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Conflict, Sectarianism, and ISIS in Iraq and Syria: Causes and Prospects


By Middle East and Islamic Studies, Arab Studies Institute, Center for Global Islamic Studies

04/16/2016 01:30 am   -   04/16/2016 12:00 am EST

Location: Merten Hall, George Mason University

Presented by 

Middle East and Islamic Studies, Arab Studies Institute, Center for Global Islamic Studies

 

 

“Sectarianism, Identity, and Conflict in Islamic Contexts: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives”

Sectarianism and the Shi’ite Minority in Saudi Arabia

April 16 - 1:30pm - Merten Hall Room 1201

Toby Matthiessen (Oxford University) Andrew Hammond (Oxford University) “Who Profits From Sectarianism in Saudi Arabia?” “Saudi Arabia, Sectarianism, and ‘Ideological Security’”

Natana Delong-Bas (Boston College)
“Between Conflict and Coexistence: Saudi Shi’a as Subjects, Objects, and Agents in Wasatiyya and Wataniyya”

 
 
 

 

Conflict, Sectarianism, and 

ISIS in Iraq and Syria:

Causes and Prospects

April 16 - 3:00pm - Merten Hall Room 1201 

 
PANEL
 

Bassam Haddad (George Mason University) 

“The Rise, Expansion, and Limits of
the ISIS Phenomenon in Iraq and Syria”

Mouin Rabbani (Arab Studies Institute) 

“Understanding the ISIS Phenomenon:
A Research and Policy Agenda”

Ali Sada (Innovative Comm. and Strategies) 

“The Roots of
ISIS Media Narratives”

Nir Rosen (Humanitarian Dialogue Center) 

“A Look at the New Age of Sectarianism in Iraq and Syria, 2003-2016”

Fanar Haddad (National University of Singapore) 

“The Impact of ISIS on Sectarian Relations and Nationalism in Iraq”

Christopher Anzalone (McGill University) 

“In the Shadow of the ‘State’: Modern Conflicts and the Mobilizing and Contesting of Sacred History"