For a list of our Fall 2021 Virtual Research Workshops, please click here.
Workshop #1
Date and Time
Friday, February 25, 2022, at 8:30 am – 10:30 am ET
Moderator
Marc Lynch, Professor at George Washington University & Director of Project on Middle East Political Science
Papers and Authors
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“Competitive Regional Involvement and its consequences for Authoritarianism and Democratization in the Middle East;” Salam Alsaadi, University of Toronto
“Ideational Capture and American Foreign Policy in Egypt;” Erin Snider, Texas A&M University & David Faris, Roosevelt University
Discussants
Samer Abboud, Villanova University
Sean Yom, Temple University
Lawrence Rubin, Georgia Tech
Workshop #2
Date and Time
Friday, March 4, 2022, 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
“Social Cohesion and Community Displacement in Armed Conflict: Evidence from Palestinian Villages in the 1948 War ;” Daniel Arnon, University of Arizona
“Gender and Item Non-Response in Surveys from the MENA Region;”Carolyn Barnett, Princeton University and Elizabeth Nugent, Yale University
“Privatized Acceptance and Neo-Ottoman Nationalism: Conservative Turkish Responses to the Syrian Refugees;” Nurbanu Yaşar, Istanbul University
Discussants
Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University
Lindsay Benstead, Portland State University
Kelsey Norman, Rice University
Workshop #3
Date and Time
Friday, March 18, 2022, 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
“Acting ‘As if not: De-Sectarianisation as Sectarianisation in the Arab politics;” Mustafa Menshawy, Lancaster University
“Repression Through Time: Legacies of Transnational Repression in the Diaspora;”Gözde Böcü, University of Toronto
“The Politics of Street Names: Reconstructing Iran’s Collective Identity;” Ehsan Kashfi, University of Alberta
“Cracks & Seams Within the Bisri Dam Project The Environmental Intifada, Neoliberal Globalization & Developmental Logic in Lebanon;” Mona Khneisser, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign
Discussants
Helle Malmvig, The Danish Institute for International Studies
Fiona Adamson, School of Oriental and African Studies
Narges Bajoghli, Johns Hopkins University
Deen Sharp, London School of Economics
Workshop #4
Date and Time
Friday, March 25, 2022, at 10 am – 12 pm ET
Moderator
Marc Lynch, Professor at George Washington University & Director of Project on Middle East Political Science
Papers and Authors
“World Society and Women’s Political Participation in Democratic Transitions: The Case of Tunisia, 2011-2021;” Maro Youssef, University of Southern California
“Exploring materialities and situated experience in security assistance settings: experience from gender training fields in Tunisia;” Daniela Musina, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy
“Strategies of bottom-up engagement with municipal governance in Morocco: collaboration and contestation through institutional petitions;” Francesco Colin, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS-EUR)
Discussants
Marwa Shalaby, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Simone Tholens, Cardiff University
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