History Lecture Series
“The People Want to Bring Down the Regime”: A History of Dissent and the Arab Spring
Wed. Jan 24, 2018 7:30–9 p.m.
Kane Hall 130
Arbella Bet-Shlimon, ’03, Assistant Professor of History, UW
In 2011, the Middle East erupted in protests against authoritarian regimes. While several were forced out of power, most of these movements for greater freedoms were brought to an end by counterrevolutionary violence. Examine these events, known collectively as the Arab Spring, through the history and many meanings of dissent in the modern Middle East.
Admission: $5–$15 (Individual lecture); $15–$50 (series pass)
Recommended Reading
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- Bayat, Asef. ” Revolution with Revolutionaries: Making Sense of the Arab Spring.”
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- Malek, Alia. “The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria.”
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- Pearlman, Wendy. “We Crossed a Bridge and it Trembled: Voices From Syria.”
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- Tripp, Charles. “The Power and the People: Paths of Resistance in the Middle East.”
Download a printable recommended reading list for all lectures here.
Arbella Bet-Shlimon is a historian of the modern Middle East. She focuses on the politics, society and economy of twentieth-century Iraq and the broader Persian Gulf region. She offers general introductory courses on the modern Middle East, including a survey of the Middle East since the nineteenth century. Her upcoming book is a history of the city of Kirkuk, the original hub of Iraq’s oil industry.
In 2017, she was awarded the UW’s Distinguished Teaching Award, the top teaching honor at the UW.
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