Jillian Schwedler

Select Past Talks (virtual):

“Anchoring Protests Historically,” Lebanon Forum, December 9

“Puzzles in Political Science Research,” Department of Political Science, George Mason University, September 15

“Disciplinary Woes: Political Science and the Arab Uprisings," Jadaliyya and the Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory (3CT), University of Chicago, April 27
“Historical, Legal, and Political Imaginaries,” European University Institute, Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies, February 25
“US Policy toward Jordan,” the Brookings Institution and the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University, February 18
“Material Obstacles to Protest in Jordan: Toward a Universal Typology,” University of Toronto, February 2, Canada
“How Should We Think about Protests? Insights from Jordan,” University College Maastricht, Maastricht University, December 3, the Netherlands

Select Past Talks (in person):
“Rethinking State Capacity: Insights from Jordan,” University of Chicago, May 19

“The Periphery Converges on the Center: The Spatial Dynamics of Political Protests in Amman's Built Envirronment,” MESP International Conference, "Who is Afraid of Democracy? New Wave of Transformations in the Middle East and North Africa," University of Wisconsin–Madison, March 25

“Urban Space and Political Protests: Insights from the Middle East,” Irish Centre for Human Rights, the National University of Ireland–Galway, February 7, Galway, Ireland
“Routine Protests in Jordan: Contentious and Noncontentious Events,” Middlebury College, October 8
“Geographies of Power and Dissent: Insights from Jordan,” Centre d’Études Maghrébines à Tunis, September 13, Tunis, Tunisia
“Everyday Nationalism: Comparative Insights from Jordan,” New York University, August 6
“Protests and the Emerging Nativism in Jordan,” Centre d’Études Maghrébines à Tunis, June 21, Tunis, Tunisia
“After the Arab Uprisings: What Next for the Middle East?” Hamilton College, April 12
“The Fight for Yemen,” Eliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University, April 9
“The Political Geography of Protests in Jordan,” University of Chicago, February 7
“Comparative Insights on Protest and Protest Policing in Jordan,” Kent State University, February 1
“The War in Yemen and the Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy,” University of Southern Florida, January 30
“Protest and Public Space in Jordan,” School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, January 29
“U.S. Involvement in Yemen: When Did It Start and Where Is It Going?” Bard College, October 31
“Prospects for Yemen: What Can Be Done?” The Atlantic Council, October 5
“What’s Happening in Yemen and What It Means for the United States,” Camden County Community College, September 27
“New Approaches to Understanding the Arab Uprisings,” Keynote Speaker for the conference, “Rethinking the ‘State’ in the Shadow of the Arab Uprisings,” Roskilde University, August 24, Copenhagen, Denmark
“The Temporalities of Protest: Beyond the Arab Uprisings,” George Mason University, May 2
“Conceptualizing Protests in the Middle East Before and Since the Arab Uprisings,” Keynote Lecture for the conference, “The Socioeconomic Dimension of Political Change: Post-Revolutionary Egypt and Tunisia, and Latin American Experiences,” Peace Research Institute of Frankfurt, March 15, Frankfurt, Germany
“Unpacking the Conflict in Yemen,” University of Massachusetts, Amherst, February 21
“Islamists and the Post-Uprising Protest Environment,” Cornell University, February 13
“Encompassing Comparisons: Political Protests in Jordan,” Columbia University, October 20
“Routine and Ruptures in Protests in Jordan,” Center for the Study of Democracy and Development, Stanford University, April 12 
“Conflict in Yemen and the Prospects for Peace,” Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, March 17
“Routine and Ruptures in Protests in Jordan,” Comparative Politics Workshop, University of Chicago, May 12
“The Arab Uprisings through the Lens of Public Space,” Keynote Speaker, “The Arab Uprisings Revisited,” The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, April 8
“Rethinking Contentious Protests: Insights from Jordan,” Comparative Politics Workshop, University of Wisconsin, Madison, March 9
