Conference Schedule

Saturday, November 1

4:00 P.M. – 5:30 P.M.
The Annual Fouad Ajami Memorial Roundtable
(Ms. Michelle Ajami; Prof. Amr Al-Azm; Mr. Lee Smith)

5:30 P.M. – 6:30 P.M.
Student Poster Competition

6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.
Welcome & Networking Cocktail Reception
Opening Remarks: Prof. Mark T. Clark, President, ASMEA

Sunday, November 2

7:30 A.M. – 8:15 A.M.
Breakfast

8:30 A.M. – 10:00 A.M.

Roundtable Discussion: Sadik Jalal Al-Azm’s Self-Criticism After the Defeat: What Have We Learned Sixty Years Later?
In super virile cultures of words, where the verb is wielded like a phallic symbol of power and honor, there is no language for “defeat.” So, when defeated, men retreat into what they do best; evasions and hectoring and rhetorical arm-flexing. That is how the Arabs’ defeat in the six-days war came to be warded off in Arabic public discourse; exorcised and dismissed as transient, referred to as a setback— “naksa” in Arabic. That is how the stain of dishonor levied at the hands of an adversary that Arabs deemed a brittle artificial “entity,” got washed away. Sadik Jalal-Azm’s watershed Self-Criticism After the Defeat, came to shatter such vanities and delusions. First published in Arabic in 1968, the book marked the first instance an Arab dared naming things by their names, calling a defeat “defeat,” summoning Arabs to take stock of failings of their own making, to “take on their […] most paranoid fantasies”—about the world, Israel, and their own worth. [1]  Sixty years later, in the aftermath of October 7, 2023, the routing of the Arabs’ “new rejectionists” (an Axis of Resistance that is still persuaded it was not routed), al-Azm’s call for “introspection” seems as topical as it had been in 1968. This panel is an attempt at “examining” al-Azm’s “self-examination,” whether its lessons taught its own generation of Arabs anything, whether there remain in it any lessons for our times.
[1]  Kanan Makiya, “The Politics of Defeat: A Tribute to Sadik al-Azm’s Self-Criticism after the Defeat,” Reason Papers, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Winter 2016),
116.
Moderator: Prof. Franck Salameh
(Prof. Amr Al-Azm; Prof. Robert Rabil; Mr. David Schenker)

Panel 1: October 7: Critical Examinations
Discussant: Dr. Or Honig
Islamist Protests Against Israel in Muslim-Majority Countries: Grievance Competition, Economic Shocks, and Protest History
(Dr. Brandon Ives, Seoul National University)
Echoes of War: Comparing Kenyan and Tanzanian Reactions to the October 7 Attack and the Israel-Hamas Conflict
(Dr. Asher Lubotzky, University of Houston)
Sub-Saharan Responses to the Gaza-Israel War
(Prof. William Miles, Northeastern University)
Pre-October 7 Academic Research on Hamas: Conceptual Fixation and Wishful Thinking
(Prof. Avraham Sela, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Panel 2: Actors and Power in Modern Africa
Discussant: Dr. Robert Lloyd
Henrique Rosa: Insights and Reflections on his Time in Office
(Dr. Nathaniel Cogley, Tarleton State University)
Scholars' Purview of Ethiopian History
(Dr. Mengesha Endalew, Texas Tech University)
Emerging Actors and Democratization in Lusophone Africa
(Prof. Alvaro Nobrega, University of Lisbon)
Adaptation and Persistence of Authoritarian Regimes in Africa: The Case of Uganda under President Yoweri Museveni
(Dr. Curthberth Onek, Millersville University)

Panel 3: Iran Before the Revolution
Discussant: Prof. Felipe Pathé Duarte
William Howard Taft, Dollar Diplomacy, and the Question of Iran (1909-1913)
(Dr. Hossein Abadian, University of Arkansas)
Revolution of the Deprived: Relative Deprivation and the Roots of the 1979 Iranian Uprising
(Ms. Richa Bhattarai, Kennesaw State University)
City of Discontent: The Urban Underbelly in Pre-Revolutionary Iranian Popular Cinema
(Dr. Golbarg Rekabtalaei, Seton Hall University)

Panel 4: Symbolism and Ideology in the Shiite Crescent
Discussant: Dr. Dan Naor
The Symbiosis of the Religious and National Militias' Power to Political Power During the Fight for Democracy in Iraq, 2003—2024
(Prof. Ronen A. Cohen, Ariel University)
Balancing Ideology and Pragmatism: Hezbollah's Transition to Attrition Warfare in Its Conflict with Israel
(Dr. Dan Naor, Ariel University and Dr. Gadi Hitman, Ariel University)

10:30 A.M - 12:00 P.M.

