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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As part of the MEC's Kurdish Studies Series

Art and Activism in Iraqi Kurdistan: Feminist Fault Lines, Body Politics and the Struggle for Space

Thursday 5 October | 18:00 - 19:00 BST | Isabel Käser, LSE Middle East Centre; Houzan Mahmoud, Culture Project; Müjge Küçükkeleş, SOAS

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Student Careers Panel & Reception

Tuesday 10 October | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Nesrin Alrefaai, LSE Middle East Centre; Marwa Baabbad, Yemen Policy Centre; Jack Sproson, Guernica 37 Chambers

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A New Diaspora of Saudi Exiles: Challenging Repression from Abroad

Thursday 19 October | 17:30 - 18:30 BST | Madawi Al-Rasheed, LSE Middle East Centre

Registration opens Thursday 5 October
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Broken Bonds: The Existential Crisis of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, 2013-22

Tuesday 24 October | 18:00 - 19:00 BST | Abdelrahman Ayyash, Century International; Noha Ezzat, Researcher & Amr ElAfifi, Syracuse University

Registration opens Tuesday 10 October
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The Revolution of 1936–1939 in Palestine

Thursday 9 November | 18:00 - 19:30 GMT | Hazem Jamjoum, New York University; Bashir Abu-Manneh, University of Kent

Registration opens Thursday 26 October
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LSE Student Seminar: The Use of Documentary Film for Research on Violence & Conflict

Tuesday 14 November | 15:00 - 16:00 GMT | Daniele Rugo, Brunel University London; Carmen Abou Jaoude, Saint Joseph University of Beirut

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The Soil and The Sea (Film Screening and Q&A)

Tuesday 14 November | 18:00 - 20:30 GMT | Daniele Rugo, Brunel University London; Carmen Abou Jaoude, Saint Joseph University of Beirut

Registration opens Tuesday 31 October
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Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region

Thursday 23 November | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Hamza Hamouchene & Katie Sandwell, Transnational Institute

Registration opens Thursday 9 November
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As part of the MEC's Kurdish Studies Series

Voices That Matter: Kurdish Women at the Limits of Representation in Contemporary Turkey

Thursday 30 November | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Marlene Schäfers, Utrecht University

Registration opens Thursday 16 November
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