Past Events
The Evolution of Intellectual Production in the pre-Ottoman Middle East: Empirical Evidence from Hajji Khalifa's Kashf al-Zunun
Eric Chaney
Assistant Professor of Economics
Harvard University
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
12:00 Noon
202 Jones Hall
Arab Businesses and the Revolution
Giacomo Luciani
Princeton Global Scholar and The Transregional Institute
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
4:30 PM
100 Jones Hall
Offshore Citizenship: A Market Solution to the "Problem" of Migrant Incorporation
Noora Anwar Lori
Research Fellow, International Security Program
Harvard University
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
12:00 Noon
202 Jones Hall
Expat/Expert Camps: Toward a New Ethnography of Gulf Labor Migration
Neha Vora
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Lafayette College
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
12:00 Noon
202 Jones Hall
Resource Blessed: the GCC Development Experience
Giacomo Luciani
Princeton Global Scholar and the Transregional Institute
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
12:00 Noon
202 Jones Hall
Is There a Conception of the Political in Sunni Fiqh? A Bottom-Up Perspective
Mohammad Fadel
Associate Professor of Law
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
4:30 PM
100 Jones Hall
On Autocracy and the Transition Towards Democracy in the Arab Region
Samir Makdisi
Professor Emeritus, American University of Beirut
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
4:30 PM
100 Jones Hall
Islam and Exile in the 18th Century Indian Ocean
Michael Laffan
Professor of History
Princeton University
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
12:00 Noon
202 Jones Hall
Talk Therapy - Yemen, the National Dialogue and Prospects for Transition
Barbara Bodine
Lecturer in Public and International Affairs, WWS
Director, Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
12:00 Noon
202 Jones Hall
Sufis and Politicians in Sixteenth Century Egypt
Adam Sabra
Professor of History and King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud Chair in Islamic Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
12:00 Noon
202 Jones Hall
Bombay Parsis and the Rediscovery of Ancient Iran, 1850-1900
Daniel Sheffield
Link-Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts
Lecturer, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
12:00 Noon
202 Jones Hall
Debating Women's Mosque Access in Sixteenth-Century Mecca
Marion Katz
Associate Professor of Middle East and Islamic Studies
New York University
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
12:00 Noon
202 Jones Hall
Military Monolith or Subcontractor State? The Politics of Privatization in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Kevan Harris
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
12:00 Noon
202 Jones Hall
Hezbollah Facing the Lebanese State: a Special Case of Political Islam (1982-2012)
Aurélie Daher
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Transregional Institute, Princeton University
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
12:00 Noon
202 Jones Hall
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A Familiar Presence: Muslims in Europe (16th-18th Century)
Lucette Valensi
Professor, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
12:00 Noon
202 Jones Hall
Turkish Foreign Policy: The Promise and Peril of Neo-Ottomanism
Michael Reynolds
Associate Professor Near Eastern Studies
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
12:00 Noon
202 Jones Hall
The Cultural Politics of the Syrian Revolution
Max Weiss
Assistant Professor of History and Near Eastern Studies
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
12:00 Noon
202 Jones Hall
Rightsizing America's Role in the Middle East
Ambassador Daniel Kurtzer
S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
12:00 Noon
202 Jones Hall
The Gulf States' Response to the Arab Spring Uprisings
Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
Columnist from the United Arab Emirates
Monday, November 5, 2012
12:00 Noon
102 Jones Hall
Azerbaijan: Crossroads of a Region in Flux
Ambassador Elin Suleymanov
Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
12:00
202 Jones Hall
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Of Empires and Citizens: Pro American Democracy or No Democracy at All?
Amaney Jamal
Associate Professor of Politics and Director of the Workshop on Arab Political Development at Princeton University
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
12:00
202 Jones Hall
The Arab Spring and the New Arab Public Sphere
Marc Lynch
Associate Professor of political science and Director of the Institute for Middle East Studies at the George Washington University
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
12:00
202 Jones Hall
If Rice were a Man: Twelver and Ismaili Reception of an early Shi’i Hadith
Samer Traboulsi
Associate Professor of History of the Middle East and the Muslim World at the University of North Carolina at Asheville and Research Fellow at TRI, Princeton University
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
12:00
202 Jones Hall
A Woman in the Crossfire
Samar Yazbek
Novelist, journalist and author of “A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution”
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
4:30 p.m.
219 Aaron Burr Hall
Syria: State of Barbarism
Bernard Haykel
Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Director, Institute for Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, Princeton University
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
12:00
202 Jones Hall
The Struggle for Syria Revisited
April 25, 2012, 12:00
102 Jones Hall
Carol Hakim
Visiting Associate Research Scholar
Princeton University
Political Economy of Arab Revolutions: Analysis and Prospects for North-African Countries
April 18, 2012, Noon
102 Jones Hall
Elias Mouhoub Mouhoud
Professor of Economics
Université Paris Dauphine
Will Economics Derail the Arab Spring: the Case of Tunisia
April 17, 2012, 12:00 p.m.
