2024 Paper Presentations

Below is a list of anticipated presentations at the Seventeenth Annual ASMEA Conference. 

“A City with Walls”: A Religious-Created Space and the Making of Onitsha City, 1857 - 1922
(Mr. Mathias Chukwudi Isiani, University of Pennsylvania)

A Comparative Analysis of US Newspaper Coverage of the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
(Ms. Sikose Sibabalwe Mjali, University of Washington)

A French Jew in Côte d'Ivoire: The Life and Involvement of Robert Léon in Local Politics and in the Formation of the Ivorian Elite Between the 1940s and the 1960s
(Mr. Ayode Daniel Dossou, The Geneva Graduate Institute)

A Journey to the Roots of Judicial Etiquette: Exploring Geniza Fragments and Legal Traditions in the Ancient Near East and North Africa
(Dr. Neri Y. Ariel, CNRS-IRHT and Bar-Ilan University)

Actors and Processes of Radicalization in the Lake Chad Basin
(Dr. Abdel Salam Pekekue Aretouyap, University of Buea)

Alexandria: The City that Changed the World
(Prof. Islam Issa, Birmingham City University, UK)*

Allies in Need? Defining the Nature of Iran–China Relations
(Dr. Tamas Dudlak, Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest)

American Decline: The Role of Perception and Force Projection in the Iran Hostage Crisis
(Dr. Cindy L May, Lancaster University)

Analyzing Afghan Women-Led Social Movements’ Resistance Against Taliban Control: Women and Collective Action in Post-2021 Afghanistan
(Ms. Hasina Jalal, University of Pittsburgh)

Antisemitism as a Civilizational Phenomenon: An Analytical Essay
(Prof. Liah Greenfeld, Boston University)*

Antisemitism is About Semites Like Dolichocephaly is About Language
(Prof. Franck Salameh, Boston College)*

Arabs, Turks, and Iranians: Prospects for Cooperation and Prevention of Conflict
(Dr. Nader Habibi, Brandeis University)

Before and After Exile: The Trailblazing Lives of Five Jewish Egyptian Women
(Dr. Aimee Israel-Pelletier, University of Texas at Arlington)

Can Israel Still Rely on Its Intelligence after the October 7th Hamas Attack?
(Dr. Or Honig, University of Florida)

Cabo Delgado Conflict – More than Global Jihad, an Ethnic and Secessionist Insurgency?
(Dr. Felipe Pathé Duarte, Nova School of Law)

China and the Middle East: How the History of Chinese Communist Party Thought on Diplomacy Shapes Modern China-Middle East Relations
(Mr. Daniel C. Rice, Marine Corps University)

Cinematic Militarization and Turkey's Hard Power Projection
(Dr. Senem B Cevik, Woodbury University)

Cocoa Insect Pests and Diseases in Colonial Ghana (Gold Coast), 1900 – 1957: A Historical Exploration
(Mr. Maxwell Kwesi Asabere, West Virginia University)

Competing Narratives and British Conflict Management in Mandate Palestine: How Competing Narratives Influenced the 1939 St James Peace Conference
(Mr. Ewan Keddie Hearns, University of Strathclyde)

Construction and Re-construction of Cultural Codes Through Political Violence: The Case of Kurdish Nationalism
(Dr. Merve Önenli Güven, Research Center for Countering Terrorism and Radicalization [Türkiye])

Democratic Backsliding, Borderlands Governance and Regional Security in West Africa and the Maghreb
(Dr. Olukayode Abiodun Faleye, Edo State University)

Disbandment and Recreation of the Iraqi Army
(COL Norvell B. DeAtkine, Joint Special Operations University)

Eastern Part of Democratic Republic of Congo and Great Lakes Region: Focusing on the Historical Contextualization of the Banyamulenge Ethnic Identity
(Prof. Kwang-Su Kim, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)

Elections, Patronage, And Coercion in Populist Governance Case Study: Turkiye
(Ms. Büsra Özyüksel, University of Szeged)

Freedom from Independence: A Fanonian Appraisal of Postcolonial Discontent and the Recent West African Coups
(Enoch Joseph Aboi, Cornell University)

From Diverting Rivers to Flooding Deserts: French Colonial Hydrology Schemes in North Africa, 1830-1960
(Dr. Tyson A Luneau, SUNY Cortland)