Panel 5: Local and Foreign Militaries in Africa
Discussant: Prof. Joseph M. Skelly
The Dynamics of Religious Radicalization and Ethnic Identities in the Central African Republic: A Focus on the Seleka Rebels and Anti-Balaka Militias
(Dr. Abdel Salam Aretouyap, University of Buea)
A Comradeship-in-Arms? East German-Angolan Military Relations during the Cold War, 1975-1990
(Dr. Jochen Arndt, Virginia Military Institute)
“Blow 'Em All Away”: Rape, Race, and Reprisal in North Africa
(Prof. R.M. Douglas, Colgate University)
The Lived Experience: Soviet Assistance to African Militaries
(Dr. Whitney Grespin, Joint Special Operations University)

Roundtable Discussion: Taking Off the Revolutionary Lens: History and Historiography of the Middle East in 1958
Over the past twenty years, the Middle East’s ‘Year of Revolutions’ in 1958 has been the subject of two major edited volumes, and a host of other books and articles. Often these accounts have valorized the advance of Arab nationalism and Egyptian-led or inspired revolution around the Middle East, offering up the episode as an inspirational moment for later generations. This roundtable discussion will look at the other side of the coin, including Middle Eastern states, politicians and movements who went against the current in 1958. In accounts from Sudan, Israel and Saudi Arabia, presentations will restore a collection of micro-histories that promise to alter broader historical narratives. In doing so, the panel will ask questions about prevailing patterns and trends in the historiography of the modern Middle East.
Moderator: Prof. Bernard Haykel
(Prof. Simon Barnaby Crowcroft; Dr. Cole Bunzel; Prof. Neil Rogachevsky)

BERNARD LEWIS PRIZE FINALISTS
Panel 6: Contemporary Muslim Antisemitism
Discussant: Dr. Alex Joffe
Contemporary Muslim Antisemitism as a Political Ideology
(Prof. Iqbal Akhtar, Florida International University)
The Melted Pot: Diversity, Antisemitism, and the Limits of Tolerance
(Mr. Harry Saul Markham)
Moral Exhibitionism and the Right to Kill Jews
(Prof. Franck Salameh, Boston College)
The Palestinization of Human Rights: Lessons from October 7 and Beyond
(Prof. Gerald M Steinberg, Bar Ilan University)

Panel 7: Syria: Inside and Out
Discussant: Prof. Robert Rabil
In Defense of Lebanon: The Special Relationship Between Rashid Karami and Syria (from 1976 until 1987)
(Dr. Zach Battat, Independent Scholar)
Governing the Periphery: Ethnic and Sectarian Autonomy in Post Assad Syria
(Mr. Yahya Zarrinnarges Gooyaghaj, Wayne State University)
The Utopian of Syrian Nationalism: Insurmountable Obstacles
(Dr. Gadi Hitman, Ariel University)
A New Perspective on the Impact of Structural and Cultural Shifts on Syrian Refugee Families in Germany
(Ms. Elena Nassif, Georgetown University)

Panel 8: Israel: Peace and Protests
Discussant: Prof. Ilan Troen
Unyielding Complexity of the Middle East: A Perspective of Political Science and Security Studies
(Prof. Boris Havel, University of Zagreb)
Out of Her League: Israel and the Risk of a Confrontation with a Global Great Power
(Dr. Or Honig, University of Florida)
Israeli Society from Social Unrest to War in Gaza
(Dr. Eyal Lewin, Ariel University)
The Critical Role of Women in Peace-Building – The Israeli and the Palestinian Peace Movements Model
(Dr. Pnina Shuker, Shalem College and University of South Wales)

12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
Banquet & Awards Luncheon
Keynote Presentation: The Mission of Higher Education and Universities
President Emeritus Dr. E. Gordon Gee
Interviewed by: Dr. Robert Lloyd, ASMEA Vice President & President and CEO, South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities

2:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.

