Scholars in dialogue: six conversations on the modern
Middle East
April 17 - May 23, 2024
The University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy on behalf of the Faculty of Arts and Science and in collaboration with IE University’s School of Politics, Economics & Global Affairs, and Sciences Po’s Paris School of International Affairs is curating a series of six live webinars on the history, politics and current conflict in the Middle East.
The webinars will provide viewers with intellectually challenging information on Middle East politics, the war between Israel and Hamas, and the broader history of the region. Moderated by a diverse roster of experienced journalists, each lecture panel will feature highly informed academic experts and reflect multiple positions with sensitivity and understanding.
Gaza, the key to war and peace in the Middle East
April 17, 2024, 12-1:30 pm EST (18 - 19:30 CEST)
History and Politics of Israel and Palestine Part I: 1881 - 1967
May 6, 2024, 12-1:30 pm EST (18 - 19:30 CEST)
History and Politics of Israel and Palestine Part II: 1967 - today
May 13, 2024, 12-1:30 pm EST (18 - 19:30 CEST)
Regional and global interests and influences
May 16, 2024, 12-1:30 pm EST (18 - 19:30 CEST)
The Israel - Hamas war: architecture of diplomacy
May 22, 2024, 12-1:30 pm EST (18 - 19:30 CEST)
The Israel - Hamas war: paradigms for lasting peace
May 23, 2024, 12-1:30 pm EST (18 - 19:30 CEST)
Gaza, the key to war and peace in the Middle East
April 17, 2024, 12-1:30 pm EST (18 - 19:30 CEST)
Overview of the history of Gaza, a region distinct from the West Bank and Egypt, and how it evolved to present day.
Speaker
Professor of Middle East Studies Sciences Po (Paris)
Moderator
Former UN Under-Secretary-General and Former Spanish State-Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
Senior international Official and Journalist.
History and Politics of Israel and Palestine
Part I: 1881 - 1967
May 6, 2024, 12-1:30 pm EST (18 - 19:30 CEST)
What are the conflicts and peace-making efforts over time? What are the consequences of these events for Palestinian and Israeli society today? What are the controversies in understanding and interpreting these histories?
Speaker
Visiting Professor of Government, Dartmouth College
Speaker
Senior Lecturer, Middle East Politics
Dartmouth College
Moderator
Staff writer, New York Times Magazine
Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law, Yale Law School
History and Politics of Israel and Palestine
Part II: 1967 - today
May 13, 2024, 12-1:30 pm EST (18 - 19:30 CEST)
What are the conflicts and peace-making efforts over time? What are the consequences of these events for Palestinian and Israeli society today? What are the controversies in understanding and interpreting these histories?
Speaker
Visiting Professor of Government, Dartmouth College
Speaker
Senior Lecturer, Middle East Politics
Dartmouth College
Moderator
Staff writer, New York Times Magazine
Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law, Yale Law School
Regional and global interests and influences
May 16, 2024, 12-1:30 pm EST (18 - 19:30 CEST)
How do American and Middle East states’ interests and behaviour affect the Israeli / Palestinian conflict historically and today?
Panelist
Research Associate, Chatham House MENA program
Research Fellow, Exeter University Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies
Panelist
Senior Resident Scholar, Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington
Panelist
S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies, Princeton
Former United States Ambassador to Israel
Panelist
Former Senior Policy Advisor to the late Prime Minister Shimon Peres
Moderator
Former UN Under-Secretary-General and Former Spanish State-Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
Senior international Official and Journalist.
The Israel - Hamas war: architecture of diplomacy
May 22, 2024, 12-1:30 pm EST (18 - 19:30 CEST)
What diplomatic initiatives could reduce the cost of the conflict? What can we do now to resolve the immediate crisis that will enable some progress down the road?
Panelist
Professor and Director of Security Studies Program, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
Senior Fellow, Transnational Threats Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Panelist
Principal, Hertford College, Oxford University
Former UK Foreign Policy Advisor and Former Ambassador to Lebanon
Panelist
Director of Research, Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique
Adjunct Lecturer, Sciences Po
Moderator
Host of The Agenda with Steve Paikin, TV Ontario (Canada)
The Israel - Hamas war: paradigms for lasting peace
May 23, 2024, 12-1:30 pm EST (18 - 19:30 CEST)
Are any proposals for a permanent peace more realistic today than they have been for the last 50 years? What leverage do outsiders have and what do the two parties have to do to achieve peace and stability?
Panelist
Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern History, Tel Aviv University
Former Ambassador of Israel to U.S.
Panelist
Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, University of Maryland
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings
Moderator
Host of The Agenda with Steve Paikin, TV Ontario (Canada)