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.
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Tuesday 2 March | 13:00 - 14:00 GMT | Francesco Saverio Leopardi, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; Chuchu Zhang, Fudan University; Yahia Zoubir; KEDGE Business School
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Thursday 18 February | 13:00 - 14:00 GMT | Steffen Hertog, LSE; Yousef Al-Ebraheem, KFAS (discussant)
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Tuesday 9 February | 13:00 - 14:00 GMT | Alexander Hamilton, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Tuesday 2 February | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Hassan Ahmadian, University of Tehran; Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, LSE Middle East Centre; Ali Vaez, International Crisis Group
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Thursday 21 January | 14:00 - 15:00 GMT | Madawi Al-Rasheed, LSE Middle East Centre
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MEC10 Anniversary Event
Tuesday 15 December | 17:00 - 18:30 GMT | Omar Dewachi, Rutgers University; Zeina Khalil Hajj, Environmental Activist; Eve M. Troutt Powell, University of Pennsylvania; Minouche Shafik, LSE
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Friday 11 December | 15:00 - 16:30 GMT | Melani Cammett, Harvard University; Asli Cansunar, University of Oxford
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Kuwait Programme event
Tueday 8 December | 15:00 - 16:30 GMT | Abdullah al-Khonaini; Alanoud Al-Sharekh; Michael Herb; Daniel L. Tavana
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Co-organised with the Society for Algerian Studies
Thursday 26 November | 15:00 - 16:30 GMT | Idriss Jebari, Trinity College, University of Dublin; Amel Karboul, Former Minister of Tourism, Tunisia; Azzedine Layachi, St. John's University, New York
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Podcasts by Year