2019 Conference ScheduleTHURSDAY, OCTOBER 31 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Decolonizing South Africa Identities Properly: Language, Identity, and Policy The Spanish Army and North African Decolonization: Roles and Reactions An Oral History Research Project in Zimbabwe: Military Integration and Decolonization, c. 1950 to 1992 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Turkey’s Middle East Foreign Policy under Erdogan: Islamic Ottomanism Oil Trade as an Entry Point into New Networks: Israel and Turkey’s Quest for Oil Turkey and Israel: Changing Patterns of Alliances in the Eastern Mediterranean 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Agents of Modernization: John F. Kennedy, Crown Prince Faysal, and US-Saudi Relations, 1961-1963 The Assassination of Colonel ʿAdnan al-Makli in 1955: Paranoia and the Rise of the National Military Hero Gamal Abdel Nasser’s Support of the Palestinian Cause: A Critical Assessment Saudi Resilience in the Face of Nasserism: Strengthening Ideology, Developing Dynasticism 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. The Idea of the Infallibility of the Knowledge of the Prophet in Sunni Islam and the Imam in Shi’i Islam: In the Light of al-Shafi’i’s Risala and Qadi al-Nu’man’s Ikhtilaf Usul al-Madhahib. The ‘Seal of Prophets’: Jesus, Mani, and Muhammad Fred Donner and Tilman Nagel on Muslims and Believers Sephardic Halakhic Creativity in Israel 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. The Azerbaijani Minority in Iran: The Rise of Contentious Azerbaijani Nationalism and the Struggle for Civil and Ethnic Rights Unorthodox Minorities in the Middle East: Religion, Ethnicity and Politics of Citizenship Erasing Arabistan: How Iran Seeks to Eliminate its Ahwazi Arab Minority to Consolidate Control over their Homeland’s Resources 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Terrorists, Tactics and Tradecraft: The Development, Export and Exchange of Terrorist Methodologies 1968-2019 Here and Now vs Here and Then: The Islamist Conception of Time and History The Concept of Atonement in Jihad: Death for Deliverance The Concept of Death and its Role in ISIS’ Violence: Ideology, 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. This session was organized by Scholars for Peace in the Middle East. Donna Divine 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Resurgence of Kurdish Nationalism in Turkey during the AKP Time Keeping the Peace in Syria – An Analysis of Turkey’s Mediation Efforts in 2011 Remembering Empire: The Reception of Hittite in Modern Turkey 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Platinum Mining and Corporate Social Responsibility in Zvishavane, A Barrier of Peace: Egyptian and Sudanese Perceptions of the Grand Political Economy of China in Africa: Case Study Sino-Nigerian Relations Private-Public Partnership and the Development of Agriculture in 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The Next Generation: Old and New Trends among the Youth in Palestinian Society The Stabbing Intifada: The Third Palestinian Intifada or an International Terrorist Tactic? Rawabi: An Alternative Palestinian Narrative Tactical Deployment of Women in Violent Roles in PFLP and AAMB in Response to Israel’s Counterterrorism Initiatives 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. What Motivates Local Leaders to Deliver Public Goods? The Hierarchy of Framing of the Decolonization Movement in Uganda: British Public When Rebels Bow Before the Cross: A Facet of Burundi’s Changing 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Substitution and Solidarity of Post-Terrorism Tourism Behavior: An Experimental Study of American Consumers The War for Kuwait: Annexation, Resistance, and the Making of Arab An Insider’s Analysis of the Fallacy and Impact of the Invasion of Iraq Balancing the Imbalanced Narratives: The Case of the 1982 Peace of the Galilee War 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. This session was organized by the Academic Engagement Network. Miriam Elman 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. In their book Menachem Begin and the Israel-Egypt Peace Process: Between Ideology and Political Realism, Profs. Gerald Steinberg and Ziv Rubinovitz offer a new look into the peace negotiations between Israel and Egypt in the 1970s highlighting Begin’s role as a negotiator at the center of the diplomatic process. Using newly released archival material, they look at Begin’s statements on foreign policy and the complexities that he faced in navigating