POMEPS Virtual Research Workshops (Spring 2023)

For a list of our Fall 2022 Virtual Research Workshops, please click here.

Workshop #1

Date and Time

Friday, March 24, 2023, at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm ET

Moderator

Marc Lynch, Professor at George Washington University & Director of Project on Middle East Political Science

Papers and Authors

“Studying The Role of the Illicit Economy as an Alternative to the Social Contract in Libya 2012-2022,” Ahmed Abdrabou, University of Denver

“How Liberalism Failed in Afghanistan,” Omar Sadr, University of Pittsburgh

“Political Imagination in the Ethio-Yemeni Migrant and Refugee Community of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,” Sara Swetzoff, Howard University

Discussants

Wolfram Lacher, German Institute for International and Security Affairs

Dipali Mukhopadhyay, University of Minnesota

Nathaniel Mathews, Binghamton University

Workshop #2

Date and Time

Friday, April 21, 2023, at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm ET

Moderator

Marc Lynch, Professor at George Washington University & Director of Project on Middle East Political Science

Papers and Authors

“Salafism after the ‘Arab Revolts’: Politicisation and ‘post-Salafism’ in Algeria and Morocco,” Guy Eyre, Lancaster University 

“Redefining or downgrading religion? Making sense of the state-led process reshaping domestic order and belonging in Saudi Arabia,” Javier Bordón, University of Lancaster

“Gender Differences in Social Media Use Among Omani MPs,” Gail Buttorff, University of Houston

Discussants

Francesco Cavatorta, Université Laval

Stéphane Lacroix, Sciences Po

Lindsay Benstead, Portland State University

Workshop #3

Date and Time

Friday, April 28, 2023, at 9:00 am – 11:00 am ET

Moderator

Marc Lynch, Professor at George Washington University & Director of Project on Middle East Political Science

Papers and Authors

“Political Tolerance and Democratic Backsliding in Tunisia,” Youssef Chouhoud, Christopher Newport University

“Microfoundations of Power-Sharing: Who Supports and Protests the Sectarian Power-Sharing Regime in Lebanon?,” Aytug Sasmaz, Bryn Mawr College

“How Do Authoritarian Leaders React to Coups in Border Countries?,” Abdullah Yasir Atalan, American University

Discussants

Avital Livny, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Christiana Parreira, Geneva Graduate Institute

Holger Albrecht, University of Alabama