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
Workshop #4
Date and Time
Friday, March 5, 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
“‘A Private Kingdom’: Youth, Entrepreneurial Citizenship, and Authoritarian Renewal in Jordan;” Adam Almaqvist, University Of Chicago
“Citizens’ Understanding of the Social Contract: Lessons from Tunisia;” Dina Bishara, Cornell University; Michelle Jurkovich, University of Massachusetts Boston; Chantal Berman, Georgetown University
“A Cruel Revolution? Bananas, Dubai and 2011 in Libya;” Matteo Capasso, European University Institute
Discussants
Sean Yom, Temple University
Ian Hartshorn, University of Nevada – Reno
Lisa Wedeen, University Of Chicago
Workshop #5
Date and Time
Friday, March 26, 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
“Everyday Regulations and Syrian Refugees’ Encounters with State Authorities in Turkey;” Ezgi Irgil, Gothenburg University
“State Policies and Communal Clashes Between Refugees and Natives: Evidence from Turkey;” Kerim Kavakli, Bocconi University
“Humanitarian Boundaries? Theorizing Disruptive Institutional Change and Governance During Response to the War in Syria;” Emily Scott, McGill University
Discussants
Basak Yavcan, Northwestern University
Kristin Fabbe, Harvard Business School
Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University
Workshop #6
Date and Time
Friday, April 9, 2021, at 9 am – 12 pm, ET
Moderator
Marc Lynch, Professor at George Washington University & Director of Project on Middle East Political Science
Papers and Authors
“Hamas’s community-based work and public outreach while in opposition before 2006;” Imad Alsoos, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
“Repression, Dissent and the Politics of Exile in Islamist Movements;” Emy Matesan, Wesleyan University
“An Islamist (dis)advantage? Islamist groups in armed conflict – the case of the Islamic Ahrar al-Sham Movement in Syria;” Regine Schwab, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
“When dictatorships undermine themselves: the role of ruling parties in authoritarian breakdown;” Anne Wolf, University of Oxford
Discussants
Helga Baumgarten, Birzeit University
Peter Mandaville, George Mason University
Morten Valbjørn, Aarhus University
Adria Lawrence, Johns Hopkins University