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
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.
Thursday 22 May | 18:00 - 19:00 BST | René Provost, McGill University
Tuesday 13 May | 16:00 - 17:00 BST | Marwa Koheji, New York University Abu Dhabi
Thursday 8 May | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Ali M. Ansari, University of St Andrews; Eberhard Kienle, SciencesPo Paris; Daniel Neep, The George Washington University; Evaleila Pesaran, University of Cambridge
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Tuesday 18 March | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Seçkin Sertdemir, LSE & Zerrin Özlem Biner, SOAS
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Co-organised with the Department of Sociology
Thursday 13 March | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Nasser Abourahme, Bowdoin College & Muna Dajani, LSE Middle East Centre
Monday 10 March | 18:30 - 19:30 GMT | Catherine Charrett, University of Westminster; Helena Cobban, Just World Education; Jeroen Gunning, LSE Middle East Centre; Mouin Rabbani, Jadaliyya
Co-organised with the LSE Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa
This International Women’s Day 2025 Conference will platform the diverse voices of women who work or are involved in the agricultural sector in Africa, and who are leading the way within their own communities and internationally to make the sector sustainable.
Monday 24 February | 17:30 - 19:00 GMT | Oula Kadhum, SOAS; Khogir Mohammed, Middle East Research Institute; Muhanad Seloom, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies
As part of the LSE MEC's Paper Series
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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Co-organised with The Asfari Foundation
Wednesday 12 February | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Habib Ayeb, University Paris 8; Muna Abbas, The Asfari Foundation; Ray Bush, University of Leeds
Thursday 30 January | 18:00 - 19:30 GMT | Gilbert Achcar, SOAS; Tom Bateman, BBC; Sharri Plonski, Queen Mary University of London; Mezna Qato, University of Cambridge
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Podcasts by Year