Lenore G. Martin, Sara Roy & Herbert C. Kelman, Co-Chairs. Jointly sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University

• Main Middle East Seminar Page

Spring 2003 Schedule

February 6, 2003
Violence and Cooperation: Developing Palestinian-Israeli Projects in Times of Crisis—A Case Study of the Shared History Initiative
Dan Bar-On
Professor of Psychology, Ben Gurion University, Israel; Visiting Professor, Stockton College

February 20, 2003
Islam and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Moshe Ma'oz
Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, Hebrew University, Israel; Visiting Professor, Brandeis University

March 6, 2003
The Iraqi Opposition: Prospects and Challenges
Robert Rabil
Project Manager, Iraq Research and Documentation Project, Washington, DC

March 20, 2003
Cancelled
Unfulfilled Promise: Why the Middle East and North Africa Region Lags Behind in Growth and Globalization
George Abed
Director, Middle East Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

April 2, 2003
Middle East Symposium
Israeli-Palestinian Peace: Nonviolent Paths to Self-Determination and Security for Both Peoples

A Panel Discussion with:

• Major General (Res.) Daniel Rothschild
  President, Israeli Council for Peace and Security; former Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories
• Dr. Michael Tarazi
  Legal Advisor to the Palestinian Authority
• Ms. Diana Buttu
  Legal Advisor to the Negotiations Affairs Department of the Palestinian Liberation Organization
• Professor Moshe Ma'oz
  Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, Hebrew University, Israel; Visiting Professor, Brandeis University

Sponsored by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace, and the WCFIA/CMES Middle East Seminar, with the collaboration of the KSG Middle East Initiative.

April 3, 2003
Cancelled
The Intellectual Foundation of al-Qaeda
Mamoun Fandy
Visiting Professor of Culture and Politics, Georgetown University

April 24, 2003
Kuwait's Economic Quandary and U.S. Policy in the Gulf
Karen Pfeifer
Professor of Economics, Smith College

May 1, 2003
Shattered Dreams: The Failure of the Peace Process in the Middle East, 1995-2002
Charles Enderlin
Jerusalem Bureau Chief of France 2

May 8, 2003
Recent Political Developments in Syria
Murhaf Jouejati
Scholar-in-Residence, Middle East Institute; Lecturer at Georgetown University

Fall 2002 Schedule

September 26, 2002
US Policy in Iraq: A Weapons Inspector's Critique
Scott Ritter
Former UN Weapons Inspector

October 10, 2002
Why are we here and what is next: An overview of the Palestinian situation
Islah Jad
Professor of Gender and Politics, Bir Zeit University, West Bank

October 24, 2002
Madison Avenue v. the Arab Street: U.S. Public Diplomacy and the Arab Media
Hafez Al-Mirazi
Bureau Chief, Al Jazeera, Washington, DC

November 7, 2002
Iran: What Remains of the Islamic Revolution
Ali Banuazizi
Professor of History and Co-Director of the Program on Middle East and Islamic Studies, Boston College

November 21, 2002
The Collapse of the Peace Process: Lessons for the Future
Raviv Drucker
Nieman Fellow, Harvard University; Former Diplomatic Correspondent, IDF Radio; Author, Hara-Kiri

December 5, 2002
The Socioeconomic Basis of a Palestinian-Israeli Peace: Development Imperatives
Landrum Bolling
Director-at-Large, Mercy Corps; Senior Advisor, Conflict Management Group

Contact Information

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