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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190819
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SUMMARY:NEWTON: Stacy Fahrenthold - "Between the Ottomans and the Entente"
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URL:https://mespi.org/event/newton-stacy-fahrenthold-between-the-ottomans-and-the-entente/
CATEGORIES:MESPI Module Releases
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190816
DTSTAMP:20190807T033837Z
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SUMMARY:NEWTON: Mohammad Morsi - "The Palace of Angels"
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URL:https://mespi.org/event/newton-mohammad-morsi-the-palace-of-angels/
CATEGORIES:MESPI Module Releases
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190816
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SUMMARY:New Engaging Books Release! Cambridge University Press on Cosmopolitanism and Political Reform in Iran.
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URL:https://mespi.org/event/new-engaging-books-release-cambridge-university-press-on-cosmopolitanism-and-political-reform-in-iran/
CATEGORIES:MESPI Module Releases
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190812
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SUMMARY:NEWTON: Lior B. Sternfeld - "Between Iran and Zion"
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URL:https://mespi.org/event/newton-lior-b-sternfeld-between-iran-and-zion/
CATEGORIES:MESPI Module Releases
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190808
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SUMMARY:NEWTON: James Boyce - "Economics for People and Planet"
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URL:https://mespi.org/event/newton-james-boyce-economics-for-people-and-planet/
CATEGORIES:MESPI Module Releases
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190805
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190806
DTSTAMP:20190807T033539Z
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SUMMARY:NEWTON: Hicham Safieddine - "Banking on the State"
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URL:https://mespi.org/event/newton-hicham-safieddine-banking-on-the-state/
CATEGORIES:MESPI Module Releases
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190801
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190802
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SUMMARY:NEWTON: Nathaniel Greenberg - "How Information Warfare Shaped the Arab Spring"
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URL:https://mespi.org/event/newton-nathaniel-greenberg-how-information-warfare-shaped-the-arab-spring/
CATEGORIES:MESPI Module Releases
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190729
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190730
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SUMMARY:NEWTON Post: Khalid Madhi\, Urban Restructuring\, Power and Capitalism in the Tourist City
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URL:https://mespi.org/event/newton-post-khalid-madhi-urban-restructuring-power-and-capitalism-in-the-tourist-city/
CATEGORIES:MESPI Module Releases
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190725
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190726
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SUMMARY:NEWTON: Rest in my Shade: A Poem about Roots
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URL:https://mespi.org/event/newton-rest-in-my-shade-a-poem-about-roots/
CATEGORIES:MESPI Module Releases
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SUMMARY:NEWTON: The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank
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URL:https://mespi.org/event/newton-the-palestinian-authority-in-the-west-bank/
CATEGORIES:MESPI Module Releases
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190718
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190719
DTSTAMP:20190729T174647Z
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SUMMARY:New Engaging Books: Syracuse University Press Selections on Women's Writing in the Arab World
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URL:https://mespi.org/event/new-engaging-books-syracuse-university-press-selections-on-womens-writing-in-the-arab-world/
CATEGORIES:MESPI Module Releases
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190222T170000
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SUMMARY:From Truman to Trump: What Has Happened to US Policy in the Middle East?
DESCRIPTION:From Truman to Trump:\nWhat Has Happened to US Policy in the Middle East?\n  \nFriday\, February 22\, 5pm\nMerten Hall 1201\nGeorge Mason University\n  \nThis lecture traces the history of American entanglements in the Middle East since World War II\, emphasizing the unusual extent to which the region enters American presidential politics\, posing unanticipated\, and often unwelcome\, policy dilemmas and political challenges. From Israel’s declaration of independence\, to the Suez War\, the ‘67 and ‘73 wars\, the oil price shocks\, the Iranian revolution\, Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait\, and the Arab Spring\, the Middle East has produced trials for virtually all US administrations. Today the problems center on ISIS\, Syria\, and the roles of Russia\, Iran\, and Turkey as rivals for US influence. What does this history tell us about the US\, and about the Middle East\, over the seventy-five years? \nREGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE:  \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/phi-beta-kappa-scholar-visit-tickets-55532257477?mc_cid=814438d38c&mc_eid=6e8c171a89 \nPlease join us for the reception directly following the event! Drinks and food will be served. [See here for details.] \nProfessor Lisa Anderson is former President of the American University in Cairo\, and Dean of the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs. A specialist in the politics of the Middle East and North Africa\, she has been president of the Middle East Studies Association and served on the board of Human Rights Watch and the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. She is now James T. Shotwell Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Columbia.
