Summer School

NAMEPES Summer School

North Africa – Middle East Politics and EU Security
22 June 2021
23 June 2021
24 June 2021
25 June 2021
26 June 2021
Palazzo Paolo Prodi - Via Tommaso Gar 14, Trento
Aula 005
Organizer: 
Centro Europeo di Eccellenza Jean Monnet e Scuola di Studi Internazionali
Target audience: 
UniTrento students
Attendance: 
Online
Contact person: 
Pejman Abdolmohammadi and Giulia Daga, University of Trento
Contact details: 
Centro Europeo di Eccellenza Jean Monnet

Informazioni

On June 22nd, the School of International Studies, in cooperation with the Jean Monnet Centre, will launch the first Summer School on the relations between the democratization processes in the Middle East - North Africa and security in Europe. The Summer School is financed by the European Union as part of the project NAMEPES, coordinated by Prof. Pejman Abdolmohammadi. It will host 30 international participants, who have been selected among around 100 candidates, in 5 intensive days of lectures and debates with prestigious scholars. 

Programma

Tuesday 22nd June

9:00 – 10:00. Welcome and Opening Remarks: Stefano Schiavo, Director of the School of International Studies, Vincent Della Sala, Jean Monnet Centre Coordinator, Pejman Abdolmohammadi, Academic Coordinator of NAMEPES Project. (In presence / Online)

10:00 – 11:30. Keynote Speech. “The Writing on the Wall: Momentary, Memory and the Light/Shadow of ‘Arab Spring’”. Joel Gordon, Editor of the International Journal of Middle East Studies. (In presence / Online)

11:30 – 12:00. Coffee-break

12:00 – 13:30. “Workshop on Publishing in an International Journal”. Joel Gordon, Editor of the International Journal of Middle East Studies. (In presence / Online)

13:30 – 15:00. Lunch break.

15:00 – 17:00. “Iran, Islam and Democracy – the Politics of Managing Change”. Ali Ansari, Professor of Modern History, University of St. Andrews, UK. (Online)

17:00 – 17:30. Coffee-break

17:30 – 19:00. Open discussion on “Iran, Islam and Democracy” with Ali Ansari. (Online)
 

Wednesday 23rd June

9:30 – 11:30. “The Financing of Civil Wars in Syria, Libya and Yemen: An International Law Perspective”. Marco Pertile, Professor of International Law, University of Trento, Italy. (Online)

11:30 – 12:00. Coffee-break

12:00 – 13:30. Open discussion on “The Financing of Civil Wars in Syria, Libya and Yemen” with Marco Pertile. (Online)

13:30 – 15:00. Lunch break.

15:00 – 17:00. "The challenge of building a common migration policy in the European Union". José María Porras Ramírez, Professor of Constitutional Law. University of Granada, Spain. (Online)

17:00 – 17:30. Coffee-break

17:30 – 19:00. Open discussion on "The challenge of building a common migration policy in the European Union" with José María Porras Ramírez. (Online).

 

Thursday 24th June

9:30 – 11:30. Keynote Speech. “The International Relations of the Middle East: The Resilience of Empire?”. Fawaz A. Gerges, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics, UK. (In presence / Online).

11:30 – 12:00. Coffee-break

12:00 – 13:30. Open discussion with Fawaz A. Gerges. (In presence / Online).

13:00 – 15:00. Lunch break.

15:00 – 17:00. “The state in the Middle East and North Africa: regime change, civil war and external interventions in Iraq and Libya”. Irene Costantini, Research Fellow in International Relations, University of Naples “l’Orientale”, Italy. (In presence / Online).

17:00 – 17:30. Coffee-break

17:30 – 19:00. Open discussion on “The state in the Middle East and North Africa” with Irene Costantini. (In presence / Online).

Friday 25th June

9:30 – 11:30. “Composing Peace:  Mission Composition in UN Peacekeeping”. Vincenzo Bove, Professor of Political Science, University of Warwick, UK. (Online)

11:30 – 12:00. Coffee-break

12:00 – 13:30. Open discussion on “Composing Peace:  Mission Composition in UN Peacekeeping” with Vincenzo Bove. (Online)

13:30 – 15:00. Lunch break.

15:00 – 17:00. “Practitioner Talk: Ground Reporting from Crisis Areas in MENA Countries: Narrative and Reality” Pierre Chiartano. Editor of Risk – Quaderni di Geostrategia. (In presence / Online).

17:00 – 17:30. Coffee-break

17:30 – 19:00. Workshop on “Ground Reporting from Crisis Areas in MENA Countries” with Pierre Chiartano. (In presence / Online).
Social dinner

Saturday 26th June

9:30 – 11:30. “The Geopolitics of the Shiite Coalition in the Middle East and its decline”. Pejman Abdolmohammadi, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Trento, Italy. (Online)

11:30 – 11:45. Coffee-Break.

11:45 – 13:00. Open discussion “The Geopolitics of the Shiite Coalition in the Middle East and its decline” with Pejman Abdolmohammadi. (Online).