2022 Conference ScheduleBelow is tentative schedule for the Fifteenth Annual ASMEA Conference. Please note, this schedule is subject to change. Saturday, November 5Special Session Poster Competition Judging Open Reception Sunday, November 6Breakfast 8:30 – 10:00 am Panel 1: African Security Issues Private Military Companies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Failure or a Future? Police Self-Confidence During Conflict: Examining Officers Sense of Authority The End Game: Juba Peace Talks, the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Perspective Localized Borderland Rebellion or Global Jihadist Group? Panel 2: Israel and the Politics of Peace Trouble in Idyll, Idyll in Trouble: The US-Israel Relations from 1970 to 1991 The Oslo Accords After Thirty Years: A Missed Opportunity to Achieve Israeli-Palestinian Peace, or a Grand Diplomatic Deception? Israel in the Shadow of the Struggle for the Middle East - Old Rivals and New Allies Assessment of the Impact of Abraham Accords After More Than One Year on the Middle East Stability Panel 3: A Hundred Years of States and Minorities in the Middle East: What Has Gone Wrong? From Cultural Recognition to Political Assertion; Amazigh Challenges to the Existing Order in North Africa The Maronites of Lebanon; Hubris to Dhimmitude Panel 4: Islam and Politics When Legal Conservatism Renders Salafi-Jihadis Lenient: The Intra-Salafi Debate about Being a Naturalized Citizen of an Infidel Country Do Sexual Inequality and Gender Discrimination Derive from the Qur’an? Revisiting Hermeneutics in Islam’s Most Sacred Text Dimensions of the Imaginary, the Real and the Symbolic—the Case of Transsexuals in Iran Who are the Isra'ilites in The Qur'an Panel 5: Iranian Episodes Iran National Security Transformation from Pahlavi Dynasty to Islamic Republic. The Social-Economic Effects of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) in the Persian Modernization between 1909 and 1933 Sāsānian War Elephants and Islamic Historical Memory Coffee Break 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Panel 6: Conflict and Resolution in Saudi Arabia Adaptation and Creativity—Saudi Policies under the Regency of Muhammad B. Salman Saudi Arabia: A SWOT Analysis of a Family-Wahhabi Nationalism Case Study Wahhabi Warfare on the Arabian Peninsula in the 18th Century, As Told by Ibn Bishr Bernard Lewis Prize Submission Presentations (Session 1) Anti-Semitism at Fairs and Festivals in the Interwar Middle East Antisemitism in popular culture State-level Incitement against Zionism on the eve of the Aleppo Pogrom of 1947 A Genealogy of Evil: Anti-Semitism from Nazism to Islamic Jihad Panel 8: Iraq: Politics, Faith and Heritage Saddam’s Islamic Faith Campaign, Open and Archival Sources and What Lies Below? Sh īʿī Activism and British Imperialism in the Making of the Iraqi State Remembering Karbala: Approaching a Social History of Iraqi Shiism The Iraqi Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Protection Panel 9: Politics and Parties in the Middle East İsmailağa, Furkan Vakfı and AK Party: A Critical Assessment of the Contours of the Relations between AK Party and Religious Movements after the July 15th coup The Coup Taboo: Assessing the Salience and Internalization of an Anti-Coup Norm in Egypt and Turkey Bediüzzaman Said Nursi—A Politico-Religious Opponent of the Early Turkish State International intervention in the Middle East: The Arab Spring in Libya and Syria Panel 10: Women in Africa Cycles of Violent Displacement: Tigrayan Refugee Women, 1974-2022 Critical Reading of Historical Gender Roles in Contemporary Debates Around Climate Change and the Feminization of Poverty: Case of the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe Yoruba Female Entrepreneurship: Between History, Context and Identity Family, Sexualities, and the Zimbabwean Roman Catholic Church in Late Twentieth Century Moto Magazine Banquet Luncheon, Awards Ceremony, and Keynote Address 2:30 - 4:00 pm Panel 11: France, Algeria, and Islam A French Civil War in the Middle East Colonial Paranoia: French Carcerality Amidst the Algerian Struggle Critical Race Theory and the New French Islam Panel 12: Economics and Politics in the Gulf and Africa Economic Diversification Challenge in the United Arab Emirates: the Combined Effect of Market Failure, Rentier State and Demographic Imbalance China’s Belt and Road Initiative in East Africa: Finding Success in Failure? The Politics of Cryptocurrency Regulation in Africa Does it Matter for Africa with Whom it Trades? Estimations of the Impacts of Africa’s Trade with the EU and China on Corruption Panel 13: Rights, Revolution and Legitimacy The Role of International Actors in Promoting Support for Women’s Rights in the MENA Region: Evidence from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia When Springs Become Winters: