Events
Lengthening Shadows: Implications of US Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan
November 15, 2011
102 Jones Hall, 12:00 Noon
Michael Barry, Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
La transition démocratique en Tunisie, ses enjeux au miroir de la société civile
(lecture in French with live translation)
November 8, 2011
102 Jones Hall, 12:00 Noon
Abdelhamid Larguèche, Professor of History, University of Tunis-Manouba
Workshop on Yemen's History and Culture
October 15, 2011 -- 102 Jones Hall
Particpants: Brinkley Messick, Gabriele vom Bruck, John Willis, Bat-Zion Eraqi Klorman, Thomas Kuhn, Yusuf Hamid al-Din, Sukru Hanioglu, Bernard Haykel
The Hidden Hand of US Hegemony: From Petrodollars to Sinodollars
Thursday, October 20, 2011 -- 202 Jones Hall
David Spiro, The Strategy Practice
Running out of food in the Middle East? Food security and the challenges of the Arab Spring
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 -- 100 Jones Hall, 4:30 PM
Turki Faisal Al Rasheed, Chairman, Golden Grass Inc., Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Do Global Shale Liquids Spell a Threat for Middle East Oil Dominance?
Thursday, October 4, 2011 -- 100 Jones Hall, 4:30 PM
Assif Gangat, PIRA
Making Sense of the Arab Spring
Monday, September 19, 2011 -- 202 Jones Hall, 12:00 Noon
Bernard Haykel, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
Osama bin Laden’s Death- Implications for the Middle East and the Muslim World
Professors Bernard Haykel, Amaney Jamal, Michael Reynolds and Cyrus Schayegh (moderator) and Mr. Vahid Brown
Tuesday, May 10, 2011-- 101 McCormick, 4:30- 6:00 PM
The Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, The Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia, and the Workshop on Arab Political Development
Oil, the Dollar and the Stability of the International Financial System
Tuesday, April 26, 2011-- 102 Jones Hall, 12:00 Noon
Eckart Woertz, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University
Princeton Environmental institute and the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies
The Crisis of Authoritarian Rule in North Africa
Monday, April 25, 2011-- 100 Jones Hall, 4:30 PM
Lahouari Addi,
Religious Authority in Practice: Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Contemporary Saudi Arabia
Thursday, April 21, 2011-- 102 Jones Hall, 12:00 Noon
Nabil Mouline, Postdoctoral Research Associate,
The Transregional Institute and the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies
The Arab Spring and the Rentier State Paradigm at 25
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 -- 202 Jones Hall, 12:00 Noon
Giacomo Luciani, Princeton Global Scholar Director,
Gulf Research Center Foundation
Messianic Tendencies in Contemporary Islam
March 8, 2011 -- 102 Jones Hall -- 12:00 Noon
Jean- Pierre Filiu, Visiting Professor, Columbia University
Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po
Islamic Medicine in Indonesian Jihadi Organisations: Income Generation or Recruitment Strategy?
November 30, 2010 -- 102 Jones Hall -- 12:00 Noon
Sidney Jones, International Crisis Group
Islam, Women, and a Critique of Liberalism
April 22, 2010 -- 102 Jones Hall -- 12:00 Noon
Toby Jones, Rutgers University
The Elusive Quest for Oil Price Stabilization
April 20 -- 100 Jones Hall -- 4:30 PM
Dario Speranza, Vice President, ENI
Some Philosophical Issues in the Clash between Liberalism and Muslim Identity
April 15 -- 202 Jones Hall -- 12:00 Noon
Aqeel Bilgrami, Columbia University
Uninvited Insurgents: Explaining the Foreign Jihadi Phenomenon, 1945-2010
April 8, 2010 -- 202 Jones Hall -- 12:00 Noon
Thomas Hegghammer, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
New Signposts on the Road: Recent Polling Data from the Arab Street
April 6 -- 102 Jones Hall -- 12:00 Noon
Adam M. Pechter, President and CEO of Pechter Middle East Polls
