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The Middle East Centre, founded in 1957 at St Antony’s College is the centre for the interdisciplinary study of the modern Middle East in the University of Oxford. Centre Fellows teach and conduct research in the humanities and social sciences with direct reference to the Arab world, Iran, Israel and Turkey, with particular emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. However, during our regular Friday seminar series, attracting a wide audience, our distinguished speakers bring topics to light that touch on contemporary issues.
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| 1 | The Tunisian Political Crisis; the end of Democracy? | On 25 July 2021 Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed the government and suspended parliament, subsequently employing the army and security forces around government buildings to thwart any opposition to his power grab. | Youssef Cherif, Anne Wolf, Michael Willis | 25 Nov 2021 | |
| 2 | Environment Discounted: Energy and Economic Diversification Plans in the Gulf | Oil price volatility and accelerated energy transitions away from hydrocarbons to meet climate change mitigation measures have presented existential threats to the economies of hydrocarbon-dependent welfare states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). | Manal Shehabi, Walter Armbrust, Michael Willis | 22 Nov 2021 | |
| 3 | The Blue-Clad Fennec: Authoritarian Environmentalism in Tunisia, and its afterlives | This is a recording of a live webinar held on 29th October 2021 for the MEC Friday Seminar Michaelmas Term 2021 series on the overall theme of The Environment and The Middle East. | jamie furniss, Walter Armbrust | 17 Nov 2021 | |
| 4 | The Politics of Water Scarcity in the Case of Jordan | Dr Hussam Hussein investigates the construction of the discourse of water scarcity in Jordan, and the political economy of the water sector. | Hussam Hussein, Neil Ketchley, Michael Willis | 11 Nov 2021 | |
| 5 | Roundtable: The Environment and the Middle East | MEC Friday Webinar. This is a recording of a live webinar held on 15th October 2021 for the first episode of the MEC Friday Seminar Michaelmas Term 2021 series on the overall theme of The Environment and The Middle East. | Michael J. Willis, Walter Armbrust, Laurent Mignon, Usaama al-Azami | 04 Nov 2021 | |
| 6 | War on Bodies Moral Immunity and the Psychopolitics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran | Dr Orkideh Behrouzan (SOAS University of London), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series on 21st May 2021, chaired by Edmund Herzig (Faculty of Oriental Studies). Discussant: Dr Maziyar Ghiabi (University of Exeter). | Orkideh Behrouzan, Edmund Herzig, Maziyar Ghiabi | 17 Jun 2021 | |
| 7 | Women's Rights on The Altar of a Strategic Stake: The New Population Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran | Professor Marie Ladier-Fouladi (CNRS)/ CETOBaC) gives a talk for the MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars. Chaired by Soraya Tremayne (Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology). | Marie Ladier-Fouladi | 18 May 2021 | |
| 8 | Hamid Dabashi in conversation about his new book:The Last Muslim Intellectual: The Life and Legacy of Jalal Al-e Ahmad | Hamid Dabashi (Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York), gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. | Hamid Dabashi | 07 May 2021 | |
| 9 | The Tinderbox documentary film discussion | Gillian Mosely (Film Director and Producer) joins Dr Anne Irfan, Professor Eugene Rogan and our Middle East Centre webinar audience to talk about her documentary film, The Tinderbox - Israel and Palestine: time to call time? | Gillian Mosely, Anne Irfan, Eugene Rogan | 20 Apr 2021 | |
| 10 | Debating the Law, Creating Gender - MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars | Professor Irene Schneider (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen), gives a talk for the MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars. Chaired by Professor Marilyn Booth (Magdalen College, Oxford) | Irene Schneider | 19 Apr 2021 | |
| 11 | Ashmolean Museum - Middle East Centre: Owning the Past: A troubled century of Anglo-Iraqi relations | A webinar that explores the complex history binding Iraq and the U.K. from the First World War through the mandate and creation of the Hashemite monarchy, and Britain’s role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath. | Eugene Rogan, Dina Rizk Khoury, Charles Tripp, Myfanwy Lloyd | 24 Mar 2021 | |