“Islamists Politics Post-Uprisings,” Earlham College, March 3
“Contentious Protests in Jordan After the Uprisings,” Rice University, November 5
“Are the Uprisings Over?” University of Illinios at Chicago, October 23, Chicago, IL
“Islam and Authoritarian,” University of Tennessee, Knoxville, August 25
“Dynamics of the Yemeni Civil War,” Brookings Institution, July 22
“Islamist Reactions to ISIS,” John F. Kennedy School of Public Policy, Harvard University, February 25
“The Political Geography of Protests in Jordan,” University of New Hampshire, December 1
“The Political Geography of Protests in Jordan,” Princeton University, November 18
“The Arab Spring in Comparative Perspective,” George Mason University, November 
“Policing in the Middle East,” Case Western Reserve University, May 30 
“Contention and Routine in Jordanian Protests,” Department of Political Science, University of Michigan, December 6 
“The Economic Policies of Islamist Parties since the Arab Uprisings: Three Challenges,” Economic Research Forum, March 4, Kuwait City, Kuwait 
“The Micro-processes of Political Protests in Jordan,” George Washington University, November 15 
“Micro-processes in the Arab Uprisings,” paper presented at the workshop, “From Street Protests to Political Mobilization,” Moulay Hisham Foundation, September 1–2, Skhirat Beach, Morocco 
“Structures of Power in the Modern Middle East,” featured speaker as part of the Giorgio Levi Della Vida Medal Conference honoring Professor Roger Owen of Harvard University, held at the Center for Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, May 25. Selected as a speaker by Professor Owen to join him on the plenary panel for the event.
“Activism and Art in the Arab Spring,” Lund University, April 27, Lund, Sweden 
“Space and Place in the Arab Uprisings,” Boston University, April 18 
“The Political Geography of the Arab Spring,” Princeton University, April 10 
“Islam in the New Middle East,” University of Michigan, March 29, Ann Arbor, MI 2012. “The Political Geography of Protest in the Arab Spring: Regional Policy Implications,” University of Connecticut, March 27 
“The Military in Jordan,” conference on the Political Role of the Military in the Middle East, University of Maryland, College Park 
“The Political Geography of Protest Policing,” University of Texas, Austin, February 17
“Comparative Perspectives on Islamist Moderation: Insights from Jordan and Yemen,” University of Jendouba, January 12, Jendouba, Tunisia 
“Comparative Perspectives on Islamist Moderation: Insights from Jordan and Yemen,” Neuf Avril, University of Tunis, January 11, Tunis, Tunisia 
“Comparative Perspectives on Islamist Moderation: Insights from Jordan and Yemen,” Centre d’Études Maghrébines à Tunis, January 10, Tunis, Tunisia 
“The Roots of Arab Political Upheavals: Insights from Jordan, Egypt, and Yemen,” Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, April 18 
“Boycott Politics in Jordan,” panel on “Do Jordan’s Elections Matter?” George Washington University, October 4 
“Political Islam: Innovation and Adaptation,” Harvard University, May 4 
“The Political Geography of Protest in Neoliberal Jordan,” Colorado State University, April 28 
“Protesting Jordan: Law, Space, Dissent,” Middle East Politics Consortium, Harvard University, April 20 
“The Political Geography of Protest in Neoliberal Jordan,” Loyola University, March 25 
“Locating Dissent: Space, Law, and Protest in Jordan,” Inter-Asia Research Faculty Seminar, Five Colleges, Amherst College, November 16 
“The Repression-Dissent Nexus in the Middle East: Insights from Jordan,” Middle East Security Working Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 5 
“Amman Cosmopolitan,” Middle East Politics Consortium, Harvard University, April 22 
“Political Protest in the Middle East,” Commonwealth Honors College, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 30 
“The Limits of Viewing the Middle East through the Lens of Demcratization,” April 10, North Carolina State University, Greenboro 
“Do Islamists Threaten Emerging Democracies?” Mershon Center of the Ohio State University, September 28 
“The Inclusion-Moderation Hypothesis: Insights from Islamist Political Parties,” Catholic University of America, Faculty of Law, April 4 
“Political Ethnography and Practice in the Middle East,” Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, May 13 
