1. 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 submission + hard copy to Political Science faculty inbox)

3. ARAB SPRING: A TIMELINE
12/17/ Tunisia: Mohamed Bouazizi sets self on fire, ignites protest
01/14/ Zine El Abidine Ben flees to Saudi Arabia, ending more than two decades of authoritarian rule
02/03/ Yemen: protests emerge against Ali Abdullah Saleh, who had ruled for more than three decades
02/11/ Egypt: Hosni Mubarak resigns after 18 days of protest
03/05/ Libya: rebels assert control
03/16/ Syria: protests begin against Bashar Assad
06/03/ Yemen: president leaves country

4. 08/03/2011 Egypt: Mubarak goes on trial
08/21/ Libya: rebels enter Tripoli, Moammar Gadhafi goes into hiding
10/20/ Gadhafi killed, ending four decades of authoritarian rule
11/23/ Yemen: Saleh resigns
11/23/ Bahrain: UN report finds abuses, King Hamad bin Asa Al Khadifi promises reforms
11/28/ Egypt: citizens vote in parliamentary elections, Muslim Brotherhood leads
12/12/ Syria: UN estimates dead at 5,000