Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia
Past Lectures & Events
2006-2007
2005-2006 • 2005-2004 • 2004-2003
2003-2002 • 2002-2001 • 2001-2000
"Lebanon: What Next?" A Panel Discussion with Richard Falk, George Saliba and David Dodge. Thursday, Sept 14, 8:00 p.m., Friend Center, Room 101. Sponsor: The Princeton Middle East Society. Cosponsored by the International Center, the Program in Near Eastern Studies & the Transregional Institute
Luncheon Seminar: “Differing Saudi Perspectives on Oil Wealth and its Effect on Society.” Bernard Haykel (Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, New York University). Friday, October 6, 2006 at 12:00 noon, room 216 Aaron Burr Hall.
Touhami Ennadre (French-Moroccan Photographer). "Black Light, Visions of Casablanca: Medina." Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 219 Aaron Burr Hall. About Touhami Ennadre.
Luncheon Seminar: "Casablanca's Medina: The Source of My Work." Led by photographer Touhami Ennadre, with Professors Abdellah Hammoudi and Larry Rosen. Friday, November 10, 2006 at 12 noon in Room 216 Aaron Burr Hall. About Touhami Ennadre.
Robert Vitalis (Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania). "America's Kingdom: Oil and Hierarchy across the Long Twentieth Century." Friday, December 1, 2006 at 12 noon in Room 219 Aaron Burr Hall.
The Princeton Middle East Society presents Mohammed Omer (Correspondent for Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs). "Gaza on the Ground: An Illustrated Lecture." Friday, December 1, 2006 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 243, Frist Campus Center. Cosponsored by the International Center, the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies and the Transregional Institute.
Duane Chapman (Professor of Environmental Economics, Cornell University). "Persian Gulf Oil,Global Security, and American Policy." Friday, December 8, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 216 Aaron Burr Hall. Light refreshments will be served.
Stephen Smith (Visiting Lecturer, Duke University; former editor for Le Monde and Liberation, Paris). "Oil in post-9/11 Africa: Fuel for Enhanced Geopolitical Interest." Monday, December 11, 2006 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 216 Aaron Burr Hall. Cosponsored with the Program in African Studies.
Afif Safieh (Ambassador, PLO Mission to the United States) "Israel / Palestine: History is Undecided." Monday, January 15, 2007 at 4:30 p.m. in Dodd's Auditorium, Robertson Hall. Sponsored by The Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies; Cosponsored by The Department of History, The University Center for Human Values, The Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, The Princeton Student Committee for Palestine, The Princeton Middle East Society and The Transregional Institute.
Mike Booth (Military Analyst, Exclusive Analysis, Ltd., Captain, Royal Navy [ret.]). "Oil and Persian Gulf Security: the Hormuz Dilemma." Friday, February 9, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 219 Aaron Burr Hall.
Michael Ross (Department of Political Science, UCLA). "Oil, Islam and Women." Friday, February 23, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 219 Aaron Burr Hall.
Luncheon Seminar: Sami Hermez (Department of Anthropology) "Lebanon in Crisis: From the July War to Today - An Eyewitness Account." Monday, February 26, 2007 at 12:00 noon in Room 219 Aaron Burr Hall. Lunch will be served, but reservations are required. To reserve a seat and a lunch, e-mail transreg@princeton.edu.
The Fourth Annual Edward W. Said '57 Memorial Lecture presented by the Princeton Committee for Palestine. Tanya Reinhart (Tel Aviv University & New York University) "The Spirit of Struggle." Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in McCosh 10. Cosponsored by the Comparative Literature Department, the English Department, the University Center for Human Values, the Humanities Council, the Near Eastern Studies Department, the Near Eastern Studies Program, the Vice President for Campus Life, the Anthropology Department, Princeton Jews for Social Justice, and the Transregional Institute.
Thomas Hegghammer (Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt, Norway). "Political Violence in Saudi Arabia: The Rise and Fall of ‘al-Qaida on the Arabian Peninsula.’" Friday, March 2, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 216 Aaron Burr Hall.
Paul Salem (Director, Carnegie Middle East Center, Beirut) "States, Sectarianism and Security in a Changing Middle East." Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 219 Aaron Burr Hall. Sponsored by the S. Daniel Abraham Chair in Middle East Policy Studies of the Woodrow Wilson School, the Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the Transregional Institute.
Stefano Bianca (Director, Historic Cities Support Programme, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Geneva) "Rehabilitating Historic Cairo as a Living City ." Monday, March 26, 2007 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 219 Aaron Burr Hall. Sponsored by the S. Daniel Abraham Chair in Middle East Policy Studies of the Woodrow Wilson School, the School of Architecture, the Liechtenstein Institute on Self Determination, the Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Woodrow Wilson School, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the Transregional Institute.
Nisreen Salti (Department of Economics, American University in Beirut). "Oil, Institutions and Growth in the Middle East." Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 219 Aaron Burr Hall.
Luncheon Seminar: Nisreen Salti (Department of Economics, American University in Beirut). Topic: The Lebanese Political Situation. Thursday, April 5, 2007 at 12:00 noon in Room 216 Aaron Burr Hall. Lunch will be served, but reservations are required. To reserve a seat and a lunch, e-mail transreg@princeton.edu.
A discussion with Bernard Rougier (Lecturer in Political Science, Clermont Ferrand University, France), Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 213 Aaron Burr Hall. Dr. Rougier will discuss his book Le Jihad au quotidien, which will be published in an English translation by Harvard University Press in May as, Everyday Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam among Palestinians in Lebanon. He will also discuss current events in the Middle East. The talk will be in English. All are welcome! Sponsored by the Transregional Institute and the Department of Near Eastern Studies.
Luncheon Seminar: Miriam Lowi (Visiting Research Scholar, Transregional Institute; Department of Political Science, The College of New Jersey). "Algeria after the Oil Shock: From Regime Crisis to Re-Equilibration." Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 12 noon in Room 219 Aaron Burr Hall. Lunch will be served, but reservations are required. To reserve a seat and a lunch, e-mail transreg@princeton.edu.
Rashid Khalidi (Columbia University) “International Law and Legitimacy and the Palestinian Question.” Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in Computer Science 104. Sponsored by the United Nations Association of the Princeton-Trenton Region; cosponsored by the International Center, the Department of Near Eastern Studies, the Princeton Middle East Society, the Princeton Committee for Palestine and the Transregional Institute.
Lawrence Wright ( Staff writer, New Yorker Magazine; Author of The Looming Tower:Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11) "Al Qaeda: Past, Present and Future" Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at
4:30 p.m. in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. Sponsored by The Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the Council of the Humanities, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the Transregional Institute.
