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Roundtable | Syria: How are regional and international actors reshaping the Assad’s regime sovereignty? | Launch of the Wartime and Post-Conflict in Syria project (WPCS)

When: April 3, 2019 @ 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Where: Theatre, Badia Fiesolana, Via della Badia dei Roccettini 9 50014 Fiesole

  Opening remarks by Luigi Narbone, director, Middle East Direction Programme, RSCAS/EUI Presentation of the WPCS project and the team by the project director Agnes Favier The regional and international actors (both strong allies and rivals) involved in the war in Read More …

MEDirections Roundtable | Remembrance of things past? Heritage, politics  and the Jews of the Middle East and North Africa – with Dario Miccoli

When: March 22, 2019 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Where: Seminar Room Mansarda, Villa Schifanoia, Via Giovanni Boccaccio, 121, 50133 Firenze FI, Italy

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 Jewish heritage, or did it end with the mass-migration of the Read More …

When: March 8, 2019 @ 11:48 am – 12:48 pm

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 Jewish heritage, or did it end with the mass-migration of the Read More …

MEDirections Keynote Lecture by Marwa Al-Sabouni | The Spring’s Harvest: What Role Can Architecture Play in the Reconstruction of Syrian Cities?

When: January 31, 2019 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Where: Sala Europa, Villa Schifanoia, Via Giovanni Boccaccio, 121, 50133 Firenze FI, Italy

  The so-called Arab Spring has left the Arab region in devastation and destruction.  Talks about the ‘next phase’ are already starting while the battles of on-going conflicts continue. What is the nature of these talks? Under what spirit will Read More …

MENARA Workshop | Re-thinking Libya’s Economic Conflict

When: February 13, 2019 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Where: Theatre, Badia Fiesolana, Via della Badia dei Roccettini 9, 50014, Fiesole

  Over the past year, there has been increasing focus on the role of the economy in the Libyan conflict, particularly the way in which widespread corruption and predation are proving an obstacle to reconciliation and political settlement. This has Read More …

Workshop | Exploring Tunisia’s Future in a Changing Geopolitical Context

When: December 17, 2018 @ 9:15 am – 4:00 pm
Where: Tunis, Tunisia

Since 2011, it has become increasingly apparent that to achieve long-term stabilization and democratic consolidation, Tunisia needs to rethink its geostrategic positioning and to explore new opportunities with international partners. It is all the more important that political elites find answers to Read More …

Bananas, Dubai and the Revolution in Libya | Presentation by Matteo Capasso

When: December 3, 2018 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Where: Sala Triaria, Villa Schifanoia, Via Giovanni Boccaccio, 121, 50133 Firenze FI, Italy

Based on the collection of oral histories, this talk navigates the political economy of the everyday life in Libya during the ruling period of al-Jamāhīrīyah from 1977 to its fall in 2011. It discusses how mundane socio-economic aspirations (or what it calls Read More …