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 Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry welcomes Ki ra Jumet\, associate professor from Hamilton College\, and Merouan Mekouar \, associate professor from York University (joining remotely)\, as they l aunch their new book. They will be joined by chapter authors Dilafruz Naza rova from Rutgers University and Mona Bhan from Syracuse University.“Doing Research as a Native: A Guide for Fieldwork in Illiberal and Repressive S tates” \;(Oxford University Press\, 2025) identifies the challenges fa ced by scholars conducting fieldwork in their native authoritarian\, semi- authoritarian or illiberal countries\, and prepares them to better navigat e those risks and obstacles. The edited volume offers fieldwork accounts a nd experiences from 19 scholars representing 15 countries in Africa\, Asia \, the Caribbean\, the Balkans and South America who conducted fieldwork i n their native illiberal and/or repressive countries and faced challenges directly related to their position as native scholars. It also contains pr actical advice on how to manage\, and prepare for\, these challenges. Whil e publications on fieldwork often center on the experiences of Western or non-native scholars\, this book attempts to decolonize fieldwork by focusi ng on the experiences\, and elevating the voices\, of scholars researching in their native non-western or semi-peripheral repressive states. \;A fter the talk there will be an in-room reception until 4:15 p.m. Light ref reshments will be served. This event is co-sponsored by the \;Moynihan Institutes' Study of Global Politics talk series.Kira D. Jumet is Associa te Professor of Government and Director of Middle East/Islamicate Worlds S tudies at Hamilton College. Her research focuses on authoritarianism\, soc ial movements\, identity\, and soft power diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa\, and she specializes in field research and ethnographic met hods. Jumet is the author of Contesting the Repressive State: Why Ordinary Egyptians Protested During the Arab Spring (Oxford University Press\, 201 8) and the Egypt chapter for Routledge’s Government and Politics of the Mi ddle East and North Africa. She has also published on intensified repressi ve practices under Abdel Fattah el-Sisi\, Islamic State-Sinai Province\, a nd Islamist political parties. Jumet’s research on Morocco has been funded by the American Association of University Women and American Philosophica l Society.Merouan \;Mekouar \;is associate professor in the Depart ment of Social Science at York University\, specializing in norm diffusion \, social movements\, and authoritarian practices in the Middle East and N orth Africa. Drawing on political science\, sociology and economics\, his research examines social mobilization under authoritarian settings\, regim e learning and security organization stress. A key focus is norm diffusion in information-poor settings\, with recent work incorporating critical fi eldwork methodologies in repressive environments. (This speaker will be jo ining remotely)Merouan’s publications include a single-authored book on au thoritarian collapse and collective action (Routledge\, 2016) and a co-edi ted volume on surveillance and repression in the MENA region (Edinburgh Un iversity Press\, 2022). His research is supported by grants from SSHRC and DAAD\, and he actively disseminates his findings through large audience p ublications such as the Economist and the Washington Post\, media appearan ces and international collaborations. \;Merouan \;is also a dedica ted mentor to junior scholars from the Global South. DTEND:20250403T201500Z DTSTAMP:20260414T175733Z DTSTART:20250403T180000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Book Talk | ‘Doing Research as a Native: A Guide for Fieldwork in R epressive and Illiberal States’ UID:RFCALITEM639117718535162753 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry welcomes Kira Jumet\, associate professor from Hamilton College\, and Merouan Mekouar\, associate professor from York University (joining r emotely)\, as they launch their new book. They will be joined by chapter a uthors Dilafruz Nazarova from Rutgers University and Mona Bhan from Syracu se University.

“Doing Research as a Native: A Guide for Fieldwo rk in Illiberal and Repressive States” \;(Oxford University Pre ss\, 2025) identifies the challenges faced by scholars conducting fie ldwork in their native authoritarian\, semi-authoritarian or illiberal cou ntries\, and prepares them to better navigate those risks and obstacles. < /span>

The edited volume offers fieldwork accounts and experien ces from 19 scholars representing 15 countries in Africa\, Asia\, the Cari bbean\, the Balkans and South America who conducted fieldwork in their nat ive illiberal and/or repressive countries and faced challenges directly re lated to their position as native scholars. It also contains practical adv ice on how to manage\, and prepare for\, these challenges.

< span style="background-color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0)\; color: inherit\; font- family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inherit\; text-transfor m: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto\; white-space: inher it">While publications on fieldwork often center on the experiences of Wes tern or non-native scholars\, this book attempts to decolonize fieldwork b y focusing on the experiences\, and elevating the voices\, of scholars res earching in their native non-western or semi-peripheral repressive states.  \;

After the talk there will be an in-room receptio n until 4:15 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.

Th is event is co-sponsored by the \;Moynihan Institutes' Study of Global Politics talk series.

Kira D. Jumet is Associate Professor of Government and Director of Middle East /Islamicate Worlds Studies at Hamilton College. Her research focuses on au thoritarianism\, social movements\, identity\, and soft power diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa\, and she specializes in field research and ethnographic methods. Jumet is the author of Contesting the Repres sive State: Why Ordinary Egyptians Protested During the Arab Spring ( Oxford University Press\, 2018) and the Egypt chapter for Routledge’s Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa. She has also published on intensified repressive practices under Abdel Fattah el-S isi\, Islamic State-Sinai Province\, and Islamist political parties. Jumet ’s research on Morocco has been funded by the American Association of Univ ersity Women and American Philosophical Society.

Merouan \;Mekouar \;is associate professor in the D epartment of Social Science at York University\, specializing in norm diff usion\, social movements\, and authoritarian practices in the Middle East and North Africa. Drawing on political science\, sociology and economics\, his research examines social mobilization under authoritarian settings\, regime learning and security organization stress. A key focus is norm diff usion in information-poor settings\, with recent work incorporating critic al fieldwork methodologies in repressive environments. (This speaker w ill be joining remotely)

Merouan’s publications include a singl e-authored book on authoritarian collapse and collective action (Routledge \, 2016) and a co-edited volume on surveillance and repression in the MENA region (Edinburgh University Press\, 2022). His research is supported by grants from SSHRC and DAAD\, and he actively disseminates his findings thr ough large audience publications such as the Economist and the Washington Post\, media appearances and international collaborations. \;Merouan&n bsp\;is also a dedicated mentor to junior scholars from the Global South.< /p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR