Conference Schedule

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2

4:00 P.M. – 5:30 P.M.
Special Session
Fouad Ajami Annual Memorial Roundtable

5:30 P.M. – 6:30 P.M.
Student Poster Competition

6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.
Welcome & Networking Cocktail Reception
Opening Remarks by H.E. Ambassador Mathilde Mukantabana, Embassy of Rwanda

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3

7:30 A.M. – 8:15 A.M.
Breakfast

8:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
Panels

8:30 A.M. -10:00 A.M.
The October 7 Attack: Four Different Points of View
Dr. Ronen Cohen; Dr. Gadi Hitman; Dr. Dan Naor; Dr. Bosmat Yefet

10:30 A.M - 12:00 P.M.
Book Discussion: Prof. Ilan Troen will discuss his newest publication Israel/Palestine in World Religions: Whose Promised Land?

12:30 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
Banquet & Awards Luncheon
Holocausts: Israel, Gaza and the War Against the West
Keynote Presentation: Prof. Gilles Kepel, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris

2:30 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
Panels

2:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Roundtable Discussion: Collaborating for Policy Impact in the Middle East
Mr. Diliman Abdulkader; Mr. Gabriel Noronha; Ms. Zineb Riboua; Ms. Nicole Robinson; Ms. Molly Tobin
This panel being held by the Alexander Hamilton Society.

4:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
October 7th and its Aftermath: Implications for the Region
This session is sponsored by the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University and is in honor of Prof. Bernard Lewis
Dr. Harel Chorev; Prof. Yogev Elbaz; Dr. Brandon Friedman; Mr. Michael Lewis; Prof. Bruce Maddy-Weitzman; Dr. Amos Nadan

5:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
Editorial Board Meeting – Journal of the Middle East and Africa (Invite only)

6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.
Bernard Lewis Prize Ceremony and Reception

8:00 P.M.
Film Screening and Discussion

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4

7:30 A.M. – 8:15 A.M.
Breakfast

8:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
Panels

8:30 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
Niger Update: From Coup to Putin to ?
Dr. Matt Kirwin; Prof. Paul Kubicek; Prof. William Miles

10:30 - 12:00pm
Roundtable Discussion: The Gaza War and Israel’s Second War for Independence
Prof. Donna Divine; Dr. Alex Joffe; Dr. Asaf Romirowsky; Prof. Franck Salameh

12:15 P.M.
Lunch

12:30pm - 2:00pm
Book Discussion: Islam, Constitutional Law and Human Rights: Sexual Minorities And Freethinkers In Egypt And Tunisia
Ms. Alissa Pavia; Dr. Tommaso Virgili

12:30 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.
Panels

*This is an outline of the anticipated schedule for the Seventeenth Annual ASMEA Conference. More details will be added closer to the conference date. The schedule is subject to change.