Christopher Boucek (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Transregional Institute)."Current Counter-terrorism Strategies and the 'War of Ideas' in Saudi Arabia: Reeducation, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration." 1:00 p.m., Friday, April 27, 2007 in Room 216 Aaron Burr Hall.
Luncheon Seminar: Murray Gray (University of Alberta). "Sustainable Production of Oil from Canadian Oil Sands?" 12:00 noon, Monday, April 30, 2007 in Room 219 Aaron Burr Hall. Lunch will be served, but reservations are required. To reserve a seat and a lunch, e-mail transreg@princeton.edu.
Steffen Hertog (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Princeton Environmental Institute). "Oil Fiefdoms: How Oil Rents and Royal Rivalries Shaped the Saudi State." 1:00 p.m., Friday, May 4, 2007 in Room 216 Aaron Burr Hall.
"Academic Freedom & Middle East Studies: A Lecture and Panel Presentation." Keynote Address: Joan Scott (Institute for Advanced Study, Member and former chair, Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure, American Association of University Professors. Panelists: Zachary Lockman (New York University), Miriam Lowi (The College of New Jersey), Mark Mazower (Columbia University), . Sunday, September 18, 2005, 2:00-5:00 p.m., in Room 101 Friend Center. Free and open to all; refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the Princeton Middle East Society. Cosponsored by the International Center, the Program in Near Eastern Studies and the Transregional Institute.
"Between Gaza and the West Bank." Professor Orly Lubin (Department of Literature & NCJW Women and Gender Studies Program, Tel Aviv University) and Professor Issam Nassar (History Department, Bradley University & Associate Director of the Institute of Jerusalem Studies). Monday, October 10, 2005 at 4:30 p.m. in Bowl 2, Robertson Hall. Professors Lubin and Nassar are representing the Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace.
The Third Annual Edward W. Said '57 Memorial Lecture, presented by The Princeton Committee on Palestine
Dr. Azmi Bishara (Palestinian Member of the Israeli Knesset; Founding member of the National Democratic Assembly; Head, Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy) "War, Occupation and Democracy: US Strategy in the Middle East." Thursday October 6, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. Cosponsored by the Princeton Middle East Society and the Transregional Institute.
A Night of Comedy! Palestinian-American standup comics Maysoon Zayid and Dean Obeidallah will perform at Princeton on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. in Cafe Vivian, Frist Campus Center. Sponsored by the Princeton Committee for Palestine, cosponsored by the Frist Program Office, the International Center, the Fields Center and the Transregional Institute.
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Kamal Abdulfattah (Birzeit University and Visiting Senior Research Scholar, Transregional Institute) Luncheon Seminar: "What after the Gaza Withdrawal?" Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 12 noon. Room 012 Bendheim Hall.
Professor Esther Benbassa (Ecole Practique des Hautes Etudes - Sorbonne, Paris) "Arabs and Jews: New Nationalisms in Diasporas." Monday, November 7, 2005, 4:30 p.m., Bowl 2, Robertson Hall. Sponsored by the Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society, the Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, and the Transregional Institute.
Chibli Mallat (EU Jean Monnet Professor in Law, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon; Senior Fellow, Schell Center, Yale Law School; Lebanese Presidential Candidate) Luncheon Seminar: "14 March 2221: A First Essay on the Lebanese Revolution." Friday, November 11, 2005 at 12 noon. Room 012 Bendheim Hall.
Miriam Lowi (Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, The College of New Jersey) "Scarce Water, Abundant Oil: Resources and Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa." Sunday, November 13, 2005, 4:00 p.m. Room 101, Friend Center. Sponsored by The Princeton Middle East Society, The International Center, the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, and the Transregional Institute.
Lauren Erdreich (Research Associate, Transregional Institute) "Instructive Ritual: The Arab Student Union and the Communitas of the Palestinian Israeli Educated." Tuesday, November 15, 2005, 4:30 p.m. Bowl 1, Robertson Hall.
Yitzhak Rabin Commemorative Lecture. Yossi Klein Halevi (Author, Foreign Correspondent for The New Republic, and Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem) "Peace and the Question of Israel's Legitimacy." Thursday, November 17, 2005, 7:30 p.m. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. Sponsored by the Princeton Israel Public Affairs Committee, Union of Progressive Zionists, PIIRS, the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Woodrow Wilson School, the Department of Anthropology, College Democrats, Whig-Clio, Center for Jewish Life, StandWithUs, International Center, the Venture Fund, the USG Projects Board, ODUS, the PACE Center, and the Transregional Institute.
Helga Tawil Souri (New York University) "45 Stations and They're All Tuned to Al-Jazeera:
Fragmented Palestinian Television." Tuesday, December 6, 2005, 4:30 p.m. Bowl 1, Robertson Hall.
Issam Aburaiya (Hofstra University) Luncheon Seminar: "Religion and Nationalism in the Ideology of the Palestinian Hamas." Monday, December 12, 2005 at 12 noon. Room 012 Bendheim Hall.
George Saliba (Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University & Senior Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress) "Islam and the Transformation of Greek Science." Sunday, January 15, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. Room 101, Friend Center. Sponsored by the Princeton Middle East Society. Cosponsored by the International Center, the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, and the Transregional Institute.
Lisa Hajjar (University of California, Santa Barbara) "The Second Intifada and the Global War on Terror." Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 4:30 p.m., Room 219, Aaron Burr Hall.
"The Palestinian Elections: Interpreting the Results and Considering the Future." A Lunchtime Discussion led by H.H. Prince Moulay Hicham Benabdallah '85 ( International Election Monitor for the Palestinian Vote) and Kamal Abdulfattah (Visiting Senior Research Scholar, Transregional Institute & Birzeit University). Wednesday, March 8, 2006, 12 noon, Room 216 Aaron Burr Hall.
"The Future of the Past: How to Preserve the Islamic Architecture of Jerusalem." An illustrated talk by Oleg Grabar (Institute for Advanced Study). Sunday, March 12, 2006 at 4:00 p.m., Room 101, Friend Center. Presented by the Princeton Middle East Society. Cosponsored by the International Center, the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies and the Transregional Institute.
Maya Rosenfeld (Hebrew University) Luncheon Seminar: "Israel's Closure Policy and the Experiences of a Machsom-Watch Activist." Tuesday, April 4 , 2006, 12 noon, Room 213 Aaron Burr Hall.
Maya Rosenfeld (Hebrew University) "The Road to the Two Breadwinner Family in Palestine: Why is the Expansion of the Public-State Sector Paramount for the Transformation of the Standard of Living in a Future Independent Palestinian State?" Wednesday, April 5, 2006, 4:30 p.m., Room 219, Aaron Burr Hall.
