TEMBUSU COLLEGE AND NUS UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS PROGRAMME PRESENT: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST: A SERIES OF TEN LECTURES BY MEMBERS OF THE MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE

NUS and MFA please register here. TEMBUSU AND USP-CINNAMON COMMON LOUNGES, LEVEL 3 LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED

 

Week 1 Conceptualizing the Middle East (Michael Hudson) Tembusu College

Week 2: 7 February Islamic Origins: Messenger and Message (Peter Sluglett) USP – Cinnamon Residential College

Week 3: 14 February The Middle East and Southeast Asia (Nazry Bahrawi) Tembusu College

Week 4: 28 February From Colonialism to “Independence” (Peter Sluglett) USP – Cinnamon Residential College

Week 5: 6 March Political and Social Change after World War II (Peter Sluglett) Tembusu College

Week 6: 13 March Oil-Blessing or Curse? (Ali Kadri) USP – Cinnamon Residential College

Week 7: 20 March Political Economy of the Middle East: Development Challenge (Ali Kadri) Tembusu College

Week 8: 27 March Authoritarianism and Democratization: The Arab Uprisings (Fahed al-Sumait) USP – Cinnamon Residential College

Week 9: 3 April Arab-Israeli Conflict (Matthew Weiss) Tembusu College

Week 10: 10 April Middle East in the Global Context (Michael Hudson) USP – Cinnamon Residential College

About the Speakers
Professor Michael Hudson, Director, Middle East Institute

Event Details

Tembusu and Cinnamon Common Lounges, Level 3, University Town, National University of Singapore

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