Sunday, March 2
Hôtel La Tour Hassan
http://www.palaces-traditions.com/
*If you are already in Morocco, please plan to register at the Hôtel La Tour Hassan by mid-afternoon.
*If you are arriving in Morocco today, we are picking you up at the airport, Casablanca or Rabat, and bringing
you to Rabat.
19:00
Meet in the hotel lobby for a walk to Restaurant Arabica, 4 rue Moulay Abdelhafid
06 1311 0122 http://restaurantarabica.com/
Monday, March 3
Salle Le Corps Diplomatique
09:00 – 09:30
Words of Welcome
Dr. James Miller, Director, Moroccan-American Commission, Rabat
Dr. Hassan Mekouar, President of the Board, MACECE
Ms. Jennifer Bullock, Cultural Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy, Rabat
Mr. John Orak, Branch Officer, Educational & Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State
09:30 – 10:30 Keynote Address followed by Q&A
Dr. Ahmed Abaddi, Secretary-General of the Moroccan League of ‘Ulema, Rabat
Islam and Intercultural Learning: What Role?
10:30– 11:00 Group Picture & Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Panel 1: Political Behavior in Jordan Then and Now
11:00 – 11:10
Monica Greco, Jordan, History
Roman Grand Strategy on the limes arabicus
11:10 – 11:20
Jose Martinez, Jordan, Political Science
Genealogy, Memoration and the Past of the Present: Jordanian History in the Nationalist
Imaginary
11:20 – 11:30
Emily Hawley, Jordan, Political Science
The East Bank Current: Jordanian Tribal Influence on Top-Down Democratic Reform Efforts
11:30 – 11:40
Jordan Denari, Jordan, Communications
Christian TV Challenges Muslim-Christian Coexistence in Jordan
11:40 – 12:00
Discussion, Panel 1
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MONDAY
12:05 – 12:35 Panel 2: Perspectives on Moroccan Independence
12:05 – 12:15
Ethan Mefford, Morocco, History
Sufi Responses to the French Protectorate in Morocco
12:15 – 12:25
Ari Schriber, Morocco, Islamic Studies
Salafism as Nationalism:The Reformist Paradigm of ‘Allal al-Fasi
12:25 – 12:35
Discussion, Panel 2
12:40 – 12:55 Panel 3: Ideation of Food in Rabat, Morocco
12:40-12:50
Sophie Duncan, Morocco
Traditional Food Products in Modern Morocco: Authenticity and Cultural Identity
12:50 – 12:55
Discussion, Panel 2
13:00
Lunch, Salle Impériale
14:15 – 15:20 Panel 4, The Road to Here & There: Refugees and Emigrés
14:15 – 14:25
Alexandra Francis, Jordan, International Relations
The Refugee Environment in Jordan: Opportunities and Policy Challenges
14:25 – 14:35
Garrett Rubin, Jordan, Ethnomusicology
On Song, Healing and Displacement: Theoretical Concerns in Cross-Cultural Community Music
Practice
14:40 – 14:50
Eda Pepi, Jordan, Anthropology
Marital States: Kinship, Citizenship, and the Palestinian Problem in Jordan
14:50– 15:00
Jacob Hutt, Israel, Sociology
“Bridge” Migration and the Law of Return
15:00 – 15:20
Discussion Panel 2
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Coffee in the room
MONDAY
15:25 – 16:25 Panel 5, Recognizing the Other
15:25 – 15:35
Bridget Alex, Israel, Archaeology
Establishing Contexts of Encounters: Radiocarbon Dates with Implications for NeanderthalModern Human Interactions
15:35 – 15:45
William Tamplin, Jordan, Arabic Language & Literature
Contemporary Themes in Jordanian Nabati Poetry
15:45 – 15:55
Mike Turner, Morocco, Linguistics
Arabic Loanwords in Tashlhiyt Berber: A Window into the Social History of South Morocco
15:55 – 16:05 Michelle Spektor, Israel, Interdisciplinary
From Paper Identities to Human Data: Aspirations toward a Biometric System of Identification
in Israel
16:05– 16:25
Discussion, Panel 5
16:30 – 17:00 Panel 6, Engineering Research in Israel
16:30 – 16:40
Eric Guyes, Israel, Engineering
Reducing Nitrogen Oxide Pollution in Aviation Gas Turbine Engines: Toward the Achievement
of Flameless Combustion
16:40 – 16:50
Rebecca Khalandovsky, Israel, Engineering
Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering
16:50– 17:00 Discussion, Panel 6
17:15