Souk: A Celebration of Middle Eastern Cultures. Sunday, April 9, 2006, 1:30 to 6:00 p.m., Scudder Plaza, next to Robertson Hall (the Woodrow Wilson School). Celebrating Arab and Israeli culture, music, and food in a market environment. Open to all. Sponsored by PIPAC, SALAAM, Princeton Committee on Palestine, Salamm/Shalom, Center for Jewish Life, Arthur F. & Arnold M. Frankel Foundation, the Department & Program in Near Eastern Studies and the Transregional Institute.
Avraham Sela (Hebrew University & Visiting Professor, Colgate University) "Politics of Identity and Security: The Israel-Arab Discourses of Peace, 1991-2000." Monday, April 10, 2006, 4:30 p.m., Room 216, Aaron Burr Hall. Cosponsored by the Department & Program in Near Eastern Studies and the Transregional Institute.
"Wall" Film Screening and Discussion with Director Simone Bitton. Monday, April 10, 2006, 7:30 p.m.,
McCormick 101. Presented by the Princeton Committee on Palestine. Cosponsored by the Committee on Film Studies, the Center for Human Values, the Women's Center, the History Department, the Princeton Middle East Society, the Department and Program of Near East Studies, and the Transregional Institute. Supported by SALAAM and the Carl A. Fields Center.
Sara Roy (Harvard University) "The Crisis Within: The Struggle for Palestinian Society." Tuesday, April 11, 2006, 4:30 p.m., Room 219, Aaron Burr Hall.
Malika Zeghal (University of Chicago) "Bringing the State Back in the Study of Political Islam: New Perspectives from Egypt and Morocco." Tuesday, April 18, 2006, 4:30 p.m., Room 216, Aaron Burr Hall. Cosponsored by the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies and the Transregional Institute.
Lauren Erdreich (Transregional Institute Research Associate & Lecturer in Anthropology) Luncheon Seminar: "Who's a Working Mom? Early Childhood Education and Nationalized Conceptions of Jewish and Palestinian Motherhood. " Thursday, April 20, 2006, 12 noon, Room 216, Aaron Burr Hall.
The Princeton Middle East Society presents Sadeq Al-Azm (Visiting Professor, Princeton University) “The Secularism Debate in the Arab World.” Sunday, April 23, 2006, 4:00 p.m., Room 006, Friend Center. Cosponsored by the Department of Near Easter Studies and the Transregional Institute.
Sonia Dayan-Herzbrun (University of Paris VII) "Gender and Resistance in Palestinian Society." Wednesday, April 26, 2006, 4:30 p.m., Room 219, Aaron Burr Hall.
Abdellah Hammoudi (Department of Anthropology, Princeton University) "Portrait of Pilgrimage: The Individual and the Collective" a lecture based on Professor Hammoudi's recent book A Season in Mecca: Narrative of a Pilgrimage. Thursday, April 27, 2006, 4:30 p.m., Room 219 Aaron Burr Hall. Cosponsored with the Department of Anthropology.
Ahmad Harb (Novelist & Critic; Department of English and Comparative Literature, Birzeit University) "The Nakbah in Palestinian Fiction." Monday, May 1, 2006, 4:30 p.m., Room 219, Aaron Burr Hall.
Ahmad Harb (Novelist & Critic; Department of English and Comparative Literature, Birzeit University). Luncheon Seminar: "On Being a Palestinian Writer." Wednesday, May 3, 2006, 12 noon, Room 216, Aaron Burr Hall.
Hunaida Ghanim (Harvard University Fellow) Luncheon Seminar: "The Role of the Palestinian Poets in Israel, 1948-1967." Thursday, May 11, 2006, 12 noon, Room 216, Aaron Burr Hall.
Gilles Kepel (Institut d’Études Politiques, Paris) "The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West." Monday, September 27, 2004, 4:30 p.m. Bowl 2, Robertson Hall. Sponsored by Program in Contemporary European Politics & Society. Cosponsored by the Transregional Institute.
Adam Keller (Gush Shalom & Churches for Middle East Peace) "The Gaza Disengagement Plan: Dilemmas for the Peace Camp." Monday, September 27, 2004, 7:30 p.m. Room 302, Frist Campus Center. Sponsored by the Princeton Middle East Society. Cosponsored by the Transregional Institute.
Lecture Series: Matti Steinberg (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) "The World View of Al-Qaeda"
- "Enemies on the Inside, Enemies on the Outside: Internal versus External Jihad: the Controversy on the Takfir" Wednesday, October 6, 2004, 4:30 p.m., Bowl 2, Robertson Hall.
- "The Variety of Enemies Within: Muslim Regimes, the Shi’a Muslim Brethren and Other Salafi Movements and the Shi’a" Wednesday, October 13, 2004, 4:30 p.m., Bowl 2, Robertson Hall.
- "Against World Order: Chaos as an Instrument" Wednesday, October 20, 2004, 4:30 p.m., Bowl 2, Robertson Hall.
Sponsored by The Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies,the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination and the Transregional Institute.
Joseph Massad (Columbia University) "The Persistence of the Palestine Question" Sunday, October 17, 2004, 5:00 p.m. Room 113, the Convocation Room of the Friend Center. Sponsored by the Middle East Society, the International Center, the Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Princeton Committee for Palestine & the Transregional Institute.
Philip Mattar (Independent Scholar & Former Fellow, US Institute of Peace) "Palestinian and Israeli Missed Opportunities." Monday, October 18, 2004, 4:30 p.m. Bowl 1, Robertson Hall. Sponsored by the Department & Program in Near Eastern Studies. Cosponsored by the Transregional Institute.
Mandana Limbert (Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Queens College CUNY) "Oman, East Africa and the Politics of Marriage." Luncheon Seminar, 12 noon Tuesday, November 9, 2004, Room 012 Bendheim.
Veronique Benei (PIIRS Visiting Research Scholar & Senior Fellow, French National Centre for Scientific Research and London School of Economics) "Becoming (Urdu) Muslim in India Today: Schooling, National History and Patriotism." Luncheon Seminar, 12 noon, Tuesday, November 16, 2004, Room 012 Bendheim. Cosponsored with the Committee for South Asian Studies.
Film Screening & Discussion: "The Fence," a documentary by Alexandre Trudeau, filmmaker and journalist with Maclean's newsmagazine, Canada. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Mr. Trudeau. Thursday, December 2, 2004, 4:00 p.m., East Pyne 010. The film is based on Mr. Trudeau's experiences living and working with families in Israel and Palestine on both sides of the Israeli-built barrier in the Jenin-Afula area. Cosponsored by the Program in Canadian Studies, the Canadian Consulate General in New York, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, the Program in Judaic Studies, the Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Department of Politics and the Transregional Institute.