URL:https://mespi.org/event/from-truman-to-trump-what-has-happened-to-us-policy-in-the-middle-east/
LOCATION:Merten Hall (Room 1201)\, George Mason University\, 4441 George Mason Blvd\, Fairfax\, VA\, 22030\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181119
DTSTAMP:20181116T035008Z
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SUMMARY:2018 MESA Conference
DESCRIPTION:Find us in Booths 38-39! \nJoin us for our reception at 8:30pm\, November 17\, in Bowie B (2nd level).
URL:https://mespi.org/event/mesa-conference/
LOCATION:Grand Hyatt\, San Antonio\, Texas
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181111
DTSTAMP:20181110T193718Z
CREATED:20181010T225551Z
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SUMMARY:Teach-In on Current Events in the Arab World: Return to Business as Usual after the Uprisings?
DESCRIPTION:10 November 2018\, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm\nMerten Hall 1204\nGeorge Mason University\nThe Arab uprisings captured our attention eight years ago\, dominating the news cycle. Since then\, the situation in the region has been characterized by catastrophic humanitarian crises\, reconsiderations of governance structures and policies toward both liberalization and authoritarianism\, and military consolidations and responses. The underlying demographic\, economic\, and social issues faced by citizens have persisted or even deteriorated. This teach-in brings scholars and journalists to discuss Palestine\, Yemen\, Iraq\, Morocco\, and Saudi Arabia over the past decade. Teachers of world history and geography\, global studies and regional studies will gain perspectives from the experts and acquire teaching resources on these challenging and crucial topics. \nSpeakers: \nBassam Haddad (George Mason University):\nThe “Post-Uprisings” Arab World: New Challenges\, Old Bottles\, Muddled Vision \nMouin Rabbani (Institute for Palestine Studies):\nPalestine in the Age of Trump: Business as Usual? \nSama’a al-Hamdani (Georgetown University):\nYemeni Fractures: Uprisings and Civil Wars \nRosie Bsheer (Harvard University):\nCountering Revolution: Saudi Arabia and the Arab Uprisings  \nSamia Errazzouki (University of California\, Davis):\nThe Maghreb in Stagnation: Afterlives of the 2011 Uprisings \nHibba Abugideiri (Villanova University):\nThe Arab Uprisings: Why Women Matter \n  \n* * * * * * \n  \nThe event is co-sponsored by the Middle East and Islamic Studies Program at George Mason University\, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University\, and the Arab Studies Institute\, and by the Center for Global Islamic Studies\, Global Affairs\, Global Programs\, History Department\, the Schar School of Policy and Government\, Film and Media Studies. \nLunch will be served. Click here to register for this event. \nThis event is made possible in part by a Title VI grant from the U. S. Department of Education\, which is funding a National Resource Center of the Middle East and North Africa at Georgetown University\, with additional funding from the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies for education outreach and public events and from George Mason University. \n 
URL:https://mespi.org/event/teach-in-on-current-events-in-the-arab-world-return-to-business-as-usual-after-the-uprisings/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181107T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181107T140000
DTSTAMP:20181101T164053Z
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SUMMARY:Decolonizing Tunisia’s Decolonization: The Armed Liberation Struggle and Post-Colonial Planning - A Discussion with Max Ajl
DESCRIPTION:WEDNESDAY\, 7 NOV 12:00PM \nJOHNSON CENTER\, ROOM G (2ND FLOOR) \nGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY \n \n \nOPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Pizza and drinks will be provided\nDuring the mid-1950s\, an almost unknown and erased-from-history armed anti-colonial revolt – the Fellaga/Youssefite rebellion – rippled across the Tunisian countryside\, sweeping across the width and depth of the country\, even penetrating urban cores. My dissertation\, Farmers\, Fellaga\, and Frenchmen: National Liberation and Post-Colonial Development in Tunisia\, recovers the historical memory of that revolt\, writing the armed struggle and its repression into the history of the Tunisian national liberation struggle and its effects on subsequent state-building efforts. In so doing I locate the place of the rural