Master in Middle Eastern Studies

21/03/2022

Hello everyone!
Over the past few weeks, we have decided to bring all our Masters pages together on one page to keep you up to date with all our activities, events and conferences, and to make our ASERI community even more united!
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14/01/2022

🕌 FROM THE MIMES FACULTY 🕌

Will the US secure its non-proliferation strategy by striking on Iranian nuclear sites?
In his latest contribution for the Middle East Institute, Prof Abdolrasool Divsallar, MIMES faculty member, argues why a mix of tactical ambiguities, Iran's response strategy, and wider strategic consequences has made military option irrelevant.

Tehran is aware of unresolved complications ahead of the military option. This makes such threats more of PSYOP rather than a credible threat. The alternative deficit is the core reason that explains why the international community should focus on a political solution through the JCPOA revival.

👉Read the article here: https://bit.ly/3I7RXuF
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🧑‍🎓Prof Abdolrasool (Farzam) Divsallar co-leads the Regional Security Initiative (RSI) at the Middle East Directions Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute (EUI).

🧑‍🏫At he holds the course of "Political Insecurity and the Prospects of Order in the Middle East"

Debates on a military solution to Iran’s nuclear program are heavily polarized between those arguing that a threat of war and a preventive non-proliferation military strike can be a solution and those arguing that military action will only accelerate Iran’s nuclear program. The truth is that it ...

13/01/2022

🕌 MIMES OPENING 🕌

🏃‍♀️Starting blocks are ready for the students of the 8th edition of the Master in Middle Eastern Studies.
Participants will experience an intensive year that will make them become 360 degrees experts in this fascinating and critical area.

Welcome and good work! 🏃‍♂️

05/01/2022

🕌 MASTER MIMES | GRADUATION SPEECH 🕌

Despite the tough times you have achieved your goal: your diploma in the Master in Studies. And now it is your time time to "sail across the sea of life", as Prof Riccardo Redaelli, Director of the MIMES has wished to the new graduates students.

👉Watch the video and listen to the words of our alumna Anastasia Davydkina

16/12/2021

Congratulations to all 2021 MIMES students for having achieved their final diploma!
Thanks to Anastasiia Davydkina for her passionate speech during the graduation ceremony, and to all students, professors, and staff members who made this journey possible, "despite the clouds".

We wish you all good luck in your future!

23/11/2021

The first day of thesis discussions has gone for the students of the Master in Middle Eastern Studies 2020/21.
Various were the topics discussed, covering historical, cultural and political issues.
Exactly like the multidisciplinary approach that the provides to its participants.
Next week the second online session, with students presenting their dissertations from abroad where they are doing their internships.
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Are you fond of the Middle East? Do you want to become a 360° expert in this fascinating area?
You have only few weeks to come on board of the .
If you have an Italian Bachelor degree, apply by December 10 2021
👉Info on https://bit.ly/3BDSvEA

15/11/2021

"I still well remember the voices of Director Redaelli and Dr Perletta during our first "aperitivo online" warning my colleagues and me on the many challenges in doing an internship abroad during the turbulent times of the covid-19 pandemic. However, hope never abandoned us and the desire for living the Master beyond its didactic dimension has only increased during the intense six-month class period. At the end of the day, my optimism was not misplaced. Now, I am living the dream of a lifetime by being a Visiting Researcher at Research & Advisory, a leading think tank based in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates. I recognise that I am incredibly lucky and I am sincerely grateful for this thrilling opportunity to both Trends that welcomed me in its fresh and dynamic family and ASERI that prepared me at best to successfully navigate through this experience."

Leonardo Mazzucco, MIMES student 2020/2021

11/11/2021

What is happening in Iraq after the attempted assassination of the Iraqi PM? What do we need to expect in the near future?
For the Middle East Eye, MIMES professor, Ibrahim Al-Marashi, is analyzing the role of drones and how they can challenge the security of the Iraqi state.

If the sniper rifle was the tool of political killings in the 20th century, the drone is its 21st-century equivalent. The attempted assassination of the Iraqi PM will not be the last

10/11/2021

Prof. Alessia Melcangi, MIMES faculty member and lecturer of Postcolonial Maghreb, was quoted in The New York Times on challenges Libya faces heading into the December elections.
Check this link out to read the full article!

The former dictator’s son is running for office. Can he win?

08/11/2021

This evening at 6:30 pm, we will host the authors of "Guida alla Politica Mediorientale", a newly fresh book to better understand the Middle East's complex dynamics and current trends. The ASERI director, Prof. Parsi, will discuss with the book's authors, Prof. Rosita di Peri and our MIMES faculty member, Prof. Francesco Mazzucotelli, who will give us an insight into their volume!
See you this evening at ASERI!

Il volume colma una lacuna esistente nella pubblicistica in lingua italiana, offrendo uno strumento agile, ma metodologicamente solido, per comprendere meglio la complessità dei processi politici del Medio Oriente. Rivolgendosi sia a chi frequenta corsi universitari sia a chi cerca un riferimento c...

02/11/2021

NEW APPLICATIONS DEADLINE!

If you run late for applying to the next MIMES edition, don’t worry! We have now extended the application deadline and you are still on time to join our class.
If you are an international student, you can apply until November 11; if you are an Italian student you can apply until December 10.

Apply here

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