Conference Schedule

Saturday, November 7

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
Opening Remarks by a member of the diplomatic corps.

Sunday, November 8

7:30 A.M. – 8:15 A.M.
Breakfast

8:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
Panels

8:30 A.M. 
Roundtable Discussion: "French Mandate, Emile Edde and the Origins..."

10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
President's Roundtable
Dr. Gordon Gee, President Emeritus, University of West Virginia
Dr. David Ruth, University of Austin
Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, Yeshiva University
Dr. Daniel Diermeier, Vanderbilt University

12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
Banquet & Awards Luncheon
Keynote Presentation: H.E. Dr. Barham Salih, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

2:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
Panels

2:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Book Discussion: "Governance, Transformation, and Authoritarian Consolidation in Saudi Arabia"
Prof. Bernie Haykel, Princeton University

4:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Roundtable Discussion: "Initiatives to Combat Antisemitism at the Academic Root"

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 9

7:30 A.M. – 8:15 A.M.
Breakfast

8:30 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.
Panels

8:30 A.M. - 10:00 P.M.
Roundtable Discussion: "Ivory Towers on Sand a Quarter of a Century Later: Sources of Knowledge about the Middle East"

12:15 P.M.
Grab ‘n Go Boxed Lunch

1:00 P.M. – 4:30 P.M.
Panels and Roundtables

*The schedule an outline and is subject to change*