SNU American Studies Institute is holding an international conference as below.

Theme: The United States in the Middle East
Date: December 16, 2011
Time: 10:00 am ~ 6:15 pm
Venue: Hoam Convention Center


Schedule
10:15-12:15 Sesson I: “The Arab Spring” and the United States
Chair: Joon Koo Lee (Seoul National University, South Korea)

Papers:
Hadi Esfahani (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.)
“The Economic Ties and Political Interests of the United States in the Middle East and North Africa”

Sari Hanafi (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)
“The Arab Revolutions: A Twilight of American Hegemony? “

Comments:
Seong Min Hong (Research Institute of the East-West Economy and Society, South Korea)
Jae Hoon Choi (Dankook University, South Korea)


12:15-12:30 Photo Session
12:30-14:00 Lunch

14:00-17:15 Session II: The Palestine-Israel Conflict and the United States
Chair: Dongshin Yi (Seoul National University, South Korea)

Papers:
Lori Allen (Cambridge University, U.K.)
“From King-Crane to 18 U.S.C.’: The Changing Meaning of Morals and Facts for the U.S. in Palestine”

Daniel Seidemann (Terrestrial Jerusalem, Israel)
"Jerusalem and the Self-Marginalization of the United States"

Comments:
Jonathan Chow (The Asan Institute for Policy Studies, South Korea)
Young-Chol Choe (Seoul Jangsin University, South Korea)

16:00-16:15 Coffee/Tea Break

16:15-18:15 Session III: Conflicting Visions and New Beginnings
Chair: Peggy Cho (Kyung Hee University, South Korea)

Papers:
Joel Schalit (Souciant Magazine, Israel) “Actually Existing Israel”

Seyed Mohammad Marandi (University of Tehran, Iran)
"Iranian Views on the Awakening, the Crisis in Europe, and the Future of the United States in the Middle East”

Comments:
Myung Duk Choi (Konkuk University, South Korea)
Liazzat J.K. Bonate (Seoul National University, South Korea)