The New Middle East?: Making Sense of the Region Post-October 7
This session was organized by Tablet Magazine and the Hudson Institute
Two years after Hamas’s attack on Israel, the Middle East is going through what is arguably its greatest transformation in at least a century. With Iran humbled, Hezbollah destroyed, Assad toppled in Syria, and Washington exercising unparalleled power in the region, it’s a moment of change, fraught with both change and opportunity. This panel will explore these shifts and the ones likely still ahead.
Moderator: Dr. Liel Leibovitz
(Mr. Tony Badran; Dr. Michael Doran; Mr. Lee Smith)

Panel 9: Africa: Health and Economies
Discussant: Dr. Curthberth Onek
“Our Government is a Threat to Our Life": Health Material-Semiotic Indeterminacy and Citizens' Response to the Impact of Neoliberal Economic Policies in Nigeria
(Mr. Ebenezer Adeyemi, University of Iowa)
Cocoa in the Gold Coast (Ghana): Indigenous Agency, Colonial Policy, and Foreign Trade Networks in an Evolving Global Economy, 1859—1957
(Mr. Maxwell Asabere, West Virginia University)
Between Empire and Development: Arthur Hugh Bunting and the East African Groundnuts Scheme, 1947-1951
(Dr. Joseph Hodge, West Virginia University)
The Implications of the Exit of the Sahelian States from ECOWAS
(Dr. Emmanuel Obuah, Tuskegee University)

Panel 10: Iran: Protest, Politics, Economics
Discussant: Prof. Meir Litvak
Harsh Punishments and the Criminal Justice System of Iran: Between Judicial Corporal Punishment and Penal Alternatives
(Dr. Sanaz Alasti, Lamar University)
Explaining the 2022-2023 Protest Movement in Iran: Internal Migration and Ethnic Identity
(Mrs. Nasrin Haghighat Chaleshtari, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee)
#MahsaAmini and #ZanZendegiAzadi Forming a New Discourse of Feminism and Women’s Rights among Iranian Users
(Ms. Atousa Kaviani, State University of New York at Binghamton)
Geopolitics of Bypassing: Role of Trade Corridors in Shaping Iran's Sanctioned Economy
(Dr. Shameer Modongal, American University)

Panel 11: Turkey: Politics and Power
Discussant: Dr. Halil Yenigun
America in Turkish-Islamist Thinking: The Case of Sebil (1976)
(Prof. Tuba Unlu Bilgic, University of St. Thomas)
From Soft Power to Hard Power: The Psychoanalytical Dimension of Turkey's Foreign Policy Under the AKP
(Dr. Senem Cevik, Woodbury University)
The Continuity and Discontinuity of Bediüzzaman Said Nursi’s Influence upon Fethullah Gülen’s Descriptions of Tyrants
(Dr. Thomas Messick, Australian University of Theology)
Framing Terrorism for Political Survival: Populist Securitization Strategies in Turkey
(Ms. Büşra Özyüksel, University of Szeged)

Panel 12: North African Politics and Histories
Discussant: Prof. R.M. Douglas
Repercussions of Blacklisting: The Case of Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia
(Mr. Wael Benali, University of Central Florida)
Italy and the Algerian Décennie Noire: European Dynamics, Energy Security, and the Diplomacy of Pacification (1988–2003)
(Prof. Flavia De Lucia Lumeno, Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano)
Morocco's Place in Africa
(Mr. Caleb Griffin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Guillotining the Political
(Ms. Shirley Le Penne, Cornell University)

4:00 P.M.
Coffee Break

4:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.

Roundtable Discussion: The October 7 War and Open-Source Research: What We Knew and What We Didn't
This roundtable discussion will examine the role of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) in the October 7th attack on Israel, the Gaza war, and more broadly on our understanding of the Middle East.
Chairman: Mr. Michael Lewis
(Dr. Harel Chorev; Dr. Jonathan Franco; Prof. Amos Nadan; Dr. Joel Parker; Dr. Tom Sharon; Dr. Ido Yahel)
Sponsored by: The Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University and in honor of Prof. Bernard Lewis.

