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Revolution, Islamism and Jihadism in North Africa

Mar. 12, 2013

On March 5, 2013, the Middle East Initiative hosted Jean-Pierre Filiu, Professor of Middle East Studies at Sciences Po, for a conversation on "Revolution, Islamism and Jihadism in North Africa."

Jean-Pierre Filiu has been Associate Professor at Sciences Po since 2006, where he has taught in the International Security program at the Paris School of International Affairs. A Sciences Po summa cum laude graduate (1981), he holds a dual dregree in Chinese (1983) and Arabic (1985) from the Institut national de langues et civilisations orientales, a PhD in History (Sciences Po, 1985) and an accreditation to supervise research (2008). He was visiting professor at Columbia and Georgetown University and is a member of the scientific board of the Maison méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’homme and of the Steering Committee of the Annuaire de la Méditerranée. He joined the CERI in 2009.

Tarek Masoud, Associate Professor at Harvard Kennedy School, moderated the event.

Listen to the audio recording here:


For more information on this publication: Please contact Middle East Initiative
For Academic Citation: “Revolution, Islamism and Jihadism in North Africa.” News, , March 12, 2013.
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