between ideology and political realism in the negotiations towards a peace treaty. Uri Bialer 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Moscow as Merchant or Maestro?: Russian Arms Exports and the Political Alignment of Middle East Importers Russia’s Middle East Policy in a Changing Regional Environment: Assessing Causes and Challenges Russian Oil and Gas Diplomacy in the Middle East: Drivers, Tasks, Priorities Flying Away from the Bolshevik Winter: Soviet Refugees Across the Southern Borders (1917-1946) 2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Horror and Sorrow: The Middle Passage in the Red Sea Slave Trade Norm Entrepreneurs from the Global South: LGBT Rights after Conflict Truth and Reconciliation Committees and Human Rights in Africa: A 2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Lebanon, Hezbollah and Foreign Interference The “Four Plus One” – The Changing Power Politics of the Middle East The Renewed Struggle for Syria – Russia, Iran, and Israel Energy Securitization and Interstate Cooperation: Israel’s Regional 2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. North Korean Weapons Proliferation to Iran and Hezbollah Chinese Use of the Economic and Informational Instruments of Power in the Middle East and Africa 2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Gulf States’ Policy towards Syrian Refugees: Charity before Hospitality Qatar, the Rift, and the Future of Gulf State Cooperation Social Cohesion, International Legitimacy, and Electoral Integrity in Kuwait 2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Jeffrey Herf 2:15 pm – 3:45pm Donna Divine 4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. The Ford Administration, Israel and the Golan Heights: 1974-1976 Lebanon as the Hidden Dimension in the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Process: 1975-1982 The Key to Peace: American Guarantees to Israel in Peace Processes in the 1970s 4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Transnational Ethnic Channels as Factors of Contagion, Internationalization and Proxy-fication of Internal Conflicts: The Contrasting Cases of Berbers and Kurds Power from the Margins: The Case for a Coherent U.S. Foreign Policy Towards the Kurds The Everyday State in Iraqi Kurdistan: Producing the State through Fear, Intimacy and Informal Networks 4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. The 1964 Expulsion of Greek Citizens from Turkey: Economic and Demographic Turkification under Ethnocultural Nationalism Antioch’s Last Citizens: Turkey’s Arab-Speaking Greek Orthodox between Greece, Turkey and Syria Commemoration of Topcu Baba: A Pathway to Bedreddini, Alevi and Bektashi Revival The Uprising of Shahkulu Baba Tekeli 4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. Religious Rationality: The Humanist Islamism of Malek Bennabi Ungrammaticality, Self-consciousness, National Identity and Othering The Seeds of the Iraqi Short Story: Re-Examining the Contribution of 4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. The Politics of Intra-State Conflicts in Africa and the Nigerian-Biafran War (1967-1970)
(Dr. Benjamin Arah, Bowie State University) Ethnic Politics in Nigeria Perils of Ethnicity: Structural Disintegration in the Sierra Leone Battalion, Royal West African Frontier Force The Impact of Ethnic Rivalry on the Politics of Sierra Leone 4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. The Political Role of the Courts in the 21st Century Egypt Framing Terrorism: Attacks on Tourists in Egypt and their Reflection in Al-Ahram Newspaper Understanding Democracy and Democratic Commitment in Egypt The Resilience of Authoritarianism in Egypt: Learning Processes and 4:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. The Effect of Leadership Decapitation on al-Shabaab in Somalia Ethnicity and Forced Marriage in Al-Shabaab-Controlled Somalia Police Militarization and Community Cooperation in Times of Protracted Movie Showings SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2 7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. The Cat’s Paw of Dictatorship: Police Intelligence and Self-Rule in the Gold Coast, 1948-1952 Background of the Development of Salafism in Northern Nigeria. The Case of Boko Haram The Islamic Environmental Gaze in the Futa Jallon: Perceptions of Power, Autochthony, and Agricultural Ineptitude Aiding Security, Aiding Peace: Security Sector Reform in Sierra Leone and Côte d’Ivoire 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Musa al-Sadr – Redeemer, Revolutionary, and Father of