The Legitimation of Repression in Autocracies

MESA Annual Meeting 2021, Online Event Organisers: Middle East Studies Association Dr. Maria Josua (Speaker)

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

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

ECPR General Conference 2020, Online event Organisers: European Consortium for Political Research Dr. Maria Josua (Speaker)

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

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 Organisers: University of Tübingen Dr. Maria Josua (Panelist)

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.

The article highlights the recent increase in repression in Algeria. Dr. Maria Josua classifies arbitrary court sentences against human rights activists.

Although known as a host and transit country, Turkey today is in the midst of its fifth wave of emigration as a result of the country’s authoritarian and economic challenges. From asylum seekers to wealthy businesspeople, many seek to leave Erdoğan’s Turkey to make a fresh start elsewhere.

MESA Annual Meeting 2021, Online Event Organisers: Middle East Studies Association Dr. Maria Josua (Speaker)

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

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

ECPR General Conference 2020, Online event Organisers: European Consortium for Political Research Dr. Maria Josua (Speaker)