From Enchantment to Disillusionment: Iraqi Revolutions Through the Literary Lens of Exiled Writers
(Dr. Hilla Peled-Shapira, Ariel University and Bar-Ilan University)

From Istanbul to Morris, Minnesota: A Comparative History of Boarding Schools
(Mr. Mahmut Polat, University of Minnesota)

Hamas and Palestinian Political Culture
(Prof. Joseph S Spoerl, Saint Anselm College)

Hamas and the First Israel-Iran War
(Dr. Shaul Bartal, Bar-Ilan University and University of Lisbon)

Hate Speech and Academic Freedom: The Antisemitic Assault on Basic Principles
(Prof. Cary Nelson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)*

Hidden In Plain Sight: The Beginnings Of French Chemical Warfare In Morocco’s Rif War (April-July 1925)
(Dr. Francisco Javier Martinez, University of Zaragoza)

How Jordan Makes Policy: Policy Learning and the Evolution of the Refugee Policy Response
(Mrs. Lindsay Hale Ward, University of London)

Hybrid Warfare in the Desert: British Strategies and Tactics Employed Against the Ottoman Empire During the Great War (1914-1918)
(Mr. Ali Mahmada, Debrecen University and Huddersfield University)

"I Knew What Life and Death Were Like": The Challenges Faced by Soviet Military Translators in Angola, 1975-1992
(Dr. Jochen S. Arndt, Virginia Military Institute)

Iconography of the Migrant Woman’s Hoarding Memories in Fadela’s Hebbadj’s Arbre d’Ebene
(Mrs. Diweng Mercy Dafong, University of Alabama)

Igbophobia, Anti-Semitism, and Islamism as Roots of the Igbo Genocide in Nigeria and Biafra
(Mr. Remy Ilona, University of California)*

In Memory of the Ba'th's Prophet: Commemorating Michel 'Aflaq in Baghdad
(Mr. Michael Brill, Princeton University)

Islamic Antisemitism: A Critical Examination of Theological Foundations and Historical Manifestations
(Dr. Tim Orr, Indiana University Indianapolis)

Israel and the Arab world - After the October 7th
(Prof. Eyal Zisser Tel Aviv University)

Israel and the Question of Racism and Related Intolerance: The Road to the World Conference at Durban
(Ms. Batsheva Neuer, Hebrew University)*

Jewish and Muslim Emigration from Yemen -- A Correlation between Two Demographic Movements
(Prof. Bat-Zion Eraqi-Klorman, The Open University of Israel)

Jihad Education and the Rise of Global Jihad in Afghanistan, 1980-2024
(Dr. Yahia Baiza, The Institute of Ismaili Studies)

”Karbala of the Gulf”: The Revolutionary Thought of Hadi al-Mudarrisi and the Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain, 1980–1988
(Mr. Ilan Zalayat, Tel Aviv University)

Khedive Ismaʿil’s Imperialist Project in the Horn of Africa and Patronage for Christian Missionaries: The Case of Lazarist Catholics in the 1870s
(Mr. Seong Hyun Kim, University of Oxford)

Laying the Groundwork-How Syria Thwarted American Policy in Lebanon-1982-1983
(Mr. Jesse R Weinberg, Tel Aviv University)

Lebanon Between East and West on the Eve of the Civil War
(Dr. Dan Naor, Ariel University)

Literature of Protest and Revolt Against Patriarchy in Balaraba Ramat’s Alhaki Kwikwiyo (Sin is a Puppy That Follows You Home), and Rahama A. Majid’s Mace Mutum (A Woman is Human)
(Mr. Nura Abubakar, Ohio University)

#MahsaAmini (#مهساامینی) and #ZanZendegiAzadi (#زن_زندگی_آزادی) Forming a New Discourse of Feminism and Women's Rights
(Atousa Kaviani, State University of New York at Binghamton)

Managing The Persian Question after the WWI – The Geopolitical Strategy and Reasoning of British India
(Mr. István Dávid Vácz, Eötvös Loránd University)

Mass Media as a Weapon for Disseminating Terrorist Ideology: The Case Study of Hamas
(Dr. Ido Zelkovitz, Yezreel Valley College)

Mass Tree Planting and Search for Fuelwood Alternatives: How the 1970s Fears of Fuelwood Shortage Shaped Forestry in The Gambia
(Dr. Sana Saidykhan, Boston College)

