John Chalcraft launches his book Popular Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East, which gives an account of popular protest that emphasizes the revolutionary modern history of the region. Challenging top-down views of Middle Eastern politics, Chalcraft looks at how commoners, subjects and citizens have long mobilised in defiance of authorities, taking examples from a wide variety of protest movements from Morocco to Iran.
* This book will be sold at the event
Event Details
Speaker: Dr John Chalcraft, LSE
Chair: Dr Aitemad Muhanna-Matar, LSE
Date: Wednesday 26 October 2016
Time: 18:00-19:30
Event Hashtag: #LSEChalcraft
Location: Wolfson Theatre, Lower Ground Floor, New Academic Building, LSE
Attendance: This event is free and open to all, however registration is necessary. Registration is now closed.
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Speaker
John Chalcraft is Associate Professor in the History and Politics of Empire/Imperialism in the LSE Department of Government. John works on the history and politics of the modern Middle East with special reference to Egypt, Syria and Lebanon, protest movements, migration, labour history, crafts and guilds, transnationalism, contentious politics, hegemony, and history from below.