Conference Schedule

Saturday, November 1

4:00 P.M. – 5:30 P.M.
The Annual Fouad Ajami Memorial Roundtable

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

6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.
Welcome & Networking Cocktail Reception

Sunday, November 2

7:30 A.M. – 8:15 A.M.
Breakfast

8:30 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
Sadik Jalal Al-Azm’s Self-Criticism After the Defeat: What Have we Learned Sixty Years Later?
(Prof. Amr Al-Azm, Prof. Robert Rabil, Prof. Franck Salameh, Mr. David Schenker)

10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Taking Off the Revolutionary Lens: History and Historiography of the Middle East in 1958
(Dr. Simon Barnaby Crowcroft, Dr. Neil Rogachevsky, Dr. Cole Bunzel)

8:30 A.M - 12:00 P.M.
Panels

12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
Banquet & Awards Luncheon
Keynote Presentation: The Mission of Higher Education and Universities by Dr. E. Gordon Gee, President Emeritus, West Virginia University

2:30 P.M. - 4 :00 P.M.
The October 7 War and Open Source Research: What We Knew and What We Didn't
(Chairman: Mr. Michael Lewis, speakers: Prof. Amos Nadan, Dr. Harel Chorev, Dr. Jonathan Franco, Dr. Tom Sharon, Dr. Joel Parker, Dr. Ido Yahel)
This session is sponsored by The Moshe Dayan Center and is in honor of Prof. Bernard Lewis.

2:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
Panels

4:30pm - 6:00pm
American Foreign Policy in Iran
Sponsored by: Tablet Magazine

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

6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.
Bernard Lewis and Fouad Ajami Prize Ceremony and Reception

8:00 P.M.
Film Screening and Discussion 

Monday, November 3

7:30 A.M. – 8:15 A.M.
Breakfast

8:30 A.M - 12:00 P.M.
Panels

8:30 A.M. -10:00 A.M.
Deep State in the MENA Region
(Prof. Ronen Cohen, Dr. Luis Flieschman, Prof. Eyal Lewin, Dr. Bosmat Yefet)

8:30 A.M - 10:00 A.M.
Book Discussion: October 7: The Wars Over Words and Deeds
Dr. Asaf Romirowsky and Prof. Donna Divine

10:30 A.M - 12:00 P.M.
Book Discussion: Daniel in Babylon: How He Navigated Politics in Exile and What It Means for Us Today
Prof. Mark Clark

10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
New Findings and Perspectives on the Lebanese Civil War
(Prof. Hicham Bou Nassif, Dr. Joel D. Parker, Dr. Jesse R. Weinberg)

Boxed Lunch

12:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Panels

12:30 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Outside Powers and October 7
(Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol, Jr., Dr. Robert Nalbandov, Dr. Douglas E. Streusand)

*The schedule of events is still being finalized. New sessions will be added daily. The schedule is subject to change*