| 12 | Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Annual Lecture - Iran and the Arab Uprisings: Opportunity Grasped or Squandered? | Sponsored in association with Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali, Founder and Chair, Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute. With Professor Anoush Ehteshami (Professor of International Relations in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University) | Anoush Ehteshami | 19 Mar 2021 | |
| 13 | Counter-Revolutions Vs. Counter-Marginalization Movements: (Re)Visiting the Online Tug-of-War a Decade After the Arab Spring | Dr Marc Owen Jones (Hamad Bin Khalifa University) and Dr Sahar Khamis (University of Maryland) give a talk for the MEC Friday Seminars Series. Chaired by Professor Walter Armbrust (St Antony’s College, Oxford). | Marc Owen Jones, Sahar Khamis, Walter Armbrust, Eugene Rogan | 17 Mar 2021 | |
| 14 | Tunisia: Unfinished Revolutions (Held jointly with the British-Tunisian Society) | Hela Ammar (Artist) and Mohamed Kerrou (University of Tunis El Manar) give a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series. Chaired by Dr Michael Willis (St Antony's College, Oxford), the discussant was Professor Charles R H Tripp (SOAS). | Hela Ammar, Mohamed Kerrou, Michael Willis, Charles R H Tripp | 12 Mar 2021 | |
| 15 | Libya: Past, Present and Future | Anas El Gomati (Sadeq Institute) and Mary Fitzgerald (King's College London) give a talk on Libya for the Middle East Centre seminar series. Chaired by Dr Usaama al-Azami (St Antony's College). | Anas El Gomati, Mary Fitzgerald | 09 Mar 2021 | |
| 16 | The Place of Religion After the Uprisings | Dr. Shadi Hamid (Brookings Institution; contributing writer, The Atlantic) and Professor Nadia Oweidat (Kansas State University) give a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday seminar series. Chaired by Dr Usaama al-Azami (St Antony's College). | Shadi Hamid, Nadia Oweidat, Usaama al-Azami | 26 Feb 2021 | |
| 17 | Iraq and Lebanon – Revolt Against Sectarianism? | Maha Yahya (PhD, Director, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Centre) Maysoon Pachachi (Film director) give a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St. Antony's College, Oxford). | Maha Yahya, Maysoon Pachachi, Eugene Rogan | 23 Feb 2021 | |
| 18 | The logic of chaos: The pattern of dictatorships | Ece Temelkuran, author of How to Lose a Country: the Seven Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship (2019) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday Seminar series. Chaired by Dr Laurent Mignon (St Antony's College, Oxford). | Ece Temelkuran, Laurent Mignon | 09 Dec 2020 | |
| 19 | Why Syria Still Matters and Why Assad is Still There | Dr Lina Khatib, Director, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham, Jeremy Bowen (Middle East Editor, BBC News) give a talk on Syria and it's current political situation. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford). | Lina Khatib, Jeremy Bowen | 03 Dec 2020 | |
| 20 | Creative Commons | Apocalymbo: Trickster Politics in the Age of the Pandemic (and Other Crises) | Walter Armbrust (St Antony’s College, Oxford), author of Martyrs and Tricksters: An Ethnography of the Egyptian Revolution (2019), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series on 20th November 2020. | Walter Armbrust, Michael Willis | 25 Nov 2020 |
| 21 | ‘God Does not Discriminate’: Inclusive Mosques Politics in France and the United Kingdom | Benjamin Dubrulle (Maison Française d'Oxford), gives a seminar for the MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars. Chaired by Dr Soraya Tremayne (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford) on 18th November 2020. | Benjamin Dubrulle | 24 Nov 2020 | |
| 22 | The Trajectory of the Tunisian Revolution: between Continuities and Disjunctures | Professor Sami Zemni (Ghent) gives a talk on the Tunisian Revolution on its 10 year anniversary. Part of the Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series, chaired by Dr Michael Willis (St Anthony's College). | Sami Zemni | 18 Nov 2020 | |
| 23 | The New Populist nationalism in Saudi Arabia | Madawi Al-Rasheed (KCL and LSE), author of Salman’s Legacy: The Dilemmas of a New Era in Saudi Arabia (2018) and Ben Hubbard (The New York Times), author of MBS: The Rise to Power of MBS (2020) give a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series. | Madawi al-Rasheed, Ben Hubbard | 17 Nov 2020 | |
