Conference Video Library
View select videos from the ASMEA Annual Conferences. Select the year or scroll down and click the thumbnail to view a video.
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2023 Conference Videos
Keynote - Israeli Policy and American Interests in the Middle East:
Roundtable - Israel’s War with Hamas:
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The Cairo Genizah - A Crossroads of Jewish-Muslim Cultures and Histories:
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Roundtable Discussion - Saudi-Israeli Relations:
Roundtable Discussion - Twenty Years After the War in Iraq:
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Fouad Ajami Annual Roundtable - Legacy & Memory
Panel 19 - Perspectives on Arabian Religion and Politics:
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Bernard Lewis Awards Ceremony:
BDS and the Occupation of Western Academia:
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2022 Conference Videos
Opening Remarks - H.E. Shaikh Abdulla Bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States:
Special Session - When Magic Failed: The Life and Legacy of Prof. Fouad Ajami:
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Book Discussion - Israel's Moment, Prof. Jeffrey Herf:
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Keynote - A Conversation on the State of Middle East Studies Today:
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Panel 1 - African Security Issues:
Panel 7 - Middle Eastern Antisemitism:
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Panel 11 - France, Algeria, and Islam:
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Panel 16 - North Africa: Politics and Parties:
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2021 Conference Videos
Opening Remarks: Mr. David Schenker Keynote Address: H.E. Husain Haqqani, former Islamic Republic of Pakistan Ambassador to the United States. Roundtable discussion on Fouad Ajami's legacy, "Dream Palaces: Twenty Years After 9/11." Book Discussion: The Massacre That Never Was, Prof. Eliezer Tauber
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2020 Conference Videos
Keynote Presentation: Erdogan's Neo-Ottoman Irredentism: How Serious A Military Challenge? Roundtable A: Regional Impact of the Abraham Accords Roundtable B: "Fake News" about Israel: Ground Zero for Today’s Journalism Crisis Panel 21: The Pursuit of Physical Security in East Africa
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2019 Conference Videos
Keynote Address: The Future of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Roundtable A: Studies in Israeli Diplomacy Academic Freedom Symposium: Word Crimes, A Redux Panel 16: Expressions of State Policy in the Gulf Panel 23: Somalia's Dynamic Threat
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2018 Conference Videos
Keynote Address: The Iraqi Political Landscape: Propsects for Democracy Roundtable B: The Enduring Legacy of Prof. Bernard Lewis Panel 4: The Great Game in the Levant Panel 13: Fueling the Fires of Boko Haram Panel 18: Ways of War and Responses to Crisis
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2017 Conference Videos
Keynote Address: Realism and Democracy: American Foreign Policy After the Arab Spring Roundtable A: Middle Eastern Studies Professionals: How to Avoid Internalizing the Clash of Civilizations Roundtable B: The Future of Iran in Syria The Six Day War at 50, Part 1 The Six Day War at 50, Part 2
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2016 Conference Videos
Keynote Address: The Pathology of Middle Eastern Studies
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2015 Conference Videos
Keynote Address: The Fate of the Middle East Christians Roundtable A: Jewish-Christianity and the Origins of Islam Roundtable B: The Spill-Over: The Sunni Jihadis of Syria/Iraq and their Impact on the Middle East Region Roundtable C: United Kurdistan: Distant Dream or Emerging Reality? Roundtable E: Cultures of War: U.S. Military Training in the Middle East and Africa
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2014 Conference Videos
Keynote Address: Rouhani’s Iran: How Real is the Change? Roundtable A: Boko Haram: Islamism and Anarchy to What End? Roundtable C: The Sunni-Shia Sectarian War Across the Sykes-Picot Line Roundtable D: Iraq: Failure or Federalism Roundtable E: The Middle East: New Political Arrays, Old Complications
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2013 Conference Videos
Keynote Address: The Arab Upheavals: A View From Beirut Roundtable A: From Kissinger to Kerry: Forty Years of Failed Attempts to Solve the Arab-Israeli Conflict Roundtable B: Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Region, and Beyond Roundtable D: Revolution, Revolt, and Reform in North Africa Roundtable E: Great Power Involvement in the Arab Upheavals
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2012 Conference Videos
Keynote Presentation: Gaddafi's Downfall and its Impact on Sub-Saharan Africa Roundtable A: Arab Springs Eternal: What Holds for the ‘New' Middle East Roundtable B: Non-Compliance: International Law in the Middle East Roundtable C: The Causes and Consequences of Getting the Arab Spring Wrong: A Discussion Roundtable D: Persecution, Resistance and Flight: Christian Communities in the Modern Middle East
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2011 Conference Videos
Opening Remarks: H.E. Ali Suleiman Aujali, Ambassador of Libya Keynote Presentation by H.E. Barham Salih, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region Roundtable A: Turkey Under the AKP: Can Liberalism and Islamism Co-Exist? Roundtable B: The Saddam Tapes, 1978-2001: The Inner Workings of a Tyrant’s Regime Roundtable C: Syria’s Freedom Revolution: The Struggle for a Post-Assad Future Panel 3: The Arab Spring and the Fate of Middle East Minorities
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2010 Conference Videos
Keynote Address: How to Stop Failing, From Israel to Pakistan Iran's Nuclear Program: The Military Option The Future of Military Operations in the Horn of Africa Turkey's Future as a Democratic Ally Eritrea and its Discontents
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2009 Conference Videos
Racial Stereotypes and Official Diplomacy in the Sudanese Peace Processes: Dr. Gerard Prunier U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Ambassador John Bolton The Iranian Difference: Prof. Bernard Lewis
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