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Issue 8/June 2001
Editor, Prof. Barry Rubin
Assistant Editors,
Cameron Brown, Elisheva Rosman-Stollman
Please credit if quoting; ask permission to reprint
CONTENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS: Growth
of MERIA; First MERIAbook Now in Print; MERIA linklist completely updated
1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE
3. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS
4. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
5. RESEARCH QUERIES-PLEASE HELP
6. AUTHOR'S ALERTS (writers report on their books, articles, and
activites)
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, LECTURES
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Growth of MERIA: We are
pleased to announce more growth for MERIA.
In May 2001 alone, we had 41,669 hits, compared to 20,500 in May 2000,
and only 4,600 in May 1999. On the site alone, 5,329 people looked at
the Vol. 4 No. 4 Journal (Dec. 2000) from December through May, in
addition to the 8,000 people who received it directly. Giving this
issue
a readership of over 13,000. In addition, we estimate that 2,000 people
received it forwarded from other lists and individuals. Additional
people will read the issue in later months. Over 3,600 adobe/.pdf MERIA
Journal articles (laid out in journal format) are downloaded each
month.
To date, 2,500 people have downloaded the entire text of Barry Rubin's
book, Cauldron of Turmoil on the politics of the Persian Gulf.
Now published: The first MERIAbook in print. The first
of three
published books from the MERIA project is now available. Barry Rubin
and
Kemal Kirisci (editors), Turkey in World Politics: An Emerging
Multi-Regional Power, by Lynn Rienner publishers. A Turkish-language
edition and an English-language paperback will soon be published in
Turkey by Bosphorus University Press. In the coming months, two more
books will appear: Barry Rubin (editor), The Region at the Center of
the
World: Crises and Quandries in the Contemporary Persian Gulf, (Frank
Cass, 2001) and Barry Rubin (editor) Contemporary Islamist Movements in
the Middle East (SUNY Press, 2002).
These books will be available to MERIA readers at a
discount. In
addition, we welcome suggestions for future books. Below is a notice on
the Lynn Rienner book. We welcome suggestions for publicizing this
volume.
MERIA has updated its link list--fixing broken links
and adding
many new links to think tanks, news sources, government bodies, and
more. The link list has also been modified for faster downloading. As
with previous versions, it is intended as a selective--not an
all-inclusive--guide, including only the most useful or interesting
sites. Through the links of those sites listed, however, an enormous
number of additional sites can be reached. The sites chosen have
significant Middle East content and orientation, and those with
material
in English were given preference, as well are sites which are
frequently
updated. A longer explanation of our criteria can be found on the link
list itself <http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/meria/links.html>.
If you
have suggestions for any further additions to our list, please e-mail
them to <besa@mail.biu.ac.il>.
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Turkey in World Politics: An Emerging Multi-Regional Power, edited by
Barry Rubin and Kemal Kirisci. Now available from Lynne Rienner
Publishers. We hope you will find the book of interest for purchasing,
reading, or recommending your library's purchase. 270 pages, ISBN
1-55587-954-3. Hardcover: $55. ALL MERIA READERS CAN RECEIVE A 20
PERCENT DISCOUNT. PLEASE INCLUDE THE WORD "meria" in your order.
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Few states play a part in more regions and issues than
does
Turkey.
During the 1990s, Turkey transformed its foreign policy
and
self-image more thoroughly than any non-Communist country in the
post-Cold War era. Turkey interacts with regions as different as
Western
Europe and Central Asia, the Balkans, and the Middle East. It also
participates in shaping diverse issues, ranging from humanitarian
assistance to political stability, conflict resolution, strategic
rivalries, and economic competition in all these places. Especially
compared to the Cold War years, Turkey is playing a far more active
role
in shaping foreign events and international politics.
