On 30 May 2019 Massimo Tommasoli was invited by the Middle East Directions Programme at the EUI for a roundtable discussion on Democracy and the 20130 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The debate was based on Mr Tommasoli’s presentation on the Read More …
On Tuesday 4 June 2019, the MEDirections organised a roundtable debate on From Political Engagement to Political Demonisation: US-Iran Policy 2013-2019. The speakers at the roundtable were: Eric Hooglund, an American political scientist and an expert on contemporary Iran and Read More …
Tensions between the US and Iran have reached an unprecedented level. The serious possibility of a military confrontation between the two sides is looming. The Middle East Directions Programme organised a roundtable (Florence, 4th June 2019) aiming to discuss on Read More …
On Tuesday 30 April 2019, Dr. Stephane Lacroix(Sciences Po, Paris) presented a MEDirections roundtable on the politics of religious reform in Mohamed Bin Salman’s (MBS) Saudi Arabia. This timely roundtable expanded on the various ways in which MBS’s policies, particularly towards Read More …
Monday 20 May, 11.00 – 13.00, Seminar Room Mansarda, Villa Schifanoia It has been nearly two years since Iraqi forces regained control of the Nineveh Plains, ousting ISIS and allowing residents to move back to their old houses after years Read More …
Tuesday 30 April, 15.00 – 17.00 Emeroteca, Badia Fiesolana, Via dei Roccettini 9, I-50014 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI) – Italy. Under Saudi crown prince and strongman Mohammad Ben Salman, Saudi Arabia is undergoing a process of transformation. Religion has been one Read More …
Monday 8 April, 11.00-13.00 Sala Belvedere, Villa Schifanoia Abstract | It is claimed that the prolonged inauspicious prospects of democratisation in the Arab Muslim world is due to cultural reasons that are related to Islam and the Arab culture. In 2011, Read More …
Friday 22 March 2019, 11.00-13.00 Villa Schifanoia, Mansarda Seminar Room Who are the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa today and what is their heritage? Is there a thing such as the Middle Eastern and North African Read More …
28 January 2019, 15-17, Mansarda Seminar Room, Villa Schifanoia Most research on violent radicalisation often focuses on why people take up arms, and very little has focused on why individuals choose not to engage in political violence. In Egypt, after the Read More …
Monday 10 December, 10.00-12.00, Seminar Room Mansarda, Villa Schifanoia The subject of conversion to Islam in the West has been a topic of some interest over the past few years in particular, but usually owing to security concerns. This talk Read More …
