For a list of our Spring 2023 Virtual Research Workshops, please click here.
Workshop #1
Date and Time
Friday, February 16, 2024, at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm ET
Moderator
André Bank, German Institute for Global and Area Studies
Papers and Authors
Hannah Sender, “Where is the state? The ambiguous status of the Lebanese state as an enabler of slow violence in border towns”
Anne Kirstine Rønn, “What does it mean to be against sectarianism? Perceptions among Lebanese from different social backgrounds”
Discussants
Mona Harb, American University of Beirut
Ibrahim Halawi, Royal Holloway – University of London
Workshop #2
Date and Time
Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm ET
Moderators
Dina Bishara, University of Alabama
Stéphane Lacroix, Sciences Po
Papers and Authors
Elizabeth Parker-Magyar, “Workplace Networks and Civil Society in Autocracies: Evidence from Jordan”
Enea Fiore, “Party in the Arab Street: Partisan Engagement Strategy in Lebanon’s ‘October 17 Revolution'”
Discussants
Matthew Lacouture, University of Massachusetts – Boston
Jillian Schwedler, City University of New York
Sean Yom, Temple University
Workshop #3
Date and Time
Thursday, February 22, 2024, at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm ET
Moderators
Lisel Hintz, Johns Hopkins University
Sarah Bush, University of Pennsylvania
Papers and Authors
Adam Almqvist, “To Discipline or Empower? Explaining Varieties of Authoritarian Youth Governance through the Case of Jordan”
Chloe Bernadaux, “Popular support and distribution of state benefits after a coup: A subnational analysis of the case of post-2011 Egypt”
Ozlem Tuncel, “Navigating Electoral Politics: The Rise and Fall of Opposition Alliances in Turkey’s 2018 and 2023 General Elections”
Discussants
Scott Williamson, Bocconi University
Neil Ketchley, Oxford University
Avital Livny, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Workshop #4
Date and Time
Friday, February 23, 2024, at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm ET
Moderators
Francesco Cavatorta, Laval University
Papers and Authors
Dina Lotfy, “Religion and Politics in Post-Muslim Brotherhood Rule: A Theo-Secular State in Egypt?”
Oner Yigit, “Forced Displacement, Conflict Exposure and Support for Minority Group Rights: Evidence from Ethnic Conflict in Turkey”
Maro Youssef, “Polite Rebellion: Elite Feminist Mobilization during Tunisia’s Democratic Transition, 2011-2021”
Discussants
Hesham Sallam, Stanford University
Günes Murat Tezcür, Arizona State University
Maryam Ben Salem, University of Sousse
Workshop #5
Date and Time
Friday, March 8, 2024, at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm ET
Moderators
Lisel Hintz, Johns Hopkins University
Papers and Authors
Nisha Zadhy, “Symbolic boundaries in humanitarianism: The co-production of vulnerabilities and resilience by Syrian refugee ‘volunteers’ in Turkey”
Sefa Secen, “Ontological Security, Syrian Refugees in Turkey and Germany”
Pınar Dilan Sönmez Gioftsios, “#Idon’twantSyriansinMyCountry: Reproduction of Anti-refugee Bias in Online Citizenship Discourses of Twitter Users in Turkey”
Discussants
Fiona Adamson, University of London
Bahar Rumelili, Koc University
Gerasimos Tsourapas, University of Glasgow