Making and Breaking Local Order: Colonizers, Autocrats, and Land Redistribution in the Modern Middle East (Rescheduled)

Open to the Public

A seminar with Allison Hartnett, Predoctoral Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative and Ph.D. Candidate in Politics at the University of Oxford. Part of the Middle East Initiative Research Fellows Seminar Series.

Please note: this event has been moved to Thursday, April 26 from Tuesday, April 3, after being rescheduled from its original date of Wednesday, March 21.

Date: Thu, Apr 26, 2018 Time: 04:15pm - 05:30pm Location: Ofer Building, Room 401

An Ottoman era bridge, once used for the Hijaz railway across the Yarmouk River on the border of Southern Syria and Northern Jordan, lies in disrepair since it was bombed by British forces in 1946.

Please note: this event has been moved to Thursday, April 26 from Tuesday, April 3, after being rescheduled from its original date of Wednesday, March 21. The correct and final date for this event is Thursday, April 26. We apologize for any confusion.

Moderated by Tarek Masoud, Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations, HKS.

In the wake of independence from colonialism, redistributive conflict impelled new MENA regimes to dismantle established rural order by enacting land redistribution. While popular support for such policies was high, this work presents empirical evidence that expropriating and redistributing land often created new governance challenges that undermined regime stability.