Media and the Discursive Crafting of Smart Futures in the Middle East: Insights from NEOM
(Dr. Mehdi Ghassemi, Lille Catholic University)

Media Representation of Egyptian Members of Parliament: Realities of Gender Disparity
(Dr. Bosmat Yefet, Ariel University)

Missionary Women in the Linguistic Field. Research on the Gaboon and Corisco Presbyterian Missions in the Nineteenth Century.
(Dr. Susana Castillo Rodriguez, SUNY College at Geneseo)

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and the Struggle for Martyr's Day in post-2003 Iraq
(Dr. Rachel Kantz Feder, Tel Aviv University)

"My Pleasure Matters Too": Understanding Sexual Scripting Among Ghanaian Women
(Ms. Rebecca Larko Obu, University of Iowa)

Navigating Change in Alevi-Bektashi Tradition: Gender, Identity, and Veneration in Eastern Thrace
(Dr. Hakki Gurkas, Kennesaw State University)

“Neither be Oppressed nor be Oppressors”: CHP’s Leftward Turn with the Idea of Left of Center/Democratic Left in the 1960s and the 1970s
(Prof. Umut Uzer, Istanbul Technical University)

No Fault: Women Recall Section 4 Of the Colonial Divorce Act 1904; Consequences Of “Victory”
(Ms. Jackline Kirungi, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)

On The Process of Easternization of Israeli Society and Politics (with a note on October 7th)
(Dr. Avi Shilon, Tel Hai Academic College)

Patterns of Violence among Arabs in Lod During May 2021: Examining Civil, National and Religious Factors
(Mrs. Alona Izkovich, Ariel University)

Personal Accounts of Non-Machiavellian Exits in Africa
(Dr. Nathaniel Terence Cogley, Tarleton State University)

Political and Geopolitical Determinants of Guinea-Bissau Power Struggles
(Prof. Alvaro Correia Nobrega, University of Lisbon)

Politics, Power, and the Collapse of the Juba Peace Process: A Case Study of Uganda Government and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
(Dr. Curthberth A. Onek, Millersville University)

Pro-Kurdish Masjids in Istanbul: Exploring Minority Religious Spaces as a Form of Political Resistance
(Dr. Aslı Elitsoy, University of Copenhagen)

Proxy Wars and Strategic Alignments: The Influence of U.S. Military Support to Israel on its Relationship with Iran in the Middle East
(Ms. Richa Bhattarai, Kennesaw State University)

Pyongyang’s Military Proliferation to Iran: Russia and China are Now Key Enablers
(Dr. Bruce Emerson Bechtol, Angelo State University)

Question of Alliances in the Middle East: Is There Still a Chance for an Order Based on Regional Balancing Alliances?
(Prof. Nursin Guney, Trocadero Forum and Prof. Visne Korkmaz, Nişantaşı University)

Rashid Karami and the Palestinians: Lebanon’s Foreign Policy from 1958 until 1976
(Mr. Zach Battat, Ariel University)

Religious and National Identity for Saudi Shia: Democracy and Secessionism
(Mr. Alexander Morse Shepard, Indiana University)

Russia on the Roll: New Geopolitics in the Middle East and Asia Pacific
(Dr. Robert Nalbandov, Angelo State University)

Sacred Soil: Exploring the Complex Intersection of Human Bodies, Land, and Identity in Middle Belt Nigeria Cosmologies
(Mr. Fwangmun Oscar Danladi, University of Iowa)

Saudi Arabia: Becoming a Nation?
(Dr. Brandon Friedman, Tel Aviv University)

Saudi Arabia’s “Homegrown” Slavery and the Saudi Novel
(Dr. Elad Giladi, The University of Haifa)

Shattered Dreams: Israel's Intervention in Lebanon, 1976-1982
(Dr. Yogev Elbaz, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies)

Shibli Shumayyil, Social Darwinism and Zionism
(Prof. Eliezer Tauber, Bar-Ilan University)

Strategic Alignment and Power Transition: Iran’s Motives in Proxy Warfare and China’s Geopolitical Test in the Middle East

(Ms. Riya Sultana, Ariel University)

