Mako Speaks at Middle East Studies Association Conference
Shamiran Mako, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, spoke at a special presidential session of the Middle East Studies Association’s Annual Conference on November 17, 2018.
The conference, held in San Antonio this year, features panels and special sessions on a variety of topics related to Middle East studies. The meeting provides an opportunity for friends and colleagues from a variety of disciplines to gather to share their common bond: the study of this important region of the world.
Mako spoke as part of a panel entitled “Mosul as a Microcosm of the Issues Facing Iraq.” Other panelists included Omar Mohammed of Yale University and Sara Farhan and York University. The discussion was chaired by F. Gregory Gause III of Texas A&M.
Shamiran Mako’s research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of international relations and comparative politics with a focus on authoritarianism, civil wars, democratization, institutional capacity building, governing in divided societies, and American foreign policy with a regional interest on the Middle East and North Africa. Specifically, she explores the historical and contemporary drivers of inter and intra-state conflicts that produce weak and fragile states and examines ways in which successful conflict mitigating strategies relating to post-conflict state and peacebuilding can be applied to states in the MENA region.