New Initiative for Middle East Peace (NIMEP)
Past Events
November 9, 2011
Barnum 104 | 8:30 pm-11:00 pm
A discussion with an Egyptian female online activist and participant of the Tahrir Square protests. We heard about this opportunity from a former Tufts student and IGL member, who is now interning with a film production company that made a documentary about four female activists during the protests. One of the activists, Shima'a, is coming to the U.S.
February 15, 2011
Cabot Auditorium | 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
On Tuesday February 15th, the New Initiative for Middle East Peace (NIMEP) will hold a public lecture/forum to discuss the current turmoil in Egypt, as well as short and long term implications for the country and the region as a whole.
The event will start at 6:30pm in Cabot Auditorium and is open to the public.
January 4, 2010
Kuwait City | Abu Dhabi | Dubai | 12:00 pm-12:00 pm
Fact-Finding Mission to Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates - January 2010
October 14, 2009
Barnum 008 | Tufts University Campus | 12:30 pm-1:30 pm
A hostage for 14 months in Iran, Ambassador Limbert holds the Department of State’s Meritorious Honor Award, two Superior Honor Awards, and the Award for Valor. Before joining the Foreign Service, he taught in Iran, both as a Peace Corps Volunteer (1964-66) and as an English instructor at Shiraz University (1969-72). A career Foreign Service Officer since 1973, Ambassador Limbert’s overseas e
December 4, 2008
Tufts University Campus | Crane Room | 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
Panelists
Vali Nasr | Fletcher Professor
Sherman Teichman |Director IGL
Malik Mufti | Director of IR Department
January 3, 2008
Syria | (All day)-(All day)
In January, ten members of NIMEP (including a PhD candidate at the Tufts University Fletcher School) spent two weeks in the Arab Republic of Syria conducting NIMEP's annual fact-finding mission.
November 8, 2007
Tufts University Campus | (All day)-(All day)
Professor Ronnie Olesker facilitated a policy simulation, of her own design, in which students assumed the roles of various actors throughout the Middle East and engaged in decision-making processes and negotiations, simulating those that occur in the Middle East today.
November 5, 2007
Tufts University Campus | (All day)-(All day)
After a talk by Professor Abu Husayn of the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, three students from the previous spring's NIMEP fact-finding mission in Lebanon gave presentations, including a video and audio presentation, on the trip and their research. Nancy Henry outlined the research she conducted on the challenges facing the Lebanese military.