsen (Chair) Joost Fontein, Dipali Mukhopadhyay, Adam Lichtenheld, Allison Carnegie, Sebastian van Baalen, Ivan W.Rasmussen, Graham Denyer Willis
Saturday, April 7
8:15 AM- 10:00 AM
SA20: Power, Rules, and Structure of the Middle East Post Arab Spring
Continental 3, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Robert Tomlinson (Chair), Begum Adalet (Discussant), Raslan Ibrahim, Aylin Gurzel Aka, Mehtap Kara, Cindy Reiff, Ruth Hanau Santini, Mehran Kamrava
SA51: Dynamics of Conflict-Induced Migration
Union Square 13, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Abbey Steele (Chair), Tiffany Chu (Discussant), Nicholas Micinski, Kristian Berg Harpviken, Irene Costantini, Justin Schon, Adam Lichtenheld
10:30 AM- 12:15 PM
SB72: Gendered Citizenship in Global Perspective
Union Square 16, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Ozlem Madi-Sisman (Chair), Denise M. Horn (Discussant), Sonia Jaimes, Ali Namatpour, Laura Huber, Hind M. Ahmed Zaki
1:45 PM- 3:30 PM
SC16: Statebuilding and Peacebuilding in an Ethnically Diverse Context: Kurdish Experiences
Compared
Yosemite C, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Nino Kemoklidze (Chair), Pinar Kadioglu (Discussant), Talha Kose, Esra Dilek, Tamra Pearson D’Estrée, Daniel Rothbart, Irene Costantini, Dylan O’Driscoll
SC17: The Pursuit of Independence
Continental 2, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Lee J. M. Seymour (Chair), Tanisha Fazal (Discussant), Lee J. M. Seymour (Discussant) Philip G. Roeder, Kenneth A. Schultz, Morgan L. Kaplan, Bridget L. Coggins, Ryan Griffiths, Kathleen G. Cunningham
SC67: Religion, Foreign Policy, and Public Opinion
Continental 2, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Begum Adalet (Chair), Tony Rivera (Discussant), Yasemin Akbaba, Ozgur Ozdamar, Md Abdul Gaffar, B. Bryan Barber IV, Fiona Ogunkoya, Kathryn Alexander
4:00 PM- 5:45 PM
SD46: Responses to the Syrian Conflict
Powell 1, Parc 55 San Francisco
Ora B. Szekely (Chair), Charity Butcher (Discussant), Seçkin Köstem, Florent Pouponneau, Ali Namatpour, Egehan Hayreƫn Altinbay
SD47: Regional Geopolitics and Intervention in the Middle East and North Africa in the Trump Era
Powell 2, Parc 55 San Francisco
Mehran Kamrava (Chair, Discussant), Mohiaddin Mesbahi (Discussant) Rasmus Alenius Boserup, Waleed Hazbun, Alexander D. Barder, Helle E. Malmvig, Karim Makdisi
SD69: Religion and Identity Politics in the Middle East and Africa
Union Square 11, Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Barbara Zollner (Chair), Zeynep Atalay (Discussant), Omer Awass, Alireza Raissi, Jonathan C. Agensky, Basil Zeno, H. Zeynep Bulutgil