Past Events 2018
Monday 17 December | 16:00 - 17:30 | Mehmet Kurt, London School of Economics and Yale University
Tuesday 4 December | 18:00 - 19:30 | Farea Al-Muslimi, Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies
Syria: Beyond the Endgame
Tuesday 27 November | 18:30 - 20:00 | Martin Chulov, The Guardian
Thursday 22 November | 18:30 - 20:00 | Madawi Al-Rasheed, Ian Black, Steffen Hertog and Michael Mason, LSE
Co-hosted with LSE Human Rights and the Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa at LSE
Citizenship in Africa: the law of belonging
Thursday 15 November | 18:30 - 20:00 | Bronwen Manby and Chaloka Beyani, LSE
Mission Impossible? The Case for a Syrian-Led Political Process
Tuesday 13 November | 18:00 - 19:30 | Salman Shaikh, The Shaikh Group
Understanding the Drivers of Conflict in Iraq
Tuesday 30 October | 18:30 - 20:00 | Toby Dodge, Zeynep Kaya and Jessica Watkins, LSE Middle East Centre; Renad Mansour, Chatham House
Tuesday 23 October | 16:00 - 17:30 | David McDowall
Rentier Islamism: The Influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Gulf Monarchies
Tuesday 16 October | 18:00 - 19:30 | Courtney Freer, LSE Middle East Centre
Hard Truths: Global Extremism
Wednesday 10 October | 18:30 - 20:00 | Steffen Hertog, LSE; Elisabeth Kendall, University of Oxford
The Qatar Crisis in the Maghreb: Fake News, Political Pressures and Real Weapons
Wednesday 10 October | 17:00 - 18:30 | Youssef Cherif
For the Love of Humanity: The World Tribunal on Iraq
Thursday 4 October | 18: 30 - 20:00 | Ayça Çubukçu, LSE
Wednesday 3 October | 18:00 - 19:30 | Katerina Dalacoura and Courtney Freer, LSE; Hendrik Kraetzschmar, University of Leeds; Paola Rivetti, Dublin City University; Craig Larkin, King's College
Rap Beyond Resistance: Staging Power in Contemporary Morocco
Thursday 21 June | 18:00–19:30 | Cristina Moreno-Almeida, King's College London
In Memoriam: Faleh A. Jabar (1946–2018)
Thursday 7 June | 18:30–20:00 followed by reception
The Yazidi Genocide: Future Prospects for Justice and Security
Wednesday 16 May | 18:00–19:30 | Sareta Ashraph, LSE Middle East Centre; Roza Saeed Al-Qaidi, Yazidi activist; Bahaa Ilyas, Yazidi activist
Thursday 10 May 2018 | 13:00–14:00 | Dr Nasr al-Hariri, Syrian Negotiation Commission; Dr Ian Black, LSE Middle East Centre
Strikes, Riots and Laughter: Egypt's 1918 Peasant Insurrection
Wednesday 2 May | 17:15–19:15 | Alia Mosallam, Forum Transregionale Studien
Wednesday 28 March | 9:00–17:00 | RAND Corporation Workshop
Iraq and its Regions: The Future of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq after the Referendum
Friday 16 March | 9:00–17:00 | 'Iraq and its Regions' Workshop
Watch the video | Read the blog series | Read the report EN/AR
Impressions of Algeria: In Conversation with Andrew Noble
Wednesday 14 March | 18:00–19:30 | Andrew Noble
Salman's Legacy: The Dilemmas of a New Era in Saudi Arabia
Wednesday 7 March | 18:00–19:30 | Madawi Al-Rasheed, LSE Middle East Centre; Steffen Hertog, LSE; Michael Farquhar, King's College London
Kurdish Women Fighters: A Path Out of Patriarchy?
Wednesday 7 February | Güneş Murat Tezcür, University of Central Florida
Middle East Careers
Wednesday 31 January | Silvia Quattrini, MRG International; Austen Josephs, Alaco Limited; Jessica Watkins and Robert Lowe, LSE MEC; Alexandra Buccianti, BBC Media Action
Egypt as Effigy: Predatory Power, Hijacked History, and the Devolution of Revolution
Wednesday 24 January | Adel Iskandar, Simon Fraser University
In the Name of Modernity: Urban Expansion and Land Grabs in Morocco
Tuesday 16 January | Soraya El Kahlaoui, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study
Iraq and its Regions: Baghdad–Provincial Relations after Mosul and Kirkuk
Monday 15 January | 9:00–17:00 | 'Iraq and its Regions' Workshop
Watch the video | Read the blog series | Read the report EN/AR
Shadow of a Man? Understanding Masculinities in the MENA
Wednesday 10 January | Shereen El Feki, Chatham House; Joey Ayoub, University of Edinburgh; Madawi Al-Rasheed, LSE Middle East Centre