| 24 | Illiberal Liberals and the Future of Dictatorship in Egypt | Dalia Fahmy (Long Island University) editor of Egypt and the Contradictions of Liberalism: Illiberal Intelligentsia and the Future of Egyptian Democracy (2017), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series. | Dalia Fahmy, Daanish Faruqi, Usaama al-Azami | 10 Nov 2020 | |
| 25 | Challenging the Limited View - The Case of the Women in Mosques Movement | Part of the Middle East Centre Women's Rights Research Seminars. With Dr Mine Yildirim Chair: Dr Nazila Ghanea (Department for Continuing Education,University of Oxford). | Mine Yildirim, Nazila Ghanea | 06 Nov 2020 | |
| 26 | Authoritarian or Revolutionary? Reflections on the Nature of the State in the Islamic Republic of Iran | Maryam Alemzadeh (Princeton) Siavush Randjbar-Daemi (St Andrews), author of The Quest for Authority in Iran: a history of the presidency from revolution to Rouhani (2017), give a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series. | Maryam Alemzadeh, Siavush Randjbar-Daemi | 04 Nov 2020 | |
| 27 | The Dictatorship Syndrome | Alaa Al Aswany, author of The Dictatorship Syndrome (2019), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford) | Alaa Al Aswany, Eugene Rogan | 23 Oct 2020 | |
| 28 | Refugee Studies Centre: Book launch - Palestinian Refugees in International Law | Book launch for the new book Palestinian Refugees in International Law by Lex Takkenberg and Francesca Albanese. | Lex Takkenberg, Francesca Albanese | 02 Apr 2020 | |
| 29 | The Saudi Arabia of Muhammad bin Salman: How Much Change? | Professor Gregory Gause (Head of International Affairs Department, The Bush School of Government and Public Service) gives a talk on Saudi Arabia crown prince Muhammad bin Salman. Introduced by Dr Toby Matthiesen (St. Antony's College, Oxford. | Gregory Gause | 25 Feb 2020 | |
| 30 | Book Launch - Utopia and Civilisation in the Arab Nahda | Peter Hill (Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne), gives a talk on his new book, Utopia and Civilisation in the Arab Nahda. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St. Antony's College, Oxford). | Peter Hill | 12 Feb 2020 | |
| 31 | The struggle for Iraq's political field after the assassination of Qasim Sulimani, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis; the protest movement, Iraq's militias and the ruling elite | Professor Toby Dodge, LSE, gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre seminar series. Chaired by Dr Toby Matthiesen (St. Antony's College, Oxford). | Toby Dodge | 07 Feb 2020 | |
| 32 | Justice and Islamic Law: Mazalim Courts and Legal Reform | Professor Jonathan Brown, Georgetown University, gives a talk for the Middle East seminar series. Chaired by Dr Usaama al-Azami (St Antony's College). | Jonathan Brown, Usaama al-Azami | 29 Jan 2020 | |
| 33 | Iran, Iraq and the US after the Qasim Sulemani assassination | Panel discussion looking at US, Iranian and Iraqi politics after the Qasim Sulemani assassination. Held in Oxford on Monday, 20th January 2020 | Felix Gedney, Emma Sky, Sir Simon Mayall, Toby Matthiesen | 28 Jan 2020 | |
| 34 | Iraq and Iran: old foes, ambivalent allies | Ambassador Wilks CMG (HM British Ambassador to Iraq), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series. | Ambassador Wilks CMG | 15 Nov 2019 | |
| 35 | Martyrs and Tricksters: An Ethnography of the Egyptian Revolution | Professor Walter Armbrust (St. Antony's College, Oxford) gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre seminar series. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St. Antony's College, Oxford). | Walter Armbrust | 22 Oct 2019 | |
| 36 | Hirak: A roundtable on the Algerian protests | Roundtable discussion looking at the Algerian protests. With Michael Willis (St Antony’s College), James McDougall (Trinity College), Hicham Yezza (Ceasefire Magazine) and Latefa Guemar (University of East London). | Michael Willis, James McDougall, Hicham Yezza, Latefa Guemar | 20 Jun 2019 | |
| 37 | George Antonius Memorial Lecture: Reflections on Three Decades in Pursuit of Palestinian Statehood | Dr Saeb Erekat (Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization) gives the 2019 George Anronius Memorial Lecture. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College). | Saeb Erekat | 20 Jun 2019 | |
