REMAINING COURSE SCHEDULE

• May 03 Research Strategies• May 09 Paper proposals due 4:00 p.m.• May 10 Review proposals• May 17 Student presentations I• May 24 Student presentations II• May 31 Student presentations III• June 11 Papers due 4:00 p.m. (electronic

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ARAB SPRING: A TIMELINE• 12/17/2010 Tunisia: Mohamed Bouazizi sets self on fire,

ignites protest• 01/14/2011 Zine El Abidine Ben flees to Saudi Arabia,

ending more than two decades of authoritarian rule• 02/03/2011 Yemen: protests emerge against Ali Abdullah

Saleh, who had ruled for more than three decades• 02/11/2011 Egypt: Hosni Mubarak resigns after 18 days

of protest• 03/05/2011 Libya: rebels assert control• 03/16/2011 Syria: protests begin against Bashar Assad• 06/03/2011 Yemen: president leaves country

• 08/03/2011 Egypt: Mubarak goes on trial• 08/21/2011 Libya: rebels enter Tripoli, Moammar Gadhafi

goes into hiding• 10/20/2011 Gadhafi killed, ending four decades of

authoritarian rule• 11/23/2011 Yemen: Saleh resigns• 11/23/2011 Bahrain: UN report finds abuses, King Hamad

bin Asa Al Khadifi promises reforms• 11/28/2011 Egypt: citizens vote in parliamentary elections,

Muslim Brotherhood leads• 12/12/2011 Syria: UN estimates dead at 5,000