How Armed Actors Hijack Nonviolent Revolutions Institutional Logic of Fragile States: Afghanistan and South Sudan in Comparative Perspective Egypt’s Diaspora Policy in the Post-June 2013 Era as a Transnational Mechanism of Regime Legitimation Panel 14: International Relations: Power, Politics, Narratives Complex Effects of International Relations European Green Deal as the European Foreign and Security Policy Tool A Thin Debate: Comparing the Conflicting Political Narratives of the UN Security Council and General Assembly on the Gaza Strip from 2006 to 2018 On Menachem Begin's Changing Image in Israeli Society Panel 15: Yemen: Internal Affairs and Culture Institutional Arrangements and Procurement Procedures for Post-War Reconstruction in Yemen Empty Threats and Aid Weaponization: Understanding the International Response to Yemen's Humanitarian Crisis Roundtable: Edward Said and the Colonization of Western Middle Eastern Studies
Coffee Break Editorial Board Meeting for the Journal of the Middle East and Africa 4:30 – 6:00 pm Panel 16: North Africa: Politics and Parties Dominant Party Affiliation and Perceived Institutional Performance: Evidence from Local Governance in Algeria Biographies of Insecurity: Labor Migration from the Moroccan Margins Wasta and Democratic Attitudes in the Middle East Explaining Party System Weakness in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia Bernard Lewis Prize Submission Presentations (Session 2) Forgotten Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries and Iran Israel: ‘occupier’ or ‘occupied’? The psycho-political projection of Christian and post-Christian supersessionism Can “The Whole World” Be Wrong: A Medievalist’s Guide to the Troubled 21st Century Secularizing Islam Panel 18: Terror and Ideology The Controversial Legacy of Abū Qatāda al-Filasṭīnī Weaponization of Social Media--Sahel and West Africa, A Russia Hybrid Battle Ground? Popularity of Terrorist Groups and Counterterrorism in Middle East and North Africa Terrorism, Territory, and Social Movements: An Evolution of Fourth Wave Terrorism Panel 19: Lebanon Then and Now Between Crescent and Cross: The Politics and Practice of Dissimulation in a Transimperial Druze Household, the House of Ma’n of Mt. Lebanon, 1585- 1703 A Dress Rehearsal? The Secret Relations Between Israel and Christians in Lebanon (1968-1970) Litani 1978: Incursion on the Road to the First Lebanon War The Clash of Ethoses within the Lebanese Maronite Community: The Case of Michel Aoun and Samir Geagea Panel 20: Democratic Republic of Congo: Gender and Conflict Intra House Gender Relations and Careless Masculinity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Inter-Group Conflict in the DRC: How the Perception of Being Part of the Victims vs Perpetrators Shape Individuals’ Support for Retributive Violence and Reconciliation Bernard Lewis Reception Film Discussion and Screening: "Golda" (2019) Monday, November 7Breakfast 8:30 – 10:00 am Book Discussion: Israel's Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945–1949 Panel 21: Nigeria: Navigating Crisis and Identity Spilling Anger Out on Walls: Protest Graffiti and the Art of Resistance Politics in Contemporary Africa In-Group Versus Out-Group Conflicts: Analysis of Crisis Instigated by Indigene and Settlers’ Claim to Land Ownership in Northern Nigeria Vigilantism and Community Security in Nigeria: An Analysis of the Civilian Joint Task Force and Amotekun Exchanging the Shepherd’s Staff for AK-47: Fulani Herdsmen and the Negotiation of Identity and Security in Nigeria Panel 31: West Africa: Education and Politics The Projects or the People: A study of Education policymaking in The Gambia West Africa on the Global Stage: Examining Regional Trade for Development Unlearning to learn: Professional resocialization among social workers in Ghana Ghana’s 2016 and 2020 Elections: Introducing a Corpus and Examining False Information on Twitter Panel 23: Minorities; Conflicts and Politics Settlers in Syria: Turkish Population Transfers in Northern Syria Beyond the Invisible Borders. Turkey, the Kurds, and the Syrian-Iraqi Borderland “Our Armenians” or “Enemy Within”: Turkey’s Armenian Minority in the AKP Era Turkoman Politics in Iraq After the DAESH War Panel 24: Building Security and Identities Counterinsurgency in The Middle East: The Russian Tar Baby Health Disparities by Religious Identity: Comparing Child Growth Among Christian and Muslim Children in Egypt and Jordan Comparing the Iraqi and Syrian American Diaspora During Times of Conflict: Sectarianism, Ethnic Cleavages, and Gender Rethinking Pan-Arabism: From Utopian Idea to a Practical Plan Coffee Break 10:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Panel 25: Egypt, Then and Now Echoes of a Revolution: The Nahda and Nationalist Records at the British Library The Future of a Museumified