the Shi’a The “Entrepreneur” as the Homo Economicus-Homo Relationalis in Educational Discourses in Iran The History of New Education in Iran: The Role of Islamic Ideology in 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. The Turkish Islamists and the Kurdish Question, 1946-1980: A Historical Inquiry Into the Ideological Foundations Behind the Justice and Development Party’s Renunciation of the “Kurdish Opening” Turkey’s Islamists and the Palestinian Question, 1945-1950 İsmet İnönü: Target of the Turkish Right Citizenship Deprivation, Securitization, and the Neoliberal Academy: Academic Purges in Turkey, 1933–2019 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. National Security Hawks: The Evolution of Public Opinion on the Use of Force The Right-Wing Populist Movement’s Outreach towards Israel and the Jewish Community and their Reaction Between Ethnic Democracy and Ethnocracy: the Israeli Jewish Nation-State Law and the Question of the Political Regime Tribalism, In-Group Favoritism, and Vote Prediction in Israel’s 2019 Elections 8:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. More to Come: New Tools and Discussions around the Material History of the Quran, and the Potential for a Global Intellectual and Cultural Shift A Total Re-Structure of Arabic Digital Typography: How DecoType is Changing Everything In Search of the Oldest Layer of Qur’anic Orthography 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. African Nationalism versus Islamic Universalism: Race and Religion in Zanzibari Politics, 1950-2000 Notions of Just War in Early Wahhabi History, Based on Ibn Bishr’s History of Nejd Islamist Exegesis of Q 3:110. The Islamic Doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect Why is ‘Flawed Democracy’ Better than No Democracy? Comparing Israel and Tunisia’s Political Culture to Explain the Democracy Deficit in the Middle East and North Africa 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Feminization of Filipino Labor Migration in the Middle East: Implications and Challenges Deconstructing Contact Zones and Reconstructing Gender Agency in Contemporary Arab Women’s Writings Understanding Women’s Empowerment in Africa Assessing the Change in Men’s Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices towards Women’s Right to Inherit in Egypt 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Accounting for the East African Community: East African Politics as a Competition between Elite Coalitions State Corruption and Lack of Social Accountability: Attempt to Decipher the Root Causes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Candidate Selection Methods and Party Performance in Tanzania 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The Transnational Fight to End the Saudi Arabian Slave Trade: The British Anti-Slavery Society, the African-American Press, and the American Jewish Congress, 1953-1960 Assessing Transparency, Participation and Accountability in Agriculture in Egypt The Orientation of the Kaʿba to Jerusalem: Two Sanctuaries. An Older Love Affair U.S.-Iraq War (2003) Indirect Link of ISIS Rising 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Iraqi Arab Sentiment towards the Jewish Population in Iraq The Unsolvable Man and British Mismanagement: Why Britain was Unable to Prevent Wahhabi Expansion in the Early 20th Century Pragmatism or Fanaticism? Ibn Saud, Ikhwan Forces and the Conquest and Capture of Mecca The Development of Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Policy Strategy in the Muslim World: How King Faisal Used Islam in International Relations to Counter the Threat of Arab Nationalism The Role of the Ulama in the Tobacco Protests of 1891 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Hierarchies of Maternity and Modernity in Mandate Palestine: British Women and the Facilitation of Settler Colonialism The Palestinian Political Parties and Local Self-Governance during the British Mandate: Democracy and the Clan 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Towards Culture-Based Sustainable Development: The Case of Morocco’s New Towns Morocco’s New Cities: Fostering Moderate Islam through Urban Mega-Developments History, Memory, and Conflict Resolution in Western Sahara 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Amateur Hour: The Obama Administration and the Arab Spring Fighting the Wrong Propaganda War: How the West Makes Mistakes in Its Attempts to Shape the Perceptions of the Islamic World Assessment of Trump’s Digital Public Diplomacy toward International Organizations as Related