Iraq 2023: Twenty Years On
CCAS, in partnership with George Mason University’s Middle East and Islamic Studies Program, and the Arab Studies Institute are proud to host a conference marking the 20-year anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Panels will explore the invasion’s economic and geopolitical impact, as well as how it has been addressed within Iraqi arts and culture. The conference will also feature a showing of the 2004 documentary About Baghdad, the first film made about Iraq after the fall of the Ba’ath regime in July 2003. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the film’s directors.
About Baghdad will be released for free to the general public in April. Please note that the Friday screening will be for the in person audience only.
Schedule:
9:30 am – 10:00 am: Registration
10:00 am -11:30 am: The Invasion of Iraq and After: Twenty Years On
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Perspectives on Cultural Production Post-2003
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: Lunch
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Film Screening: About Baghdad
4:30 pm – 5:45 pm: Panel Discussion: About Baghdad
5:45 pm – 6:00 pm: Closing Remarks
Sessions:
The Invasion of Iraq and After: Twenty Years On
Speakers:
Sinan Antoon
Poet, novelist, translator, and scholar
Rochelle Davis
The Sultanate of Oman Associate Professor of Anthropology, CCAS, Georgetown University
Pete Moore
Marcus A. Hanna Associate Professor of Politics, Case Western Reserve University
Joseph Sassoon
Director, CCAS; Professor of History and Political Economy; al-Sabah Chair in Politics and Political Economy of the Arab World, CCAS, Georgetown University
Omar Sirri
Research Associate, Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS, University of London
Bassam Haddad, moderator
Founding Director, Middle East and Islamic Studies Program; Associate Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University
Perspectives on Cultural Production Post-2003
Speakers:
Muhannad Hayal
Iraqi Filmmaker; winner: Best Film from Busan and Cairo Film Festival (2019) and Rising Star Award from RIIFF, NYC (2014)
Hanan Jasim Khammas
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Lowkey
British-Iraqi hip-hop artist, academic and political campaigner
Rijin Sahakian
Writer, teacher and art-maker; founder, Sada
Sinan Antoon, moderator
Poet, novelist, translator, and scholar
Film Screening: About Baghdad
Runtime: 90 minutes
Panel Discussion: About Baghdad
The speakers and moderator involved in this event constitute the Co-Directors of the film About Baghdad
Speakers:
Sinan Antoon
Poet, novelist, translator, and scholar
Maya Mikdashi
Assistant Professor, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies; Lecturer, Program in Middle East Studies, Rutgers University
Suzy Salamy
Filmmaker and social worker
Adam Shapiro
Director of Advocacy for Israel/Palestine, DAWN
Bassam Haddad, moderator
Founding Director, Middle East and Islamic Studies Program; Associate Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University