The calendar below provides information on the course's lecture (L), and colloquium (C) sessions.
Course schedule.
| ses # |
Topics |
| L1 |
Introduction |
| L2 |
Planning, Politics and the Idea of Post-Conflict Reconstruction |
| C1 |
U.S. Planning and Realities of Post-war Iraq
Lawrence Vale: Professor/Head, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Richard Samuels - Professor, Director of the Center for International Studies at MIT
David J. Nash: Former Director of Iraq Project and Contracting Office; Baghdad
Harvey Sapolsky: Professor and Director of the MIT Security Studies Program
Charles N. Patterson: Consultant and founder of Global Communications |
| L3 |
International Experience: Marshall Plan, the Reconstruction of Japan, and Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| L4 |
The U.S. Post-September 11 Reconstruction Agenda |
| C2 |
Politics and Society in Iraq in the 20th Century
Sami Zubaida: Professor of Politics and Sociology, Birkbeck University of London |
| L5 |
Social and Political Background for Reconstruction: Politics and Society in Iraq in the 20-21st Century |
| C3 |
Comparative Insights: Marshall Plan, Japan, and Iraq
John Dower: Professor of Japanese history at MIT
Charles S. Maier: Professor of History at Harvard University |
| L6 |
Post-war Planning: Visioning 'A New Iraq' and 'A New Middle East' |
| L7 |
The U.S. Reconstruction Agenda and Projects in Iraq |
| L8 |
Constructing a New Liberal Economy in Iraq
In Addition to an Example From Afghanistan |
| C4 |
Reconstructing 'A New Liberal Iraq'
Robert Looney: Professor of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School
Kenneth Pollack: Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy |
| L9 |
Political Reconstruction: Building a New Democracy |
| C5 |
Consolidating Iraqi Democracy: The Institutional Context
Noah Feldman: Professor, New York University School of Law
Kanan Makiya |
| L10 |
The Role of International Organization in Post-Conflict Reconstructing |
| L11 |
The Discourse of Iraqis and Arabs on the Reconstruction of a New Iraq |
| C6 |
The Arab Discourse on Iraq and the International Role
Richard McCall: Director of the Communities in Transition Creative Associates International
Hafez Mirazi: Washington Bureau Chief for Al-Jazeera Television |
| L12 |
Conclusions and Critiques: Planning and Reconstruction; Vision and realities; Stability and Resistance in Iraq |
| C7 |
Reconstructing 'A New Middle East'
Stephen Van Evera: Professor of Political Science at MIT
Naseer Aruri: Chancellor Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
Balakrishnan Rajagopal: Professor, Director of MIT Program on Human Rights and Justice |
| L13 |
Criticism |
| L14 |
Representations: The Idea of Post-Conflict Reconstruction |