Panel Presentation: After Arafat: Palestine and the Prospects for Peace, A Princeton Faculty Panel Discussion. Monday, December 6, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
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Panelists: Abdellah Hammoudi (Professor of Anthropology), Amaney Jamal (Assistant Professor of Politics), Abraham Udovitch (Professor of Near Eastern Studies)
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Moderator: Bob Tignor (Professor of History)
Cosponsored by the Princeton Committee on Palestine, the Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the Transregional Institute.
Ángeles Ramírez Fernández (Transregional Institute Visiting Fellow & Assistant Professor, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid) "Migration, Gender and Islam: Moroccan Women in Spain." Luncheon Seminar, 12 noon, Tuesday, December 7, 2004, Room 012 Bendheim.
Yael Berda (Human Rights Lawyer, Ramat Gan College of Law, Israel) "Speaking Non-Violence." Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 4:30 p.m. Frist 307. Presented by the Princeton Committee on Palestine, with the cosponsorship of the International Center, the Program & Department of Near Eastern Studies, the Carl A. Fields Center, the Princeton Middle East Society and the Transregional Institute.
Hafiz al-Mirazi (Washington Bureau Chief, Al-Jazeera TV) "Al-Jazeera: The Myth vs. the Reality." Sunday, January 9, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. 101 McCormick Hall. Sponsored by the The Princeton Middle East Society. Cosponsored by the International Center, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the Transregional Institute.
Khaled Fahmy (Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies Department, New York University) “The Middle East ‘Peace Process’: The View from Cairo” Sunday, February 6, 2005, at 4:00 p.m. Convocation Room, the Friend Center. Sponsored by the Princeton Middle East Society. Cosponsored by the International Center and the Transregional Institute.
Mounira Charrad (Professor of Sociology, University of Texas) "State, Islam, Gender: Middle Eastern Perspectives" Monday, February 21, 2005. 4:30 p.m. Bowl 1, Robertson Hall.
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Farhad Khosrokhavar (Sociologist, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) “Muslims and the Religions in Question in Europe: The Case of France, England and Germany” Wednesday, March 23, 2005. 12:00 noon, 215 Bendheim Hall. Sponsored by the Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society and the Transregional Institute.
An Evening with Moroccan Writer Tahar Ben Jelloun. Prospect House, by invitation only. Wednesday, March 23, 2005.
Heather Henyon (Program Officer, Middle East and North Africa, Grameen Foundation USA) "Microfinance in the Arab World" Thursday, March 24, 2005, 4:30 p.m., Room 60 McCosh Hall (use entry # 6). Part of the Political and Economic Development of the Middle East Lecture Series. Sponsored by the the Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, and the Transregional Institute.
Jamila Bargach (Assistant Professor, Ecole nationale d'architecture, Rabat, Morocco) "An Ambiguous Discourse of Rights: The Case of Single Mothers in Morocco." Monday, April 11, 2005. 4:30 p.m. Bowl 1, Robertson Hall.
Judith Butler (Maxine Elliot Professor in the Departments of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature, University of California-Berkeley) "Forgotten Histories of Post-Zionism: Universalism, Judaism, and the Messianic." Wednesday, April 13, 2005. 7:00 p.m. McCosh 50. This event is the Second Annual Edward Said '57 Memorial Lecture and is sponsored by the Princeton Committee on Palestine. Cosponsored by the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, the Department of Anthropology, the Department of Near Eastern Studies, the Program for Near Eastern Studies, the Department of Comparative Literature, the Department of English, the Department of Politics, the Office of Religious Life, the Center for the Study of Religion, the Women's Center, the Carl Fields Center and the Princeton Middle East Society.
Afsaneh Najmabadi (Professor of History & Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality, Harvard University) "Women with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity" Thursday, April 14, 2005. 4:30 p.m. Bowl 1, Robertson Hall.
Beth Baron (Professor of History, Middle East & Middle Eastern American Center, Graduate Center, City University of New York) "The Politics of Reproduction in Egypt" Tuesday, April 19, 2005. 4:30 p.m. Bowl 2, Robertson Hall.
- Carolyn Rouse (Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology) "Engaged Surrender: African American Women and Islam." Tuesday, February 1, 2005, 12 noon, Room 012 Bendheim Hall.
- Lisa Wynn (Research Associate, Office of Population Research, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) "'Not 2 Late': Translating Emergency Contraception and Medical Abortion for an Arabic-speaking Audience." Tuesday, February 8, 2005, 12 noon, Room 012 Bendheim Hall.
- Karen Bauer (Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Near Eastern Studies) "Traditional Qur'anic Interpretation in a Changing Damascene Society." Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 12 noon, Room 023 Robertson Hall. (Please note location change.)
- Larry Rosen (Professor, Department of Anthropology) "Property and Portraiture in Arab Cultures." Tuesday, March 1, 2005, 12 noon, Room 029 Robertson Hall. (Please note location change.)
- Negin Nabavi (Assistant Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies) "Women and Social Change in Iran." Tuesday, March 29, 2005, 12 noon, Room 029 Robertson Hall. (Please note location change.)
- Jamila Bargach (Assistant Professor, Ecole nationale d'architecture, Rabat, Morocco & Visiting Fellow, Transregional Institute) "'God Isn't Yours Only': Spiritual Discussions with Moroccan Women who Transgressed Religious Laws." Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 12 noon, Room 012 Bendheim Hall. Cosponsored with the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies.
- Amaney Jamal (Assistant Professor, Department of Politics) "Muslim Women and Political Participation." Tuesday, May 3, 2005, 12 noon, Room 127 Corwin Hall. (Please note date and location change.)
Panel Discussion: "Self-Representation and the Construction of Identity: Women and Hijab in Muslim Cultures" Monday, April 25, 2005, 7:00 p.m., Room 016 Robertson Hall
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Erin Augis (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Ramapo College)
"Hijab in Conversion Discourse: Young Senegalese Women Talk about Becoming Sunnite"
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Yesim Arat (Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Bogazici University, Istanbul)
"Women with Headscarves: The Turkish Case"
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Jamila Bargach (Assistant Professor, Ecole nationale d'Architecture, Rabat, Morocco)
"Hijab/Veil in the Balance: Global Forces and Self-Perception in Moroccan Universities"
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Moderator and Discussant: Amaney Jamal (Assistant Professor of Politics, Princeton University)
Alisher Abidjanov ( Associate Professor of Philosophy, National University of Uzbekistan) "The Current State of Higher Education in Central Asia." Luncheon Seminar, 12 noon, Tuesday, May 10, 2005, Room 012 Bendheim.