Given the new, increasingly important role of Turkey in
the world,
a reassessment of Turkey's foreign policy and international role is
needed. This book provides a detailed inventory and analysis of
Ankara's
diplomacy. In addition, it presents several themes for Turkish foreign
policy that run across the different geographical fronts it faces.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: Barry Rubin, A Transformed International Role
Chapter 2: Sule Kut, Contours of Turkish Foreign Policy in the Post Cold
War Era
Chapter 3: Gencer Ozcan, Turkish Foreign Policymaking Process and the
Military's Increased Influence
Chapter 4: Bill Hale, and Gamze Avci, Turkey and the European Union: The
Long Road to Membership
Chapter 5: Ilhan Uzgel, Turkey and the Balkans: Turkeys Stabilizing
Role
Chapter 6: Amikam Nachmani, What Says the Neighbor to the West:
Turkish-Greek Relations
Chapter 7: Kemal Kirisci, The Future of Turkish Foreign and Security
Policy Toward the Middle East
Chapter 8: Efraim Inbar, The Strategic Glue in the Israeli-Turkish
Alignment
Chapter 9: Kemal Kirisci, U.S.-Turkish Relations: New Uncertainties in a
Renewed Partnership
Chapter 10: Duygu Bazoglu Sezer, Turkish-Russian Relations: The
Challenges of reconciling Geopolitical Competition with Economic
Partnership
Chapter 11: Gareth Winrow, Turkey and the Newly Independent States of
Central Asia and the Transcaucasus
Chapter 12: Mine Eder, The Challenge of Globalization and Turkeys
Changing Political Economy
Chapter 13: Brent Sasley, Turkey's Energy Politics in the 1990s
Chapter 14: Ali Carkoglu and Mine Eder, Turkish Foreign Policy and the
Water Conflict over the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin
Chapter 15: Conclusion: Barry Rubin, Understanding Turkeys New Foreign
Policy
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1. PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST
A. Books
Ami Ayalon, The History of the Arabic Press (Hebrew:
Toldot
haItonoot haAravit), (Ministry of Defense Publishing House, 2001). 36
NIS, 174 pp. <http://www.dbook.co.il/images/misrad/default.html>.
Brian Beeley (ed.), The Turkish Transformation (The
Eothen Press,
November 2001). ISBN 0-906719-33-X (hard cover).
<http://www.amazon.com>.
Dalia Dassa Kaye, Beyond the Handshake: Multilateral
Cooperation
in
the Arab-Israeli Peace Process, 1991-1996 (Columbia University Press,
2001). 256 pages, $45 hardcover; $19.50 paperback.
<http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/catalog/index.html>.
Dale F. Eickelman and Jon W. Anderson (eds.), New Media
in the
Muslim World: The Emerging Public Sphere (Bloomington: Indiana
University Press, 1999.) $19.95, paperback, ISBN 0-253-21329-0.
<http://www.indiana.edu/~iupress/tradelist/index.html>.
James Jankowski, Nasser's Egypt, Arab Nationalism, and
the United
Arab Republic (Lynn Rienner publishers, October 2001), 250 pages, $25
before August 1. <http://www.rienner.com>.
Joseph Kostiner, The Gulf states: Politics, Society,
Economy
(Hebrew: Medinot haMifratz: Politikah, Chevrah, Calcalah), Dayan Center
paper series. 109 pp. $12.00, paperback, ISBN: 965-224-047-8.
<http://www.dayan.org>.
David Menashri, Post-Revolutionary Politics in Iran
(Frank Cass,
2000). 45 Pounds (hardback) 18.50 pounds, paperback, ISBN
0-7146-5074-9.
<http://www.frankcass.com>.
Joshua Tietelbaum, Holier Than Thou: Saudi Arabia's
Islamic
Opposition (Washington Institute for Near East Policy, November 2000).
123 pp., $19.95. ISBN 0-944029-35-3.
<http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pubs/saudgulf.htm>.
Paul Rivlin, Economic Policy and Performance in the
Arab World,"
(Lynne Rienner, Boulder and London, 2001). <http://www.rienner.com>.
Eyal Zisser, Asad's Legacy: Syria in Transition (Hurst
& Company,
2001), 218 pp., $25.00, paperback, ISBN 1-85065-450-6.
