يدعوكم معهد سجال لمحاضرة مع الدكتور غراسموس تسوراباس ، يتحدّث فيها عن بحثه بعنوان Migration Diplomacy in the Eastern Mediterranean. ستتم المحاضرة باللغة الإنجليزية.

المكان : معهد سجال – ١٥ شارع عمر بن الخطاب (في التسوية)
(المتفرع من شارع الرينبو ، بجانب الهيئة الملكية للأفلام ومقابل بوكس آت كافيه)

الموعد : السبت ، 15 يوليو (تموز) في الساعة ستة ونص مساءً

Join us for a lecture (in English) by Dr. Gerasimos Tsourapas from the University of Birmingham on his award-winning research entitled, “Migration Diplomacy in the Eastern Mediterranean”.

Location: Sijal Institute for Arabic Language and Culture (ground level), 15 Umar Bin Al Khattab St. (off of Rainbow St., in front of Books@Cafe and next to the Royal Film Commission)

Time: 6:30 PM, Saturday, 15 July 2017

This event is free of charge and open to the public. No tickets are needed.

Abstract:

How does labour migration feature in international diplomacy, and how does it affect relations between sending and host states of the Middle East? Gerasimos Tsourapas (University of Birmingham) explores the use of inter-Arab migration as an instrument of state coercion in the post-“Arab Spring” era. He highlights the role of labour migration in shaping Jordanian-Egyptian and Libyan-Egyptian relations in 2012-13, focusing on how Jordan and Libya used their position as destinations of Egyptian labour in order to gain concessions from the Egyptian government. Using both qualitative and quantitative data, Dr. Tsourapas sheds light on the unexplored aspects of the international relations of labour migration, arguing that it constitutes a powerful, uniquely-political tool of interstate bargaining.

Bio:

Dr. Gerasimos Tsourapas is a Lecturer in Middle East Politics at the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham. He received his Ph.D. in Politics from SOAS, University of London. His current research focuses on the politics of migration in the contemporary Middle East, and is funded by the British Academy and the Council for British Research in the Levant.