| 38 | Lecture and Book Launch- The politics of family law reform in Jordan and Morocco: Two seemingly similar monarchies, two different approaches | Dr Dorthe Engelcke (Max Planck Institute, Hamburg) gives a discussion Chair: Dr Michael Willis (St Antony's College). | Dörthe Engelcke | 14 Jun 2019 | |
| 39 | The Thirty Year Genocide - Turkey's destruction of its Christian minorities, 1894-1924 | Professor Benny Morris and Professor Dror Ze'evi give a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre seminar series. Chaired by Dr Laurent Mignon (St Antony's College). | Benny Morris, Dror Ze'evi | 03 Jun 2019 | |
| 40 | Situating the Study of Islam in Global Intellectual History: Toshihiko Izutsu's Middle-Earth | Armando Salvatore (McGill University) gives a talk as part of the following conference: Neither Near Nor Far: Encounters and Exchanges between Japan and the Middle East. | Armando Salvatore | 29 May 2019 | |
| 41 | Reflections on Recent Events in the Republic of Sudan | Panel discussion on the Republic of Sudan. Joint event with The Sudanese Programme, held in St Antony's College on May 3rd 2019. | Ahmed al-Shahi, Sara Abdelgalil, Richard Barltrop | 10 May 2019 | |
| 42 | Desert in the Promised Land: The Politics and Semiotics of Space in Israeli Culture | Yael Zerubavel (Professor Emerita of Jewish Studies and History, Rutgers University) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre, chaired by Professor Yaacov Yadgar (Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies, St Anne's). | Yael Zerubavel | 10 May 2019 | |
| 43 | Revolution in Iran 1978-1979: Assessments and Reassessments upon the Fortieth Anniversary | Middle East Centre seminar with Touraj Atabaki (International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam), Stephanie Cronin (Oxford University, Siavush Randjbar Daemi (University of St Andrews). Chaired by Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi (University of Oxford) | Touraj Atabaki, Stephanie Cronin, Siavush Randjbar Daemi, Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi | 01 May 2019 | |
| 44 | Inside Tunisia's al-Nahda: Between Politics and Preaching | Rory McCarthy (Magdalen College, Oxford) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series, chaired by Michael Willis (St Antony's College). | Rory McCarthy, Michael Willis | 01 May 2019 | |
| 45 | Women's Rights Research Seminar - From Kurdistan to Europe: Kurdish Literary, Artistic and Cultural Activism by Kurdish Women Intellectuals | Dr Ozlem Belcim Galip (Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow, The School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series, chaired by Marilyn Booth (Magdalen College). | Ozlem Belcim Galip, Marilyn Booth | 01 May 2019 | |
| 46 | Twenty-first century: populism, neoliberalism, and their discontents | Andrew Arsan (University of Cambridge) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College). | Andrew Arsan | 01 May 2019 | |
| 47 | In Search of Institutional Order: Can the Shi'a Marja'iyya Depart from Traditional Limits and Unlock the Future Potential? | Dr Abbas Kadhim (Atlantic Council) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series, charied by Toby Matthiesen (St Antony's College). | Abbas Kadhim | 30 Apr 2019 | |
| 48 | The Rise of the Egyptian Middle Class: Socio-Economic Mobility and Public Discontent from Nasser to Sadat | Relli Shechter (St Antony’s College) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre, on 29th January 2019. | Relli Shechter | 08 Mar 2019 | |
| 49 | Iran and sanctions | Zep Kalb (UCLA) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Yassamine Mather. | Zep Kalb | 05 Mar 2019 | |
| 50 | Women and Social Change in North Africa: What Counts as Revolutionary? A Discussion | Dr Imane Chaara (QEH Oxford), Dr Doris Gray (Al Akhawayn University), Dr Nadia Sonneveld (Radboud University) take part in a discussion at the Middle East Studies centre. Chair by Michael Willis (St Antony's College). | Imane Chaara, Doris Gray, Nadia Sonneveld | 25 Feb 2019 | |
| 51 | The Iraq War Inquiry - a study in contemporary political, diplomatic, military and reconstruction history | The seminar will consider the Iraq Inquiry’s origins, terms of reference, mode of operation, and issues which arose in the course of its work, in framing its conclusions, and on its publication and reception. | Sir John Chilcot | 08 Feb 2019 | |
| 52 | Creative Commons | European Policy on the Middle East: Making a Difference? | Nick Westcott (Director Royal African Society and Associate at SOAS) gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre on 1st February 2019. Chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College). | Nick Westcott | 06 Feb 2019 |