<http://www.dayan.org/>.
The Middle East and North Africa 2001. Reference (47th
Edition).
1,279pp. US$ 425 including delivery. ISBN 1-85743-0794. To order: Asia
Pacific Infoserv, GPO Box 2987, Sydney 1043, Australia. Tel: 61 2
4934.6290; Fax: 61 2 4934.3692; E-mail: <aapi@aapi.com.au>.
Haim Gerber and Elie Podeh, (eds.) Religion and State
in Islam
(Hebrew: Dat umedinah bIslam), the 42nd volume of The New Orient
(Hebrew: HaMizrah HaHadash). To order: send 65 NIS (45 NIS for
students/retirees), your name, address, and e-mail to Nimrod Goren,
Secretary of the Israeli Oriental Society, c/o Humanities Faculty,
Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, 91905. Price includes
year-long membership dues.
B. Journals, Newsletters. Papers
Middle East Contemporary Survey (MECS), (Westview,
1998), vol. 22,
edited by Bruce Maddy-Weitzman. On this and other Dayan Center
publications: <http://www.dayan.org>.
The First Pearson Memorial Lecture, given in Cambridge
University
Library in July 2000, has now been published: Paul Auchterlonie,
"From
the Eastern Question to the death of General Gordon: representations of
the Middle East in the Victorian periodical press, 1876-1885." British
Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 28 I (2001), pp.5-24.
<http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/frameloader.html?http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/13530194.html>.
New issue of Israel Studies (Edited by S. Ilan Troen),
Vol. 6, No.
1 (Spring 2001). For the table of contents:
<http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/is/toc/is5.1.html>.
New issue of the Journal of Iranian Research and
Analysis (JIRA),
Spring 2001. For the table of contents, as well as the table of
contents
for the last two issues:
<http://www.muse.widener.edu/~hxz0001/JIRA.htm>.
Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) announces the
publication of
the proceedings of the Institute's 2nd International Conference,
"Countering Suicide Terrorism." The book includes thirteen lectures by
experts in security and terrorism from around the world, as presented
at
the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, February 20-21, 2000. For
further information and to order: <http://www.ict.org.il/>.
Special issue of Arab Studies Journal Fall 2000/Spring
2001
"Language and Culture in the Arab World":
<http://www.arabstudiesjournal.org>.
New issue of Arab Studies Quarterly, Volume 23, Number
1 (Winter
2001): <http://www.aaug.org/asq.htm>.
May 9, 2001 Issue of Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst
online:
<http://www.cacianalyst.org/>.
2. WEBSITES/GROUPS ONLINE
A. General:
Fouad Ajami, "Their Gilded Age - and Ours,"
The National Interest
No. 63: <http://www.nationalinterest.org/issues/63/Ajami.html>.
Ahmed Rashid, "The New Struggle in Central Asia: A
Primer for the
Baffled," World Policy:
<http://www.worldpolicy.org/journal/sum00-4.html#4>.
<http://www.mideasti.org/articles/fullcurrent.html>
Blanka Hancilova, "Peace Pending in
Nagorno-Karabagh:
Recommendations for the International Community," Caspian Studies
Program Policy Brief #4, Harvard University:
<http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/BCSIA/Library.nsf/pubs/Hancilova>.
Center for Media Freedom in the Middle East and North
Africa:
<http://www.cmfmena.org>
or: <info@cmfmena.org>.
International Policy Institute for
Counter-Terrorism. Site has
news updates, links, as well as articles and publications:
<http://www.ict.org.il/
>.
Albawaba Gateway to Arab sites. Includes: news updates,
entertainment, travel, forums, and even e-cards:
<http://www.albawaba.com>.
Berkeley University Middle East Videos Center. Includes
videos on
topics such as Ancient and Classical Civilizations, Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, Afghanistan, Algeria, Women Make Movies, Anti-War Tapes,
fundamentalism and Islam, Arab Americans, and others:
<http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/MidEastVid.html>.