“Inclusion and Moderation: Is There A Causal Relation?” Mershon Center, Ohio State University, May 12 
“Political Islam and Stalled Transitions in the Arab World,” U.S. Naval Academy, April 23 
“Political Protests and the State of Democracy in Jordan,” Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, February 27 
“Rethinking Anti-Americanism in Political Protests,” Ohio State University, January 30 
“Opportunities for Improved Relations between the United States and the Muslim World,” Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS), University of Maryland, May 14
“The Political Philosophy of Sayyid Qutb,” Department of Political Science, Hunter College, May 8 
“Women and Politics in the Middle East,” Lyons Center of First Catholic Church, May 5 
“The Return of the Arab Street?” Workshop on Understanding the 21st Century, Center for European Studies, New York University, April 10 
“Implications of a War on Iraq,” Golden Key Society, University of Maryland, December 12 
“Identity and Politics in the Arab and Islamic Worlds,” College Park Scholars, University of Maryland, November 19 
“Civil Society and Political Freedom in the Arab World since September 11,” University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, November 4 
“Arab Protest around the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict,” Lyons Center of First Catholic Church, May 7 
“Political Islam and Militancy in the Middle East,” Williams College, March 14 
“Women’s Mobilization within Islamist Parties,” Gaudino Forum, Williams College, March 13 
“Political Islam and the Crisis,” Simons Rock College of Bard, March 8 
“Radical Islam and Islamic Social Movements,” Center for International Development and Conflict Management Workshop, “Separating Fact from Fiction after 9/11: Insights from Conflict and International Development Scholarship,” University of Maryland, February 12 
“The Contentious Politics of Terrorism and Counterterrorism: The September 11 Attacks and Their Aftermath,” Department of Sociology and Faculty Colloquium on Social Movements, New York University, December 7 
“Why do they hate us?” Organization of Arab Students and the Muslim Students Association, University of Maryland, November 14 
“Transnational Islamist Debates about the Taliban,” Department of Middle East Studies, New York University, October 29 
“Are there ‘Moderate’ Islamists?” Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland, October 26 
“Islamist Rejection of the Taliban,” Department of Political Science, Hunter College, October 24 
“Osama Bin Laden, the Taliban, and the September 11 Attacks on the United States,” Department of Political Science, Oregon State University, October 14 
“Islamist Groups and Political Demonstrations in Jordan,” briefing of U.S. Ambassador Edward Gneim, Meridian House, September 7 
“Islamist Social Movements: Toward a Unified Model?” German Institute for International and Security Affairs, April 27, Berlin, Germany 
“Prospects for the Peaceful Resolution of Conflict in the Middle East,” College Park Scholars, University of Maryland, November 7 
“Civil Society in the Middle East: Practical Issues for U.S. Foreign Policy,” Middle East Policy Seminar (attended by 60 senior U.S. and foreign army officers), U.S. Army War College, February 10 
“Political Islam in Jordan and Yemen,” Brown Bag Lecture, Search for Common Ground in the Middle East, February 23 
“The Challenge of Inclusion and the Role of Opposition Parties in Jordan,” Jordanian-American Binational Fulbright Commission, July 2, Amman, Jordan 
“What’s in a World View? Western Perspectives of the Middle East,” American Forum for Global Education, New York, February 11 
“From Opposition to Ruling Coalition: The Changing Role of the Yemeni Islah Party,” American Institute for Yemeni Studies, April 15, Sana‘a, Yemen 
“Al-tag‘yir al-siyasi wa al-musharikah fi al-sultah fi al-Yemen” [Political Change and Participation in Yemen], Yemeni Center for Studies and Research, April 12, Sana‘a, Yemen 
“Yemeni Politics and the Challenge of Participation,” Abu Yonis Cultural Center, April 11, Sana‘a, Yemen 
“Conceptualizations of Civil Society in Middle Eastern Studies,” Brown Bag Lecture Series, Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University, October 8 