Panel 13: Nigeria: Religion, Power and Politics
Discussant: Nathaniel Cogley
The Intersection of Faith and Feminism: Portrayal of Islam, Women and Patriarchy in Hausa Films and Literature
(Mr. Nura Abubakar, Ohio University)
Salafism, Medical Pluralism and Religious Performance in the Nigerian Public Sphere
(Mr. Ridwan Balogun, Florida State University)
Dealing with Artisanal Oil Refining: Social Relationships and Governance of Oil in Nigeria's Niger Delta
(Ms. Esther Egele-Godswill, University of Edinburgh)
Cemetery as a Dwelling Place: Architecture, spacecraft, and burial grounds in Colonial Onitsha Province, Nigeria
(Mr. Mathias Isiani, University of California, Berkeley)

Panel 14: Middle East Conversations 1
Discussant: Prof. Nathan Devir
Give Peace a Chance: Could the Yom Kippur War have been Prevented? Hafez Ismail's Talks with the Americans in 1973: A Case Study
(Dr. Yehuda Blanga, Bar-Ilan University)
Feminism Behind the Veil: Coptic Orthodox Nuns and the Politics of Female Piety in Contemporary Egypt
(Dr. Rosemary Dawood, Abu Dhabi University)
Translation in Cold Peace: The Mediation of Israeli Literatures in Egypt
(Dr. Limor Lavie, Bar-Ilan University)
Proximity to Atrocity of Two Jewish Soldiers: The Holocaust, the October 7th War & the Role of Art
(Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Mates, Florida Atlantic University)

Panel 15: Middle East Conversations 2
Discussant: Prof. Golbarg Rekabtalaei
Mapping Leila Abouzeid’s The Last Chapter from Islam, Gender and Education Nexus
(Dr. Amrita Basu Roy Chowdhury, Lady Brabourne College)
Saint Veneration in Eastern Thrace: Sacred Groves and Gender Dynamics in Alevi-Bektaşi Tradition
(Dr. Hakki Gurkas, Kennesaw State University)
Thinking about Hiroshima in Baghdad: On a Forgotten Iraqi Short Story in the Aftermath of WWII
(Dr. Hilla Peled-Shapira, Ariel University and Bar-Ilan University)
The Fatimid-era Well at al-Jāmiʿ al-Anwar: Revisiting Islamic Architectural Philanthropy in the Middle East and Africa.
(Mr. Murtaza Mustafa Shakir, Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah)

Panel 16: Facets of Antisemitism, Palestinianism and Islamism
Discussant: Ms. Batsheva Neuer
Islamism and Islam: Examination of the Issues in Reports of Germany’s Office for the Protection of the Constitution (the Verfassungsschutzberichte) and in German Politics, 1998-2008
(Prof. Jeffrey Herf, University of Maryland, College Park)
The News Media as Vehicles for Disseminating Jihadi Jew-Hatred: Lessons of October 7 and Beyond
(Prof. Richard Landes, Boston University)
The Palestinization of Human Rights: Al Haq and HRW as Templates
(Prof. Gerald Steinberg, Bar-Ilan University)
When Angela Davis Met Yasser Arafat: A Case Study of the Internationalization of Soviet Antizionism
(Ms. Izabella Tabarovsky, London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism)

5:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
JMEA Editorial Board Meeting (Invitation-only)

6:30 P.M. – 7:45 P.M.
Bernard Lewis and Fouad Ajami Prize Ceremony and Reception

8:00 P.M.
Film Screening

Monday, November 3

7:30 A.M. – 8:15 A.M.
Breakfast

8:30 A.M. – 10:00 A.M.

Book Discussion: October 7: The Wars Over Words and Deeds
Prof. Donna Robinson Divine; Dr. Asaf Romirowsky; Dr. Alex Joffe; Ms. Izabella Tabarovsky
Moderator: Ms. Gabby Deutsch, Jewish Insider

Panel 17: Sources of Identities in the Middle East and Central Asia
Discussant: Dr. Ronen Cohen
Hejab Strikers: The History and the Relationship between Women's Soccer and National Identity in Iran
(Mrs. Yuval Shoval, Ariel University)
The Lebanese Shi'ite in the Modern Era, in the Trap of Identities
(Mrs. Noa Riven, Ariel University, Israel)
The Appointment of Women in Religious Judicial Systems in Iran
(Mrs. Sarah Zilberberg, Ariel University)