B. Iran
Geneive Abdo, "Re-Thinking The Islamic Republic: A
Conversation
With Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri Middle East Journal," (Middle East
Journal, the Middle East Institute, Winter 2001).
<http://www.mideasti.org/articles/fullcurrent.html>.
Daniel L. Byman, Shahram Chubin, Anoushiravan
Ehteshami, and
Jerrold Green, "Iran's Security Policy in the Post-Revolutionary Era."
(RAND Corp.) Text is available at: <http://www.rand.org>.
C. Turkey
John C. Hulsman and Brett D. Schaefer, "The Right
Way to Stabilize
Turkey," The Heritage Foundation Executive Memorandum.
<http://www.heritage.org/library/execmemo/em743.html>.
Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(TBCCI). Chamber
of Commerce in the UK developing bi-lateral trade, investments and joint
ventures between Turkey and the UK. <http://www.tbcci.co.uk/>
<memlink@tbcci.demon.co.uk>.
Turkish embassy, London.
<http://www.turkishembassy-london.com/new_page_5.htm>
<turkish.embassy@virgin.net>.
Very large site on Turkish Media with numerous links
to newspapers,
news resources, music, magazines, live radio and TV, chat rooms, sports:
<http://turkishmedia.net/#>.
D. Jordan and the Palestinians
Speeches by Prince Hassan on Peace, listed from most
recent -
February 2001 - back to 1997:
<http://www.princehassan.gov.jo/main/actspeech/act10.htm>.
Meir Litvak, "The Islamization of Palestinian
Identity: The Case of
Hamas." Note entire text is on-line:
<http://www.dayan.org/d&a-hamas-litvak.htm>.
Orient House website on Faisal Husseini. Features
details about his
life, his last article, other speeches and interviews:
<http://www.orienthouse.org/>.
E. Egypt and Israel
Egypt-Israel time line from Al-Ahram newspaper. Note
the timeline
is from March 2000: <http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2000/470/pe6.htm>.
Ad Hoc Support Committee for Professor Saad Eddin
Ibrahim and other
members of the Ibn Khaldun Center in Egypt who have been jailed. Three
sites relevant to the case: The online petition in support of Saad Eddin
Ibrahim and the Ibn Khaldun Center:
<http://www.PetitionOnline.com/FSEI/petition.html>.
The website of the
Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies: <http://www.ibnkhaldun.org>;
An extensive archive of press coverage, solidarity statements, and
details of the case:
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/free_saadeddin_ibrahim
A comprehensive>.
3. FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO E-MAIL PUBLICATIONS
Mailing list on the Middle East, Israel and the
Intifada and other
issues. Send a blank email to: <awesomeseminars@getresponse.com>.
Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst Web journal, published by
The Central
Asia - Caucasus Institute of The Johns Hopkins University - The Nitze
School of Advanced International Studies. To subscribe:
<http://www.cacianalyst.org/>.
North Cyprus Discussion List. A discussion list in
Turkish dealing
with Turkish-Cypriot affairs.
<http://www.cypnet.com/.ncyprus/ncyprus-l.html>.
To join, send an email
to: <listserv@vm.ege.edu.tr>
by writing ONLY: subscribe NCYPRUS-L your
name and surname. For further information or questions: Yashar Senturk:
<yysentur@bradford.ac.uk>
or: Hasan Demirel <hd@doc.ic.ac.uk>.
New listserv for researchers on new media,
communications, and
information technology in the Middle East is being established at
Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies. Those
wishing to join the mailing list should send email to:
<anderson@georgetown.edu>.
4. FUNDING/SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS/WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
Call for applications for the Robert Schuman Centre for
Advanced
Studies' Third Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting to
be
held in Florence March 2024, 2002. Deadline for Applications: June 8,
2001. For further information:
<http://www.iue.it/RSC/MED/meeting2002/Welcome.html>.
Call for papers, "Consumption and Consumerism in
the Arab World,"
for a special issue of Arab Studies Journal. Deadline for submissions:
June 13, 2001. For more information, Cari Salisbury, Managing Editor:
<cari@arabstudiesjournal.org>
or
<http://www.arabstudiesjournal.org>.
