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POMEPS@POMEPS · May 1

The Project on Middle East Political Science is pleased to announce POMEPS Studies 55: State and Regime Violence. Download the full PDF here: pomeps.org/pomeps-studies…

POMEPS's tweet card. In September 2024, POMEPS convened a workshop, in partnership with Toby Dodge at the Middle East Center at the London School of Economics, focusing on violence originating with regimes and states....

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POMEPS@POMEPS · Jul 21

TODAY is the LAST DAY to apply for the POMEPS Syria after Assad Workshop. We seek papers on topics related to understanding Syria today that will be discussed at a virtual workshop on Sept. 19th. For more info on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-paper…

POMEPS's tweet card. The stunning collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024 has thrown up crucial questions about the future of Syria and the Syrian people. For example, is Syria transitioning mainly from fourteen...

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POMEPS@POMEPS · Jul 18

3 MORE DAYS to apply for the POMEPS Syria after Assad Workshop. We seek papers on topics related to understanding Syria today that will be discussed at a virtual workshop on Sept. 19th. The deadline to apply is July 21st. For more info on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-paper…

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POMEPS@POMEPS · Jul 17

POMEPS Call for Papers: Syria after Assad Workshop. We seek papers on topics related to understanding Syria today that will be discussed at a virtual workshop on Sept. 19th. The deadline to apply is July 21st. For more info on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-paper…

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POMEPS@POMEPS · Jul 16

POMEPS Call for Papers: Syria after Assad Workshop. We seek papers on topics related to understanding Syria today that will be discussed at a virtual workshop on Sept. 19th. The deadline to apply is July 21st. For more info on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-paper…

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POMEPS@POMEPS · Jul 14

POMEPS Call for Papers: Syria after Assad Workshop. We seek papers on topics related to understanding Syria today that will be discussed at a virtual workshop on Sept. 19th. The deadline to apply is July 21st. For more info on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-paper…

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POMEPS@POMEPS · Jul 11

POMEPS Call for Papers: Syria after Assad Workshop. We seek papers on topics related to understanding Syria today that will be discussed at a virtual workshop on Sept. 19th. The deadline to apply is July 21st. For more info on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-paper…

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POMEPS@POMEPS · Jul 7

POMEPS Call for Papers: Syria after Assad Workshop. We seek papers on topics related to understanding Syria today that will be discussed at a virtual workshop on Sept. 19th. The deadline to apply is July 21st. For more info on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-paper…

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POMEPS@POMEPS · Jul 3

POMEPS Call for Papers: Syria after Assad Workshop. We seek papers on topics related to understanding Syria today that will be discussed at a virtual workshop on Sept. 19th. The deadline to apply is July 21st. For more info on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-paper…

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POMEPS@POMEPS · Jun 30

POMEPS Call for Papers: Syria after Assad Workshop. We seek papers on topics related to understanding Syria today that will be discussed at a virtual workshop on Sept. 19th. The deadline to apply is July 21st. For more info on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-paper…

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POMEPS@POMEPS · Jun 24

POMEPS Call for Papers: Syria after Assad Workshop. We seek papers on topics related to understanding Syria today that will be discussed at a virtual workshop on Sept. 19th. The deadline to apply is July 21st. For more info on how to apply: pomeps.org/call-for-paper…

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POMEPS@POMEPS · Jun 9

ACRPS is now accepting applications for the fifth round of the Conference for Arab Graduate Students in Western Universities (AGSC), to be held from 11-13 April 2026, in Doha, Qatar. The deadline to apply is Sept 1. More info: pomeps.org/acrps-conferen…

POMEPS's tweet card. The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) is now accepting applications for the fifth round of the Conference for Arab Graduate Students in Western Universities (AGSC), to be held...