John Brady Kiesling (Former U.S. diplomat and the first to resign in protest again the Bush administration's foreign policy) "Terror and Legitimacy: Rehumanizing Enemies in the Middle East." Sunday, September 28, 2003 at 4:00 p.m. in 302 Frist Campus Center. Cosponsored by the Princeton Middle East Society, the International Center and the Transregional Institute.
"The Hadj: an American's Pilgrimage to Mecca," a film by Michael Wolfe. Monday, September 29, 2003 at 7:30 p.m., Bowl 2, Robertson Hall. The film will be followed by a discussion with Mr. Wolfe.
Luncheon discussion with filmmaker and author Michael Wolfe, Tuesday, September 30, 2003 at 12:15 p.m. in 029 Robertson Hall.
Michael Wolfe (author and filmmaker) "One Thousand Roads to Mecca: an American Muslim's Pilgrimage." Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at 4:30 p.m., Bowl 1, Robertson Hall.
Michel Wieviorka (Directeur d'études à l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and Directeur du Centre d'analyse et d'intervention sociologiques, Paris) "From Conflict to Violence." Monday, October 13, 2003 at 4:30 p.m. Bowl 2, Robertson Hall. Cosponsored by the Program in European Politics and Society and the Transregional Institute.
Michel Wieviorka (Directeur d'études à l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and Directeur du Centre d'analyse et d'intervention sociologiques, Paris) "The Emergence of Victims in the Contemporary Western World." Luncheon seminar, Monday, October 13, 2003 at 12 noon in 012 Bendheim Hall. Cosponsored by the Program in European Politics and Society and the Transregional Institute.
Remembering Edward Said: A Public Forum. Moderated by Professors Abdellah Hammoudi, Gyan Prakash and Michael Wood. Tuesday, October 14, 2003 at 4:30 p.m. in Bowl 2, Robertson Hall. Cosponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the Transregional Institute.
Hussein Ibish (Communications Director, Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee) "A Critique of American Foreign Policy." Sunday, October 19, 2003 at 4:00 p.m. in Room 302, Frist Campus Center. Cosponsored by the Princeton Middle East Society, the International Center, the Program in Near Eastern Studies and the Transregional Institute.
Anders Strindberg (Visiting Research Fellow, Transregional Institute and Special Correspondent, Jane's Intelligence Review) "Syrian Foreign Policy in the New Strategic Environment." Luncheon Seminar, Tuesday, October 21, 2003 at 12 noon in 012 Bendheim Hall.
Amira Hass (Correspondent for Ha'aretz newspaper and winner of the 2003 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize) "Observations from the Occupied Territories and on the Wall." Luncheon Seminar, Tuesday, November 4, 2003 at 12 noon in 012 Bendheim Hall.
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi (Co-founder, Palestinian National Initiative; co-founder, Health, Development and Information Policy Institute) "Prospects for Peace: The Vital Role of Civil Society in Bringing Democracy, Justice, and Prosperity to Palestine and Israel." Thursday, November 6, 2003 at 4:30 p.m. in McCosh Hall 46. The First Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture, cosponsored by the Princeton Committee for a Free Palestine and the Transregional Institute.
Sylvain Cypel (Editor-in-chief, Le Monde and visiting researcher, Transregional Institute) "The Role of Denial in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict." Tuesday, November 11, 2003 at 4:30 p.m. in Bowl 1, Robertson Hall.
Sylvain Cypel (Editor-in-chief, Le Monde and visiting researcher, Transregional Institute) speaking on the practice and career of journalism. Luncheon Seminar, Friday, November 14, 2003 at 1:00 p.m. in 012 Bendheim Hall.
"ROUTE 181: Fragments of A Journey in Palestine-Israel," a film directed by Michel Khleifi and Eyal Sivan. Screening and discussion with filmmaker Michel Khleifi, Thursday, November 20, 2003 at 4:30 p.m. in Betts Auditorium. Coponsored by the Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the Transregional Institute.
Dan Rabinowitz (Tel Aviv University and Visiting Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies) "Between Morality and Pragmatism: The Palestinian Refugees and Peace in the Middle East." Tuesday, December 9, 2003 at 4:30 p.m. in Bowl 1, Robertson Hall
Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban (Minister of Expatriate Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic and Professor of English Literature, Damascus University) "U.S.- Syrian Relations in a Changing World." Monday, December 15, 2003 at 5:00 p.m. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. Reception to follow in Schultz Dining Room, Robertson Hall. Sponsored by The Princeton Middle East Society with the cosponsorship of the Program in Near Eastern Studies, the International Center, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the Transregional Institute.
Azizulla Gaziev (Visiting Senior Technical Staff Member I, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies & former political analyst and field researcher for the International Crisis Group's Central Asia Project) "Central Asia: New Geopolitics and its Impact on the Process of Democratization." Luncheon seminar, Tuesday, February 17, 2004, 12 noon, 012 Bendheim Hall.
Farhad Khosrokhavar (L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales-Cadis) "Islam in France and Europe: French Peculiarities and General European Problems with Islam." Luncheon seminar, Wednesday, February 18, 2004, 12 noon, 012 Bendheim Hall.
Farhad Khosrokhavar (L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales-Cadis) "Islam in Iran: the New Islamic Intellectuals and the Birth of a New Society." Thursday, February 19, 2004 at 4:30 p.m., Bowl 2, Robertson Hall.
Yoav Peled (Tel Aviv University, Visiting Professor Rutgers University & visiting research collaborator Transregional Institute) "No Arab Jews There: Shas and the Palestinians." Luncheon seminar, Friday, March 5, 2004, 12 noon, Room 012 Bendheim Hall.
Azizulla Gaziev (Visiting Senior Technical Staff Member I, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies & former political analyst and field researcher for the International Crisis Group's Central Asia Project) "Central Asia: New Geopolitics and its Impact on the Process of Democratization." Luncheon seminar, Tuesday, March 9, 2004, 12 noon, 012 Bendheim Hall. (This event is a repeat of a lunch talk held on February 17, 2004, to accommodate the many reservations requested.)
Yoav Peled (Tel Aviv University, Visiting Professor Rutgers University, Visiting Research Collaborator Transregional Institute) "From Oslo to The Hague: The Derailment of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process and its Consequences." Thursday, March 25, 2004 at 4:30 p.m., Room 28 McCosh Hall.
Abdolkarim Soroush (Visiting Lecturer, Transregional Institute) "Secularism in the Islamic Republic of Iran." Wednesday, April 21 at 4:30 p.m. Room 28 McCosh Hall.
Erin Augis (Ramapo College & Visiting Fellow, Transregional Institute) "Dakar's Islamist Youth: International Imaginings and Revolutionary Piety." Luncheon Seminar, Friday, April 23, 2004, 12 noon, Room 012 Bendheim Hall.
