For a list of our Fall 2020 Virtual Research Workshops, please click here.
Workshop #1
Date and Time
Friday, January 15, 2021, at 11 am – 1 pm, ET
Moderator
Marc Lynch, Professor at George Washington University & Director of Project on Middle East Political Science
Papers and Authors
“Failure or Façade? Why Ethnic Organizations Strategically Forgo Policing Defectors;” Kelly Stedem, Harvard University
“Ideology Inside Armed Groups: Ideological Entrepreneurship Amongst Militant Islamists During The Lebanese Civil War;” Raphael Lefevre, University of Oxford
“‘The City Receives What She is Worth’: Local Governance in Lebanon’s Urban Periphery;” Christiana Parreira, Princeton University
Discussants
Paul Staniland, University of Chicago
Sarah Parkinson, Johns Hopkins University
Janine Clark, University of Toronto
Workshop #2
Date and Time
Friday, January 29, 2021, 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
“Intra-
“Telegraphing Revolt: Protest Diffusion in the 1919 Egyptian Revolution;” Neil Ketchley, University of Oslo
“Arbitrating Property: Land Courts’ Practices in Mandate Palestine;” Jamila Ewais, Concordia University
Discussants
Neil Ketchley, University of Oslo
Nathan Brown, George Washington University
Michael Fischbach, Randolph-Macon College
Workshop #3
Date and Time
Friday, February 12, 2021, 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
“Religious Cycles of Accountability? Explaining Government Redistribution in Ramadan;” Ahmed Ezzeldin Mohamed, Columbia University
“Building a Scapegoat or Building a Reputation? Autocrats and COVID-19 in the Arab World;” Scott Williamson, New York University Abu Dhabi
“Clientelism, Procedural Justice, and Political Legitimacy in the Middle East;” Doug Jones, Fordham University
Discussants
Steven Brooke, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Marwa Shalaby, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Lindsay Benstead, Portland State University