Browser does not support script.
Subjects taught at LSE | Services and divisions (administration)
All research groups | Research subject areas
Middle East Centre Tower 1, 10th Floor London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE
Below are the past events for 2014. Most of our events are recorded and available on podcast.
Co-organised with the Society for Algerian Studies Ben Bella's Algeria: Third Worldism beyond continents and colours Tuesday 9 December 2014
Speaker: Jeffrey Byrne, University of British Columbia Chair: John King, Society for Algerian Studie
Social Movements and Popular Mobilization in the MENA Seminar Battlefields of the Republic: the Struggle for Public Space in Tunisia Wednesday 3 December
Speaker: Charles Tripp, SOAS Chair: John Chalcraft, LSE
The Hizbullah Phenomenon: Politics and Communication Tuesday 2 December
Speakers: Lina Khatib, Carnegie Middle East Center; Dina Matar, SOAS; Atef Alshaer, University of Westminster Chair: Filippo Dionigi, LSE
Listen to the podcast
The Uprising of the Marginalised: A Socio-Economic Perspective into the Collapse of the Ba'ath Rule in Syria Monday 24 November
Speaker: Shamel Azmeh, LSE Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
Download the paper
Anglo-Iranian relations revisited: the curious case of the proposed Nuclear Company of Britain and Iran Wednesday 19 November
Speaker: Ali Ansari, St Andrews University Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
Transboundary Climate Security: Climate Vulnerability and Rural Livelihoods in the Jordan River Basin Tuesday 18 November
Speakers: Michael Mason, LSE; Muna Dajani, LSE Chair: Tony Allan, SOAS
Download the report
Co-organised with the Society for Algerian Studies 1960s Algeria: Women, Public Space and Moral Panic Wednesday 12 November
Speaker: Natalya Vince, University of Portsmouth Chair: John King, Society for Algerian Studies
The Kurdish National Liberation Movement in Iraq: From Insurgency to Statehood Tuesday 11 November
Speaker: Yaniv Voller, University of Edinburgh Chair: Katerina Dalacoura, LSE
New Trends of Women's Activism after the Arab Uprisings: Redefining Women's Leadership Thursday 6 November
Speaker: Aitemad Muhanna-Matar, LSE Chair: Lori Allen, SOAS
Social Movements and Popular Mobilization in the MENA Seminar Workers in the Arab Uprisings: Social Movement Theory, Political Economy and Class Wednesday 5 November
Speaker: Joel Beinin, Stanford University Chair: John Chalcraft, LSE
Social Movements and Popular Mobilization in the MENA Seminar High-Risk Activism and Popular Struggle Against the Israeli Occupation of the West Bank Tuesday 4 November
Mizrahi Mothers, Wrapped in the Flag: Ultra-Nationalism, Apartheid, and the Divinity of Bureaucracy in Israel Monday 27 October Speaker: Smadar Lavie, University of California Chair: Sumi Madhok, LSE
The Political Economy of Energy, Finance and Security in the UAE: Between the Majilis and the Market Tuesday 21 October
Speaker: Karen Young, LSE Chair: Adam Hanieh, SOAS
Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: The United States and Iran in the Cold War Thursday 16 October
Speaker: Roham Alvandi, LSE Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
Lessons for Democratisation Theory from the Arab World: Insights from a Paired Comparison of Egypt and Tunisia Thursday 9 October
Speaker: Eva Bellin, Brandeis University Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
Iraq: Causes and Consequences of the Present Crisis Thursday 26 June
Speakers: Toby Dodge, LSE; Amb Feisal Istrabadi, Indiana University; Faleh Jabar, Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies Chair: Sami Zubaida, Birkbeck
LSE Middle East Centre, International Relations, IDEAS and Centre for International Studies Event Comparative Workshop on Mass Protests Friday 13-Saturday 14 June
Co-organised with the Society for Algerian Studies Sufis in Algerian Politics: Thriving on the System's Contradictions Wednesday 11 June
Speaker: Isabelle Werenfels, German Institute for International and Security Studies Chair: John King, Society for Algerian Studies
Decoding Transition: The Case of Egypt Monday 02 June
Speaker: Bahgat Korany, American University in Cairo Chair: Fawaz Gerges, LSE
ECFR and Middle East Centre Conference Europe's Toolbox and Israeli-Palestinian Relations After the Kerry Effort: What Role for What Purpose? Thursday 29 May
Listen to the podcasts
LSE Middle East Centre and Kuwait Programme Public Event Oman's Foreign Policy Under Sultan Qaboos: Independent but to What Extent? Thursday 22 May
Speaker: Marc Valeri, University of Exeter Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
Social Movements and Popular Mobilization in the MENA Seminar Will the Real Palestinian Peasantry Please Sit Down? Towards a New History of British Rule in Palestine, 1917-1936 Tuesday 20 May
Speaker: Charles Anderson, LSE Chair: John Chalcraft, LSE
LSE Middle East Centre and Kuwait Programme Public Event The Macroeconomics of the Gulf Thursday 15 May
