For more information about the 2006-2007 MESC SEMINAR SERIES: The Political Culture and Political Economy of Modern Islamic Movements, please click here.

Fall 2007

October 3
7:30 pm, MESC Main Room
"The Recent Strike of Misr Textile Spinning and Weaving Workers in Mahalla al-Kubra: An Eyewitness Report and Analysis" by Mostafa Bassiouny: Labor affairs reporter for Al-Dustur.
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program


Spring 2007

May 8
6:00 pm, MESC Seminar Room
"'Islamic Societies' are not Just Islamic: Reflections on Doing an Anthropology of Christianity in Egypt" by Anthony Shenoda, PhD candidate in Social Anthropology and Middle East Studies at Harvard University.
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program

March 11
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, MESC Seminar Room
"Exile, Art, and the Islamic Republic of Iran" by Dr. Shiva Balaghi, Associate Director of the Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University.
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program

March 5
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, MESC Seminar Room
"Discourses of Public Engagement among Young Egyptians: Work in Progress" by
Dr. Barbara Ibrahim, Director of AUC’s John D. Gearhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement.
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program and the John D. Gearhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement

February 13
4:00 pm, MESC Seminar Room
"Nasser’s Egypt in the Somali Region: The Struggle for the Identity of a New State"
by Antonio M. Morone, University of Pavia.
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program and the Department of History


Fall 2006

December 4
7:00 pm – 8:45 pm, The Blue Room
"Comparative Ethnic Cleansing in Bosnia and Iraq" by Professor Mark Danner, UC Berkeley.
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program

November 21
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm, Oriental Hall
"The Muslim Brotherhood and Citizenship Rights" by Dr. Mohamed Habeeb, Deputy Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brothers.
Sponsored by: The Political Science Department and the Middle East Studies Program

November 7
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, MESC Seminar Room
"The Search for International Security after 9/11" by Dr. Dan Tschirgi, Political Science, AUC.
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program

November 2
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm, The Blue Room
"The Muslim Brotherhood - The Gender Agenda" by Dr. Mariz Tadros, Political Science, AUC, part of the IGWS monthly brown bag discussion series.
Sponsored by: The Cynthia Nelson Institute for Gender and Women's Studies (IGWS) and the Middle East Studies Program

November 1
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, MESC Seminar Room
"Spaces of Solidarity: Islamic Philanthropy in Cairo" by Mona Atia.
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program and The John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement

September 21
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, MESC Seminar Room
"US Policy on Democracy and the Regional Crisis" by Michele Dunne, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program and The John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement 

September 18
7:00 pm – 8:45 pm, MESC Seminar Room 
"The Muslim Brothers in the Egyptian Parliament" by Joshua Stacher, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, British University in Egypt and Samer Shehata,
Assistant Professor of Arab Politics, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University.
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program


Spring 2006

March 16
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm, Blue Room, Greek Campus
"Gulf Security in the Global Era" by Sheikh Abdel Aziz Sager, Director of the Gulf Research Center, Dubai 
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program 

Fall 2005

December 5
5:45 pm – 7:45 pm, MESC Premises
"Islam & the Geographies of International Relations" by Ms. Heba Raouf, Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program 

November 21
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, J.C. Auditorium, Greek Campus
"Youth and Political Parties in Egypt" (in Arabic, with English translation) by Dr. Osama Al-Ghazaly Harb, editor-in-chief of “International Politics Quarterly” and Member in the Policies Secretariat at NDP.
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program in collaboration with the Student Union

September 28
7:00 pm, MESC Premises 
"Elections and Egypt's Future" by Mohamed El Sayed Said, Vice Director, Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies and Mr. Bahey ElDin Hassan, Director, Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies.
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program 
 Click here for a summary of the discussion.


Spring 2005

April 18
12:00 pm, SS Building, 125 
"The Politics of International Development: Towards a New Grand Compromise?" by
Professor Jean-Philippe Therien, Universities of Montreal and Mexico.
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program, in collaboration with Department of Political Science
Click here for details. 

April 12
7:00 pm, Blue Room, Greek Campus
Taraneem 'Arabiya: Oud Recital Mr. Farid Al-Babilly.
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program, in collaboration with MAL (Model Arab League)

March 13
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm , JC Auditorium
Post Elections in Iraq: What Next? by Dr. Khair El-Din El-Haseeb, Director of The Center of Arabic Unity Studies in Beirut.
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program and the Center for American Studies and Research.  

February 21
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, MESC Conference Room
Women's Political Participation in the Gulf by Dr. Ebtisam Al-Kitbi, Professor at the United Arab Emirates University.
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program
Click here to read Dr. Kitbi's paper on this topic.

February 16
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Blue Room, Greek Campus
The Rise, Decline, and Resurrection of Middle East Area Studies:  Imperial Projects and the Production of Knowledge by Dr. Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Stanford University, California
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program, Political Science Department and History Department

Fall 2004

December 15
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm, MESC Conference Room
An Islamic Paradigm for International Relations? Rationale & Characteristics by Dr. Nadia Mustafa, Director of Center for Political Science and Research, Cairo University
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program and the Political Science Department 

November 29
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm, MESC Conference Room
Debating A Book With Its Author by Dr. Nelly Hanna, Professor in the Arabic Studies Department
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program

September 27
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm, Blue Room, Greek Campus
Middle East Studies after September 11th by Dr. Ann Lesch, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at AUC
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program 

September 26
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm, Blue Room, Greek Campus
MESC Informal Round Table & A Discussion on the NDP Conference with Dr. Steven Cook, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations
Sponsored by: The Middle East Studies Program