POMEPS Virtual Research Workshops (Spring 2021)

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-Elite Conflict and the Demand for Democratization: Evidence from Khedival Egypt;” Allison Hartnett, University of Southern California; Mohamed Saleh, University of Toulouse 

“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