Professor Laurence Louer
Chargée de recherche at Sciences Po.

November 19, 2008, French Trade Office – New York

Members: $10 (incl. Sciences Po., AAGEF and NYBSC)
Non-Members: $20  
Registration at: http://middleeastpoliticalschism.eventbrite.com

The Speaker:
Laurence Louer holds degrees in Arabic, philosophy, sociology and political science and a Ph.D. in political science from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP, 2001).. Serves as a permanent consultant for the Policy Planning Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (CAP) since 2004; co-editor-in-chief of Critique internationale since 2006.
Having joined the CERI in 2003, her research focuses on the politics of identity and ethnicity in the Middle East.

Teaching
- Sciences Po: “Nationalism and ethnicity in the Middle East “ (Master’s in Comparative Politics)

Research interests
- Shia Islam and politics
- The Arab citizens of Israel
- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Social and political changes in the monarchies of Arabian/Persian Gulf
- Communitarianism and ethnicity

Making Sense of the Middle East’s Political Schism

When:
November 19, 2008
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM: Presentation and Q&A (in English)
7:30 PM – 8:15 PM: Reception

Where:
Mission Economique– French Embassy Trade Office
810 Seventh Avenue, 38th Fl. (bet. 52nd and 53rd streets)
New York, NY 10019

Sciences Po. Alumni USA is grateful to the Alliance Program and her Director, Mrs. Vanessa Scherrer, for helping organizing this event, and to its Director, Mrs. Elisabeth Puissant, for making the French Trade Office available for the reception.

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