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Twelfth Annual ASMEA Conference

Past, Present and Future in the Middle East and Africa

October 31 - November 2, 2019 

Washington, D.C.

 

The 2019 Conference will feature:

• Opening remarks by a member of the diplomatic corps. 

• Keynote Presentation by Samuel Tadros, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom and Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies at the Hoover Institution.

• Banquet Luncheon and professional networking reception.

• Roundtable discussions.

• Presentations on scholarly topics from Middle Eastern and African studies, and related disciplines.

• Featured panel discussions on: Strategy, Nationhood, and Identity: Lessons from the Middle East and Africa; The Challenges, Successes and Limits of Decolonization in Africa; Reading the Qurʾān: Between Certainty and Ambiguity; Chinese and North Korean Strategy and Activities in the Middle East and Africa; Shifting Narratives and Encounters in Colonial and Cold War Africa; The Iraqi Affair Revisited: Saddam Hussein, His Inner Circle, and the Failure of American Intelligence; The United States and Israel: Territory, Peacemaking and Conflict in the Middle East 1974-1982, and; The Persian Gulf and the Great Powers, among others.

• Film screenings.

• Publishers' displays of the latest academic titles.

 

The Twelfth Annual ASMEA Conference will offer its inaugural Poster Presentation Competition for undergraduate students. Applications will open on August 31, 2019 and interested persons can learn more at https://asmea.nonprofitcms.org/c/conferences/8/pages/poster

 

Visit the conference website for full conference details and registration at https://asmea.nonprofitcms.org/c/conferences/8/pages/overview