Forough Jahanbakhsh (Queen's University, Ontario, Canada) "Maximalism vs. Minimalism: Religious Discourse in Post-Revolutionary Iran." Tuesday, April 27, 2004, 4:30 p.m. Room 64 McCosh Hall.
Islah Jad (SOAS, University of London and founding member of the Women's Forum to End Occupation and to Establish Peace) and Yoav Peled (Associate Professor of Political Science, Tel Aviv University) "Peace for Israel, Peace For Palestine:Two Scholars' Views." October 7, 2002. Islah Jad and Yoav Peled are part of a U.S. university tour by Israeli and Palestinian academics from the Faculty For Israeli-Palestinian Peace.
Scott Ritter (former Chief Weapons Inspector for UNSCOM in Iraq) "The Coming War with Iraq: How Did We Get Here?" October 16, 2002. Presented by: The Global Issues Forum and The Woodrow Wilson School. Cosponsored by: The Princeton University Projects Board, The Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, The Office of Religious Life, The Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding, The Center of International Studies, The International Center, The Princeton University Ombuds Office, and The Program in Near Eastern Studies and The Transregional Institute.
N.T. Anders Strindberg (Visiting Research Fellow, Center of International Studies and Special Correspondent, Jane's Intelligence Review) "Syria, Palestine and the Consequences of U.S. Policy Toward Iraq." October 20, 2002. Cosponsored by The Princeton Middle East Society, The International Center and the Transregional Institute.
Richard Falk (Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice & Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Emeritus, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Senior Visiting Research Scholar, Transregional Institute) "Force, Violence and Terrorism: Israel vs. Palestine, the U.S. vs. Iraq." December 2, 2002.
William B. Quandt (Edward R. Stettinius Professor of Politics and Vice Provost for International Affairs, University of Virginia) "President Bush's Middle East Policy." January 19, 2003. Cosponsored by: The Princeton Middle East Society, the International Center, the Department of Near Eastern Studies and the Transregional Institute.
Chibli Mallat (Chair of European Law & Director, Center of the Study of the European Union, Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut) "The Ariel Sharon Case" February 28, 2003.
"The Meaning of the Sharon Case for International Accountability" A symposium featuring Reed Brody (Human Rights Watch), Avigdor Feldman (Human Rights Lawyer, Tel Aviv), Paul W. Kahn (Center for Human Rights, Yale University), Sally Falk Moore (Harvard University), Luc Walleyn (Juge de Paix, Belgium and former president of Avocats sans Frontières). March 1, 2003.
Abdullahi An-Na'im (Charles Howard Chandler Professor of Law & Director, Religion and Human Rights Project, Emory University School of Law) "Competing Imaginations of Political Violence: Transregional and Global Choices and Responsibilities." March 11, 2003.
Rémy Leveau (Institut d'études politiques de Paris & Advisor on the Arab and Muslim World, Institut français des relations internationales) "Muslim Communities in Europe." March 27, 2003.
Divine Intervention (2002), Directed by Elia Suleiman, 8:00 p.m. Friday, March 28, 2003 in McCosh 10. Presented by Global Issues Forum and cosponsored by the Program in Near Eastern Studies, the Center for International Studies, the University Film Organization and the Transregional Institute.
Nasser Hadian (Assistant Professor of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran & Visiting Fellow, Middle East Institute, Columbia University) "The U.S., Iran and the Iraqi Crisis." April 1, 2003.
Eric Rouleau (Former French Ambassador and Syndicated Columnist) "Is War an Effective Response to Terrorism? European Perspectives." April 7, 2003.
Alain Chouet (French Political Analyst and Intelligence Expert, specializing in the Middle East) "Patterns of Political Violence in the Islamic World." April 14, 2003.
Yossi Beilin (Former Minister of Justice and Architect of the Oslo Accords) "The Israel-Palestine Peace Process: What Went Wrong and Can it be Righted?" April 14, 2003. Presented by the Program in Near Eastern Studies, with the cosponsorship of the Center for Regional Studies, Global Issues Forum, the Center of International Studies and the Transregional Institute.
Francis Affergan (Professor of Ethnology, University of Paris V, Sorbonne) "Anthropology and Epistemology: the Case of Creole American Worlds." April 17, 2003. Cosponsored by the Department of Anthropology.
Mondher Kilani (Professor of Anthropology, Institute of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Lausanne) "Comparison and Hierarchy: Western Universalism and the Suburbs of Humanity." April 24, 2003. Cosponsored by the Department of Anthropology.
Farhang Rajaee (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Carleton University) "Muslims, Modernity and Political Violence." April 29, 2003.
Michel Wieviorka (Directeur d'études à l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales & Directeur du Centre d'analyse et d'intervention sociologiques, Paris) "Global Terrorism: a New Era in the Short History of Terrorism?" May 1, 2003.
Abdolkarim Soroush (Visiting Lecturer, Transregional Institute) "Religion of Peace? Religion of War?" May 7, 2003.
Professor Robert Crews (Department of History, American University) "Policing Islam in Modern Central Asia." November 29, 2001.
Professor Suhnaz Yilmaz (Department of International Relations, Koc University and Visiting Fellow, Transregional Institute) "Opening Pandora's Box: the Reconfiguration of Power Structures and Religious Identity in Central Asia." December 12, 2001.
Phyllis Bennis (Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, D.C.) "Before and After: U.S. Foreign Policy and September 11th." January 20, 2002. Cosponsored with the Princeton Middle East Society, the Program in Near Eastern Studies, the International Center of Princeton University, the Princeton Committee on Palestine and the Princeton Peace Network.
Professor Sevket Pamuk (Bosphorus University, Istanbul) "Turkey's Current Economic Crisis in Historical Perspective" February 7, 2002. Cosponsored with the Munir Ertegun Foundation of the Department of Near Eastern Studies.
Dr. Richard Cummings ('59), (Mideast Geopolitical Consultants and former USAID representative) "Now or Never: Human Rights, International Law and the Prospects for Peace in the Middle East." February 21, 2002. Cosponsored with the Princeton Committee for Palestine and The Arab Society of Princeton.
Professor Camille Mansour, (University of Paris, Sorbonne I) "The Future of the Palestinian Question" February 28, 2002. Cosponsored with the Program in Near Eastern Studies.
Professor Bernard Haykel (Islamic Studies, New York University) "Al-Qaeda's Ideology and Claims to Legal Rectitude" March 17, 2002. Cosponsored with the Princeton Middle East Society, the International Center, and the Program in Near Eastern Studies.
Jerome Bellion-Jourdan (Researcher, CERI-Sciences Po, Paris) "Muslim Medics, Militants and Fighters in the Afghan Conflict: Solidarity Networks and the Problematic Circulation and Adaptation of Islamic Norms" March 28, 2002.
