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The Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies in conjunction with the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice and the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University and the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) are pleased to announce the upcoming Conference on the Political Economy of the Muslim World.
2018 Annual Conference Organizing Committee
- Amaney Jamal (Princeton University), chair
- Timur Kuran (Duke University)
- Helen Milner (Princeton University)
- Jacob Shapiro (Princeton University)
The conference is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required. Deadline to register is April 6. Registering for the conference will provide you with a name badge, a folder with materials, free continental breakfast, coffee and snacks and lunch on the conference days. Registration does not include hotel accommodations. Dinner on Friday is restricted to participants, AALIMS Fellows, Junior Fellows, and special guests.
REGISTER NOW.
HOTEL AND TRAVEL INFORMATION for non-participants (speakers will be contacted directly regarding their travel logistics).
Day 1: Friday, April 20, 2018 STUDENT WORKSHOP 1
8:30-10:00 Quality of Government
Chair: Jacob Shapiro (Princeton University)
Mara Revkin (Yale University), “What Explains Taxation by Resource-Rich Rebels? New Data from the Islamic State in Syria”
Diana Dakhlallah (Stanford University), “‘How Bad Do We Look?’: A Field Experiment on Reputational Incentives and Corrupt Transactions”
10:00-10:15 BREAK
10:15-12:30 Trust and Tolerance
Chair: Fotini Christia (MIT)
Nathanael Gratias Sumaktoyo (University of Notre Dame), “Faith and Friendship: Religiously Homogeneous Friendships and Religious Tolerance in Muslim-Majority Countries”
Steve Monroe (Princeton University), “Cross-Ethnic Protectionism and Co-ethnic Compensation: Trade Politics and Ethnic Politics in Jordan”
Salma Mousa (Stanford University), “Overcoming the Trust Deficit: Intergroup Contact and Associational Life in post-ISIS Iraq”
12:30-2:00 PACKED LUNCH
Day 1: Friday, April 20, 2018 CONFERENCE
2:00-3:30 Islam, Beliefs and Public Opinion I
Chair: Timur Kuran (Duke University)
Amaney Jamal (Princeton University) and Helen Milner (Princeton University), “Islam and Globalization: Evidence from Tunisia”
Thomas Pepinsky (Cornell University), “Discovering Social Beliefs about Ethnic Structure: Evidence from the Malay World”
3:30-4:00 BREAK
4:00-6:15 Islam and Politics
Chair: Mahmoud El-Gamal (Rice University)
Steven Brooke (University of Louisville) and Elizabeth R. Nugent (Yale University), “The Political Behavior of Muslim Bortherhood Supporters after 2013”
Charles Harb (American University of Beirut), Christiana Parreira (Stanford University), and Daniel Tawana (Princeton University), “Elite Preference Formation in Divided Societies: Evidence from the American University of Beirut”
Asad Liaqat (Harvard University), Michael Callen (University of California at San Diego), Ali Cheema (Lahore University of Management Sciences), Adnan Khan(London School of Economics), Farooq Naseer (Lahore University of Management Sciences), Jacob Shapiro (Princeton University), “Retrospection Beyond Incumbent Performance: Evidence on Vote Choice in Pakistan”
6:45-8:45 CONFERENCE DINNER – Speakers, special guests, AALIMS Faculty Fellows and Junior Fellows only
Day 2: Saturday, April 21, 2018 CONFERENCE
8:30-10:00 Islam, Beliefs, and Public Opinion II
Chair: Thomas Pepinsky (Cornell University)
Claire L. Adida (University of California at San Diego), Adeline Lo (Princeton University), and Melina Platas (NYU Abu Dhabi), “Engendering Empathy, Begetting Backlash: American Attitudes towards Syrian Refugees”
Fotini Christia (MIT), Elizabeth Dekeyser (MIT) and Dean Knox (Princeton University), “Sacred Sect: Unpacking Shiite Sectarianism in Iraq and Iran”
10:00-10:15 BREAK
10:15-11:45 Minorities, Distribution and Development
Chair: Lisa Blaydes (Stanford University)
Cemal Eren Arbatlı (Higher School of Economics, Moscow) and Güneş Gökmen (New Economic School, Moscow), “Minorities, Human Capital and Long-term Development: Persistence of Armenian and Greek Influence in Turkey”
Aslı Cansunar (Oxford University),”Religion and the Provision of Water in Ottoman Istanbul”
11:45-1:15 pm PACKED LUNCH
1:15-2:45 pm Political Economy of Taxation
Chair: Jennifer Peck
Lisa Blaydes (Stanford University), “Land, Property Rights, and Taxation in Mamluk Egypt”
Mohamed Saleh (University of Toulouse), “Taxing Unwanted Populations: Fiscal Policy and Conversions in Early Islam”
2:45-3:00 pm BREAK
3:00-4:30 pm Education and Employment
Chair: Tahir Andrabi (Pomona College)
Jennifer Peck (Swarthmore College), “The Effects of Nitaqat on Women’s Employment in Saudi Arabia”
Mehdi Majbouri (Babson College and IZA), “When the Revolution Hits Iran’s Universities: College Aspirations at the Time of Upheaval”
4:30-4:45 pm BREAK
Day 2: Saturday, April 21, 2018 STUDENT WORKSHOP 2
4:45-6:15 pm Governance and Transitions
Chair: Amaney Jamal (Princeton University)
Allison Spencer Hartnett (University of Oxford), “Land Reform and Regime Survival in the Middle East and North Africa”
Chantal E. Berman (Princeton University), “Protest, Concessions, and Political Regimes in Tunisia and Morocco: An Event Data Analysis”
6:45 pm INFORMAL DINNER FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO CAN STAY