BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Maxwell Citizenship Initiative\, Moynihan Institute of Glob al Affairs present: \;The Brown Bag Sessions\n\nTosca Bruno-van Vijfei jken\,\n\nDirector\, The Transnational NGO Initiative\n\nDigitally\nEnable d Activism: A New School of Citizenship?\n\n\n\n\n\nThe internet – broadly speaking – has\nenabled many citizen groups to mobilize for social change – the Arab Spring\,\nEuromaidan\, Occupy Wall Street\, or the Turkey Gezi Park protests have all been\nfacilitated by the diffusion of social media and other digital tools. Digital\ntechnology is changing how citizens eng age in politics\, advocate for social\nchange\, give to causes they care a bout\, and connect with people motivated by\nthe same issues as they are – but are these tools creating new and lasting\nhabits of citizen engagemen t? Many campaigners with traditional NGOs are aware\nthat their campaignin g tactics and strategies are outdated for the digital era.\nMuch of the fo cus among the sector is now on using digital tools to empower\ndistributed \, decentralized networks of individual campaigners who can organize\nand mobilize for action in their local communities. Why have some NGOs been\nm ore successful at implementing these changes than others and what has been the\noutcome?\n\n\n\nNatalie\nKoch\, Associate\nProfessor &\; O’Hanley Faculty Scholar\n\n\n\nIs\nNationalism just for Nationals? Civic National ism for Noncitizens in Qatar and\nthe UAE\n\n\n\nIs\nnationalism just for nationals? Two small monarchies on the Arabian Peninsula\nsuggest the need to reconsider this assumption. In Qatar\, citizens account for\nabout 12 percent of the country’s 2 million inhabitants. Of the UAE’s 8.2\nmillion residents\, 13 percent are citizens. Citizen-nationals enjoy significant\n legal privilege in these states\, preserved by their jus sanguinis\ncitize nship regimes\, which preclude noncitizens and their children from\nnatura lizing. But\, as this study of “National Day” holidays in Qatar and the\nU nited Arab Emirates (UAE) illustrates\, an incipient form of civic nationa lism\nis increasingly being used to narrate state-based belonging on the p art of\nnoncitizen “expats.” Through textual analysis of celebration disco urses in the\nlead-up to the 2013 and 2014 holidays in the UAE and Qatar\, supplemented by\nparticipant observation\, I analyze the political geogra phical imaginaries at\nwork in these ostensibly inclusivist\nnarratives. L unch will be provided.For information on accessibility\, or to request acc ommodation\, please contact \;Marc Albert 315-443-9248.Sponsored by th e The Maxwell Citizenship Initiative \;and the Moynihan Institute of G lobal Affairs\n\n\n\n \n\n DTEND:20180223T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260511T132609Z DTSTART:20180223T170000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Brown Bag Session - Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken and Natalie Koch - T NGO UID:RFCALITEM639140883698063484 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Maxwell Citizenship Initiative\, Moynih an Institute of Global Affairs present: \;

The Brown Bag Sess ions

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Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken\,\n\nDirector\ , The Transnational NGO Initiative

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Digitally\nEnabled Act ivism: A New School of Citizenship?

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The inter net – broadly speaking – has\nenabled many citizen groups to mobilize for social change – the Arab Spring\,\nEuromaidan\, Occupy Wall Street\, or th e Turkey Gezi Park protests have all been\nfacilitated by the diffusion of social media and other digital tools. Digital\ntechnology is changing how citizens engage in politics\, advocate for social\nchange\, give to cause s they care about\, and connect with people motivated by\nthe same issues as they are – but are these tools creating new and lasting\nhabits of citi zen engagement? Many campaigners with traditional NGOs are aware\nthat the ir campaigning tactics and strategies are outdated for the digital era.\nM uch of the focus among the sector is now on using digital tools to empower \ndistributed\, decentralized networks of individual campaigners who can o rganize\nand mobilize for action in their local communities. Why have some NGOs been\nmore successful at implementing these changes than others and what has been the\noutcome?

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Natalie\nKoch\, Associate\nProfessor &\; O’Hanley Faculty Scholar\n

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Is\nNationalism just for Nationals? Civic Nationalis m for Noncitizens in Qatar and\nthe UAE

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Is\nn ationalism just for nationals? Two small monarchies on the Arabian Peninsu la\nsuggest the need to reconsider this assumption. In Qatar\, citizens ac count for\nabout 12 percent of the country’s 2 million inhabitants. Of the UAE’s 8.2\nmillion residents\, 13 percent are citizens. Citizen-nationals enjoy significant\nlegal privilege in these states\, preserved by their j us sanguinis\ncitizenship regimes\, which preclude noncitizens and their c hildren from\nnaturalizing. But\, as this study of “National Day” holidays in Qatar and the\nUnited Arab Emirates (UAE) illustrates\, an incipient f orm of civic nationalism\nis increasingly being used to narrate state-base d belonging on the part of\nnoncitizen “expats.” Through textual analysis of celebration discourses in the\nlead-up to the 2013 and 2014 holidays in the UAE and Qatar\, supplemented by\nparticipant observation\, I analyze the political geographical imaginaries at\nwork in these ostensibly inclus ivist\nnarratives.

Lunch will be provided.

For information on accessibility\, or to request accommodation\, please contact \;Marc A lbert 315-443-9248.

Sponsored by the The Maxwell Ci tizenship Initiative \;and the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

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