Doing Fieldwork in the MENA countries

11 Maio 2021, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

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- ethical principles and guidelines

- main ethical challenges

- in the field: peculiarity of conflict and post-conflict zones

- ongoing "unresolved" questions

The Islamic Republic of Iran: Politics, Society and Political Participation

4 Maio 2021, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

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Lecture by Dr. Paola Rivetti

Migration and Refugees Studies in the Middle East and North Africa

27 Abril 2021, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

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- overview and definitions (migrant - refugee)

- Palestinian diaspora

- ongoing displacement in Lybia

- Syrian context

- and the EU?

- how to approach migration and refugees studies in the region

The "Arab Spring(s)": ten years on

20 Abril 2021, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

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- social movements: meanings, questions and factors

- problematising the "Arab Spring(s)"

- workers and their struggles: uprisings from the periphery

- women as key players in the Arab Spring(s)

- the Arab Srping(s) in Palestine and Israel

- ten years later: ongoing protests/uprisings (e.g. Algeria, Lebanon, Iraq)

Palestine and Israel

13 Abril 2021, 18:00 • Rita Sousa

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- preliminary overview and maps

- Ottoman Empire

- British Mandate

- UN Partition Plan and the establishment of the state of Israel/Palestinian Nakba

- Palestinian diaspora

- 1956 and 1967 wars

- PLO

- First Intifada

- Oslo Accords

- After 2000

- further major ongoing debates on Palestine and Israel