David Pollock, Principal Advisor to Pechter Middle East Polls
Hindu-Muslim Relations and the "War on Terror"
April 1, 2010 -- 202 Jones Hall -- 12:00 Noon
Philippa Williams, University of Cambridge
The Battles for Kashmir: Kashmiris Between India and Pakistan
March 11, 2010 -- 202 Jones Hall -- 12:00 Noon
Basharat Peer, Fellow, Open Society Institute
Burqas Aren't Always Blue: Kandahar 1968-2010
February 23, 2010 -- 202 Jones Hall -- 12:00 Noon
Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn, editors of My Life with the Taliban by Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef
The Global Financial Crisis and the Persian Gulf: Dubai's Debt and the Future of Islamic Banking
(Roundtable presentations and discussion)
February 24, 2010 -- 202 Jones Hall, 2:00 PM -- 5:30 PM
Speakers: Rachel Ziemba, Eckart Woertz, Don Hanna, Mahmoud El Gamal, Ibrahim Warde, Aron Zysow
Shifting Sands: Sovereign Wealth Funds, the Global Financial Crisis and the Economic Implications for the Middle East
February 4, 2010 -- 102 Jones Hall, 12:00 Noon
B. Philip Winder, Director, Polygon Investment Management
The Present and Future of Energy Policy in Saudi Arabia
January 20-22, 2010 in Al-Ghat, Saudi Arabia
(co-sponsored with The Abdulrahman Al-Sudairy Foundation)
Speakers: Bassam Fattouh, Majid Moneef, Peter Thiel, Roger Diwan, Giacomo Luciani, Jason Pyle, Mohammad Al-Sabban, Ibrahim Al-Muhanna, Robert Mabro, Nader Sultan
Fall 2009 Lectures
The Rise and Fall of Glitter: Old Delhi’s Muslim Artisans
Mira Mohsini, Department of Anthropology, School of Oriental & African Studies
October 1, 2009 – Seminars on Islam, Modernity & South Asia 2009- 2010 Lecture Series
202 Jones Hall, 12:00 Noon
Understanding the Present and Future of Oil
Leonardo Maugeri, Senior Executive Vice President (Director) Strategies and Development ENI
October 6, 2009 – Oil, Energy and the Middle East, Fall 2009 Lecture Series, 100 Jones Hall, 4:30 PM
The Gotarka Pir: Delegation and Exchange at a Muslim Shrine in Gujarat
Parvis Ghassen- Fachandi, Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University
October 15, 2009 – Seminars on Islam, Modernity & South Asia 2009- 2010 Lecture Series
202 Jones Hall, 12:00 Noon
The Gulf Corporation Council Paradox: Resource Nationalism and Political Liberation in the Gulf
Antoine Halff, Deputy Head of Research at Futures Broker Newedge and adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
October 27, 2009 - Oil, Energy and the Middle East, Fall 2009 Lecture Series
100 Jones Hall, 4:30 PM
Muslims in India today: Towards Marginalization?
Christohe Jaffrelot, Director, Center for International Studies and Research, Sciences Po Paris, Senior Research Fellow, CNRS
November 9, 2009 – Seminars on Islam, Modernity & South Asia 2009- 2010 Lecture Series
202 Jones Hall, 4:30 PM
The Causes and Consequences of the Oil Shock of 2007-2008
James Hamilton, Professor of Economics, University of California at San Diego
November 10, 2009 - Oil, Energy and the Middle East, Fall 2009 Lecture Series
100 Jones Hall, 4:30 PM
The Power of Governments Versus the Power of Movements in Middle Eastern and South Asian Conflict Zones
Michael Crawford, Visiting Fellow, Transregional Institute, Princeton
November 17, 2009 - 102 Jones Hall, 12:00 Noon
The Pakistani Military’s Fight Against Talibanization
Ayesha Siddiqa, Columnist for Dawn, an English daily in Pakistan
December 3, 2009 – Seminars on Islam, Modernity & South Asia 2009- 2010 Lecture Series
202 Jones Hall, 12:00 Noon
Afghanistan and Pakistan: the Challenges Ahead
Frank G. Wisner, Former US Ambassador to India and Egypt
December 10, 2009 – Seminars on Islam, Modernity & South Asia 2009- 2010 Lecture Series
202 Jones Hall, 12:00 Noon
Dubai: Understanding the Crisis
Eckart Woertz, Fellow OEME project, Princeton University
December 8, 2009 – 102 Jones Hall, 12:00 Noon