Speaker: Raphael Espinoza, IMF Chair: Danny Quah, LSE
Writing the History of Sectarianism in the Modern Middle East
Thursday 15 May Speaker: Ussama Makdisi, Rice University Chair: John Chalcraft, LSE
Bahrain: Strategies of Mobilisation and Domination Wednesday 14 May
Speaker: Toby Matthiesen, University of Cambridge Chair: Madawi Al-Rasheed, LSE
US-Iran Détente: Past and Present Monday 12 May
Speakers: Ambassador John Limbert; Christian Emery, LSE; Roham Alvandi, LSE Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
LSE Middle East Centre and International Development Public Event The Struggle for Iraq's Future Wednesday 07 May
Speaker: Zaid Al-Ali, International IDEA Chair: Mary Kaldor, LSE Discussant: Toby Dodge, LSE
Social Movements and Popular Mobilization in the MENA Seminar New Social Movements and the Question of Organisation During Revolutionary Processes
Tuesday 6 May
Speaker: Maha Abdelrahman, University of Cambridge Chair: John Chalcraft, LSE Discussant: Ahmad Shokr, New York University
LSE Middle East Centre and Kuwait Programme Public Event The New Middle East Cold War Thursday 1 May
Speaker: Gregory Gause, University of Vermont Chair: Steffen Hertog, LSE
LSE Middle East Alumni Symposium, Dubai Wednesday 30 April, Dubai, UAE
Speakers: Craig Calhoun; Danny Quah and Toby Dodge, LSE Chair: Arif Naqvi, The Abraaj Group
The Nazi-Soviet Pact in the Light of Transnational History: Persian Connections in German-Soviet Relations Wednesday 30 April
Speaker: Jennifer Jenkins, University of Toronto Chair: Roham Alvandi, LSE
Syria-Iraq Relations: From State Formation to the Arab Uprising Wednesday 19 March
Speaker: Raymond Hinnebusch, University of St Andrews Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
Co-organised with the Society for Algerian Studies Algeria and its Southern Neighbours: Turbulence in the Sahara Monday 10 March
Speakers: Yvan Guichaoua, University of East Anglia; Imad Mesdoua Chair: John King, Society for Algerian Studies
LSE Middle East Centre and Kuwait Programme Public Event Diversified but Marginal: The GCC Private Sector as an Economic and Political Force Wednesday 5 March
Speaker: Steffen Hertog, LSE Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
LSE Middle East Centre and Kuwait Programme Public Event Qatari Foreign Policy and the Changing Regional Order in the Middle East Wednesday 26 February
Speaker: Lina Khatib, Carnegie Middle East Center Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
LSE Middle East Centre and IDEAS Public Event The Dialectics of the Arab Revolutions: 2011-2013 Tuesday 25 February
Speaker: Gilles Kepel, Sciences Po Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
Neoliberal Development in Palestine and the Regional Context Monday 24 February
Speaker: Adam Hanieh, SOAS Chair: Kamil Mahdi, LSE
Labour Market Participation Among Palestinian Women: Religiosity or "Rational Modernity"? Thursday 20 February
Speaker: Randa Nasser, Birzeit University Chair: Michael Mason, LSE
Experiencing Revolution: The Case of Iran Wednesday 19 February
Speaker: Naghmeh Sohrabi, Brandeis University Chair: Roham Alvandi, LSE
Social Movements and Popular Mobilization in the MENA Seminar The Politics of the Urban Everyday in the Arab Revolutions Wednesday 12 February
Speaker: Salwa Ismail, SOAS Chair: John Chalcraft, LSE
Israel: The Arab Spring, Domestic Politics and the Future of the Arab-Israeli Peace Process Monday 10 February
Speaker: Ahron Bregman, King's College London Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE
BRISMES Annual Lecture The Quest for Cultural Authenticity and the Politics of Identity Wednesday 5 February
Speaker: Sami Zubaida Chair: Paul Starkey, Durham University
Libya: A Happy Ending that Wasn't Monday 3 February
Speaker: Florence Gaub, EUISS Chair: Toby Dodge, SOAS
The People Want: A Radical Exploration of the Arab Uprising Monday 27 January
Speaker: Gilbert Achcar, SOAS Chair: John Chalcraft, LSE
LSE Middle East Centre and Kuwait Programme Workshop Addressing the Demographic Imbalance in the Gulf States: Implications for Labour Markets, Migration, and National Identity Friday 24 January
Co-organised with the Society for Algerian Studies Western Sahara: Stalemate and its Discontents Wednesday 22 January
Speaker: Alice Wilson, University of Cambridge Chair: John King, Society for Algerian Studies
Agency and Gender in Gaza: Masculinity, Femininity and Family During the Second Intifada Monday 20 January
Speaker: Aitemad-Muhanna Matar, LSE Chair: Sumi Madhok, LSE
LSE MEC and Centre for the Study of Human Rights Event The Special Tribunal for Lebanon: A Critical Perspective Thursday 16 January
Speaker: Omar Nashabe, Lebanese American University Chair: Christine Chinkin, LSE
Syria's Age of Revolution: Peaceful Protest to Armed Struggle Monday 13 January
Speaker: Yezid Sayigh, Carnegie Middle East Center Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE