# MESA 2020 Annual Meeting October 01, 2020 The following CMES affiliated faculty and students will be panelists, presenters, and discussants at this year's [Middle East Studies Association (MESA) meeting](https://mesana.org/annual-meeting/current-meeting), to be held virtually October 5-17, 2020. Note: All times are in Eastern Daylight Time. **Didar Akbulut, PhD MES/History Candidate** [Between Istanbul and Hejaz: Müneccimbashi Ahmed Dede and Scholarly Connections and Mobility in the Seventeenth Century Ottoman Empire](/https:/mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_abs.php?pid=88578dea31b44f270e876e64b00b3658) \[P6106\] Mobility of Scholars and Knowledge in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire: New Sources and Revisionist Approaches Thursday, 10/08/20, 1:30 PM **Reilly Barry, AM Candidate** [Ottoman Discourse in the Republican Period: A Question of the Rights to Ownership of Ottoman Memory](/https:/mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_abs.php?pid=9810ea75817c733ed9a0abb746db1b5e) \[P6176\] Ottoman Revival and Return in Turkey Saturday, 10/17/20, 1:30 PM **Soha Bayoumi, Lecturer on the History of Science** [What place for emotions in academic activism?](/https:/mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_abs.php?pid=2a4357390622763da0e27801f522e16c) \[P5991\] The Activist- Academic Hyphen Monday, 10/5/20, 11 am **Youssef Ben Ismail, CMES AM alumnus, PhD NELC candidate** [Discussant](https://mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_session.php?sid=432add1dd15771e52fb6ef6a5dd10ddb) \[P5987\] Title: Past as Prelude? Historical Legacies and State Building Across the MENA Region Saturday, 10/17/20, 11:00 AM **Rosie Bsheer, Assistant Professor of History** ["Archive Wars" follows the battles to erase, remake, and monumentalize Saudi Arabia’s official history...](/https:/mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_desc.php?pid=d506185f1e74e80821691bf22aaece1e) \[R5886\] Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia Thursday, 10/08/20, 1:30 PM **Melani Cammett, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs** [Cammett will discuss the book in light of her ongoing research on the historical roots of development...](/https:/mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_desc.php?pid=5c2d5024ae7e9bba6e87661c73dc9206) \[R5806\] Ahmet Kuru's "Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment" Friday, 10/16/20, 11 am [Colonial Legacies](https://mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_abs.php?pid=d68b0bfa20d7d459a1a743898373c159) [and Human Capital](https://mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_abs.php?pid=d68b0bfa20d7d459a1a743898373c159) \[P5987\] Title: Past as Prelude? Historical Saturday, 10/17/20, 11:00 AM [Development in the](https://mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_abs.php?pid=d68b0bfa20d7d459a1a743898373c159) [Middle East](https://mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_abs.php?pid=d68b0bfa20d7d459a1a743898373c159) Legacies and State Building Across the MENA Region **Meryem Demir, Preceptor in Turkish** [ZIP YOUR (ZIPIR): Gaining Back Motivation After the Long Break Over the years as a language...](/https:/mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_desc.php?pid=2739d91bb7cb244721dc4a08ac92412b) \[R5808\] AATT Roundtable: Materials, Development, and Design Monday, 10/5/20, 11:00 AM **Mary Elston, Visiting Fellow** [Constructing Turath: Knowledge and Politics at Egypt’s al- Azhar](/https:/mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_abs.php?pid=a1ad7d7d97884616bed49bc8a03a17ab) \[P6032\] Islamic Knowledge and the Construction of Religious Authority in the Modern World Tuesday, 10/6/20, 1:30 PM **Caroline Kahlenberg, PhD MES/History candidate** [Women’s Bodies on the Border: Modesty, Gossip, and National Subject Formation in Early 20th Century Palestine](/https:/mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_abs.php?pid=d024426814df9a228d95c0f57bd47a78) \[P6128\] Territoriality and Contested Borders Friday, 10/16/20, 11:00 AM **Andrew Leber, PhD Government Candidate, recipient of CMES Arabian Peninsula grants** [Gaining Rights through Agenda Setting](/https:/mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_abs.php?pid=09052337463c2315155b19b2ad29e86d) \[P5908\] The Fixed and the Changing: From Social Movements to Public Policies Across the MENA Region Monday, 10/5/20, 1:30 PM **Annette Lienau, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature** [Translation, Orientalist Networks, and the Crisis of Diversity](/https:/mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_abs.php?pid=a77bdc5a07e377df33b67bbe722e3f84) \[P6080\] Orientalist Networks and Their Afterlives Thursday, 10/15/20, 1:30 PM **Maryam Patton, PhD MES/History candidate** [Mirror of the Celestial Spheres: Towards Understanding Circles in Islamic Astronomy](/https:/mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_abs.php?pid=c21aaacd29506c9bf71dbac15aeced85) \[P5928\] Towards a History and Interpretations of the "Circle" in the Scientific and Visual Cultures of the Middle East Friday, 10/16/20, 1:30 PM **Muharrem Aytug Sasmaz, PhD Government candidate, work with the CMES Tunisia Office** [Discussant](https://mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_session.php?sid=417f5f901c568fd5e9ed3f1f1f8ca321) \[P5891\] Decentralization and Local Governance in Tunisia Tuesday, 10/6/20, 1:30 PM **Keye Tersmette, PhD MES/Anthropology candidate** [Borderline Disorder: the Making of the Omani-Emirati Border](/https:/mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_abs.php?pid=b235743f48ab17c84130a1542cc83901) \[P6128\] Territoriality and Contested Borders Friday, 10/16/20, 11:00 AM **Laura Thompson, PhD Islamic Studies candidate, work with the CMES Tunisia Office** [Protecting God's Majesty and Public Decency in Contemporary Tunisia: Whom does blasphemy offend?](/https:/mesana.org/mymesa/meeting_program_abs.php?pid=2b0a6d9cf8e3b71ca18909f68f77d8bf) \[P6232\] Defining Identities, Norms, and Boundaries in Contemporary Tunisia Saturday, 10/17/20, 1:30 PM See also:- [ Faculty News ](/news-type/faculty-news) - [ Student News ](/news-type/student-news) - [ 2020-21 ](/academic-year/2020-21) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)