Area Studies & Political Science: Tension, Integration, & Prospects
Fall 2013 Lecture Series
Thursday, November 21, 2013 2:45 PM to 4:10 PM EST
Johnson Center, C
Featuring: Jo-Marie Burt, Eric McGlinchey, Ming Wan, Bassam Haddad, and David Wilsford!
For too long there has been some tension between area studies and the discipline of political science. This panel includes five scholars of comparative politics and political science, addressing areas studies in Latin America, Central Asia, Middle East, and East Asia. The panelists will address issues including “the ghettoization of area studies, the tension between methods used/favored in both realms, the question of publications (peer-reviewed journals) and bias, the history and development of area studies, and future prospects for the troubled relationship. The reasons for the troubled relationship are many but not always compelling. Join us!
Sponsored by the Middle East Studies Program, the Center for Global Islamic Studies, and the Arab Studies Institute.
