Middle East Studies Courses – Summer 2017

Sephardic Blessings and Judaica Libraries with FLAS Alumna Emily Thompson

“Learning Hebrew has opened the door to Israel Studies, but also to languages like Ladino and Yiddish, which are often written in Hebrew letters. Knowledge of the Hebrew alphabet has

Bessner on Trump’s new one-state policy toward Israel | KOMO NEWS

“What the Trump Administration seems to be implying is that a one-state solution will be primarily a state for Israeli-Jews,” says Prof. Daniel Bessner, an expert on U.S. foreign relations, during a recent

Saudi Women and Dissent: Use of Social Media for Online Activism

A female pop band in Saudi Arabia recently released a new music video mocking men’s guardianship over women in the Arab nation. The video, named Hwages, or concerns, has garnered

Cybersecurity Strategy Advice for the Trump Administration: US-Turkey Relations

Turkey and the U.S. have a long history of cooperation and Turkey’s geopolitical location makes it central to the U.S.’s Middle East policy. However, Turkey’s turn to authoritarianism, actions in the region, and the presence of Gulen in the U.S. has strained relations between the two countries.

Middle East Studies Courses – Spring 2017

Of Mansions and Men: Greek Communities and the Ever-changing Ottoman Past | Talk

What did the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1922 mean for the Greek community of Istanbul, the empire’s capital city? Join us for a talk by Professor Christine Philiou,

Why is Turkey going through radical change?

“Turkey is going through a difficult and quite significant change,” said Henri Barkey, a public policy expert, former U.S. government official and director of the middle east program at the

What in the world will Trump do?

Over 300 students, faculty and community members packed into Room 210 at Kane Hall on November 28 to hear a panel of Jackson School professors talk about the implications of a Trump

Syria: Will Humanitarian “Safe Areas” Work?

Beth Do, a student in the Master’s in Applied International Studies program at the Jackson School, writes about a recent public event hosted by The Middle East Center. Can we