REMAINING COURSE SCHEDULE May 03 May 09 May

REMAINING COURSE SCHEDULE • • May 03 May 09 May 10 May 17 May 24 May 31 June 11 Research Strategies Paper proposals due 4: 00 p. m. Review proposals Student presentations III Papers due 4: 00 p. m. (electronic submission + hard copy to Political Science faculty inbox)

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