smallholder and newly landless\, who although central to national liberation would be marginal to post-colonial development. This story cuts against the grain of dominant post-colonial historiography\, which depicts a unitary and largely non-violent Western-oriented national struggle as the agent of independence. Such a narrative is the cement which the party has used to justify both its rule\, post-colonial developmentalism\, and subsequent social inclusions and exclusions. My dissertation shows how moments of collective violence\, fueled by regional pan-Arab solidarities and materiel\, propelled the political party which led the liberation movement\, the Neo-Destour\, to victory and secured the country’s sovereignty from France. Simultaneously\, the repression of that struggle led to the exclusion of the marginalized countryside from subsequent state-formation and economic development plans. \n\nSponsored by: Middle East and Islamic Studies\, Center for Global Islamic Studies\, and Arab Studies Institute \n* * * * * * *\n\n\nMax Ajl is a doctoral student in development sociology at Cornell University\, completing a dissertation on the Tunisian national liberation struggle and post-colonial underdevelopment. His research focuses on food\, agrarian\, and ecological issues in the broader Arab region\, as well as the intellectual history of development alternatives. Max’s articles on intellectual history have been published in the Review of African Political Economy and the Journal of Peasant Studies\, and his articles on Syrian and Yemeni long-term rural underdevelopment are forthcoming in several edited collections. He is a member of the Political Economy Project and a co-editor of the Palestine and Political Economy pages at Jadaliyya\, and is a member of Thimar\, a collective focusing on agriculture in the Arab region. He is also an associated researcher with the Observatory for Food Sovereignty and the Environment\, in Tunisia. 
URL:https://mespi.org/event/decolonizing-tunisias-decolonization-the-armed-liberation-struggle-and-post-colonial-planning-a-discussion-with-max-ajl/
LOCATION:Johnson Center Room G\, George Mason University
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181106T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181106T190000
DTSTAMP:20181025T202323Z
CREATED:20181024T174330Z
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SUMMARY:Leaks\, Hacks\, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age - A Talk by Tarek El-Ariss
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, 6 November\, 5 pm\nMerten Hall 1203\nGeorge Mason University\n\nExploring hacking\, leaking\, and scene-making as writing and political practices\, as well as conceptual tools for understanding Arab culture in the digital age\, this talk examines affective forms of protest\, incivility\, digital consciousness\, fiction\, and knowledge production. Focusing on a new generation of activists and authors\, and leakers and hackers from the region and beyond\, El-Ariss connects Wikileaks to The Arabian Nights\, Twitter to mystical revelation\, cyberattacks to pre-Islamic tribal raids\, and digital activism to the affective scene-making of Arab popular culture.
URL:https://mespi.org/event/leaks-hacks-and-scandals-arab-culture-in-the-digital-age-a-talk-by-tarek-el-ariss/
LOCATION:Merten Hall (Room 1203)\, George Mason University\, 4441 George Mason Blvd\, Fairfax\, VA\, 22030\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181018
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181019
DTSTAMP:20181010T033812Z
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UID:1429-1539820800-1539907199@mespi.org
SUMMARY:Authoritarian Apprehensions: Ideology\, Judgement\, and Mourning in Syria - a Talk by Lisa Wedeen
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URL:https://mespi.org/event/authoritarian-apprehensions-ideology-judgement-and-mourning-in-syria-a-talk-by-lisa-wedeen/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181017
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181018
DTSTAMP:20181010T033754Z
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SUMMARY:Humanitarian Predicaments: Protracted Displacement and Palestinian Refugee Politics - A Talk by Ilana Feldman
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URL:https://mespi.org/event/humanitarian-predicaments-protracted-displacement-and-palestinian-refugee-politics-a-talk-by-ilana-feldman/
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