Panel 18: Women and African Economies
Discussant: Dr. Emmanuel Obuah
Color Capital: Sociocultural Influences of Skin Bleaching Practices Among Nigerian Women
(Ms. Ruth Emmanuel, University of Cincinnati)
Engineering Metabolism: Women, Salt Technologies, and Wartime Science in Biafra
(Mr. Odinaka Eze, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Examining the Contribution of Domestic Workers to Work-Family Balance Among Dual-Earner Families in Nairobi City, Kenya
(Ms. Sussie Mutahi, Strathmore Law School)
Iskoki Ne… Ko Taa Tabu: Culture, Silence, and Perinatal Distress in Ghana’s Zango Communities
(Ms. Balkisa Sissy, George Mason University)

Panel 19: Middle Eastern Power Balances
Discussant: Mr. Ammar Abdulhamid
Breaking the Barriers: Turkey and Israel in Syria and the Eastern Mediterranean
(Dr. Omri Eilat, University of Haifa)
Iran and the Israel Hamas War: Ideological Commitments and Strategic Setbacks
(Prof. Meir Litvak, Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, TAU)
Navigating a Shifting Middle East: Nationalism, Islamism, and the Future of Regional Order
(Dr. Liora Lukitz, Independent Scholar)
Beyond Resources: The Role of Faith and Identity in Shaping Eastern Mediterranean Energy Conflicts
(Mr. Mustafa Burak Sener, Eötvös Loránd University)

10:00 A.M.
Coffee Break

10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.

Panel 20: Critiquing Middle East Studies
Discussant: Dr. Alex Joffe
The Rise and Fall of Centers for Middle East Studies in the United States
(Prof. Jack Lassner, Northwestern University)
Delegitimizing Israel: The Theological Roots of Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity
(Dr. Carol Troen, Ben Gurion University and Prof. Ilan Troen, Ben Gurion University; Brandeis University)

Book Discussion: Daniel in Babylon: How He Navigated Politics in Exile and What It Means for Us Today
Prof. Mark T. Clark, California State University, San Bernardino

Panel 21: New Findings and Perspectives on the Lebanese Civil War
Discussant: Dr. Joel D. Parker
Rethinking The Lebanese Civil War in Light of Declassified Archival Sources: Israel, the U.S., the Gemayel Brothers, and Walid Jumblatt
(Prof. Hicham Bou Nassif, Claremont McKenna College)
Brides of the South: Hafez al-Assad’s Embrace of Female Suicide Bombers in 1985
(Dr. Joel D. Parker, Moshe Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University)
The Syrian Spoiler: Undoing the May 17th Accords 1983-1984
(Dr. Jesse R. Weinberg, Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University)

Panel 22: Conversations on Middle East History
Discussant: Dr. Zach Battat
Ottoman Participation in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915)
(Prof. Semih Gökatalay, Virginia Military Institute)
Charles de Gaulle in Beirut
(Prof. Franck Salameh, Boston College)
Velleity, Exigency, and Expediency: British Policy in Southern Kurdistan 1918-1921
(Prof. George L. Simpson, High Point University [ret.])
The Unique Case of Saudi Arabia: State Development and Foreign Policy Decisions
(Dr. Ilias Tasopoulos, University of Peloponnese)

12:15 P.M.
Grab ‘n Go Boxed Lunch

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Panel 23: Quranic Studies
Discussant: Prof. Felipe Medina Gutierrez
From Recovery to Reckoning: Feminist Hermeneutics and the Qur'an
(Prof. Seth Cantey, Washington and Lee University)
“The Arab-Israelite Conquest”: Biblical Models and the Historiography of the Arab-Islamic Expansion
(Dr. D Gershon Lewental, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Hebrew University)
From Kinship to Condemnation: Rejection, Emotion, and the Qur’an and Sīra’s Rhetoric Against the Jews
(Dr. Tim Orr, The Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture - Indiana University, Indianapolis)