Jerome Bellion-Jourdan Jerome Bellion-Jourdan (Researcher, International Secretariat, Middle East and North Africa Program, Amnesty International) "Amnesty International's Concerns Regarding the Human Rights Situation in Tunisia" March 29, 2002.
Professor Olivier Roy (Senior Researcher, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) "Islamic Militancy in Central Asia: Home-Grown Models and Imported, Transnational Islam" April 4, 2002.
"Where to Put my Kalashnikov? Changing Currents in Post-Soviet and Post-Taliban Central Asia." A Roundtable Discussion with Rafis Abazov (Visiting Scholar, Harriman Institute, Columbia University), Doulatbek Khidirbekughli (Professor of Political Science, Kazakh-American University) and Cholpon Kasymaliyeva (Human Rights Activist and Former Diplomat with Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs) April 9, 2002. Cosponsored with the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination and the Program in Comparative and Regional Studies.
Professor Ahmet Davutoglu, (Chair, Department of International Relations, Beykent University) "The Transformation of the Concept of 'The Muslim World:' A Comparative Analysis of the Traditional, Modern and Global Perspectives" April 18, 2002.
Professor Ahmet Davutoglu, (Chair, Department of International Relations, Beykent University) "Secular Globalization versus Civilizational Revival" April 19, 2002.
Dr. Abdeslam Maghraoui (Director, Al-Madina: Agenda for Democratic Change in the Middle East and North Africa, and Visiting Fellow, Transregional Institute) "Elections in Non-Democratic Systems: the Democratization of Corruption in Morocco" April 26, 2002.
Professor Dru Gladney (Departments of Asian Studies and Anthropology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa) "Dislocating China: Globalism, Transnationalism and Radical Islamism" April 29, 2002.
Geneive Abdo (Journalist, Harvard University Nieman Fellow) "Islam versus Islam in Iran and Egypt" May 1, 2002. Cosponsored with the Program in Near Eastern Studies.
Dr. Olivier Roy (Senior Researcher, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) "The Invention of Nations and the Collapse of Regional Cultures in Central Asia" October 20, 2000
Professor M. Hakan Yavuz (Department of Political Science, University of Utah) "The Crisis of Turkey: Islam and Kemalism" March 27, 2001
Dr. Robert Fisk (Middle East Correspondent, The Independent London) "Reporting the Middle East: How to Tell a 'Fanatic' from a 'Terrorist'" March 29, 2001
Professor Edward Said (Columbia University) "The End of the Peace Process: Oslo and After" April 5, 2001
Professor Tariq Ramadan (Universite de Fribourg and College de Geneve) "Is Islam Compatible with Secularism and Democracy?" April 12, 2001
Professor Ilan Pappe (Haifa University) "Israel/Palestine: What Would be a Fair Settlement?" April 17, 2001
Ambassador Eric Rouleau (Transregional Institute Visiting Professor) "Iran: The Dilemma of the Reform Movement's Resistance to Theocratic Rule" April 24, 2001
Amira Hass (Correspondent, Ha'aretz) "The Israeli Policy of Closure: A Means of Domination and a Form of Neo-occupation" April 26, 2001
Professor Richard Falk (Princeton Univeristy) "After the Collapse of the Israeli/Palestinian 'Peace Process'" May 1, 2001
Sylvain Cypel (Special Correspondent, Le Monde) "The French Press and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" May 3, 2001
Past Conferences
2007
Saudi Arabia, Oil, Energy and the Middle East. May 10-11, 2007 in Room 219 Aaron Burr Hall. Sponsored by the Transregional Institute, with the support of the Princeton Environmental Institute and the Department of Near Eastern Studies.
2007
Breaking Apart the Monolith: The Many Ways of Being Muslim. A Conference Exploring the Dynamics of Muslim Identity in Today’s World. March 10-11, 2007 in the Friend Center Convocation Room (Rm. 113). Sponsored by The American Moroccan Institute and the following Princeton University departments and programs: The Center for African American Studies, The Department of Anthropology, The Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, The Center for Human Values, The Center for the Study of Religion, The Program in the Study of Women and Gender, The Council of the Humanities, The James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, The Program in Law and Public Affairs, The Department and Program in Near Eastern Studies, The Office of Religious Life, The Institute for International and Regional Studies, The Department of Religion & The Transregional Institute. Conference Details at: http://www.princeton.edu/~religion/Muslim%20Conference/contact.html.
2005
Qur'anic Tafsir: Interpretation and Reinterpretation, A Conference Exploring the History and Practice of Qur'anic Exegesis. October 15, 2005, 202 Jones Hall. Sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, the Department of Near Eastern Studies, the Department of Religion, the Department of History and the Transregional Institute. Free & Open to the Public. For more information: www.princeton.edu/~tafsir.
2003
The Meaning of the Ariel Sharon Case for International Accountability was convened at Princeton University on February 28 and March 1, 2003. The conference was organized by John Borneman with the support of the Transregional Institute and the Department of Anthropology. The keynote address, "The Ariel Sharon Case," was delivered by Chibli Mallat of Beirut's Universite Saint-Joseph, who was one of the lawyers for the survivors of the Sabra and Shatila massacres. This address was followed by a daylong workshop featuring presentations by Avigdor Feldman (human rights lawyer, Tel Aviv), Sally Falk Moore (Harvard University), Dan Rabinowitz (Tel Aviv University), Luc Walleyn (Juge de Paix, Belgium and former president of Avocats sans Frontieres), Paul W. Kahn (Yale University) and Reed Brody (Human Rights Watch). The conference proceedings have been published as The Case of Ariel Sharon and the Fate of Universal Jurisdiction, John Borneman, editor (Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies monograph series, no. 2, 2004). Information about inquiries and orders concerning this book is available at http://www.princeton.edu/~piirs/borneman
Le Maghreb entre passé et avenir, savoir et action was convened in Cordoba, Spain, from May 30 through June 2, 2001. The conference brought together over one hundred scholars to discuss a variety of issues of importance to contemporary North African societies. Papers, presentations and discussions at the conference dealt with questions concerning the nation-state, politics, law, the social sciences, business, religion and identity in the Maghreb. The conference was planned and organized by Abdellah Hammoudi and Visiting Professor Ali El Kenz.
