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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As part of LSE's Public Lecture Programme
Monday 4 November | 18:30 - 20:00 GMT | Jim Muir, former BBC Middle East correspondent
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Thursday 7 November | 18:00 - 19:30 GMT | Steven Heydemann, Smith College; Salwa Ismail, SOAS; Marc Lynch, The George Washington University
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Rupturing Architecture: Spatial Practices of Refuge in Response to War and Violence in Iraq, 2003–2023 (Book Launch)
Wednesday 13 November | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Sana Murrani, University of Plymouth; Michael Mason, LSE Middle East Centre; Balsam Mustafa, Cardiff University
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The Academic Question of Palestine (Special Issue Launch)
Thursday 21 November | 17:30 - 18:45 GMT | Walaa Alqaisiya, LSE Middle East Centre; Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores, Texas Tech University; Daria Mateescu, Independent Researcher; Nicola Perugini, University of Edinburgh; Lara Sheehi, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies; Anna Younes, University of Amsterdam
Registration will open on Thurs 7 November | Add to calendar
Civic Death in Contemporary Turkey: Mass Surveillance and the Authoritarian State (Book Launch)
Monday 25 November | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Seckin Sertedmir Ozdemir, LSE; Zerrin Özlem Biner, SOAS; Esra Özyürek, University of Cambridge
Registration will open on Mon 11 November | Add to calendar
As part of the LSE MEC's Kurdish Studies Series
Bridging Identities: The Cultural Odyssey of Kurdistani Jews (Webinar)
Monday 2 December | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Bahar Baser, Durham University; Duygu Atlas; Mesut Alp; Moayed Assaf
Registration will open on Mon 18 November | Add to calendar
What does Yemen’s political, economic and social history and experience, since unification and before, tell us about what is realistic for the coming decade and beyond?
This workshop will provide an opportunity to develop answers to this question through exploring topics within four main themes: peace, governance, economy and society.
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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.
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