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
Thursday 25 May | 17:30 - 18:30 BST | Simona Foltyn, Journalist and Filmmaker
How do people who have experienced war, trauma and loss, create spaces of refuge in violated homes and cities? Twenty years after the invasion of Iraq, Dr Sana Murrani maps a visual archive exploring the ingenious everyday spatial practices of 15 Iraqis from the north to the south of the country between 2003 and 2020.
Read more about the exhibition
This conference marks the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Kurdish Studies Series at the Middle East Centre and welcomes paper submissions with social sciences disciplinary approaches to any aspect of Kurdish studies.
Monday 13 March | 18:00 - 19:30 GMT | Faris Nadhmi, Salahaddin University; Haider Kareem, IQ Peace Centre; Marwa Abdel Ridah, Civic Activist and Lawyer; Noor Al Huda Saad Abdullah, Researcher and Political Activist
Wednesday 23 November | 17:00 - 18:30 GMT | Muna Dajani & Michael Mason, LSE Middle East Centre; Munir Fakher Eldin & Omar Tesdell, Birzeit University
Listen to the recording on SoundCloud
Wednesday 16 November | 17:30 - 20:00 GMT | Maysoon Pachachi, Director & Irada Al-Jubori, Writer
Podcasts by Year