Past Events Podcasts
Lectures, Interviews & Book Launches
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
Understanding the Middle Eastern Family, Identity, and Politics through Queer Studies
Thursday 19 February | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Polly Withers, LSE Middle East Centre; Andrew Delatolla, University of Leeds; Elias Jahshan, Journalist & Writer
Health Care Reform in the Middle East: Applying Theory to Practice
Tuesday 17 February 2026 | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Alistair McGuire, LSE Department of Health Policy; George Wharton, LSE Department of Health Policy
Reframing Iraq: Power, Politics, and Paths to Inclusion
Saturday 14 February 2026 | 09:00 - 16:00 GMT
'Governance of Resistance in North and East Syria: The Experience of Rojava' Book Launch
Tuesday 10 February 2026 | 17:00 - 18:30 GMT | Stephen Knight, University of Oxford; Thomas McGee, European University Institute; Dastan Jasim, Dauphine University; William Smith, Researcher and Analyst
'A History of Modern Syria' Book Launch
Wednesday 4 February 2026 | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Daniel Neep, Author; Charles Tripp, SOAS
"The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa"
Wednesday 28 January 2026 | 19.00 - 20.30 GMT | Malika Zeghal, Harvard University; Steffen Hertog, LSE
Khartoum Film Screening and Q&A
Monday 19 January 2026 | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Phil Cox, Native Voice Films; Yousef Jubeh, Editor & Producer
Podcasts by Year