Past Events
Dismantling Myths on Israel-Palestine
Wednesday, 6/16/2021, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
In the US, both media and popular narratives on the conflict in Israel and the Occupied Territories of Palestine are shifting. Information about the nature of Israeli domestic politics, life under occupation for Palestinians, and the tactics employed by the Israeli military is visible in the US mainstream in a way it was not just a few years ago. Join us for a discussion of some of the most lasting misconceptions around this conflict, where experts will help us contextualize and understand why these myths have endured so long.
Thursday, 6/3/2021, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Dr. Austin Amy Holmes and Dr. Mark Beissinger discuss Dr. Holmes' new book "Coups and Revolutions: Mass Mobilization, the Egyptian Military, and the United States from Mubarak to Sisi."
MovieTalk in the Classroom with Leslie Davison
Wednesday, 5/26/2021, 11:00am - 12:30pm
DC Arabic Teachers' Council Workshop
Ruling the Savage Periphery: Frontier Governance and the Making of the Modern State
Tuesday, 5/4/2021, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Dr. Benjamin Hopkins and Dr. Dina Khoury discuss Dr. Hopkins' new book "Ruling the Savage Periphery: Frontier Governance and the Making of the Modern State." Moderated by Amb. Edward Gnehm.
The Lived Nile: Environment, Disease, and Material Colonial Economy in Egypt
Thursday, 4/15/2021, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Dr. Jennifer Derr and Dr. Shehab Ismail discuss Dr. Derr's new book "The Lived Nile: Environment, Disease, and Material Colonial Economy in Egypt."
Producing the Middle East: New Directions in Regional Media and Politics (Day 2 - March 26)
Friday, 3/26/2021, 1:00pm - 3:45pm
Panel 3: Mediating the Sacred (March 26, 2021 1:00pm - 2:15pm) Panel 4: The Politics of the Popular (March 26, 2021 2:30pm - 3:45pm)
Producing the Middle East: New Directions in Regional Media and Politics (Day 1 - March 25)
Thursday, 3/25/2021, 12:45pm - 3:45pm
Panel 1: Regional Formations and the Nation (March 25, 2021 1:00pm - 2:15pm) Panel 2: State Policy, Industries and Media Landscapes (March 25, 2021 2:30pm - 3:45pm)
Beyond the Boxes: Increasing Student Engagement in Remote Learning with Rebecca Blouwolff
Tuesday, 3/9/2021, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
DC Arabic Teachers' Council Workshop
The Government of Pearling: A Social History of Law in the Arabian Gulf (1860-1950)
Thursday, 3/4/2021, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Dr. Alexandre Caeiro and Dr. Nathan Brown discuss the legal regulation of the pearl trade in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the effects of British attempts to re-organize the pearling industry and reshape the legal systems of the Gulf sheikhdoms; and the relationship between "ruler's courts", "merchants' courts," and "Islamic courts”.
Refugees in Middle Eastern history / the Middle East in refugee history, 1918–39
Thursday, 2/18/2021, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
The Middle East today seems indelibly associated with refugees, from the people displaced by current and recent conflicts in Syria, Yemen, or Iraq to the Palestinians who have lived as refugees since 1948. This conversation explores an earlier period, between the first and second world wars, to ask what role refugees played in Middle Eastern history in the years when its modern states emerged—and what role the Middle East has played in modern refugee history.
Egypt's Occupation: Colonial Economism and the Crises of Capitalism
Thursday, 1/28/2021, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Aaron Jakes and Wael Gamal discuss Dr. Jakes' new book "Egypt's Occupation: Colonial Economism and the Crises of Capitalism."
Social Justice and Foreign Language with Cassandra Glynn
Saturday, 1/16/2021, 12:00pm - 2:30pm
DC Arabic Teachers' Council Workshop
From Morocco to Dubai: Engagement and Immersion with Virtual Reality
Saturday, 12/5/2020, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
DC Arabic Teachers' Council Workshop
A Conversation with Amb. Bill Burns
Monday, 11/23/2020, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Amb. Burns will discuss U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East and the future of the U.S. Foreign Service.
Friday, 11/20/2020, 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Focusing not on state institutions, but rather on the daily life that goes on in their shadows, Noah Salomon’s careful ethnography examines the lasting effects of state Islamization on Sudanese society through a study of the individuals and organizations working in its midst.
A Conversation with Amb. Nabil Fahmy
Thursday, 11/12/2020, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Amb. Fahmy will discuss Egypt, regional affairs, and his new book, Egypt's Diplomacy in War, Peace and Transition.
SIMA and Using Film in the Arabic Classroom
Wednesday, 11/4/2020, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
DC Arabic Teachers' Council Workshop
A Conversation with Amb. Fareed Yasseen
Monday, 11/2/2020, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Amb. Fareed Yasseen, will join MEPF to discuss his view of the U.S.-Iraqi relationship and recent events in the region.
Thursday, 10/22/2020, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Archive Wars shows how the Saudi state's response to the challenges of the Gulf War served to historicize a national space, territorialize a national history, and ultimately refract both through new modes of capital accumulation.
“A Simple Girl”: Conversation with Author Ayelet Tsabari
Thursday, 10/1/2020, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Tsabari will share some of the unique challenges she has faced as an immigrant author writing about Israel in English, her second language. This lecture will explore the many ways in which a writer's cultural background, mother tongue, and origins influence and inform her writing, in terms of both content and style.