Cairo: Consequences for Right to the City Premodern Jewish Memory and History in Contact through Arabic Poetry in the Cairo Genizah Islam, the Coptic Church, and Aksūm in the Early Medieval Coptic and Arabic Writings: An Overview Panel 26: Jordan Before and After 1967 The Social Background of Political Contention: West Bank Ba’th Activists Under Jordanian Rule A Tale of Two Wars and Sixties Stamps: Remembering the Nakba and the Naksa on Jordanian Postage Stamps Panel 27: Islamists Abroad In the Service of which Nation: Immigrants as non-Governmental Agents of Trans-Border Economic Policies Iran and the Spread of Antizionist and Antisemitic Propaganda in Latin America Is Europe Burning? The Islamic State against the Continent Panel 28: Women in Turkey and Israel Women’s rights in Israel: the activism of the Beta Israel Community Why Do Women Participate Less? A Study of Women Participation in Turkish Trade Unions Nomination of Women with Intersecting Identities as an Electoral Competition Strategy in Turkey’s Mayoral Elections The Incompetent Incarcerations: The Israeli Approach to Female Counterterrorism Panel 29: Islam and Violence in Africa Islamic Ties and Rebel Territorial Control in African Armed Conflicts Women, Violent Extremism, and National Security: The Role of Harmful Traditional Practices in Northeast Nigeria Religion or Violence in the Name of Allah: The Rise of an Islamist Extremist Group in Northern Nigeria in the 2000s and the Threat it Poses to Civility, Freedom, and Democracy Identity, Affect, and the Hermeneutics of Jihad: Understanding Postcolonial Subjectivity in Boko Haram Boxed Lunch 12:30 – 2:00 pm Panel 30: Narratives and Ethos in the Middle East: Similarities and Differences The Formation of the National Palestinian Ethos Mediator-Narration: US Presidents and the Narration of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1993-2012 Peace Promotion through Transformation of Territorial Meta-Narratives: An Inquiry into the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Panel 32: Creating and Projecting Identities Jewish Women and the Making of the Levant Fair in Mandatory Palestine The Levant Fair and the Promotion of Tel Aviv as an ‘All-Jewish’ City in the Interwar Period The Other Radicals: Zionist-Socialist Youth in Apartheid South Africa, 1948-1970 When Village Identity Interweaves with the City: The Evolution of the ‘Hebronite’ Regionalism and Identity Panel 33: Turkey: Narratives of Politics and Religion The Multidimensional Image of Fethullah Gulen and his Life of Conflict with the Turkish State Systematic Symbolism in State-sponsored Turkish Historical Fictions: The Case of "Payitaht: Abdülhamid" Framing Diplomacy, Politics, Religion, and Social Dynamics in Turkish Media Panel 34: Africa: Building Nations and Organizations The Challenges of and Prospects for Nation-Building in a Post-Independent Nigeria (1960-2022) Approaches to the Study of the African Union after Ten and Twenty Years: Analyses of a Regional International Organization and Narratives on Contemporary Africa Is Technological Capability the Missing Link in Africa’s Lack of Inclusive Growth and Structural Transformation? 2:30– 4:00 pm Panel 35: Security Issues in the Middle East and Africa North Korea Sanctions and Illicit Activities: Their Relationship to Iran Tehran’s Sanctions Evasion Strategy: Financing: The Islamic Republic’s Efforts to Establish a Hegemonic Position in the Middle East French Advising of Indigenous Soldiers in Africa Before the Great War: The Origins of Patron-Client Relationships Panel 36: Africa: Education and Politics "Practical Nationalism": World War II Veterans and Nationalism in Nigeria, 1945 - 1960 From Fattening Rooms to Girls’ Institutes: Domestic Science and the Changing Meanings of Womanhood in Calabar, 1846-1946 Changing Structure of Educational Landscape In Africa: The Leverage of Transnational Faith-based NGOs Panel 37: Islam and Modernities The Fatwa of the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mahmoud Shaltout on Shiism How Ali Shariati’s Reinterpretation of Shi’ite Islam Led to a Dispute with the Clerics The Islamic Modernism of Ayatollah Montazeri Panel 38: Post Ukranian War (Dis)Order and its Impact on the Middle East Turkish Foreign Policy during the Ukrainian War: Shifting or Hedging? The New Hedgers in the Middle East: How Does the USA can Constrain Russia with the Hedging States? Panel 39: Israelis and Palestinians: Attitudes and Narratives The Effect of Shared Employment of Israeli-Jews and Non-Israeli Palestinians on Mutual Attitudes: Comparative Research at Israeli Industry and Medicine Workplaces The Marketing Strategy of the PLO In Search of the Non-Transitory Native: Revisiting the Concept of Palestinian Indigeneity in Narratives of Israeli Settler Colonialism
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