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS),
University of
London
has opened an MA studies program in Israeli and Jewish Diaspora
Studies.
Faculty will be essentially from the Near and Middle Eastern Studies
Department at SOAS. The SOAS Music Department and the London School of
Jewish Studies will also make contributions. The MA is taken over one
year full-time or two/three years part-time. The usual qualification
for
entry is a good first degree in a relevant field. However, exceptions
can be made in certain cases. For further Information: Dr Colin
Shindler, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, SOAS, tel:
0207-898-4358, fax: 0207-898-4359, email: <cs52@soas.ac.uk>.
The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst, a free Web journal,
published
by
The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute of The Johns Hopkins University-The
Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
(<http://www.cacianalyst.org/>)
seeks writers. The institute pays an
honorarium to the authors. The Analyst also seeks local experts,
corporate representatives and NGO representatives from the region to
write Field Reports for a modest honorarium. Those interested should
send CV to: <svante.cornell@pcr.uu.se>
and list topics on which you
would like to write about.
The Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy
(Ben
Gurion
University, Israel), The International Journal, Geopolitics, with the
support of The Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for
Advanced Studies of the European University Institute in Florence,
invite scholars to submit proposals for a three day workshop titled:
Symbolic And Practical Dimensions of The Territorial Discourse In The
Middle East: A Comparative Analysis. The workshop will be held at the
European University Institute Florence, December 16-19, 2001.Interested
participants should submit a one-page abstract of their proposed paper,
together with a short version of their CV, no later than June 26, 2001.
Applications can be sent to: <geopol@bgumail.bgu.ac.il>.
In the subject
line of the message, write: Territory Workshop Application: Name of
applicant. Successful participants will be notified by the beginning of
August 2001. Participants will have airfare covered, as well as three
nights accommodation in Florence, and meals. There will be a written
commitment by participants to prepare full manuscripts for possible
publication in Geopolitics, subject to normal review procedures.
First call for papers for the British
International Studies
Association (BISA) conference, to take place December, 17-19 2001,
University of Edinburgh. Those wishing to give papers at the BISA
Conference next December in Edinburgh should submit details to Richard
Little: <r.little@bris.ac.uk>.
For further details:
<http://www.bisa.ac.uk/conf01.htm>.
A Mediterranean workshop titled: Security and the
Environment in
the Mediterranean in the 20th Century, is searching for an author for a
chapter on the environmental impact of the wars in the Middle East. The
workshop will be held as part of the 4th Pan-European Conference at the
University of Kent Canterbury, U. K., September 8 - 10, 2001. The
proceedings of the workshop will be published in February 2003 with
Springer Publishers. For further information:
<http://www.afes-press.de/html/body_canterbury.htm>.
5. RESEARCH QUERIES-PLEASE HELP
Altan Cevik <altan_cevik@yahoo.com>
who is completing a university
thesis on the clashes and killings in Hama, Syria, in February 1982, is
searching for material. Any photos of these incidents and the resulting
destruction of sections of the city would be of particular interest.
6. SCHOLAR'S AND AUTHOR'S ALERTS (writers report on their books, articles,
and
activities)
Ada Aharoni, From The Nile to The Jordan. The
book describes the
Jewish Sephardi community in Egypt in the twentieth century. The book
has received the Merit Award from the Historical Society of the Jews
from Egypt (New York, NY). To order:
<http://tx.technion.ac.il/~ada/home.html>.
Gerd Nonneman, "Saudi-European Relations
1902-2001: a pragmatic
quest for relative autonomy" will be published in International Affairs
(Royal Institute of International Affairs, London), July 2001 issue, pp.
529-559.
Gerald M. Steinberg, Parameters of Stable Deterrence in a Proliferated
Middle East: Lessons from the 1991 Gulf War, The NonProliferation
Review, vol. 7 no. 3, (Fall-Winter 2000); Gerald M. Steinberg,
Interpretations of Jewish Traditions on Democracy, Land and Peace",
Journal of Church and State, vol. 43 no. 1 (Winter 2001); Gerald M.