Leave hotel for walking tour: the Almohad Tour Hassan; the Oued Bou Regreg
19:15
Return to the Hôtel La Tour Hassan
20:00
Dinner at La Maison Arabe in the Hôtel La Tour Hassan
→ Members of the Board of MACECE are invited
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Tuesday, March 4
Today our meetings are in the Salle Panoramique, 4th floor
08:55
Welcome to Day 2: Housekeeping issues; Q&A
09:00 – 10:15 Panel 7, Public and Private Health through a Middle Eastern Lens
09:00 – 09:10
Jon Brown, Bahrain, Public Health
Behavior and Cultural Risk Factors for Inductance of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and
Development of Methods to Lower Risks
09:10 – 09:20
Dana Elborno, Jordan, Public Health
Type II Diabetes among ex-Gazans in Jordan
09:20 – 09:30
Thomas Klein, Oman, Medicine Studies
Autism in Oman: Epidemiology, Etiology, and Enhancement of Resources
09:30 – 09:40
Tali Azenkot, Israel, Medical Anthropology
Assessing Randomized Control Trials for Psychological Treatment: An Israeli Case Study
09:40 – 09:50
Sarika Talve-Goodman, Israel, Comparative Literature
Illness as Narrative: A Tool for Inter-Cultural Dialogue
09:50 – 10:15
Discussion, Panel 7
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:45 Panel 8, Women at Work, in the Courts, and in the Movies: Case Studies from Bahrain, Jordan
and Morocco
10:30 – 10:40
Faryha Salim, Bahrain, Communications
Stories of Success: Narratives of Bahraini Women Entrepreneurs
10:40 – 10:50
Estee Ward, Jordan, Economic Development
Challenges in Female Talent Recruitment and Retention among Jordanian SMEs Pursuing
Market Expansion
10:50 – 11:00
Maria Benjamin, Jordan, Islamic Studies
Self-Perception of the Political Role of Shari’ah Judges, Lawyers, and Muftis in Raising Human
Rights for Women in Jordan
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TUESDAY
11:00 – 11:10
Steven Schaaf, Jordan, Gender Studies
The Role of Sex in the Jordanian Legal Process and Jordanian Judicial Decision-Making
11:10 – 11:20
Rebecca Moody, Morocco, Gender Studies
Seeing the Unsayable: Tracing the Filmic Evolution of Moroccan Women by Moroccan Women
11:20– 11:45
Discussion, Panel 8
12:00
Departure for Tazota by bus
http://www.tazota.com/
12:45
Arrival and lunch
14:00
At Tazota
“Let’s Think About It”
A discussion on the problems and promise of being a Fulbrighter
facilitated by Jessica Newman, Ph.D. candidate, Medical Anthropology, Yale
15:15
Depart Tazota for the Chellah
16:00
Arrive Chellah; Tour the ruins
17:10
Return Hotel La Tour Hassan
19:00
(bus) Depart Hotel La Tour Hassan for Dr. Miller’s house, 2 rue de Tiznit
0537 704 590 / 06 6124 5317
19:15
Dinner at Dr. Miller’s
later
Bus to return to Hotel La Tour Hassan
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Wednesday, March 5 Cultural Excursion to Casablanca
09:00
Depart Hotel La Tour Hassan for Casablanca
10:45
Arrive Hasssan II Mosque for tour
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_II_Mosque
12:00
Depart Hassan II Mosque for lunch at La Sqala www.restopro.ma/lasqala/
Our guests:
Brian Shukan
Andrea Appell
Vanessa Paloma
Consul-General, U.S. Consulate, Casablanca
Cultural Affairs Officer, U.S. Consulate, Casablanca
http://www.vanessapaloma.com/
“After Fulbright, I Did What?”
14:00
Depart for University Hassan II, Ben Msik campus
14:45
Arrive Ben Msik; Move to Department of English and meet with Moroccan students
Program: Getting to know the Moroccan university students and vice versa
16:15
At Ben Msik, in the Community Museum Room:
“Reflecting on the Seminar: A Discussion and Distribution of an Evaluation”
17:00
Depart Ben Msik for Rabat and Hotel La Tour Hassan
18:30
Arrive Rabat
19:15
(bus) Depart Hotel
19:30
Evening Reception & Dinner at the home of the Deputy Chief of Mission, Mr. Matt Lussenhop
Villa Monterey, 79 Angle Rue Mernissa, Rabat-Souissi
Later
Return hotel by bus
Thursday, March 6
Departures
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