Thursday, May 21, 2015

"Youth Politics in the Contemporary Middle East," Sept. 5, 2015, at the annual meeting of the APSA, San Francisco

For more than 30 years, the Conference Group on the Middle East has met in conjunction with annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.  This year's panel on youth politics promises to be excellent.  Put the panel on your calendar for 10:15-12:00 Noon, September 5.

CONFERENCE GROUP ON THE MIDDLE EAST:
YOUTH POLITICS IN THE CONTEMPORARY ARAB WORLD

Chair: Augustus Richard Norton, Boston University and Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS)
Discussants: Denis J. Sullivan, Northeastern University and Emily Cury, Northeastern University

Papers:
In Continued Denial: Youth Dissatisfaction in the Post-Arab Awakening World
Mary Chloe Mulderig, Boston Universiy

A Crisis of National Identity: How Youth Fuel Political Entropy in Libya
Ayman Grada, Boston University School of Medicine

Unusual Suspects: Soccer Fans as Key Political Actors
James Dorsey, Nanyang Technological University

Youth and the Allure of the Islamic State: Identity, Recruitment, Political Economy
Eric M. Davis, Rutgers University, New Brunswick


Background on the CGME.

Info on the APSA annual meeting.

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