Cultures, Sociétés et Territoires: Hommage à Clifford Geertz was held in Sefrou, Morocco on May 4-6, 2000. The Institute joined with the Municipal Council of Sefrou and the Fondation du Roi Abdul-Aziz al-Saoud pour les Etudes Islamiques et les Sciences Humaines of Casablanca to honor the work of Professor Clifford Geertz. The conference, the Sefrou Council's twelfth annual colloquium, brought together over one hundred scholars from Morocco and the Middle East, Europe, Asia and North America. Sefrou was the site of much of Professor Geertz's fieldwork as well as that of a generation of anthropologists working on the Maghreb under his direction. Papers presented at the conference dealt with a variety of issues central to Professor Geertz's pioneering work in the field of anthropology and, in particular, his work on North African cultures.
The Role of the Business Sector in Economic and Political Change was held in Gammarth, Tunisia, from August 31 to September 2, 1998 and included over thirty participants from the United States, Europe and the Arab world. The conference addressed the question, "To what extent can reinvigorated private sectors simultaneously foster more market-oriented, deregulated economies and, through lobbying for specific changes, promote greater accountability on the part of policy makers?" The conference was organized and planned by Visiting Professor Ellis Goldberg, Abdellah Hammoudi and John Waterbury, and was run in Tunisia by Dr. Goldberg.
Cultural Creation and Change in Arab Societies at the End of the Twentieth Century was held in Granada, Spain on May 4-8, 1998. This conference was arranged with the collaboration of the Autonoma University and the Council for Scientific Research in Madrid and was held in the historic al-Hamra (Alhambra) Palace. The conference explored major obstacles to the development of scientific inquiry, artistic creation and innovation in the Arab world. The conference was intended to be a "diagnosis" of the roots of the malaise voiced by many Arab intellectuals. Over 120 participants attended. While most of the participants were from Arab states, a number of Spanish academics and intellectuals shared in the work of the conference. The conference was financed thanks to a special and generous gift from Prince Moulay Hicham Benabdallah, the benefactor of the Institute, who opened the conference. The conference was supervised by Professor Abdellah Hammoudi, and Adonis, the Visiting Professor of Transregional Studies for 1996-97.
Politics of Culture in Arab Societies in an Era of Globalization was held in Princeton on May 9-11, 1997. Thirty participants attended this event including writers, film makers and academics. Participants came from the U.S.A. as well as the Arab world. The colloquium was organized by Visiting Fellow Walter Armbrust in consultation with Abdellah Hammoudi.
Civil Society in the Maghreb: Discourse, Practice and Fantasy was held in Princeton on April 23-27, 1996.
Universalizing from Particulars: Islamic Views of the Human and the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights in Comparative Perspective was held in Princeton on May 24-26, 1996.
Clash and Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations was held in Princeton, May 5-7, 1995.
Fall 2006: Prince Moulay Hicham Benabdallah '85 featured in Daily Princetonian
HH Prince Moulay Hicham Benabdallah of Morocco, Princeton class of 1985, through whose generosity the Transregional Institute was founded, is featured in a "Beyond the Gate" profile in the December 4, 2006 edition of the Daily Princetonian. The article is archived here.
Fall 2006: Clifford Geertz 1926-2006
Clifford Geertz, the renowned cultural anthropologist who was honored at the Transregional Institute's May 2000 conference, Cultures, Sociétés et Territoires: Hommage à Clifford Geertz, died on Monday, October 30, 2006 at the age of 80. Geertz was Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study here in Princeton. (See the IAS press release.)
Fall 2005: Institute Moves to New Offices
The Institute has left its offices in Bendheim Hall for offices in the newly-renovated Aaron Burr Hall, along with the other programs of the Princeton Insitute for Interational and Regional Studies (PIIRS). Our new office is located in room 327 Aaron Burr Hall. Our visiting fellows offices are now located in room 324 (Lauren Erdreich) and room 325 (Kamal Abdulfattah) Aaron Burr Hall. Our phone, fax and e-mail contacts remain unchanged.
Fall 2005: Reactions to Institute's Research Theme
The Institute's 2005-2006 research theme, “Society under Occupation: Contemporary Palestinian Politics, Culture and Identity," received coverage in several media outlets. Before our lecture series even began, our choice of theme was sharply criticized in an online article at FrontPageMag.org. Actual coverage of our lecture series and visiting scholars' work appeared in both The Times of Trenton and the New Jersey Jewish News. Reprints of these articles and comments on our theme by members of the Princeton community are available here.
In addition to this media coverage, and due to concerns expressed by some members of the Princeton community over our choice of research theme for 2005-2006, we have posted some of the comments and responses we have received about our theme.
Fall 2005: Hammoudi Wins Literary Prize
The Insitute's former director, Professor Abdellah Hammoudi, has just been awarded second prize in the 2005 Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage for his recent book, Une saison à la Mecque. Récit de pèlerinage, (Paris: Seuil, 2004) [A Season in Mecca. Account of a Pilgrimage]. The Ulysses Award is intended to "provide symbolic, moral and financial support for reporters whose courage, curiosity, and integrity drives them to create in-depth, well-researched texts, bringing unknown, forgotten, and hidden realities to light. The prize is also intended to publicly honor and highlight the extraordinary achievements of literary reportage." Complete details can be found at http://www.lettre-ulysses-award.org/index.html. The Institute extends its congratulations to Professor Hammoudi. Update: The English translation of Professor Hammoudi's book has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux as A Season in Mecca: Narrative of a Pilgrimage. It was translated from the French by Pascale Ghazaleh.
Spring 2005: Hammoudi Steps Down as Transregional Institute Director
After leading the Transregional Institute for ten years, its founding director, Professor Abdellah Hammoudi, is stepping down to return full-time to his professorial duties in the Department of Anthropology. Professor Hammoudi oversaw the creation of the Institute in 1994, with the generous backing of HH Prince Moulay Hicham Benabdallah ('85) of Morocco, and led the Institute throughout its first decade of research and discussion about the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia. During Professor Hammoudi's tenure, the Institute presented scores of lectures, hosted over twenty-five visiting scholars and convened numerous international conferences both in Princeton and abroad. Professor Hammoudi's leadership will be missed, but he leaves behind a solidly established and vibrant institution and we wish him well as he devotes himself fully once again to his work in Anthropology. Professor Miguel Centeno, director of the Princeton Insitute for International and Regional Studies, will serve as acting director of the Transregional Institute for 2004-2005.
The Transegional Institute is delighted to announce that its current visiting lecturer, Dr. Abdolkarim Soroush, has been named a recipient of the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation's 2004 Erasmus Prize, in conjunction with two other scholars of the Middle East. The Erasmus Prize is awarded annually to "a person or institution that has made an exceptionally important contribution to European culture, society or social science." The prize presentation will take place in the autumn of 2004 in Amsterdam. The theme for this year's prize was "Religion and Modernity." Details about the award and an announcement of Dr. Soroush's choice as this year's winner can be found on the foundation's website at http://www.erasmusprijs.org/eng/index.htm.