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Project Activities:
Workshops:
- TABARI Coding Workshop. University of Kansas. February 24-26, 2006.
- Participants: Deborah Gerner (PI), Phil Shrodt (PI), Mary Ann Tetreault (PI), Jillian Schwedler (PI), Christian Davenport (PI), J. Craig Jenkins (PI), Katherine Meyer (PI), Tom Maher (GRA) Lindsey Peterson (GRA), Lauren Pinkus (GRA), Danny Hosein (undergrad), Elizabeth Johnson (undergrad), Johnathon Argaman (GRA), David Armstrong (GRA), Abra Bron (undergrad), Dennis Hermreck (GRA), Annie Ingram (undergrad), Baris Kesgin (GRA), Milos JekicLess McMullen (undergrad), Lauren Prather (undergrad), Jomana Qaddour (undergrad), Omur Yilmaz (GRA).
- People, Places, and Culture: Mapping the MENA Region. Williams College. Williamstown, MA. August 14-17, 2006. GIS Workshop- held by National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education.
- Participants: Mary Ann Tetreault (PI).
- Five Week Workshop on Dissent and Repression in the Middle East. The Ohio State University. June 25-July 27, 2007. "Historical Influences and Current Trends: Exploring Dissent and Repression in the Middle East."
- Participants: Katherine Meyer (PI), Craig Jenkins (PI), Mary Ann Tetreault (PI), Nazek Nossier, Helen Rizzo, Casey Knuston (GRA), Tom Maher (GRA), Lindsey Peterson (GRA), Lauren Pinkus (GRA), Anne Price (GRA), Carrie Smith (GRA), Kevin Slaten (undergraud)
Presentations
- World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES), Amman, Jordan. June 11-16, 2006.
- Panel: "The Dissent/Repression Nexus in the Middle East" Organized by Mary Ann Tétreault.
- Papers Presented:
- Understanding Dissent and Repression in the Middle East. Mary Ann Tetreault, Craig Jenkins, and Christian Davenport.
- Investigating the Continuum of Softer Forms of Repression and Everyday Expressions of Dissent. Jillian Schwedler, Katherine Meyer, and Mary Ann Tetreault.
- Assessing the Potential for Women’s Rights in the Middle East: The Case of Kuwait. Helen Rizzo, Katherine Meyer, Mary Ann Tetreault.
- American Sociological Association (ASA), Montreal, August 11-16, 2006.
- Panel: "Session on State and Society in the Middle East."
- Paper Presented:
- Repression and Resistance in the Middle East. Craig Jenkins and Katherine Meyer.
- American Political Science Association (APSA), Philadelphia, PA. Aug 30 -- Sep 2, 2006.
- Panel 1: "The Repression-Dissent Nexus in the Middle East: Insights from a Multi-Methods Approach" (Jillian Schwedler, organizer).
- Panel 2: "The Punishment Puzzle: An Exploration of How, When and Why State Repression Succeeds/Fails."
- Papers Presented:
- Fueling Mobilization: Insights About State Repression from Jordan. Jillian Schwedler.
- The States Must be Crazy, Part I: Political Dissent, Government and the Puzzle of Repressive Persistence. Christian Davenport.
- Middle East Studies Association of North America, Boston, MA. Nov. 18 -- 21, 2006.
- Panel: "Multiple Views of Repression and Dissent in the Middle East" Helen Rizzo, Organizer; Craig Jenkins, Chair.
- Papers Presented:
- Investigating the Continuum of Softer Forms of Repression and Everyday Expressions of Dissent. Meyer (presenter), Jillian Schwedler, Mary Ann Tétreault.
- Women's Struggle for Political Rights in the Middle East: The Case of Kuwait Helen Rizzo (presenter), Katherine Meyer, Mary Ann Tétreault.
- Peace Science Society, Columbus, OH. Nov. 10-12, 2006.
- Paper Presented:
- Time and Place: An Examination of Repression and Dissent in the Middle East, 1990-2004. Lindsey Peterson (presenter), Craig Jenkins and Katherine Meyer.
- Third International Conference of the College of Social Sciences, Kuwait City, Kuwait. Dec. 3-5, 2006.
- Invited Paper:
- Comparison of Women's Political Participation in the MENA Region. Katherine Meyer.
- OSU Honors Collegium Fireside Chats; The Ohio State University, January, 24th 2007. Graduate Student Presentation on The Sources of Investigation for the Dissent Repression Nexus in the Middle East to Undergraduate Honors Collegium students.
- Presenters: Casey Knutson; Tom Maher; Lindsey Peterson; Lauren Pinkus; Anne Price; Carrie Smith.
- International Studies Association, Chicago, Feb. 28- Mar. 3, 2007.
- Paper Presented:
- Toward a Study of Gender and the Repression/Dissent Nexus in Kuwait and Turkey. Mary Ann Tétreault and Danny Hosein.
