Michelle Pace, Paola Rivetti, Francesco Cavartorta, Ziad Abu Mustafa and Muhammad Shehada will give a talk on “Revolution and Counter-Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa”, online research seminar organized by the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies – Lund University. They will discuss …
Statement and Event: The Situation in Palestine – Building Solidarity in Danish Academia, 21 May 2021 Scholars, researchers and educators of the Middle East in Denmark published a Statement of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Scholars, Researchers, and Educators of the Middle East in Denmark. Details of …
EUMENIA’s fifth working paper entitled “Turkey, the Middle East and the EU integration process through the prism of ontological security theory” by Drakoularakos Stavros is now available!
The working paper is part of the Middle East Series, The Jean Monnet Papers on Political Economy, of the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence of University of Peloponnese.
Εxecutive summary
This paper aims to bridge the gap between the pausing of the Turkish European integration process and the gradual inflection of Ankara’s foreign policy to the Middle Eastern region through the prism of ontological security theory. The objectives are threefold: first, to present and illustrate ontological security theory as applied to state entities; second, to examine the Turkish European integration process through the tenets of the Kemalist foundational identity narrative; and third, to focus on the build-up and identity redefinition in the 2000s and 2010s in order to better comprehend the emphasis shift from the European Union to the Middle East.
The working paper is available here.
The Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) published in the last months a series of papers and held various events under the topic “Fostering a New Security Architecture in the Middle East”. Details: The Middle East has experienced growing tensions as a result of competing geopolitical agendas …
Dr Karim Makdisi was interviewed by Michael Hardt and Sandro Mezzadra from “The Social Movements Lab#3: Protests and Politics in Lebanon”, December 17, 2020. The interview is available on youtube.
The Video “Gaza: Arts of Resilience and Hope in the Midst of Despair” by Haim Yacobi, Michelle Pace, Ziad Abu Mustafa, Marian Noaman is now available on youtube! Watch now at the The Bartlett Development Planning Unit channel.
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What is the role of art and artists in an extreme case of violence such as in Gaza, and what can we learn from Gazan artists about hope and resilience?
These are the key questions that we explore in this video and the panel that will follow as a continuation of our research on health and violence in Gaza. The form of slow violence in Gaza operated by Israel seems to be forgotten but the people of the Gaza Strip continue to live without free access to the outside world. Years of protracted humanitarian crisis have all but exhausted the resilience of the two million Gazans. In the midst of chaos and despair there remains hope, particularly expressed in Gazan art.
Exciting event coming up! Sing up today for the VIRTUAL IAS Festival: “Gaza: Arts of Resilience and Hope in the Midst of Despair”, which will take place on 05 May 2021, 9:30 am–11:00 am, with the participation of Professor Michelle Pace. The event organised …
During the last months, EUMENIA and its Team, composed of 8 research institutions from 8 countries, have been organising various fascinating events, in the field of Middle-East and North Africa studies. EUMENIA Lectures and Webinars are available on EUMENIA Jean-Monnet Network youtube channel. You can …
EUMENIA’s lecture “EU, UN and the Israeli Palestinian conflict: A case of EU policy incoherence” is now available at Youtube!
In this EUMENIA lecture, Maria Giannou (PhD, Research Associate – Athens University of Economics & Business) analyses the role of the EU and the UN in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Previous versions of the EUMENIA Lectures are available in EUMENIA Jean-Monnet Network youtube channel.
A list of the available lectures and webinars is available on our website.
Dr Daniela Huber, Head of the Mediterranean and Middle East Programme at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), participated as a speaker to the Virtual Debate @Academy event on “The Biden Administration and the Middle East: Back to the Future or a Managed Retreat?”, February 3, 2021. About …