Tentative Program and List of Speakers- Middle East Dialogue 2013
The Middle East Dialogue 2013 is a space for policy makers, scholars, business leaders, community members, and other experts to discuss important policy issues. It focuses on education initiatives, social, economic and political reform, nuclear proliferation, interfaith dialogue, women's gains and challenges, peace initiatives, and potential areas of conflict. We welcome a spectrum of political and religious persuasions to discuss issues in a spirit of tolerance and free discourse.
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Below is the list of the MED 2013 tentative speakers and topics. Click on the title of each topic to read the abstract.
Ivan Sascha Sheean, Ph.D, Graduate Program Director and Assistant Professor- School of Public and International Affairs, University of Baltimore
Alan L. Moss, Ph.D, Senior Consultant- Employment Research Corporation
Robert Crane, Ph.D, Full Professor- Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies
Radwan Ziadeh, Ph.D, Syrian Center for Political & Strategic Studies
Paul Rowe, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Political Studies- Trinity Western University
Lawrence Davidson, Ph.D, Professor of History, West Chester University
Maria Frederika Malmström, Ph.D , School of Global Studies- University of Gothenburg and Nordic Africa Insitute, Uppsala
Alessandra Gonzalez, Ph.D, Post-Doctoral Research Associate- John Jay College, CUNY
Aylin Ünver Noi, Ph.D, Assistant Professor- Department of International Relations- Gedik University
Jerome Drevon, Ph.D Candidate- Durham University
Bessma Momani, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs- University of Waterloo
Abigail Appleton and Hiller Roach- American University in Cairo
Ido Zelkovitz, Ph.D, Department of Middle Eastern History- Unviersity of Haifa, Israel
Sarah Tobin, Ph.D, Mellon Post Doctoral Fellow in Isalamic Studies, Department of Anthropology- Wheaton College
Andrew M. Wender, JD, Ph.D.- University of Victoria
Amitai Etzioni, Ph.D, Department of International Affairs- George Washington University
Maysam Behravesh, Ph.D Candidate- Lund University, Sweden
Chris Ferrero, Ph.D, Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations- Seton Hall University
Eylem Akdeniz, Ph.D- Instanbul Kemerburgaz University
Pervez Mohsin, Lecturer- National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan
Peter Mameli, Ph.D, Department of Public Management- John Jay College CUNY
Yiyi Chen, Ph.D, Center for Middle Eastern Peace Studies- Shanghai Jiatong University
Sanaz Alasti, J.D., LL.M, S.J.D, Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice Program- Lamar University
Amir Fakhravar, Ph.D, Research Fellow and Visiting Lecturer, Center for Culture and Security-The Institute of World Politics
Arab Spring and Modernization of Islam
Susmit Kumar, Ph.D Pennsylvania State University, President- Kumar Consultancy
Susmit Kumar, Ph.D Pennsylvania State University, President- Kumar Consultancy
Civil Society in the Arab World: Case Study of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
Hend Eltaweel, MA- American University in Cairo
Hend Eltaweel, MA- American University in Cairo
Coptic Ethnological Mobilization on the Road to and Beyond the January 25 Revolution
Ali Zeynel Gokpinar, M.A., Dept. of Coexistence and Conflict- Brandeis University
Ali Zeynel Gokpinar, M.A., Dept. of Coexistence and Conflict- Brandeis University
Agreeing to Kick the Can down the Road the future of domestic politics in the Middle East?
Eric Bordenkircher, Ph.D Candidate- UCLA
Eric Bordenkircher, Ph.D Candidate- UCLA
The Paradoxical Status of Women in Israel
Michal Allon, Ph.D Faculty of Social Science- Tel Aviv University, Israel
Michal Allon, Ph.D Faculty of Social Science- Tel Aviv University, Israel
TBA
Maryam Abolfazil, Middle East North Africa Director- Eurasia Foundation
Josef Olmert, Ph.D Adjunct Professor, School of International Affairs- University at South Carolina
Kenneth Wise, Ph.D Director, Policy Research Division- B'huth
Towards Resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Jerome Segal, PhD, Director of The Peace Consultancy Project- University of Maryland