| 53 | The Middle East: Should We Give Up? | Joost Hiltermann (International Crisis Group), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series on 25th January 2019. Professor Eugene Rogan chairs. | Joost Hiltermannm, Eugene Rogan | 01 Feb 2019 | |
| 54 | Creative Commons | What future for Israel and Palestine? | Dr Marwan Bishara (Academic Visitor, St Antony's College) gives a seminar for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College). | Marwan Bishara, Eugene Rogan | 07 Dec 2018 |
| 55 | Creative Commons | And then God created the Middle East and said let there be breaking news | Karl Sharro (architect, satirist and Middle East commentator), gives a seminar for the Middle East Studies Centre. Chaired by Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College). | Karl Sharro, Walter Armbrust | 07 Dec 2018 |
| 56 | Creative Commons | Iraq after the elections: A new beginning? | Panel discussion with Harith Hasan (Central European University), Hayder al-Khoei (University of Exeter), Renad Mansour (Chatham House) and chaired by Toby Matthiesen (St Antony's College). | Harith Hasan, Hayder al-Khoei, Renad Mansour, Toby Matthiesen | 07 Dec 2018 |
| 57 | Creative Commons | Crafting a human rights-based approach to HIV/AIDS for women in the Middle East | Dr Kamiar Alaei (Co-president, Institute for International Health and Education), gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. | Kamiar Alaei | 26 Nov 2018 |
| 58 | Creative Commons | Reconsidering Marshall Hodgson | Professor Edmund Burke III (UC Santa Cruz) gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. | Edmund Burke III | 26 Nov 2018 |
| 59 | Creative Commons | Book Launch: Christian Martyrs under Islam | Dr Christian C Sahner (Associate Professor of Islamic History, Faculty of Oriental Studies), talks about his new book, the discussants are Phil Booth (Faculty of Theology) and Professor Julia Bray (Oriental Institute). | Christian C Sahner, Phil Booth, Julia Bray | 26 Nov 2018 |
| 60 | Creative Commons | Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo | Dr Seth Anziska (Mohamed S. Farsi-Polonsky Lecturer in Jewish-Muslim Relations, University College London), gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. | Seth Anziska | 26 Nov 2018 |
| 61 | Creative Commons | Between Love and Lineage: Elopement, Rights and Violence in an Afghan Valley | Dr Naysan Adlparvar (Yale University), gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. | Naysan Adlparvar | 26 Nov 2018 |
| 62 | Book launch: Khalil Maleki -The Human Face of Iranian Socialism | Dr Homa Katouzian (Iran Heritage Foundation Research Fellow, St Antony's) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Stephanie Cronin (St Antony's College). | Homa Katouzian | 13 Nov 2018 | |
| 63 | A Rope from the Sky: The Making and Unmaking of the World's Newest State (South Sudan) | Zach Vertin (Princeton University) on a joint event with Sudanese Programme, African Studies Centre and the Centre for International Studies. Chaired by Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi (Sudanese Programme). | Zach Vertin | 13 Nov 2018 | |
| 64 | Lords of the Desert: Britain’s struggle with America to dominate the Middle East | James Barr (King's College London) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre, chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College). | James Barr | 13 Nov 2018 | |
| 65 | Book Event: On the Arab Jew, Palestine, and Other Displacements | Jacqueline Rose (Birkbeck), Kfir Cohen (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute), Moshe Behar (The University of Manchester), Hakem Al-Rustom (Michigan), Ella Shohat (New York University) discuss at the book event. Chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College). | Jacqueline Rose, Kfir Cohen, Moshe Behar, Hakem Al-Rustom | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 66 | Workshop: Memory, Memoirs, and History part 2 | Ella Shohat (New York University) and Avi Shlaim (St Antony's College) give the second of two workshops for the middle east centre. | Ella Shohat, Avi Shlaim | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 67 | Workshop: Memory, Memoirs, and History Part 1 | Ella Shohat (New York University) and Avi Shlaim (St Antony's College) give the first of two workshops for the middle east centre. | Ella Shohat, Avi Shlaim | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 68 | The Question of Judeo-Arabic: