Webinar Series

Welcome to the ASMEA Webinar Series. Throughout the year we will host discussions with seasoned scholars and practitioners on a variety of topics affecting the Middle East and Africa. These webinars are free and open to the public. Registration is required.

Attendees who require a "Certificate of Attendance" can contact Emily Lucas at [email protected] after the event. View past webinars here.


Upcoming Webinar: Teaching Israel in Israel and the US in a Year of War: Reflections and Thoughts

Join ASMEA and SPME for the webinar led by Prof. Avi Shilon on April 10, 2025 at 12:00 pm (ET) titled "Teaching Israel in Israel and the US in a Year of War: Reflections and Thoughts."

Register Here 

Avi Shilon has taught with the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University and the Taub Center for Israel Studies at New York University. He also has been a postdoctoral fellow at The Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel and at Tsinghua University, China. Shilon's most recent books are: The Decline of the Left-Wing in Israel: Yossi Beilin and the Politics of the Peace Process (2020), Ben-Gurion: His Later Years in the Political Wilderness (2016), and Menachem Begin: A Life (2012).

Read about his recent experience at Columbia here.