Strategic Chessboard in the MENA: Analyzing Sino-Saudi and Sino-Egyptian Relations in the Context of the Belt and Road Initiative
(Prof. Diogo Cardoso and Prof. Teresa de Almeida e Silva, University of Lisbon)

Symbolism and Allegory in Nasir Khusraw's Safarnameh: A Comparative Analysis with his Confession-Ode
(Mr. Dawood Hussain Mirza, Aljamea tus Saifiyah)

The Catholic Church, Jews, the Shoah and the State of Israel: Interpretations and Responses
(Prof. Boris Havel, University of Zagreb)*

The Coptic Diaspora in the Digital Age: Exploring the Crossroads of Freedom and Surveillance
(Dr. Lilian EK Estafanous, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies)

The Effect of Time and Safety on the Retention of Peace Education Concepts
(Ms. Julie R Schupp, Virginia Tech)

The Effects of Genocide on the Women of Biafra
(Dr. Remy Ilona, University of California, Riverside)

The Genocide Libel
(Prof. Norman JW Goda, University of Florida)

The Involvement of The Islamic Republic of Iran in the Bahrain at the Arab Spring events
(Mrs. Shahaf Hitman Apini, Tel Aviv University)

The Narrative of the Oppressor and the Oppressed: Recasting Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero from Gender Perspective
(Dr. Amrita Basu Roy Chowdhury, Lady Brabourne College)

The Nexus of Inequality and Structural Transformation in Africa
(Prof. Steve Z. Onyeiwu, Allegheny College)

The Role of Ibadi Islam in the Foreign Policy of the Sultanate of Oman (1970-2024)
(Prof. Felipe Medina Gutierrez, Pontifical Javierian University and University of the Rosary)

The State of Malawi’s Second Wave of Democracy: An Institutional Analysis
(Dr. Paul Chiudza Banda, Tarleton State University)

The Syrian Civil War and the Shia Villages of al-Fua and Kafariya
(Dr. Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Middle East Forum)

The Utilization of Youth Bulges in Great Power Conflict in the Middle East and Africa
(Dr. Michael O. Slobodchikoff, Troy University)

The War in Gaza and the Revival of the Two State Solution
(Dr. Ahmed Zohny, Coppin State University)

The West African Muslim Community from the Late Ottoman Period to Mandatory Jerusalem - The Role of Sufism
(Dr. Irit Back, Tel Aviv University)

Toward “Moderation” in Islam: Reassessing the Sahwa and Wahhabism in MBS’s Saudi Arabia
(Dr. Cole Bunzel, Stanford University)

Transitional Justice and Human Rights in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
(Dr. Ahmad Murid Partaw, University of South Florida)

Turkey’s Fluctuating Relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood: Religious Ideology and its Limits
(Prof. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis, Bilkent University)

Understanding Syrian Migration in Syria. Normalisation, Return and Reintegration: The Case of Internally Displaced People in Post-War Reconstruction
(Mr. Daniel Solymari, University of Pécs)

Water Thicker than Gas: Turkey, UNCLOS, and the Eastern Mediterranean in the Gas Decade, 2010-2020
(Dr. Omri Eilat, University of Haifa)

"Wilderness on the Streets": Girl Child at the Crossroads of Boko Haram's View of Wilderness in the Context of Religion and National Identity
(Mr. Ali Mati, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and ECWA Theological Seminary, Jos)

Who are Putin's Supporters in Africa?
(Dr. Paul Kubicek, Oakland University)

Why Women Vote: Wasta and Political Participation under Authoritarianism
(Dr. Lindsay J. Benstead, Portland State University)

Women, the Jewish Palestine Pavilion, and the New York World’s Fair of 1939-1940
(Dr. Semih Gökatalay, University of California San Diego)

Poster Presentations

Adapt or Die: A Comparative Study of TikTok MENA Narratives
(Ms. Langley Smith, Abilene Christian University)

Framing Genocide: Critical Discourse Analysis of British Media Coverage of the South Africa v. Israel ICJ Ruling.
(Isobel Dye, University of California, Irvine)

Funding of Proxy Groups by the Islamic Republic of Iran to Quell Domestic Dissent
(Ms. Amelia Powell, Georgia Institute of Technology)

When is a Consulate not a Consulate?
(Ms. Juliana Dent, Abilene Christian University)

*Bernard Lewis Prize Finalist