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.
Latest Podcasts
Tuesday 15 June | 15:00 - 16:00 BST | Susan Akram, Boston University; Zahra Albarazi, Independent Consultant; Maysa Ayoub, American University of Cairo; Lina Abou Habib, American University of Beirut
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Tuesday 8 June | 14:00 - 15:00 BST | Andrew Delatolla, LSE Middle East Centre; Shourideh C. Molavi, University of Basel; Mai Taha, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Kuwait Programme webinar
Tuesday 25 May | 13:00-14:30 BST | Alexandra Gomes; Asseel Al-Ragam; Sharifa Alshalfan; Adeel Muhammad; Reem Alfahad.
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Thursday 20 May | 15:00-16:00 BST | Omar Sirri, University of Toronto
Co-organised with the Kurdish Studies Programme, UCF
Friday 23 April | 15:30-16:30 BST | Majid Hassan Ali, Ilia State University Georgia; Ohannes Kılıçdağı; Güneş Murat Tezcür, University of Central Florida; Arzu Yilmaz, University of Hamburg
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Wednesday 31 March | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Weeam Hammoudeh, Birzeit University; Tracy Kuo Lin, University of California, San Francisco; Suzan Mitwalli, Birzeit University
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Kuwait Programme event
Tuesday 9 March | 12:00 - 13:00 GMT | Zeynep Kaya, LSE Middle East Centre; Lubna Ahmed Al-Kazi, Kuwait University
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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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Podcasts by Year