Forthcoming Events

Lectures, Seminars & Book Launches

LSE hosts a wide and varied range of Middle East events, including public lectures, seminars, book launches and conferences. Events are open to the public and are free of charge, unless specified otherwise. This list of events includes all Middle East Centre events and other selected Middle East events at LSE.

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Co-organised with The Asfari Foundation

Sh'hili (Film Screening and Director Q&A)

Wednesday 12 February | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Habib Ayeb, University Paris 8; Muna Abbas, The Asfari Foundation; Ray Bush, University of Leeds

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As part of the LSE MEC's Paper Series

The Struggles of Labour Activism in Lebanon and Iraq (Paper Launch)

Thursday 20 February | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Anne Kirstine Rønn, LSE Middle East Centre; Fuad Musallam, University of Birmingham; Razaw Salihy, Amnesty International

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The Future of Power-Sharing in Iraq: Youth Perspectives

Monday 24 February | 17:30 - 19:00 GMT | Oula Kadhum, SOAS; Khogir Mohammed, Middle East Research Institute; Muhanad Seloom, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies 

Registration opens Mon 10 Feb | Add to calendar

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Civic Death in Contemporary Turkey: Mass Surveillance and the Authoritarian State (Book Launch)

Tuesday 18 March | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Seçkin Sertdemir Özdemir, LSE; Zerrin Özlem Biner, SOAS; Esra Özyürek, University of Cambridge

Registration opens Tues 4 March | Add to calendar

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Kurdish Studies Conference, Weds 11 - Fri 13 June 2025

This interdisciplinary event builds on the conferences held at Sheffield in 2024 and LSE in 2023, and is organised by the Kurdish Studies Series at the LSE Middle East Centre and the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield.

Read the call for papers