« [SSJ: 6748] *REMINDER* Talk by Prof Iwona Merklejn on "The 1964 Tokyo Olympics: a Symbolic Media Event of the High-Growth Era" (7/13 Wed) at Shaken Contemporary Japan Group | Main | [SSJ: 6750] Bilingual version of Quakebook »
July 8, 2011
[SSJ: 6749] Mon. July 11, 2011: Understanding the Arab Spring
From: Eriko Kawaguchi
Date: 2011/07/08
** Feel free to circulate this invitation to friends or colleagues.*
* *
*Understanding the Arab Spring*
*Date:* Monday, July 11, 2011 *Time:* 7:00p.m. (Talk will start at
7:30p.m.) *Venue:*
Temple University, Japan Campus, Mita Hall 503 & 504
4-1-27 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo
access:
http://www.tuj.ac.jp/about/access/mita.html
&act=3O1N&c=397830&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tuj.ac.
jp%2Fabout%2Faccess%2Fmita.html>
*Speaker: *
Housam Darwisheh
*Moderator:*
Robert Dujarric
*Admission:* Free (Open to general public) *RSVP:* icas@tuj.ac.jp **If you RSVP you are automatically registered. If possible, we ask you to RSVP but we always welcome participants even you do not RSVP.*
*Outline*
Since the overthrow of President Ben-Ali of Tunisia, the entire Arab world has been undergoing major upheavals, some peaceful, others violent. These events have global implications, ranging from their impact on other autocracies to the geopolitics of the Persian Gulf and its oil fields.
In East Asia, the Chinese Communist Party has clearly reacted with great concern since the start of the Jasmine Revolutions. For Japan, instability in the region could have a major impact on its economy.
Dr. Darwisheh will help us understand what is happening in the Arab World and analyze what are the major drivers of change in a process that is only starting.
*Speaker*
Housam Darwisheh is a researcher at Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO). He earned a PhD in 2010 from the Graduate School of Area and Cultural Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
His research focuses on Comparative Politics, Middle Eastern Politics (Egypt in particular) and Social Movements. For further information Dr. Darwisheh please visit.
http://www.ide.go.jp/English/Researchers/darwisheh_hous
am_en.html
tp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ide.go.jp%2FEnglish%2FResearchers%2Fdarw
isheh_housam_en.html>
------------------------------
*Robert Dujarric*
Director* *
*Kyle Cleveland*
Associate Director
*Eriko Kawaguchi*
Coordinator
Approved by ssjmod at 03:22 PM