The Latest from CCAS

  • CCAS
    CCAS welcomes appointment of two members to Board of Advisors
    April 5, 2017
    The Center for Contemporary Arab Studies is excited to welcome Mr. Yusuf Alireza and Mr. Amr Diab to its Board of Advisors. Mr. Alireza and Mr. Diab are young luminaries in the worlds of business and finance, and bring a wealth of professional expertise in their fields, combined with a profound understanding of Arab affairs.
  • Fortune
    Why Trump Could Try to Stop More 9/11 Lawsuits Against Saudi Arabia
    April 5, 2017
    Michael Hudson, CCAS Emeritus Professor of Arab Studies and International Relations, writes in Fortune that the U.S. should be wary of aligning too closely with any particular regional player in regard to the 9/11 lawsuits.
  • application
    CCAS is Hiring!
    March 22, 2017
    Looking for interesting work in a supportive, fun, and intellectually stimulating environment? Apply for the CCAS Office Manager position!
  • Bento
    Teaching about world religions
    March 15, 2017
    Smithsonian Institute interviews CCAS' Susan Douglass on approaches to teaching about world religions and the need for more inclusive worldviews.
  • Anatomy of Authoritarianism in the Arab Republics
    Joseph Sasson Delivers Book Talk at World Bank
    February 13, 2017
    On February 8, CCAS' Joseph Sassoon spoke at the World Bank about his book Anatomy of Authoritarianism in the Arab Republics. A video of the talk is available.
  • Town Hall
    CCAS Hosts Emergency Town Hall Meeting about Immigration Ban
    February 8, 2017
    CCAS and the African Studies Program hosted a Town Hall meeting on February 2, attended by more than 150 students, faculty, and alums, to provide support and information for those affected by the recent executive orders banning immigration to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries.
  • Migration and Displacement in Iraq Conference
    Call for Abstracts for Conference on Migration and Displacement in Iraq — Co-sponsored by CCAS
    January 23, 2017
    The International Organization for Migration, the University of Kurdistan Hawler, and Georgetown's CCAS and ISIM invite you to submit an abstract for the conference:‭ ‬“Migration and Displacement in Iraq”‭ ‬in Erbil‭, ‬Iraq‭. ‬The conference will focus on various aspects of forced migration, ‬such as durable solutions and the end of displacement, ‬early recovery and stabilization, ‬livelihood, ‬social cohesion and transitional justice, ‬conflict resolution and violence reduction, ‬house land and property.‬ Abstracts due February 10.
  • AUC
    AUC to Honor CCAS Board Member
    January 4, 2017
    Mrs. Suad Al-Husseini Juffali, member of the CCAS Board of Advisors, has been named 2017 Honoree of the American University in Cairo Benefit Dinner for her years of work to empower underserved communities across the Middle East.
  • CSM
    Muslim women catch up to – and even surpass – male counterparts in education
    January 3, 2017
    CCAS' Prof. Fida Adely is quoted in Christian Science Monitor for her research on women and education in the MENA.
  • ADF
    Now accepting applications for the ADF Post-doctoral Fellowship
    December 12, 2016
    The American Druze Foundation (ADF) Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Druze and Arab Studies promotes specialized social scientific research on the Druze communities centrally and primarily, and on collective political and cultural identities in the Arab world more generally. Applications due March 1, 2017.
  • MESA
    Visit CCAS at MESA!
    November 15, 2016
    CCAS will be at MESA in Boston this week! Stop by booth #42 to learn more about the Master of Arts in Arab Studies (MAAS) & our other programs.
  • Uma
    MAAS Student Brings Lessons from Endurance Horse Racing to the Hilltop
    November 11, 2016
    Uma Mencia Uranga is graduate student in the MAAS program, but outside of her academic career she is a professional endurance horse racer. Read her story here.
  • JEMS
    MAAS Alum Publishes Thesis Research in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
    November 8, 2016
    Nada Soudy (MAAS '13) has published a comparative study of 1.5 and second-generation Egyptian ‘expatriates’ in Qatar and ‘immigrants’ in the U.S. in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
  • Education Week
    CCAS Professor and Student to Speak at Center for Social Justice Education Week
    November 2, 2016
    On November 7, Prof. Fida Adely and MAAS student Haydn Welch will speak on the panel "Girls Education - Local to Global Perspectives" at Georgetown's Center for Social Justice Education Week, which raises awareness about both the challenges and celebrations within the current field of education.
  • Cambridge
    The structure-identity nexus: Syria and Turkey’s collapse
    October 31, 2016
    CCAS Professor Marwa Daoudy's article in the Cambridge Review of International Affairs presents her research on Syrian-Turkish relations, building on the idea of a structure-identity framework.
  • Orient News
    Orient News Interviews Marwa Daoudy
    October 21, 2016
    CCAS' Marwa Daoudy speaks to Orient News TV on Syria.
  • MERIP
    Prof Davis and students research, publish article on aid and displacement in Jordan
    September 29, 2016
    Jordan hosts hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees. But the kingdom is also temporary home to thousands of Sudanese and Somalis fleeing wars that are decades old. A team of MAAS and Georgetown students led by Rochelle Davis investigates the hierarchies of aid in situations of protracted displacement.
  • Journal of Terrorism
    The representation of youth by the Islamic State
    September 20, 2016
    MAAS student Agathe Christien ('18) writes for the Journal of Terrorism Research about the Islamic State's use of youth representations to attract Western recruits and to establish its state-building project.
  • Marwa Daoudy
    The Need for Radical Transformation in Responding to Climate Change
    September 12, 2016
    As part of Georgetown's Global Futures Initiative, CCAS Professor Marwa Daoudy discusses the need for a radically new environmental and social contract in the era of climate change.
  • book
    CCAS Faculty Contributes to New Book on Human Rights and the Arab Spring
    August 23, 2016
    CCAS Professor Noureddine Jebnoun published a chapter on state and religion in the aftermath of the Arab uprisings in the new book Constitutionalism, Human Rights and Islam after the Arab Spring.
  • Seikaly
    Q&A with Sherene Seikaly
    August 19, 2016
    MAAS Alum Sherene Seikaly (2000) chats with CCAS about her recently published book, Men of Capital: Scarcity and Economy in Mandate Palestine, which was shortlisted for the 2016 Palestine Book Awards.
  • John Ruedy
    CCAS Mourns the Passing of Dr. John Ruedy
    August 10, 2016
    The CCAS community was deeply saddened by the recent loss of one of its preeminent founders, early visionaries, and longtime supporters, Dr. John Ruedy.
  • Washington Quarterly
    The Arab Shi‘a Nexus: Understanding Iran’s Influence in the Arab World
    July 29, 2016
    MAAS alum Jill Ricotta (2016) writes for the Washington Quarterly about the precarious state of Arab Shi'a resulting from escalating Shia-Sunni tensions and the breakdown of Iran-Saudi Arabia relations.
  • Muftah
    Why Does the Media Ignore ISIS’s Muslim Victims?
    July 19, 2016
    MAAS student Zoya Waliany ('17) writes for Muftah on the media's failure to discuss ISIS' Muslim victims

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