Nation, Partition, and the Linguistic Imaginary | Ella Shohat (New York University) gives a lecture for the middle east centre, chaired by Yaacov Yadgar (Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies, St Anne's). Comments by Yuval Evri (SOAS). | Ella Shohat, Yaacov Yadgar, Yuval Evri | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 69 | Annual George Antonius Memorial Lecture - The Tunisian Revolution: Achievements and disillusions | Moncef Marzouki (Former President of the Republic of Tunisia, 2011-2014) gives the annual George Antonius Memorial Lecture. | Moncef Marzouki | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 70 | Women's Rights Research Seminar: Tale of two Omani women | Deena Al Asfoor (St Catherine's College) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Nazila Ghanea (Kellogg College). | Deena Al Asfoor, Nazila Ghanea | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 71 | Arab Media in the New Age | George Hawatmeh (Jordan Radio and Television Corporation) gives a public lecture on Arab media in the new age. Chaired buy Philip Robins (St Antony's College). | George Hawatmeh | 01 Jun 2018 | |
| 72 | Israel and Palestine: Why Britain Should Recognize the Second State | Sir Vincent Fean KCVO, gives a talk for the Middle East Studies seminar series. | Sir Vincent Fean | 03 Apr 2018 | |
| 73 | Religious Freedom in Turkey | Alexandre Toumarkine (INALCO, Paris) talks about religious freedom in Turkey. | Alexandre Toumarkine | 03 Apr 2018 | |
| 74 | The challenges of healthcare in Gaza | Richard Guy (Consultant Surgeon), Omar Abdel-Mannan (Paediatrician), and Debbie Harrington (Consultant Obstetrician) talk about the challenges of healthcare in Gaza. | Richard Guy, Omar Abdel-Mannan, Debbie Harrington | 03 Apr 2018 | |
| 75 | Gaza: Martyrdom and Betrayal | Norman G Finkelstein gives a talk for the Middle East Studies seminar series. | Norman Finkelstein | 03 Apr 2018 | |
| 76 | Women's Rights Research Seminar: Women and the Struggle for Democracy in Iran | Mariam Memarsadeghi (Tavaana) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series. | Mariam Memarsadeghi | 03 Apr 2018 | |
| 77 | De Gaulle in Beirut- The Chehab Experiment, 1958-1964 | Anne Sa'adah (Dartmouth College) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre Seminar series. | Anne Sa'adah | 03 Apr 2018 | |
| 78 | Women's Rights Research Seminar- A Global History of the Struggle for Women’s Rights: The Women’s Movement in Istanbul in the Context of International Feminism in the Early 20th Century | Dr Elife Bicer-Deveci, postdoctoral fellow of Swiss National Science Foundation and academic visitor at the Middle East Centre, St. Antony’s College, gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series. | Elife Bicer-Deveci | 03 Apr 2018 | |
| 79 | Creative Commons | The Gulf Crisis | Madawi al-Rasheed (LSE) and Courtney Freer (LSE), give a talk for the Middle East Centre Seminar Series at St Anthony's College Oxford, chaired by Toby Matthiesen (St Anthony's College). | Madawi al-Rasheed, Courtney Freer, Toby Matthiesen | 29 Jan 2018 |
| 80 | War crimes, crimes against humanity and territorial fragmentation: are peace and reconstruction possible in Syria? | Ziad Majed discusses his research on the political situation in Syria, which is the focus of his latest publication. | Dr Ziad Majed | 22 Dec 2017 | |
| 81 | A View of Globalisation from its Margin: Searching for Karate’s Budo Roots in Contemporary Egypt | Dr Hatsuki Aishima (National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka) gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre seminar series. | Hatsuki Aishima | 11 Dec 2017 | |
| 82 | Are Algerian politics exhausted? | Dr Hugh Roberts gives a talk for the middle east studies centre seminar series. | Hugh Roberts | 08 Dec 2017 | |
| 83 | What challenges does Israel face in the world today? | Noa Landau (Editor-in-Chief at Haaretz English Edition) gives a talk for the middle east studies centre seminar series. | Noa Landau | 08 Dec 2017 | |
| 84 | Governing Divided Egypt | Professor Robert Springborg (Italian Institute of International Affairs, Rome), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series. | Robert Springborg | 17 Nov 2017 | |
| 85 | WRRS: Dancing with Words: Subverting the Master Narrative in Saudi Women’s Literature | Dr Basma Al Mutlaq (School of Oriental and African Studies) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series called Women's Rights Research Seminars. | Basma Al Mutlaq | 13 Nov 2017 | |
