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 otherwise stated.
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Most of our events are recorded and available on SoundCloud and iTunes. Browse our past events by year below.
Past Events
Tuesday 27 September | 18:00 - 19:00 BST | Akile Ahmet, LSE Eden Centre; Tamara Ben-Halim & Aimee Shalan, Makan
Thursday 16 June | 16:00 - 17:30 BST | Jessica Watkins, LSE Middle East Centre; Yazan Doughan, Department of Anthropology, LSE
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Monday 23 May | 16:30 - 18:00 BST | Evren Balta, Özyeğin University; Lisel Hintz, Johns Hopkins University; Spyros A. Sofos, LSE Middle East Centre
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This symposium, organised by the LSE Middle East Centre, examines the idea of the future in its affective and conceptual sense within the context of the Middle East and North Africa.
Tuesday 5 April | 16:00 - 17:00 BST | Omar Al-Ghazzi, LSE Media and Communications; Najlaa Aboumerhi, Alaraby TV; Ibrahim Hamidi, Asharq al-Awsat; Mai Noman, BBC Arabic; Isam Uraiqat, Alhudood
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LSE Kuwait Programme webinar
Monday 4 April | 15:00 - 16:30 BST | Fahed Al-Sumait, GUST; Ellen Helsper, LSE; Cristina Navarro, GUST; Nouf Al-Saif, GUST
Monday 14 March | 13:00 - 14:00 GMT | Mariam Salehi, Freie Universität Berlin; Charles Tripp, British Academy
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LSE Kuwait Programme webinar
Thursday 10 March | 13:00 - 14:30 GMT | Nuno F. da Cruz, LSE Cities; Dhari Alrasheed, Kuwait University; Hyun Bang Shin, LSE South East Asia Centre; Do Young Oh, Lingnan University
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Co-organised with the Society for Algerian Studies
Friday 18 February | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Mounir Khaled Berrah, Ecole Nationale Polytechnique, Algiers; Hayat Messekher, École Nationale Supérieure de Bouzareah, Algiers; Mohamed Miliani, University of Oran; Khaoula Taleb-Ibrahimi, University of Algiers II
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Tuesday 1 February | 14:00 - 15:00 GMT | Taif Alkhudary, LSE Middle East Centre; Marwa Abdul Ridah, Lawyer; Anfal Abed, Public Aid Organisation, Iraq; Amal Kabashi, Iraqi Women Network
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يوم الثلاثاء 1 فِبرايِر/ شُباط | 14:00 - 15:00 بتوقيت لندن | طيف الخضيري (مركز الشرق الأوسط) و مروة عبد الرضا (محامية) و أنفال عبد (منظمة النجدة الشعبية في
العراق) و أمل كباشي (شبكة النساء العراقيات)
استماع الى التسجيل الصوتي باللغة العربية
Podcasts by Year