to the Middle East Boxed Lunch 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Is there still a European Mediterranean: Thinking about French Ambitions in the Middle East Great Power Competition is Returning to Mediterranean: Time for Thinking New Alliances in the Middle East Reframing Turkish-Israeli Relations in the New Mediterranean Cold War 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. The Utility of Interfaith Dialogue: Religiosity, Education and State-Religion Relations Nationalism, State Systems, and the Challenge of New Media in a ‘post-ISIS’ Middle East Political Islam in the Age of Populism: Promises and Limitations 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Engaging China in the Middle East: A Dilemma for Global Actors? China’s Pragmatic Approach to Maghrib Since the Opening-up: A Salient Economic Priority By Land and By Sea: Sino-Indian Strategy and the Middle East in a New Asia BRI and China and the Middle East Media Exchanges 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Political Psychology of Iran’s Supreme Leadership and Foreign Policy-Making Today: An Operational Code Approach Iran’s Approach To Arms Control and Non-Proliferation: Is Tehran Willing to Accept an Arms Control Regime? Controlled Elections and False Signals; A New Typology of Political Opportunities 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. The Governance Crisis between Muhammad Ali and the Ottoman Empire, and British Policy The German Flirt with Islam Law as the Language of Legitimacy in the Late Ottoman Period: the Druze Community and their Legal Status in Mount Lebanon 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. The Second Birth of Ennahdha Party: a Post Islamist Mutation? Beyond Healing: Stambeli and Banga Music Between the “Sacred” and New Islamists in Libya? The Development of the Salafi-Madkhali Current in Post-Qaddafi Libya The Mechanisms of Local Governance in Emerging Democracies: A Case Study of Tunisia 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. The United Nations Construction of Terrorism Democratic Values and Reconciliation in Context of Protracted Conflict Leveraging Economic Sectors for Peace – Lessons from Lebanon What Went Wrong with the Peace Process: Reflections based on Yossi Beilin’s Archives 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. When Does A Great Power Ally Signal Resolve? The Anglo-Russian Alliance and the Campaigns in Constantinople, 1914-1915 France and Syria 1919-1920 Beyond a Desert Revolt: T.E. Lawrence’s Theory of Proxy War and Polity Creation 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Migrations and the Decline of the Palestinian Cities 640-850 CE From Muʾtah and the Bridge to al-Yarmūk and al-Qādisiyyah: Echoes of Defeats and Victories in the Literature of Islamic Historical Writing Roman Strategy towards the Sassanian Iran in 518-565: The Interaction between Diplomacy, Foreign Policy and Military Realities 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. “A Privileged Communicative Space”: Nigerian Soldiers’ Petitions During the Two World Wars Regime Consolidation and Regime Change: The Role of the International Community in Malawi, 1964-1994 Malawi’s Foreign Policy and the Fruitless Search for Investment Capital, 1960s-1970s The Ambiguous Nature of Settler Colonialism in Africa: Examination of Settlers’ Construction and Interpretation of Race and Nation in German Southwest Africa 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Religious Networks and Trends in Late-Mediaeval Eastern Mediterranean: A Case Study on Cairo Patriotism in the Coptic Church: Are Copts Disloyal for Addressing their Rights? The Monastery of Saint Makarius the Great: Theater of the Tragedy end of the Bishop Epiphanius Behind the Scenes What Goes On? Christian-Muslim Interaction in Fatimid Egypt 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Turkey and the Syndrome(s): From Sèvres to Lausanne The Rise of Neo-Ottoman Ideology in Modern Turkey Policy Transfer, External Actors and Two Types of Policy Conditionality: Public Financial Management Reform in Turkey A Quest for a New Perspective on Turkey-Africa Relations: An Analysis on the Post-July 15 Era 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Certainty in Ambiguity. The Challenge of History for Qurʾānic Multivalence Ethereal Creations and Virginity in an Eternal Abode Variant Readings, Epistemological Certainty, and Canonization: A Case Study of Qurʾān 4:24 Certainty and Ambiguity in Mawlānā Abū’l Kalām Āzād’s Qurʾānic Vision of Religious Pluralism |