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SUMMARY:How Populism Works: Erdogan’s Path to Authoritarianism in Turkey
DESCRIPTION:This talk explores how Erdoğan’s increasing reliance on populist discourse and style throughout his tenure contributed to the rise of an authoritarian regime sustained by popular support. It highlights how the performative and emotional dimensions of these strategies can help autocratic leaders garner support and reinforce their perceived authenticity\, particularly when their legitimacy is under threat. \nSpeaker Senem Aslan is professor of Politics at Bates College. She is the author of Nation-Building in Turkey and Morocco: Governing Kurdish and Berber Dissent published by Cambridge University Press in 2015. She recently completed a book manuscript on populism and the politics of emotions in Turkey. \nFor more information or for Zoom links\, please email elewis@rocklandmaine.gov
URL:https://www.camdenconference.org/event/erdogans-path/
LOCATION:Rockland Public Library\, 80 Union Street\, Rockland\, ME\, 04841\, United States
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SUMMARY:Author Nadia El-Shaarawi\, ‘Collateral Damages’
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Camden Conference Series of Community Events\, the Blue Hill Library is sponsoring an author talk with Colby College Associate Professor Nadia El-Shaarawi on Thursday\, December 4 at 7PM in the library’s Howard Room. Join for a discussion on refugees and displacement in the Middle East\, and of Nadia’s recently released book\, Collateral Damages. \nNadia El-Shaarawi is Assistant Professor of Global Studies at Colby College. At Colby\, she teaches courses on refugees and migration\, humanitarianism\, and global health. She is a cultural and medical anthropologist who specializes in transnational forced migration\, humanitarianism\, and mental health in the Middle East and North Africa and Europe. She received her PhD in Anthropology and her MPH in International Health from Case Western Reserve University.
URL:https://www.camdenconference.org/event/nadia-el-shaarawi/
LOCATION:Blue Hill Public Library\,  5 Parker Point Road\, Blue Hill\, ME\, 04614\, United States
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SUMMARY:Merchants of Knowledge: Intellectual Exchange in the Ottoman Empire & Renaissance Europe
DESCRIPTION:The science of Islamic societies from the twelfth through sixteenth centuries was crucial for Renaissance science. Muslim scholars also greatly benefitted from knowledge coming out of Europe. In this presentation\, Professor Morrison will discuss the merchants of knowledge—multilingual and transregional Jewish scholars—who became an important bridge among the powers. \nRobert G. Morrison is George Lincoln Skolfield\, Jr. Professor of Religion and Middle Eastern and North African Studies at Bowdoin College. His research has focused on the role of science in Islamic and Jewish texts\, as well as in the history of Islamic science. He is the author of the book Merchants of Knowledge: Intellectual Exchange in the Ottoman Empire & Renaissance Europe. \nThis will be in person only\, but it WILL be recorded.
URL:https://www.camdenconference.org/event/merchants-of-knowledge/
LOCATION:Camden Public Library\, 55 Main Street\, Camden\, ME\, 04843\, United States
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SUMMARY:Building Bridges
DESCRIPTION:In association with the 2026 Camden Conference\, Today’s Middle East: Power\, Politics & Players\, please join PPL on December 11\, where we will get to hear from Fatima Saidi on displacement\, immigration\, and navigating identity. Fatima’s specialty is storytelling. Drawing from her lived experience\, she uses narrative as a powerful tool to advocate for policy change and help the public understand realities beyond their own. Through her work\, she uplifts her community by validating their experiences and fostering empathy. Her storytelling builds bridges\, creating solidarity with non-immigrant movements and shaping a more welcoming America where we all can thrive. \nSpeaker Fatima Saidi currently serves as the Director of We Are All America (WAAA)\, a national initiative housed at the National Partnership for New Americans\, the largest immigrant- and refugee-led nonprofit advocacy organization in the country. WAAA centers the voices of directly impacted individuals in immigration and asylum discourse. Locally\, Fatima serves on the Board of Directors for the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP) and previously held the position of Membership and Development Manager at the Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition (MIRC).
URL:https://www.camdenconference.org/event/fatima-saidi/
LOCATION:Portland Public Library\, 5 Monument Square\, Portland\, ME\, 04101\, United States
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SUMMARY:2001-2011: A Pivotal Decade of U.S. Diplomacy in the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:On the morning of September 11\, 2001\, when hijacked jetliners brought down the World Trade Center towers\, attacked the Pentagon\, and killed passengers and crew in Shanksville\, Pennsylvania\, Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm was in her first week of Arabic language training at the Foreign Service Institute in Arlington\, Virginia. The devastating attacks redefined U.S. diplomatic engagement in the Middle East and the experience of Micaela’s generation of Foreign Service Arabists\, who committed years of training to become proficient in Arabic. In her talk at the Belfast Free Library\, Micaela will recount her experiences as a U.S. diplomat working on U.S. policy in the Middle East before and in the tumultuous decade following the attacks of 9/11. \nPresenter Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm represented the United States around the world for 26 years\, leading U.S. diplomatic teams and advancing U.S. principles of democratic governance. Micaela spent most of her career in the Middle East and Southeast Europe\, including as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Skopje\, North Macedonia\, and in different capacities at the U.S. embassies in Zagreb\, Cairo\, Baghdad\, Tunis\, and Kathmandu and at the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem. Micaela\, her husband\, and their three children have called Belfast home since 2017. On retirement from the Foreign Service\, Micaela took on a new challenge as Executive Director of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting\, publisher of The Maine Monitor. She is on the boards of the Maine Press\, the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition\, the Waldo County YMCA\, and the Belfast Rotary Club.
URL:https://www.camdenconference.org/event/pivotal-decade/
LOCATION:Belfast Free Library\, 106 High Street\, Belfast\, ME\, 04915\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Shavarsh Trio: Music & Instruments of the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:The Shavarsh Trio – Eric LaPerna\, Jeremey Zela and Leo LaZarate – perform a captivating blend of folk\, art\, and classical music from Armenian\, Greek\, Turkish\, and Arabic traditions\, using an array of traditional string\, wind\, and percussion instruments from the Middle East. \nEric LaPerna plays multiple instruments\, specializing in Middle Eastern hand drums and stringed instruments. He has been a performing musician for over 30 years. He has performed with many of Maine’s most celebrated artists and ensembles\, including the DaPonte String Quartet and the late Udi Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian\, as well as world renowned musicians\, Ross Daly and Mal Barsamian. Eric is a Bates College faculty member and the director of the Maine Middle Eastern Orchestra and the Portland Conservatory of Music Middle Eastern Ensemble\, and is a founding member of Okbari and Maine Middle Eastern Ensemble. He also has a busy performance schedule\, teaches Middle Eastern percussion workshops\, private lessons\, and has been featured on over 30 albums. Eric will be accompanied by his son\, Leo LaZarate and Jeremey Zela. \n 
URL:https://www.camdenconference.org/event/the-shavarsh-trio/
LOCATION:Falmouth Memorial Library\, 5 Lunt Road\, Falmouth\, ME\, 04105\, United States
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