From: "Delgadillo, Duran" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Friday, May 3, 2019 at 2:10 PM Cc: Matthew DeMaio <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: First Annual GWU Graduate Student Symposium: Development, Humanitarianism, and Security in the Middle East Good afternoon, Please forward to all interested MA students, PhD students, and departments. The George Washington University’s Institute for Middle East is excited to host its first annual, PhD student organized, Graduate Student Symposium entitled Development, Humanitarianism,and Security in the Middle East: Legacies and Futures. This one-day multidisciplinary symposium invites submissions that consider how the region’s long history with such interventions affects the contemporary Middle East and shapes aspirations for future changes. We are excited to announce that the symposium will feature a keynote lecture by Dr. Sara Pursley, Assistant Professor of Middle East and Islamic Studies at New York University's Department of History. Dr. Pursley is the author of Familiar Futures: Time, Selfhood, and Sovereignty in Iraq. To apply, please submit a 250-300 word abstract that describes the main arguments of your presentation, your methodology, and the connection to the theme by Friday, June 28, 2019 through this Google form: https://secure-web.cisco.com/1ShMWC4DTBHetiHPYBaWfID-rrlTX53fPNrPRwwl04HcBN97xag9rUE9nNdNdXv67zqJmKlxn2Vvbka_HISZ_oWFUZK6tqCvx33Nruk-9QiQ02OEDkkU5YhfVYUPO0LC7L_2fMYNyKk4C0Fsc5ouvAbOxN15tuJS05mBmZGgEzSV8CryhVGovJYw3au4oH3OMlsKYOFUT8R6TJkJWtZaodl1vLoS0SFAauaY_y-aAER0PoDg92_xHi8YPbNuJbhFBe0WBfEhjgCnXy9rchkR6ilQTCTfLCq84TMQ1Lp2tiXbzDVh38rV9pjKueka7JEsK5OmPGyZCE3nZ7fGpa5CZFRjh0F9fznjC9pZddYdFkqhkIR76nQ0gQJiMNjfyDCGlYt9EN5t7QVYISsNwI7v6y3dSj1DVmKqneQFigexmgwDJ1g7ccDlF3t49QyCncsf-k7_QKQ7q1Q9X8pi2n0KWKg/https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FAz3aY7VHmsxqvBE38<https://secure-web.cisco.com/1sxPncuwoD4GhAw_PewABmP0kcDPmAXgpyv62DgHb0E6uAoOwBESBr1yFm9oO3X1WGnzbaENZMFMEk271k15uC9hphRuXswiFP_jL-i4xg7NcU9QfXsfJ71sdqrkvdP-M8MbIIJx2ypEVVm53IXEf7REUnQZlFx0flDAeRFzLwSdJj-dIHkv8yZxH4GW0_7wuIOQ2aOcJm5rmUm057tE5UHjPZmdlO_Lgj3emeKFROU84ggBj6affHLxvB_tdzf1mI_8hyuvbp7hMa5q1LALDkA9MW1NuJTXdQ4BrTRa6WI10EYJFbhVHjtzJAsmsTYm52Lvc1MLatysWLeUiz1U42eHIY0RIQ6Lbclw63S73vYvXkXoN3zKnKhQLr1i_0_7BqY9Wwm7qSIBpT6AJf6NGZ3VDxUoCkTSH57q2v-CzcOaD1qfjPqOKhM-8YmI7Ae-bZbq7WtlzUASo8jkNnW5EeA/https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FAz3aY7VHmsxqvBE38>. A limited number of $200 travel grants are available to assist presenters with travel costs. Please see our attached flyer and if you have any questions, please contact Matt DeMaio at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Event Details: 2019 Graduate Student Symposium Development, Humanitarianism, and Security in the Middle East: Legacies and Futures September 20, 2019 8:45 AM - 4:40 PM Eliot School of International Affairs 1957 E Street NW Room 602 Washington, DC 20052 Best Regards, Duran Delgadillo Institute Assistant Institute for Middle East Studies Elliott School of International Affairs 1957 E Street NW, Suite 512C Washington, DC 20052 (202) 994-9249