Speaker: Dr John Chalcraft, LSE
Chair: Professor Fawaz Gerges, LSE
Monday 7 November 2011, 18:30 - 20:00, Wolfson Theatre
Mobilizing ideas and forms of political inspiration crossed national borders with dizzying speed in the weeks following the toppling of Tunisian dictator on 14 January 2011. In a matter of weeks, mass protests involving millions of ordinary people demanding bread, freedom, dignity and the fall of oppressive regimes erupted in Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen and Syria. This lecture draws on history, theory, and the events of the Arab Spring to discuss the role of border-crossing in protest movements. I will argue that piracy – the unruly appropriation of political ideas across borders – has played an important but often obscured role in the modern history of the region.
This lecture is open to all and registration is not required.
Admission is on a first come first served basis.
Speakers
Dr John Chalcraft| is currently Reader in the History and Politics of Empire/Imperialism in the Department of Government at the LSE. His research focuses on history from below and popular politics in the modern Arab world.
Fawaz Gerges| is Professor of Middle Eastern Politics and International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He also holds the Emirates Chair of the Contemporary Middle East and is the Director of the Middle East Centre at LSE.
Location
Wolfson Theatre, LG.01, New Academic Building, LSE
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