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AIYS at MESA
Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting
2011 - 2014

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AIYS sponsors two panels at each MESA annual meeting. AIYS also sponsors Yemeni films at MESA

Scholars wishing to propose a panel for AIYS sponsorship need to do so before submitting the panel proposal to MESA for consideration.  The annual deadline for submitting a panel proposal to AIYS for consideration by the AIYS Program Committee is February 1; the MESA deadline is February 15.

For more information about MESA and their annual meeting, please visit their website.

2014 MESA: Washington D.C., November 22 - 25​

  • ​​Tribes in Yemen: The View from Within

    • "Poetry and Tribalism in Yemen" Mohammed Sharafuddin​

    • "The future political role of Yemeni tribal sheikhs in light of the expected outcomes of the National Dialogue Conference" Adil Mujahid Al Sharjabi​

    • "Tribalism in the Yemeni National Dialogue Conference" Abdul Karim S. Alaug​

    • "Tribal Dynamics and Political Processes in Yemen" Nadwa Aldawsari​​

  • ​Yemen's Cultural Crisis: Catastrophe or Opportunity?

    • ​"Bridging the Generation Gap to Protect Nature in Yemen: Conservation of Nature through Culture" Mohammed Al-Duais​

    • "Cents and (Cultural) Sensibility: How Transnational Political Agendas Condition the Content of Contemporary Theater in Yemen" Katherine Hennessey​

    • "It Looks Good on Paper: Conserving Zabid's Manuscripts and Intellectual History" Anne Regourd

    • "Conserving Built Heritage and Landscapes in Yemen: Political and Cultural Considerations for Sustainability" Stephen Steinbeiser and Abdullah Al-Hadhrami​​

  • Making Yemen's Islamic History: Engineering, Monuments, Taxes and Stimulants 

    • "Written Versus Archaeological Evidence: The Example of Water and Wastewater in Medieval Zabid, Yemen" Ingrid Hehmeyer

    • "Ideal and Pragmatic Tax Law in Medieval Zaydi Yemen" Eirik Hovden

    • "A Cultural Heritage Text from Early Medieval South Arabia" Daniel Mahoney​

    • "Coffee and Qat in Yemen: The historical and literary evidence for their introduction" Daniel Varisco​​

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Mohammed Sharafuddin at MESA 2014. To his right are Najwa Adra, Nadwa al-Dawsari, Abdul Karim Alaug and Charles Schmidt

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Najwa Adra speaking at MESA 2014. To her right are Nadwa Al-Dawsari, Abdul Karim Alaug, Mohammed Al-Duais, Charles Schmidt and Mohammed Sharafuddin

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McGuire Gibson speaking with Ingrid Hehmeyer at MESA 2014

2013 MESA: New Orleans, LA, October 10 -13​

  • What Does State Fragility Mean in the Yemeni Case?

    • ​"The State Fragility Thesis and the Case of Yemen" Kamilia Eriani​

    • "Conditions for State Building in Yemen: But What's the State in Yemen Anyway?" Larissa Alles​

    • "Houthism and Houthaphobia in the Post-Saleh Yemeni State" David Hollenberg​

    • "The Yemeni State in International Context" Charles Schmitz ​​

    • "Tribalism in Yemen: Social Capital Confronts Social Unrest" Najwa Adra ​

    • "From One War to Another? The Impact of Yemen's Political Crisis on Migrant Domestic Workers" Marina de Regt​

  • Mamluks and Rasulids: Why They Should Both Matter to Historians​

    • "The Yemeni Manuscript Tradition in Context: Materials, Texts and Decorations in Rasulid Times" Arianna Dottone​

    • "The Effects of Rasulid and the Mamluk Rule Over the Resistant Central Highlands of Yemen" Daniel Mahoney​

    • "Enter the Rasulids: the Dahlakis and Their Powerful Neighbors in the Red Sea" Roxani Margariti​

    • "Heirs of the Ayyubids: The Formation of the Rasulid State in Yemen"  Daniel Martin Varisco

2012 MESA: Denver, CO, November 17 - 20​

  • ​Yemen after Saleh

    • "Fragmentation and Reintegration?: Yemen’s 'Opposition' in the Wake of the Change Revolution" Stacey Philbrick Yadav

    • "Reactionary Responsible Friendship? Reflections on the Yemeni Revolution" Kamilia Al-Eriani

    • "The Future of South Yemen: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" Susanne A. Dahlgren

    • "The Huthis" Abdullah Hamidaddin

    • "Women, Religion, and Yemen's Arab Spring" Sophia Pandya

    • "Yemen's Post-Hydrocarbon Economy" Charles P. Schmitz​​

2011 MESA: Washington, D.C., December 1- 4

  • ​Identities and Interests in Contemporary Yemen​, Organized by Charles P. Schmitz

    • "Tribes and State in Yemen?" Charles P. Schmitz​

    • "Crafting Opposition: The JMP and the Politics of Identity" Stacey Philbrick Yadav​

    • "“Seyyids” of Yemen: Old Wine in New Bottles?" Abdullah Hamidaddin​

    • "Follow the Bouncing Ball: Practical Approaches to Effective Dispute Resolution in Contemporary Yemen" Stephen Steinbeiser​

    • Sheila Carapico (Discussant)​​

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