Challenging Boundaries: Recentering the Region in MENA Political Science
June 9 - 10, 2021, 10 am – 3:30 pm ET
Zoom Meeting ID: https://zoom.us/j/7795134548
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 (all time listed in US Eastern Time)
10:00-10:30 am – Welcoming Comments – Marc Lynch
10:30 am – 12:15 am Plenary Panel 1: Engaging and Supporting Scholarship from the MENA Region
- Luai Allarakia, University of Richmond
- Lisa Anderson, Columbia University, Former President American University of Cairo
- Abdelwahhab Effendi, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
- Dana El-Kurd, University of Richmond
- Ahmed Morsy, APSN
- Seteney Shami, Arab Council for the Social Sciences
- John Waterbury, Former President, American University of Beirut
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm Lunch
12:45 pm – 2:30 pm Plenary Panel 2: Confronting Old and New Obstacles to Political Science Research
- Nermin Allam, Rutgers University
- Imad Alsoos, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
- Mert Arslanalp, Bogacizi University
- Laryssa Chomiak, CEMAT (Tunis)
- Jannis Julien Grimm, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
- Sarah Parkinson, Johns Hopkins University – SAIS
2: 30 pm – 3:30 pm Professional Networking Breakout Sessions
Thursday, June 10, 2021
9:00 am - 10:30 am Steering Committee Breakfast – (Sc Only)
10:30 am – 12:15 pm Plenary Panel 3: MENA Scholarship and Academic Publishing
- Eva Bellin, Brandeis University/Comparative Politics
- Michael Bernhard, University of Florida/Perspectives on Politics
- Melani Cammett, Harvard University
- Caelyn Cobb, Columbia University Press
- Morgan Kaplan, Security Studies
- David McBride, Oxford University Press
- Aili Tripp, University of Wisconsin/American Political Science Review
12:15 pm – 12:45 pm Lunch
12:45 pm – 2:30 pm Plenary Panel 4: Undisciplining the Discipline: Approaches to Studying “The City”
- Omar Dewachi, Rutgers University
- Mona Harb, American University of Beirut
- Sarah El-Kazaz, SOAS University of London
- Pascal Menoret, Brandeis University
- Farah al-Nakib, California Polytechnic State University
- Lana Salman, Harvard Kennedy School
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Professional Networking Breakout Sessions