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Protest and Revolution Across the Arab World: Reflections Three Years On Wednesday 4 December
Speakers: Madawi Al-Rasheed, LSE; John Chalcraft, LSE; Ewan Stein, University of Edinburgh Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
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US Foreign Policy and the Iranian Revolution: The Dynamics of Engagement and Strategic Alliance Monday 2 December
Speaker: Christian Emery, University of Plymouth Chair: Roham Alvandi, LSE
Women Economic Empowerment in the MENA Region Friday 29 November
LSE Middle East Centre and Kuwait Programme Event Iranian Foreign Policy after the Election of Hassan Rouhani Wednesday 27 November
Speaker: Anoush Ehteshami, Durham University Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
Egyptian Foreign policy towards Israel under Mubarak: From Cold Peace to Strategic Peace? Monday 25 November
Speaker: Amnon Aran, City University Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
The Syrian Civil War: The Resilience of Civil Society Friday 22 November
Speaker: Lina Sinjab, BBC Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
The Strategic Significance of Changing Trade Patterns Between Asia and the Gulf Wednesday 20 November
Speaker: Tim Niblock, University of Exeter Chair: Danny Quah, LSE Kuwait Programme
Turkey and Security Issues in the Middle East Wednesday 13 November
Speaker: Giray Sadik, Yildirim Beyazit University Chair: Bill Park, King's College London
Re-Negotiating the Terms of EU-Israel Partnership: Normative Power and International Law Monday 11 November
Speaker: Charles Shamas, Mattin Group Chair: Federica Bicchi, LSE Discussant: Daniel Levy, ECFR
LSE Middle East Centre and Centre for Policy and Research on Turkey Event Beyond "Strategic Depth": Islamism, Turkey's Foreign Policy and the Arab Spring Thursday 07 November
Speaker: Behlul Ozkan, Marmara University Chair: Roham Alvandi, LSE
The Iraqi Constitution: Structural Flaws and Political Implications Monday 04 November Speaker: Saad Jawad, LSE Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
Climate Vulnerability and Human Security in the Jordan River Basin Wednesday 30 October
Speaker: Michael Mason, LSE Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
UAE Foreign Policy Before and After the Arab Spring Wednesday 23 October
Speaker: Khalid Almezaini, University of Qatar Chair: OA Westad, LSE IDEAS
Modern Middle East Studies as a Distinct Intellectual Field Monday 21 October
Speaker: Roger Owen, Harvard University Chair: Charles Tripp, SOAS
The New Middle East: The World After the Arab Spring Wednesday 16 October
Speaker: Paul Danahar, BBC Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
A Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia Monday 7 October
Speaker: Madawi Al-Rasheed, LSE Chair: Sumi Madhok, LSE
Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East Wednesday 2 October
Speaker: Christopher Schroeder Chair: Mark Schankerman, LSE
Contentious Politics in the Middle East
LSE Middle East Centre PhD Conference Monday 30 September
Middle East and North Africa Regional Economic Developments and Outlook Friday 28 June
Speaker: Massood Ahmed, International Monetary Fund Chair: Danny Quah, LSE
The Thistle and the Drone Wednesday 26 June
Speaker: Ambassador Akbar Ahmed Chair: Christopher Coker, LSE
Reopening Turkey’s Kurdish Opening Wednesday 12 June
Speaker: Michael Gunter, Tennessee Tech University Discussant: Zeynep Kaya, LSE Chair: Robert Lowe, LSE
Iran’s New Intellectualism: Trends in Contemporary Conscious Music Monday 3 June
Speaker: Malihe Maghazei, LSE Chair: Laudan Nooshin, Centre for Music Studies, City University London
Palestinian-Israeli Economic Relations: Repudiating the Paris Protocol? Thursday 23 May
Speaker: Ephraim Kleiman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Gulf States and the Arab Uprisings: Popular protests, counter-revolution, and the sectarian Gulf Wednesday 15 May
Speaker: Toby Matthiesen, LSE Kuwait Programme Chair: Kristian Ulrichsen, LSE Kuwait Programme
A New Middle East: Palestine, peoples and borders Monday 13 May
Speaker: Ahmad Khalidi, University of Oxford Chair: Fawaz Gerges, LSE
The Gaza Kitchen: Documenting a culinary heritage and a food system under stress Wednesday 8 May
Speakers: Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt
The Kurds and the Conflict in Syria Friday 3 May
Speaker: Saleh Muslim Mohamed, Democratic Union Party (PYD) Chair: Robert Lowe, LSE
A Panel Discussion on Palestine Friday 26 April
Speakers: Karma Nabulsi, University of Oxford; Ilan Pappe, University of Exeter; Rosemary Hollis, City University; Peter Kosminsky, Director of ‘The Promise’ Chair: Jon Snow, Channel 4 News
Book Launch: The Politics of Business in the Middle East After the Arab Spring Thursday 21 March
Speakers: Steffen Hertog, LSE; Giacomo Luciani, Science-Po; Marc Valeri, University of Exeter; and Khalid Almezaini, Qatar University
The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran Monday 18 March
Speaker: Ali Ansari, University of St Andrews
Visual Culture(s) in the Gulf: An Introduction Wednesday 13 March
Speaker: Nadia Mounajjed, LSE
Energy Security and Shifting Global Power Monday 11 March
Speaker: Roland Dannreuther, University of Westminster
Revolution as Gambling: Egypt Under the Muslim Brotherhood Monday 4 March
Speaker: Hazem Kandil, Cambridge University
The New Middle East: Protest and Revolution in the Arab World Thursday 21 February
Speaker: Fawaz Gerges, LSE
Whither the Arab Spring? Wednesday 20 February
Speaker: Fawwaz Traboulsi, American University of Beirut Chair: Fawaz Gerges, LSE
In the Eye of the Storm: The History of Lebanon Revisited Monday 18 February
Phyllis Bennis: In Conversation with Fawaz Gerges Friday 8 February
Speaker: Phyllis Bennis, New Internationalism Project, IPS Chair: Fawaz Gerges, LSE
Rethinking Diffusion: 1989, the Colour Revolutions, and the Arab Uprisings Monday 4 February
Speaker: Valerie Bunce, Cornell University
Colonial Control in Algeria: the French Security and Intelligence Services between the Two World Wars Monday 28 January
Speaker: Rabah Aissaoui, University of Leicester
Is Jordan Immune to the Arab Spring Uprisings? Wednesday 23 January
Speaker: Tariq Tell Chair: Fawaz Gerges, LSE
Revolutionary Riffs: Youth in the Arab Uprisings Tuesday 22 January
Speaker: Nur Laiq, Arab Youth Project, International Peace Institute Chair: John Chalcraft, LSE
IRAQ - From War to a New Authoritarianism Monday 21 January
Speaker: Toby Dodge, LSE Chair: Arne Westad, LSE
British Society of Middle East Studies Annual Lecture Islam and the Politics of Resistance: the Case of Women in Iran Wednesday 16 January
Speaker: Baroness Haleh Afshar OBE