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In addition to its own programming, the II cosponsors and provides funding for conferences and workshops across campus that focus on international and area studies.
CMENAS 65th Anniversary: Celebrate the Legacy, Scholarship, & Future of MENA Studies
Keynote by Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
10:30–11: Arrival & Registration
11:00–11:10: Director Welcome Remarks by CMENAS Director Jay Crisostomo, George G. Cameron Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Civilization and Languages+
11:15–12:30: Building CMENAS: Foundations & Transformations, Former Directors Panel
1:30 – 2:45: CMENAS in Practice: Careers & Impact featuring CMENAS Alumni, Language Lecturers, and K–12 Educators
2:50– 2:55: Keynote Introductions
3:00–4:30: Keynote by Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
4:30–4:40 PM: Closing Remarks
About the Keynote Speaker:
Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focusing on U.S. foreign policy. He has written five books, including his most recent, The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President (Palgrave, 2014) and The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace (Bantam, 2008), and hosts Carnegie Connects, Carnegie’s premier live podcast. He received his PhD in Middle East and U.S. diplomatic history from the University of Michigan in 1977. Miller hosts Carnegie Connects, Carnegie’s premier live podcast.
Miller’s articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, Foreign Policy Magazine, and Foreign Affairs Magazine. He is a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, BBC, and SiriusXM Radio.
Join on Zoom: https://myumi.ch/E78M6
11:00–11:10: Director Welcome Remarks by CMENAS Director Jay Crisostomo, George G. Cameron Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Civilization and Languages+
11:15–12:30: Building CMENAS: Foundations & Transformations, Former Directors Panel
1:30 – 2:45: CMENAS in Practice: Careers & Impact featuring CMENAS Alumni, Language Lecturers, and K–12 Educators
2:50– 2:55: Keynote Introductions
3:00–4:30: Keynote by Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
4:30–4:40 PM: Closing Remarks
About the Keynote Speaker:
Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focusing on U.S. foreign policy. He has written five books, including his most recent, The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President (Palgrave, 2014) and The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace (Bantam, 2008), and hosts Carnegie Connects, Carnegie’s premier live podcast. He received his PhD in Middle East and U.S. diplomatic history from the University of Michigan in 1977. Miller hosts Carnegie Connects, Carnegie’s premier live podcast.
Miller’s articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, Foreign Policy Magazine, and Foreign Affairs Magazine. He is a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, BBC, and SiriusXM Radio.
Join on Zoom: https://myumi.ch/E78M6
| Building: | Michigan League |
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| Event Type: | Conference / Symposium |
| Tags: | Area Studies, center for middle eastern and north african studies, cmenas, Conference, Middle East Studies |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, International Institute |
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