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POMEPS@POMEPS · May 28

ACRPS is now accepting applications for the seventh round of its International Winter School (IWS) scheduled to take place from January 10 to 15 2026, in Qatar. The deadline to submit applications is 15 July 2025. For more info: pomeps.org/acrps-7th-inte…

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POMEPS@POMEPS · May 21

The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies has announced the 5th round of its Arab Graduate Students Conference. The Conference will be held from 11-13 April 2026 in Qatar. The deadline for submitting applications is 1 September 2025. More info: pomeps.org/acrps-2026-ara…

POMEPS's tweet card. The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies has announced the 5th round of its Arab Graduate Students Conference. The Conference will be held from 11-13 April 2026 in Qatar. The deadline for...

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POMEPS@POMEPS · May 6

Check out Jeroen Gunning and Dima Smaira’s article, Reflections from Dahiyeh on The Role of Violence in Mediating Everyday Conflict in Urban Spaces with Multiple Security Actors, published in POMEPS Studies 55 - State and Regime Violence! pomeps.org/reflections-fr…

POMEPS's tweet card. Jeroen Gunning, Kings College London & Dima Smaira, Kings College London What role does violence play in maintaining social order in urban spaces with multiple security actors where the state is only...

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POMEPS@POMEPS · May 6

Recasting Village Leagues: Piecemeal Learning and Clan Control in Palestine - Read Motasem Abuzaid's piece in POMEPS Studies 55 - State and Regime Violence! pomeps.org/recasting-vill…

POMEPS's tweet card. Motasem Abuzaid, University of Oxford Colonial and authoritarian governance at times relies on a trial-and-error approach rather than a systematic or predetermined plan.[1] It is frequently marked by...

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POMEPS@POMEPS · May 6

Read Revisiting Governmental Violence in Syria: Horror and the Ontology of Human Dignity, published in POMEPS Studies 55 - State and Regime Violence! pomeps.org/revisiting-gov…

POMEPS's tweet card. Salwa Ismail, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London With the fall of the Asad regime in December 2024, the centrality of violence to its modes of governing came into full view...

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POMEPS@POMEPS · May 5

Revisiting Counter-revolutionary Repression and Mass Regime Violence in Syria, 2011-2012 - Read Reinoud Leenders and Ali Aljasem's piece in POMEPS Studies 55 - State and Regime Violence! pomeps.org/revisiting-cou…

POMEPS's tweet card. Reinoud Leenders, King’s College London & Ali Aljasem, Utrecht University When Syria witnessed largely peaceful mass protests and revolutionary mobilization between March 2011 and the end of 2012,...

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POMEPS@POMEPS · May 5

Don't miss Kevin Mazur’s new piece on State Contraction, Violence, and Regime Collapse: What We Can Learn From Aleppo, published in POMEPS Studies 55 - State and Regime Violence! Read it here: pomeps.org/state-contract…

POMEPS's tweet card. Kevin Mazur, King’s College London The rapid collapse of the Asad regime in December 2024 took nearly everyone by surprise. Analysts, average Syrians, and the American Secretary of Defense alike...

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POMEPS@POMEPS · May 5

Check out Steven Heydemann’s article, Toward a Research Agenda on Violence in the Middle East, published in POMEPS Studies 55 - State and Regime Violence! pomeps.org/toward-a-resea…

POMEPS's tweet card. Steven Heydemann, Smith College Violence is seemingly an intrinsic feature of politics in the Middle East. It is evident in its most visceral, immediate, even grotesque forms in the armed conflicts...

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POMEPS@POMEPS · May 2

Check out Lujain Al-Meligy’s article, Beyond the Western-Centric Frame: Colonial Haunting and Postcolonial Hybridity in Egypt’s 1954 Terrorism Narrative, published in POMEPS Studies 55 - State and Regime Violence! pomeps.org/beyond-the-wes…

POMEPS's tweet card. Lujain Al-Meligy, Kings College London Introduction Western terrorism narratives, from the colonial era through post-9/11, usually frame non-state adversaries and violence as illegitimate, contrast...

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