| 86 | Adventures in Field-Building: On the History of Area Studies/Middle East Studies in the United States | Zachary Lockman has taught modern Middle Eastern history at New York University since 1995. His most recent book is Field Notes: The Making of Middle East Studies in the United States (2016). | Zachary Lockman | 11 Jul 2017 | |
| 87 | George Antonius Memorial Lecture: The Iraq Invasion and Aftermath: Lessons for Arab World Reform | Jeremy Greenstock is the Chairman of the strategic advisory company, Gatehouse Advisory Partners, established in September 2010, and Chairman of Lambert Energy Advisory, the oil and gas specialists, since January 2012. | Sir Jeremy Greenstock | 11 Jul 2017 | |
| 88 | Book Launch: Islam: The Essentials | Professor Tariq Ramadan (St Antony's College) launches his new book; Islam: The Essentials on May 9th 2017. | Tariq Ramadan | 12 Jun 2017 | |
| 89 | The Emergence of Iranian Nationalism: Race and the Politics of Dislocation | Dr Reza Zia-Ebrahimi (King's College London) gives a lecture on Iranian nationalis, this is a joint event with the Oxford University Iranian Society. | Reza Zia-Ebrahimi | 30 May 2017 | |
| 90 | Panel Discussion: Prospects of Iraqi Kurdistan's Independence Amid Regional Turbulences | Hemin Hawrami (Senior Adviser to President Masoud Barzani) and Ceng Sagnic (Moshe Dayan Centre, Israel), discuss the prospect of Kurdistan independence. Chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony’s College). | Hemin Hawrami, Ceng Sagnic, Eugene Rogan, Ari Aziz Mamshae | 16 May 2017 | |
| 91 | Writing an Arab Officer into the 1948 War for Palestine | Professor Laila Parsons (McGill University), gives a talk for the Middle East seminar series. Chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford). | Laila Parsons, Eugene Rogan | 09 May 2017 | |
| 92 | Tunisia | Rory McCarthy (Magdalen College, Oxford) and Fabio Merone (Ghent University) give a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series. Chaired by Michael Willis (St Antony's College). | Rory McCarthy, Fabio Merone, Michael Willis | 27 Mar 2017 | |
| 93 | Free Expression in the Gulf | Maryam al-Khawaja and Nicholas McGeehan (Middle East Researcher, Human Rights Watch) give a seminar for the MIddle East Centre. The discussant is Toby Matthiesen (St Antony's College). Chaired bt Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony's College). | Maryam al-Khawaja, Nicholas McGeehan, Toby Matthiesen, Timothy Garton Ash | 27 Mar 2017 | |
| 94 | Jews, Muslims, and Law in Nineteenth-Century Morocco | Jessica Maya Marglin (University of Southern California) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre on 2nd March 2017. | Jessica Maya Marglin | 10 Mar 2017 | |
| 95 | Creative Commons | Islam in Europe | Part of the Middle East Centre Seminar Series, with Nilüfer Göle, Tariq Modood and Tariq Ramadan (chair). Held on 17th February 2017. | Nilüfer Göle, Tariq Modood, Tariq Ramadan | 28 Feb 2017 |
| 96 | The Conflict in Libya | Lydia Sizer (Libya Analyst MENAS), Mary Fitzgerald (Journalist and Author) and John Hamilton (Cross Border Information) discuss the conflict in Libya on 27th January 2017. | Lydia Sizer, Mary Fitzgerald, John Hamilton | 01 Feb 2017 | |
| 97 | The Syrian Conflict | Raphael Lefevre (New College, Oxford) and Kevin Mazur (Nuffield College, Oxford) discuss the ongoing Syrian conflict on 20th January 2017. | Raphael Lefevre, Kevin Mazur | 01 Feb 2017 | |
| 98 | Book launch: Public Culture and Islam in Modern Egypt | Roundtable Discussion and Launch of Public Culture and Islam in Modern Egypt by Hatsuki Aishima (National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka) with Morgan Clarke (University of Oxford). The event will be chaired by Laurent Mignon (University of Oxford). | Hatsuki Aishima | 09 Jan 2017 | |
| 99 | Creative Commons | Contemporary Challenges for Political Islam | Lecture delivered by Professor Tariq Ramadan (Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies, Middle East Centre) on 4th March 2016 at the Middle East Centre. | Tariq Ramadan | 07 Mar 2016 |
| 100 | How Syria was destroyed: The dynamics of a civil war | Seminar on the civil war in Syria, with Dr Gilles Dorronsoro (Panthéon-Sorbonne University), Arthur Quesnay (Panthéon-Sorbonne University), Adam Baczko (Panthéon-Sorbonne University) on Monday 22nd February 2016 at the Middle East Centre. | Gilles Dorronsoro, Arthur Quesnay, Adam Baczko | 04 Mar 2016 |
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