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Middle East Directions Programme Working Group

Directed by Louis Blin and Prof. Olivier Roy, Middle East Directions Programme.

In the continuity of the activities organised in the previous years by the Muslim World Working Group, the Middle East Directions Programme Working Group aims to provide a space for lectures, workshops, and discussion of social sciences issues related to the Arab and Muslim World in all its diversity. This means addressing topics as diverse as politics, economy, demography, contemporaneous history, society, culture and religion in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as Muslim communities and diasporas throughout the world.

The group promotes an interdisciplinary approach and welcomes any (EUI and non-EUI affiliated) researcher whose work relates to the MENA region and/or Islam across departments and disciplines. We particularly encourage doctoral students and fellows to present their published and unpublished work and join us for the discussion. The working group coordinates is a joint initiative between the SPS department and the RSCAS.

To be added to the mailing list or require further information, please send an email to [email protected].

The team

Group members

  • Portrait picture of Abdullah Aljabassini

    Abdullah Aljabassini

    Research Fellow

    Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

    Max Weber Fellow

    Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies

    Max Weber Fellow

    Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

  • Portrait picture of Agnes Favier

    Agnes Favier

    Part-time Professor

    Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

  • Altea Pericoli

    PhD Researcher

  • Portrait picture of Louis Blin

    Louis Blin

    Visiting Fellow

    Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

  • Portrait picture of Olivier Roy

    Olivier Roy

    Part-time Professor

    Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

    Part-time Professor - Joint Chair

    Florence School of Transnational Governance

  • Portrait picture of Julian Vierlinger

    Julian Vierlinger

    Academic Collaborator

    Office of the President

    Researcher

    Department of Political and Social Sciences

  • Portrait picture of Théo Blanc

    Théo Blanc

    Visiting Fellow

    Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies

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