Steinberg, The Security Impact of Commercial Observation Satellites in
the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, in: Commercial Observation
Satellites: At the Leading Edge of Global Transparency (edited by John
Baker, Kevin O'Connell, and Ray Williamson), American Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) and RAND, Washington DC, 2001.
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF MEETINGS,
CONFERENCES, LECTURES
[This only lists new entries. For additional items, see MERIA News past issues
on our homepage. We welcome submissions of events.]
June 12-15, 2001. Amherst, Massachusetts. Amherst
College
Conference on: Resource Conflict, Globalization and International
Security. Accommodations and Meals Provided. For information and
application forms:
<http://pawss.hampshire.edu/faculty/institute/2001sfi.html>
or: Kurt
Mills, PAWSS, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 01002 Tel: (413) 559
5367/Fax: (413) 5595611 or email: <pawss@hampshire.edu>
online
applications and schedules are available at:
<http://pawss.hampshire.edu/faculty/institute/2001sfi.html>.
June 14, 2001. The Heritage Foundation's Lehrman
Auditorium, 214
Massachusetts Avenue, NE. A Discussion On: Turning Point For Turkey: A
Key Ally At Risk. Given by Ian Lesser (RAND). 12:00 P.M. RSVP: (202)
675-1752 or: <lectures.seminars@heritage.org>.
For further information:
<http://www.heritage.org>.
June 19, 2001. Middle East Institute, Washington
DC.
"Saudi-Russian
Relations in the Putin Era" given by Dr. Mark Katz.12:00 - 1:00 pm,
Middle East Institute's Boardman Room, 1761 N Street, NW, Washington,
DC. Guests are encouraged to bring a brown-bag lunch. For further
information: <mideasti@mideasti.org>.
June 25, 2001. Middle East Institute, Washington DC.
"Sudan: Myth
and Reality" given by Hashim Mustafa Omer El-Tinay. 12:00 - 1:00 pm,
Middle East Institute's Boardman Room, 1761 N Street, NW, Washington,
DC. Guests are encouraged to bring a brown-bag lunch. For further
information: <mideasti@mideasti.org>.
June 26-27, 2001. Ankara, Turkey. ASAM-Center for
Eurasian
Strategic Studies international conference titled 'Armed Forces in the
Middle East'. The conference will be held at the ASAM conference hall.
For further information: Ms. Ozgul Erdemli: <oerdemli@avsam.org>
or
phone: 0-312-49160-70.
July 9-19, 2001. Florence. The Mediterranean Programme
of the
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Summer School. For further
information: <http://www.iue.it/RSC/MED/Med-summer2001.htm>.
July 18, 2001. University of Edinburgh. Second Pearson
Memorial
Lecture. Dr Derek Hopwood of Oxford University will speak about private
papers collections as sources for the lives of British residents in the
Middle East. For further information: <gjr@ula.cam.ac.uk>.
September 8 - 10, 2001 Canterbury, U. K. 4th
Pan-European
Conference at the University of Kent. A Mediterranean workshop will be
held at the conference titled: Security and the Environment in the
Mediterranean in the 20th Century. For further information:
<http://www.afes-press.de/html/body_canterbury.htm>.
October 4-7, 2001. University of Malta. Foundation
of
International Studies, University of Malta, Valletta, Malta, Canada and the
Saudi
Geographical Society (SGS), in co-operation with The European
Mediterranean Network for the Social Sciences (EUMENESS), jointly
sponsored conference: Geographies of the Euro-Arab Encounter: Past,
Present, and Future. To register and for further information and
updates:
<http://www.frw.uva.nl/ggct/awg>
or: <tawg@chass.utoronto.ca>.
March 20-24, 2002. Florence. Robert Schuman Centre for
Advanced
Studies' Third Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting. For
further information:
<http://www.iue.it/RSC/MED/meeting2002/Welcome.html>.
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