Boston Consortium for Arab Region Studies

OPENING at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Boston on Feb. 10- Jafar Panahi’s NO BEARS, winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, is being called “a masterwork” (Rolling Stone) and “the #1 film of the year” by Vulture and the Los Angeles Times.

In NO BEARS, completed shortly before his imprisonment in July 2022, Jafar Panahi plays a fictionalized version of himself, who has relocated to a rural border town in Iran to remotely direct a new film in nearby Turkey. While there, he finds himself thrust in the middle of a local scandal, confronting the opposing pulls of tradition and progress.

Buy tickets: https://coolidge.org/films/no-bears

APSA MENA Announces Call for Papers- Deadline Approaching! Details below in the latest BCARS Bulletin:
https://mailchi.mp/c7c7505cd6c2/the-bcars-newsletter-13454385

BCARS and our members have had a busy semester, creating and sharing virtual and hybrid programming. We are sharing here some highlights of our work, in case you missed it!

Starting soon!

Arab Constitutionalism - The Coming Revolution

AUB’s Global Engagement Initiative and the Middle East Institute, Washington, D.C. invite you to a discussion of the issues analyzed in Zaid Al-Ali’s new book from Cambridge University Press: Arab Constitutionalism: The Coming Revolution

Speakers will review the ongoing constitutional, political, and citizen protest movements across the Arab region. What were the protest demands that forced more than a dozen Arab states to amend their constitutions, how did governments respond, and why did the constitutional reforms fail to bring about freer societies and better functioning states? What could the future revolution look like?

The discussion will be held online on Monday, December 13, 2021 at 7pm Beirut time, noon EST.

You can livestream the event on Facebook here.
https://www.facebook.com/aub.edu.lb/

Or join the Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89614479862

Miss our latest webinar and want the recording? Want to hear what's new at BCARS? Read the latest edition of the BCARS Newsletter here!

STARTING SOON! Join the BCARS webinar, "Surviving and Thriving on the Margins: How Syrian Women and the Palestinian Minority in Israel Challenge Marginality," featuring the work of two fantastic scholars, Katty Alhayek and Morad Elsana. Nov. 15, 12:00pm EST: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85836942573

REMINDER: Join our webinar, "Surviving and Thriving on the Margins: How Syrian Women and the Palestinian Minority in Israel Challenge Marginality," featuring the work of two fantastic scholars, Katty Alhayek and Morad Elsana. Nov. 15, 12:00pm EST: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85836942573

One week from today! Join our webinar, "Surviving and Thriving on the Margins: How Syrian Women and the Palestinian Minority in Israel Challenge Marginality," featuring the work of two fantastic scholars, Katty Alhayek and Morad Elsana. Nov. 15, 12:00pm EST: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85836942573

Missed our September webinar? View the recording here! "The Toughest Citizenship and Statehood Challenge in the Middle East" features four fantastic panelists, Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch, Jonathan Kuttab, Rami Khouri, and Daniel Levy exploring how to ignite genuine peace negotiations and find pathways to permanent peace in a context where notions of citizenship and statehood are shifting. Moderated by BCARS Director, Denis Sullivan.

The Toughest Citizenship and Statehood Challenge in the Middle East This webinar features four fantastic panelists, Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch, Jonathan Kuttab, Rami Khouri, and Daniel Levy exploring how to ignite genuine peace ...

Starting soon! Join us for our first webinar of the academic year, "The Toughest Citizenship and Statehood Challenge in the Middle East." Register at the link below and see you at 11am EST! https://northeastern.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2MYMiq5eTEGDqylHHT2HIA

Please register and join us tomorrow for our webinar, "The Toughest Citizenship and Statehood Challenge in the Middle East" at the link below.

Join BCARS for our first webinar of the academic year, Sept. 23 at 11:00am EST featuring fantastic panelists and a challenging topic!