Roundtable The State of the Field of U.S.-Arab Relations: A Roundtable

AHA Session 162
Saturday, January 5, 2013: 9:00 AM-11:00 AM
Conti Room (Roosevelt New Orleans)
Chair:
Ussama S. Makdisi, Rice University
Topics:
Beyond Oil: The Meaning of U.S. Interests in the Middle East
Robert Vitalis, University of Pennsylvania
Arabs Я Us: U.S.-Arab Interactions and the Shaping of American Identity
Salim Yaqub, University of California, Santa Barbara
Re-thinking U.S.-Arab Relations in Light of the Arab Spring
Matthew Jacobs, University of Florida

Session Abstract

This roundtable panel discusses the state of the field of U.S-Arab Historiography, a burgeoning field of inquiry that has long intersected with U.S. cultural, diplomatic and military involvement and interventions in the Middle East.

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