Past Event Recordings
Lectures, Interviews & Book Launches
The LSE Middle East Centre hosts a wide and varied range of events, including public lectures, seminars, book launches and conferences. Events are open to the public and 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
Policy and the Future of Education in Kuwait
Wednesday 17 June | 17:00 - 18:00 BST | Fatima Alhashem, Gulf University for Science and Technology; Ibrahim Alhouti, Kuwait University; Sonia Exley, LSE
Sovereignty in Iran: Challenges to Eurocentrism from Ancient Iran to the Islamic Republic
Wednesday 10 June | 18:00 - 19:00 BST | Shabnam Holliday, University of Plymouth; Asma Abdi, University of Exeter; Edward Wastnidge, Open University
Turkey and the Liberal International Order: Hegemony, Contestation and the Politics of Articulation since 1919
Thursday 4 June | 18:00 - 19:00 BST | Marc Sinan Winrow, LSE; Ayla Göl, York St John University; Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Sabancı University
Algeria: Historical Struggles and Imagined Utopias (Conference)
A British Academy Conference
Thursday 28 - Friday 29 May 2026 | LSE
Organised by the LSE Middle East Centre and the Centre for Peace and Security, Coventry University, with funding from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
Sudan’s Current War: A Longer View on Peacemaking and Prospects
Thursday 7 May | 18:00 - 19:00 BST | Richard Barltrop, LSE Middle East Centre; Abdel Salam Sidahmed, Sudanese HR Monitor; Raga Makawi, LSE
Podcasts by Year