Panel 24: Deep State in the MENA Region
Discussant: Gadi Hitman
Who is the true power broker in Iran: the elusive Deep State or the formidable Revolutionary Guards?
(Prof. Ronen Cohen and Dr. Gadi Hitman, Ariel University)
What is the Deep State?
(Dr. Luis Fleischman, Palm Beach Center for Democracy and Policy Research/Palm Beach State College)
Deep state in Israel
(Prof. Eyal Lewin, Ariel University)
The Deep State in Egypt: The Politics of a Concept in the Post-Revolutionary Era
(Dr. Bosmat Yefet, Ariel University)

Panel 25: Conversations and Controversies Across Boundaries
Discussant: Prof. Chikako Takeishi
The Miami Interfaith Model for Jewish Muslim Dialogue Post-October 7th
(Prof. Iqbal Akhtar, Florida International University)
Paper Barriers, Temporal Borders: Kurdish Experiences of the I-485 Process and the Governance of Waiting
(Mr. Stephen Fox, University of Kentucky)
Sino-Arab Nation-Building and Cultural Decolonization on Cultural Diplomacy 1955-1966
(Ms. Ying Huang, Beijing International Studies University, University of Exeter)
The Impact of the US—China's Global Competition on the Middle East Stability
(Dr. Ahmed Zohny, Coppin State University)

Panel 26: Jihadism vs. Statehood
Discussant: Dr. Douglas E. Streusand
Jihadist Violence as a War between Good and Evil: The Case of Boko Haram in Nigeria
(Dr. Sabina Brakoniecka, University of Warsaw)
The Salafi Jihadi Conception of the State
(Dr. Daniel Joseph Lav, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Democratic Resilience Vs. Democratic Backsliding: A Tale of Two Nations in Times of Political Instability and Insecurity
(Ms. Deborah Sike, University of Pittsburgh)

3:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.

Panel 27: Substate Power and Ideology in Middle East
Discussant: Prof. Mark T. Clark
The US - KRG Partnership and the Challenges of the Peshmerga Forces Unification after the ISIS Era
(Dr. Karzan Ali, Sulaimani University)
Ambivalence in Contemporary Sunni — A Challenge for Western Liberal Democracies?
(Prof. Felipe Pathé Duarte, NOVA University of Lisbon, NOVA School of Law)
Zaydism and Ansar Allah (Huthi Movement): Doctrinal Continuity, or Ideological Transformation? (2014-2025)
(Prof. Felipe Medina Gutierrez, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)
The Muslim Kurdish Peshmerga: Ideology, Militia Structure, and Role in the Suppression of Kurdish Autonomy in Iran
(Dr. Fateh Saeidi, University of Texas at Austin)

Panel 28: Outside Powers and October 7
Discussant: Dr. Douglas E. Streusand
North Korea's Role in October 7th Violence and Beyond: Lessons Learned for Future Containment of Proliferation in the Middle East
(Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol, Jr., Angelo State University)
Post-October 7 Weaponization of Just War Theory: Russia's Strategic Use of Human Rights Rhetoric in the Middle East
(Dr. Robert Nalbandov, Angelo State University)
October 7 in Global Context
(Dr. Douglas E. Streusand, Marine Corps Command & Staff College)

Panel 29: African Colonial Legacies
Discussant: Dr. Joseph Hodge
Femigritude Expression of Colonialism's Lasting Legacy and Gendered Power Dynamics in Postcolonial African
(Mrs. Diweng Dafong, University of Alabama)
Sites of Control, Spaces of Resistance: Mau Mau Insurgency, Carceral Geography and Memory in Kenya, 1948-1963
(Mr. Stiffin Kamande, West Virginia University)
Scottish Missionaries and Development Agenda in the Post-War Era: From the Civilizing Mission to Development Agenda
(Ms. Eunice M'biya, West Virginia University)
The Omu's Vanishing Realm: Gender, Colonial Legacies, and the Unmaking of Indigenous Market Governance in Anioma, Nigeria, 1910 — 2015
(Mr. Sopuruchukwu Nwadi, West Virginia University)

Panel 30: Discussing Antisemitism
Discussant: Prof. Liah Greenfeld
Addressing Antisemitism in Academic Publishing
(Prof. Liah Greenfeld, Boston University)
On the Role of "Islamophobia" in Neutralizing Antisemitism
(Dr. Richard Landes, Independent Scholar)
Attitudes towards Jews in Japan
(Dr. Chikako Takeishi, Chuo University)

*The schedule is subject to change*