In this lecture, Ayse Zarakol will contextualise the concept of the ‘state’ (‘dawla’) historically in various Muslim contexts and discuss how the legacy of such historical understandings may be informing present day practices of ISIS/Daesh, as well other actors with similar inspirations.

Ayse Zarakol is University Lecturer in International Relations, Fellow of Emmanuel College, and Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Rising Powers at the University of Cambridge.

John Sidel is the Sir Patrick Gillam Professor of International and Comparative Politics at LSE.

The Department of International Relations (@LSEIRDept) is now in its 88th year, making it one of the oldest and largest in the world.

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