The Legitimation of Repression in Autocracies

MESA Annual Meeting 2021, Online Event Organisation: Middle East Studies Association Dr. Maria Josua (Vortragende:r)

ECPR General Conference 2020, Online event Organisation: European Consortium for Political Research Dr. Maria Josua (Chair, Organisator:in), Ass. Prof. Dr. Seraphine F. Maerz (Chair)

Panel "How Autocrats Communicate Bad News: Covid-19 and Other Crises"

ECPR General Conference 2020, Online event Organisation: European Consortium for Political Research Dr. Maria Josua (Vortragende:r)

Perceptions of State-Society Relations, MECAM, Tunis Dr. Maria Josua (Organisator:in)

This workshop tackled the question of state-society relations in the Maghreb from a historical perspective. Focusing on the late phase of the rule of Ben Ali, the contributors investigated the interrelationship of communication and control between societal and state actors. Comparative analyses embedded the historical findings from Tunisia into the bigger picture of developments in the MENA.

Letting Both Sides Speak? Reporting on Authoritarian Regimes in Democratic Media, Online Event Organisation: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Dr. Maria Josua (Berater:in)

Maria Josua organized and moderated a virtual GIGA Forum on how to report on autocratic regimes in Western media.

Workshops on Middle East Politics: Media, Information and Digitization, University of Tübingen, Tübingen Organisation: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Dr. Maria Josua (Panelbeitragende:r)

Maria Josua participated in the Workshops on Middle East Politics in Tübingen with an input on "Media responsibility vis-à-vis autocratic discourse and disinformation in the digital age" on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the CMEPS Master Program of The American University in Cairo and the University of Tübingen.

Der Artikel beleuchtet die jüngste Zunahme an Repression in Algerien. Dr. Maria Josua ordnet willkürliche Gerichtsurteile gegen Menschenrechtsaktivisten ein. 

Die Türkei wird vor allem als Aufnahme- und Transitland von Geflüchteten gesehen. Aufgrund autoritärer und wirtschaftlicher Entwicklungen befindet sich das Land aktuell in einer fünften Auswanderungswelle. Von Asylsuchenden bis zu Geschäftsleuten versuchen viele, Erdoğans Türkei zu verlassen, um anderswo neu anzufangen.

MESA Annual Meeting 2021, Online Event Organisation: Middle East Studies Association Dr. Maria Josua (Vortragende:r)

ECPR General Conference 2020, Online event Organisation: European Consortium for Political Research Dr. Maria Josua (Chair, Organisator:in), Ass. Prof. Dr. Seraphine F. Maerz (Chair)

Panel "How Autocrats Communicate Bad News: Covid-19 and Other Crises"

ECPR General Conference 2020, Online event Organisation: European Consortium for Political Research Dr. Maria Josua (Vortragende:r)