- The Third Gulf Symposium for Women, Kuwait, April 30 -- May 3, 2007.
- Papers Presented:
- Kuwaiti Women Since 1991: A Human Rights Perspective. Helen Rizzo, Mary Ann Tetreault and Katherine Meyer.
- The Politics of Inclusion: Attitudes Toward Women and the Stateless in Kuwait. Katherine Meyer, Helen Rizzo, and Yousef Ali.
- Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. April 21, 2007.
- Paper Presented:
- Protest Potential in the Middle East: An Analysis of Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey. Price (presenter) and Peterson (contributor).
- CIRIT Symposium on Gender and Ethnicity Across Divides, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. April 23, 2007.
- Presentation: Women’s Citizenship Rights in the Middle East. Katherine Meyer.
- Begurtstagskolloquium für Hartmut Elsenhans Zum 65. Leipzig, Germany. May 10-12, 2007.
- Paper Presented:
- Globalization and Islam. Mary Ann Tetreault.
- James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy Conference on Women in the Middle East, Rice University, 21-22 May, Houston, TX.
- Paper Presented:
- Free At Last? Women’s Political Rights in Kuwait. Mary Ann Tétreault.
- Conference, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. "Popular Dissent and Government Actions and Reactions in the 1990s: Focus on Egypt and Kuwait." June 21, 2007.
- Presenters: Nazek Nossier; Katherine Meyer.
- Fifteenth ICSD Symposium, Hong Kong, China, July 15 -- 20, 2007
- Paper Presented:
- Paths to Women’s Political Inclusion in the Middle East. Katherine Meyer.
- Conference, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. "Contentiousness in Context: Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait and Turkey" July 31, 2007.
- Presenters: Casey Knutson; Tom Maher; Lindsey Peterson; Lauren Pinkus; Anne Price; Carrie Smith.
- American Sociological Association Meetings, New York, Aug. 11 -- 14, 2007.
- Paper Presented:
- The Fight for Women’s Citizenship Rights: The Case of Kuwait. Katherine Meyer (presenter), Helen Rizzo and Mary Ann Tetreault.
- US Policy Agendas Project Workshop on Computer-Based Text Coding, Pennsylvania State University, August 15-17, 2007. J. Craig Jenkins (presenter).
- Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Tampa, FL. Nov. 2-4, 2007.
- Paper Presented:
- Religious Restriction and Contentious Politics in the Middle East. Katherine Meyer and Lauren Pinkus.
- Middle East Studies Association of North America, Montreal QC. Nov. 17-20, 2007.
- Papers:
- New Waves of Dissent in Egypt: The Anti-Sexual Harassment Campaign. Helen Rizzo (presenter) and Katherine Meyer.
- Protest Potential in the Middle East: An Analysis of Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey. Anne Price (Presenter) and Lindsey Peterson.
- The Kurds, Turkey and NATO: Did NATO obligations weaken Turkish military attacks against the Kurds? Carrie Smith.
- International Studies Convention. Regular Paper Session. San Francisco, CA. March 27-31, 2008.
- Papers Presented:
- "The Politics of Dissent and Repression: How Regime Structures Shape Conflict Cycles." J. Craig Jenkins, Lindsey Peterson (presenter) and Katherine Meyer.
- "Managing Contentious Politics: Women’s Rights and Social Peace in Kuwait". Tétreault.
- Experiences from Conducting the World Values Survey. NSF Conference. Alexandria, Egypt. April 15-17, 2008. The Middle East: Similarities and Differences. Meyer.
- American Sociological Association. Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Aug. 1-4, 2008.
- Papers Presented:
- Colonial History, Muslim Pluralism, and Gender Role Ideology: A Cross-National Analysis. Price.
- New Waves of Dissent in Egypt: The Anti-Sexual Harassment Campaign. Rizzo, Price, and Meyer.
- Religious Restrictions: A New Typology for Cross-National Research. Pinkus and Meyer.
- Contentious Politics in Context: A Multi-Level Analysis of the Effects of Country Characteristics on the Dissent-Repression Nexus. Peterson.
- American Political Science Association. Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. Aug. 28-31, 2008.
- Papers Presented:
- How Democratization is Achieved Under Non-Democratic Regimes: Emotion, Psychology, and Agency in the Kuwaiti Women’s Rights Movement. Shultziner and Tétreault.
- Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Regular Paper Session. Louisville, KY. Oct. 17- 19, 2008.
- Papers Presented:
- Support for Democracy: The Role of Religion, Political Engagement and Globalization. Meyer.
- Middle East Studies Association. Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. Nov. 22-25, 2008.
- Papers Presented:
- Religious Restrictions and Contentious Political Activity in the Middle East. Pinkus.
- The Dynamics of Conflict Cycles: The Middle East in the 1900’s. Meyer and Rizzo.
