Past Events 2020
MEC10 Anniversary Event
The Future of the Study of the Middle East: Ecology, Health and Decolonisation (Webinar)
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
The Politics of Health Care Provision Across Lebanon and Turkey (Webinar)
Friday 11 December | 15:00 - 16:30 GMT | Melani Cammett, Harvard University; Asli Cansunar, University of Oxford
Kuwait Programme event
Kuwait goes to the Polls: Discussing the 2020 Parliamentary Elections (Webinar)
Tueday 8 December | 15:00 - 16:30 GMT | Abdullah al-Khonaini; Alanoud Al-Sharekh; Michael Herb; Daniel L. Tavana
Co-organised with the
The Future of the (non-)Maghreb: The Least Integrated Region on the Planet (Webinar)
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
The Origins of the Syrian Conflict: Climate Change and Human Security (Webinar)
Thursday 19 November | 13:00 - 14:30 GMT | Marwa Daoudy, Georgetown University
Mapping Kurdistan: Territory, Self-Determination and Nationalism (Webinar)
Monday 16 November | 13:00 - 14:30 GMT | Zeynep Kaya, LSE Middle East Centre
Political Repression in Bahrain (Webinar)
Tuesday 10 November | 13:00 - 14:30 GMT | Marc Owen Jones, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
The Politics of Migration in Modern Egypt: Strategies for Regime Survival in Autocracies (Webinar)
Thursday 5 November | 13:00 - 14:30 GMT | Gerasimos Tsourapas, University of Birmingham; Ibrahim Awad, American University of Cairo
As part of #DecolonisingLSE 2020-21, co-organised with Jadaliyya and the Arab Studies Institute
Thursday 29 October | 18:00 - 19:30 GMT | Carly A. Krakow, LSE; Muna Dajani, LSE; Mona Harb, American University of Beirut
Libya's Fragmentation: Structure and Process in Violent Conflict (Webinar)
Thursday 22 October | 13:00 - 14:30 BST | Wolfram Lacher, German Institute for International and Security Affairs; Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy, Overseas Development Institute
Israel and the Gulf: From Secret to Open Relations (Webinar)
Tuesday 13 October | 15:30 - 17:00 BST | Ebtesam Al-Ketbi, Emirates Policy Centre; Clive Jones, Durham University; Elie Podeh, Mitvim Institute
The Historical Roots of the Omani Left (Webinar)
Monday 28 September | 13:00 - 14:30 BST | Talal Al-Rashoud, LSE Middle East Centre
Iran in Iraq: The Limits of Smart Power Amidst Public Protest (Webinar)
Thursday 30 July | 15:00 - 16:15 BST | Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, RUSI; Jessica Watkins, LSE
Libya in 2020: The Region's Most Important Proxy War? (Webinar)
Tuesday 28 July | 13:00 - 14:30 BST | Jalel Harchaoui, Clingendael Institute; Elham Saudi, Lawyers for Justice in Libya
Houses Built on Sand: Violence, Sectarianism and Revolution in the Middle East (Webinar)
Thursday 16 July | 15:00 - 16:30 BST Simon Mabon, Lancaster University
MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman (Webinar)
Wednesday 8 July | 13:00 - 14:30 BST | Ben Hubbard, New York Times
Organised with the Institute of Global Affairs
A Critical Assessment of COVID-19’s impact in MENA (Webinar)
Thursday 2 July | 16:30 - 17:45 BST | Rothna Begum, Human Rights Watch; Ahmed Galal, MENA Health Policy Forum; Weeam Hammoudeh, Birzeit University
Contemporary Domestic and Foreign Policies of Iran (Webinar)
Friday 26 June | 13:00 - 14:30 BST | Pejman Abdolmohammadi, University of Trento
Arab Urbanism Magazine Launch (Webinar)
Wednesday 10 June | 13:00 - 14:30 BST | Nadi Abusaada, University of Cambridge; Lana Judeh, Birzeit University; Noura Wahby, University of Cambridge
The Political Economy of Economic Policy in Iraq (Webinar)
Thursday 4 June | 13:30 - 15:00 BST | Alexander Hamilton, UK Department for International Development
An Israeli Political Crisis: Elections, Unity Government and Annexation (Webinar)
Thursday 28 May | 13:00 - 14:30 | Yara Hawari, Al-Shabaka, The Palestinian Policy Network; Daniel Levy, U.S./Middle East Project
Understanding 'Sectarianism': Sunni-Shi'a Relations in the Modern Arab World (Webinar)
Monday 11 May | 13:00 - 14:30 | Fanar Haddad, National University of Singapore
Co-organised with Peace Track Initiative
Yemen: Lessons from the Past and Opportunities for an Inclusive Peace Agreement (Webinar)
Thursday 30 April | 15:00 - 16:30 | Fatima Al-Asrar, Middle East Institute; Rasha Jarhum, Peace Track Initiative
Algeria and the Hirak: What Next for the Country? (Webinar)
Thursday 23 April | 13:00 - 14:30 | Amel Boubekeur, European Council on Foreign Relations
Coronavirus: the coup de grace for Lebanon? (Webinar)
Friday 27 March |13:00 - 14:30 | Jim Muir, Journalist
Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry that Unravelled the Middle East
Thursday 5 March | 18:00 - 19:30 | Kim Ghattas, Journalist and Author
Egypt's Military Economy: A Spearhead for the Revival of State Capitalism?
Monday 24 February | 18:00 - 19:30 | Yezid Sayigh, Carnegie Middle East Centre
Crony Capitalism in the Middle East: Business and Politics from Liberalization to the Arab Spring
Monday 10 February | 17:00 - 18:30 | Adeel Malik, University of Oxford; Ishac Diwan, Paris Sciences et Lettres
Co-organised with LSE Department of Gender
Iran at 40: Gendering the Trajectories and Transformation of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Wednesday 5 February | 18:00 - 19:30 | Nazanin Shahrokni, LSE Gender; Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Goldsmiths University of London
Palestine and the Politics of Decolonisation
Thursday 30 January | 18:00 - 19:30 | Abdel Razzaq Takriti, University of Houston
The Assassination of Qasim Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis: National and Regional Consequences
Monday 27 January | 18:00 - 19:30 | Toby Dodge, LSE; Dina Esfandiary, Herminius; Patrick Porter, University of Birmingham
Tuesday 21 January | 18:00 - 19:30 | Sam Dagher, Journalist