Jones 102
Francis Ghilès
Senior Research Fellow
Barcelona Centre for International Affairs
The Redirection of Saudi Aramco's Investment Strategy and Its Global Implications
April 12, 2012, 12:00
102 Jones Hall
Giacomo Luciani
Princeton Global Scholar
The Military and the Arab Springs
March 29, 2012, 4:30 p.m.
Jones 100
Robert Springborg
Department of National Security Affairs
Naval Postgraduate School
Economic Challenges Facing Egypt’s New Order
March 28, 2012, 12:00 p.m.
102 Jones Hall
Robert Springborg
Department of National Security Affairs
Naval Postgraduate School
Sudan after the Secession of the South: Missing Petrodollars and the Quest for an “Agricultural Renaissance"
March 14, 2012, 12:00 noon
Jones 102
Eckart Woertz
The Transregional Institute & Princeton Environmental Institute
Princeton University
Structural Inefficiencies of Islamic Courts: Ottoman Justice and Its Implications for Modern Economic Life
February 21, 2012, 4:30 p.m.
Jones 100
Timur Kuran
Professor of Economics and Political Science, and Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies
Duke University
Lebanese-Syrian Relations in a Time of Revolution: Blurred Lines and Cross Purposes
February 15, 2012, 12:00 noon
Jones 102
Andrew Arsan
Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University
Seminar on "Whither the Arab State?"
January 11-13, 2012
Al-Ghat, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
co-sponsored with the Abdulrahman Al-Sudairy Foundation
Participants: Paul Salem, Gregory Gause, Nathan Brown, Asli Bali, Samer Shehata, Lisa Anderson, Abdulkhaleq Abdallah, Joshua Landis, Saud al-Sarhan, Marina Ottaway, Abdulwahid Humaid, Stephen Walt, Lama Al Sulaiman, Ziad Al-Sudairy, Bernard Haykel
Workshop on "Weak Dollar, Expensive Oil"
December 4, 2011
Participants: Muhammad Al Jasser, Governor of Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority, Giacomo Luciani, Princeton Global Scholar, Ed Morse, Citi, Harold James, and others
From Popular Uprisings to Political Transition: Reflections on the Tunisian Revolution
November 22, 2011
100 Jones Hall, 5:00 PM
Malika Zeghal, Harvard University
Workshop on the Arab Spring Revolutions
November 18-19, 2011
Participants: Olivier Roy, Amaney Jamal, Farhad Khosrokhavar, Teije Donker, Virginie Collombier, Sari Hanafi, Marwa Daoudy, Rabab El Mahdi, Carol Hakim, Bernard Haykel
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
Adam M. Pechter, President and CEO of Pechter Middle East Polls
David Pollock, Principal Advisor to Pechter Middle East Polls
April 6 -- 102 Jones Hall -- 12:00 Noon
Hindu-Muslim Relations and the "War on Terror"
Philippa Williams
University of Cambridge
April 1, 2010 -- 202 Jones Hall -- 12:00 Noon
The Battles for Kashmir: Kashmiris Between India and Pakistan
Basharat Peer
Fellow, Open Society Institute
March 11, 2010 -- 202 Jones Hall -- 12:00 Noon
Burqas Aren't Always Blue: Kandahar 1968-2010
Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn, editors of My Life with the Taliban by Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef
February 23, 2010 -- 202 Jones Hall -- 12:00 Noon
The Global Financial Crisis and the Persian Gulf: Dubai's Debt and the Future of Islamic Banking
Speakers: Rachel Ziemba, Eckart Woertz, Don Hanna, Mahmoud El Gamal, Ibrahim Warde, Aron Zysow
(Roundtable presentations and discussion)
February 24, 2010 -- 202 Jones Hall, 2:00 PM -- 5:30 PM
Shifting Sands: Sovereign Wealth Funds, the Global Financial Crisis and the Economic Implications for the Middle East
B. Philip Winder, Director, Polygon Investment Management
February 4, 2010 -- 102 Jones Hall, 12:00 Noon
The Present and Future of Energy Policy in Saudi Arabia
Speakers: Bassam Fattouh, Majid Moneef, Peter Thiel, Roger Diwan, Giacomo Luciani, Jason Pyle, Mohammad Al-Sabban, Ibrahim Al-Muhanna, Robert Mabro, Nader Sultan
January 20-22, 2010 in Al-Ghat, Saudi Arabia
(co-sponsored with The Abdulrahman Al-Sudairy Foundation)
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