ASI Reception (Saturday, Nov. 17, 8:30pm, Bowie B)
Date: Saturday, November 17
Time: 8:30pm-10:30pm
Location: Bowie B, 2nd Floor, MESA Main Hotel
Join us at our open (and catered) reception this year, where will be pleased to showcase the following recent developments.
- Launching the Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative (MESPI)
- www.MESPI.me
- Launching of the Inaugural Issue of JADMAG (Jadaliyya in Print)
www.JadMag.org - Announcing the Political Economy Project 2018 Book Prize
www.PoliticalEconomyProject.org - Showcasing New Developments with Arab Studies Journal
www.ArabStudiesJournal.org - Launching The Nerdiest Show: Glorified Books Received
www.TheNerdiestShow.com - Announcing the Release of Status/الوضع Audio-Visual Podcast
www.StatusHour.com - Announcing the Lebanon Dissertation Summer Institute
https://lebanondissertation.weebly.com - Announcing the Political Economy Summer Institute
http://www.politicaleconomyproject.org/ summer-institute.html
Details below!
Launching MESPI (Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative)
www.MESPI.org
MESPI’s new website will be announced on Friday! You can visit the info page now, however, at www.MESPI.org.
MESPI (Middle East Studies Pedagogy Initiative) is a curated interactive platform for middle east studies resources, specifically tailored for the needs of teachers, researchers, and students. It will be a one-stop shop for course design on the macro level, lesson planning on the micro level, and for scholarship vis-a-vis specific topics, countries, and disciplines. MESPI will feature a variety of resources for research, syllabus-building, and graduate/language programs search, as well as thorough databases of new scholarly production.
Launching of the Inaugural Issue of JADMAG (Jadaliyya in Print)
www.JadMag.org
This issue coincides with the eighth anniversary of Jadaliyya, and ushers in a new era and concept for JadMag. Starting this fall, it will be published as a subscription-based magazine in both hard-copy and electronically. JADMAG will be released in print four times a year. Coupling timely content with the addition of essential readings lists, reviews of new books and scholarly articles, and topical pieces from Jadaliyya’s celebrated archives allows the JADMAG project more ambitiously to function as a knowledge producer, a near-comprehensive source of analysis on the region, and a pedagogical resource par excellence. Read more about this at www.JadMag.org.
Announcing the Political Economy Project 2018 Book Prize
www.PoliticalEconomyProject.org
The Political Economy Project (PEP) organized its third annual book prize to recognize exceptional work in critical political economy of the Middle East. This year, we will announce and celebrate the winner of third annual book prize as well as share more information on eligibility criteria and nomination procedures for the 2019 prize. Visit www.
Showcasing New Developments with Arab Studies Journal
www.ArabStudiesJournal.org
Arab Studies Journal is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary research publication in the field of Arab and Middle East studies. In its over twenty years of publication, it prides itself on simultaneously featuring the work of promising young scholars and established scholars. At the ASI reception, the ASJ editorial team will highlight our most recent content and a new online platform.
Visit www.ArabStudiesJournal.
Launching The Nerdiest Show: Glorified Books Received
www.TheNerdiestShow.com
The Nerdiest Show (TNS) features researchers talking about books received at the desk of the www.ArabStudiesJournal.org
Lightheartedly, we discuss each book in five minutes or so, including the author, title, table of contents, praise on the back cover, and the books’ pedagogical utility. Tune in for a thoroughly nerdy affair and don’t tell anyone you’re doin’ it! Watch TNS on www.StatusHour.com or www.
Announcing the Release of Status/الوضع Audio-Visual Podcast
www.StatusHour.com
Announcing the Lebanon Dissertation Summer Institute
https://lebanondissertation.weebly.com
The Arab Studies Institute (ASI) and AUB’s Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies (CAMES) are pleased to announce the fourth annual Doctoral Dissertation
Announcing the Political Economy Summer Institute
http://www.politicaleconomyproject.org/summer-institute.html
We are soliciting applications from doctoral students and other researchers for our fourth Political Economy Summer Institute to be held in 6-10 June 2019 at George Mason University on the political economy of the Middle East (6 June is arrival day). The aim of the Political Economy Summer Institute (PESI) is both to provide graduate level engagement and instruction as well as to connect doctoral students and independent researchers with mid-career and senior scholars working in the field of critical political economy.
