MECACS Seminar Programme
Martinmas Semester 2009-20010
Seminars normally take place at 5.00 pm in the New Arts Building, Seminar room 1 except where indicated.
Thursday 29 September 2009 at 5.00 pm (Week 1)
Mr John McHugo (Barrister and Board Member of the Joint Arab British Chamber of Commerce)
‘How the Arabs are teaching us International Law: The Territorial Entitlement of the State of Israel
Chair: Dr Michelle Burgis
Tuesday 6 October 2009 at 5.00 pm (Week 2)
Professor Amy Singer (University of Tel Aviv)
“ Edirne (Not Adrianople)”
Chair: Dr Dimitris Kastritsis
Tuesday 20 October 2009 at 5.30 pm (Week 4)
Dr. Tobias Kelly (University of Edinburgh)
‘In a Treacherous State: The Fear of Collaboration Among West Bank Palestinians’
Chair: Dr Michelle Burgis
Tuesday 27 October 2009 at 5.00 pm (Week 5)
Dr. Fataneh Farahani (Stockholm University)
‘Sexing Diaspora: Contradictory and Simultaneous Gender Discourses among Iranian-born Men and Women in Different Western Contexts’
Chair: Dr Fiona McCallum
Tuesday 3 November 2009 at 5.30 pm (Week 6)
Dr. Akbar Rasulov (University of Glasgow)
'The Road to Resentment: A Story of International Institutions and the Globalization of Law in Central Asia'
Chair: Dr Michelle Burgis
Tuesday 17 November 2009 at 5.00 pm (Week 8)
Dr. Ahmed Eliman (University of St Andrews)
‘The Translation of the Quran: Different Loyalties’
Chair: Prof Robert Hoyland
Tuesday 1 December 2009 at 5.00 pm (Week 10)
Dr. Christopher Davidson
‘Dubai: Foreclosure of a Dream?’
Chair: Prof Ray Hinnebusch
Tuesday 8 December at 5.00 pm (Week 11)
Dr. Victoria Mason (Lancaster University)
'Into the Abyss: Iraqi Refugees in Jordan'
Chair: Dr Fiona McCallum
Tuesday 15 December 2009 at 5.00 pm (Week 12)
Dr. Roy Allison (London School of Economics)
'Virtual regionalism and protective integration in Central Asia, 2000-2009'
Chair: Dr Sally Cummings
All welcome. For further queries on the programme please contact mecacs@st-and.ac.uk and visit the website, http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/mecacs/
