Past Events 2022

Co-organised with the
Tuesday 29 November | 17:00 - 18:00 GMT | Mahfoud Amara, Qatar University; Maher Mezahi, Independent Journalist; Aziza Nait Sibaha, France24
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Wednesday 23 November | 17:00 - 18:30 GMT | Muna Dajani & Michael Mason, LSE Middle East Centre; Munir Fakher Eldin & Omar Tesdell, Birzeit University
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Wednesday 16 November | 17:30 - 20:00 GMT | Maysoon Pachachi, Director & Irada Al-Jubori, Writer

Co-organised with the
and the
Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa
, LSE
Tuesday 1 November | 15:00 - 16:00 GMT | Arash Davari, University of Minnesota; Elleni Centime Zeleke, Columbia University
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As part of the MEC's
Understanding Insurgency: Popular Support for the PKK in Turkey
Thursday 27 October | 17:30 - 18:30 BST | Francis O'Connor, Wageningen University & Research
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Thursday 20 October | 18:00 - 19:00 BST | Tilde Rosmer, Zayed University
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Monday 10 October | 18:00 - 19:00 BST | José Ciro Martínez, University of York

Student Careers Panel & Reception
Wednesday 5 October | 18:00 - 20:00 BST | Reza Afshar, Independent Diplomat; Hind Hassan, VICE News; Ahmed Tabaqchali, Asia Frontier Capital Iraq Fund; Polly Withers, LSE Middle East Centre
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Thursday 16 June | 16:00 - 17:30 BST | Jessica Watkins, LSE Middle East Centre; Yazan Doughan, Department of Anthropology, LSE
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Monday 23 May | 16:30 - 18:00 BST | Evren Balta, Özyeğin University; Lisel Hintz, Johns Hopkins University; Spyros A. Sofos, LSE Middle East Centre
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This symposium, organised by the LSE Middle East Centre, examines the idea of the future in its affective and conceptual sense within the context of the Middle East and North Africa.

Co-organised with Department of Gender Studies, LSE
Thursday 19 May | 14:00 - 17:00 BST | Danielle Beverly, Director of 'Qatar Stars' & Jawaher AlMoawda, Producer of 'Qatar Stars'
Please note: this workshop is for LSE staff and students only.
The conference is organized by the LSE Middle East Centre in cooperation with the Middle East and North Africa Research Group (MENARG) and the Politics of the Margins Research Project at the University of Ghent.
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(Hybrid Event)
Monday 11 April | 17:30 - 19:00 BST | Courtney Freer & Spyros Sofos, LSE Middle East Centre
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(Webinar)
Tuesday 5 April | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Omar Al-Ghazzi, LSE Media and Communications; Najlaa Aboumerhi, Alaraby TV; Ibrahim Hamidi, Asharq al-Awsat; Mai Noman, BBC Arabic; Isam Uraiqat, Alhudood

webinar
(Webinar)
Monday 4 April | 15:00 - 16:30 BST | Fahed Al-Sumait, GUST; Ellen Helsper, LSE; Cristina Navarro, GUST; Nouf Al-Saif, GUST

(Hybrid Event)
Thursday 24 March | 18:30 - 20:00 GMT | Leïla Vignal, École normale supérieure, Paris
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As part of the
(Webinar)
Thursday 17 March | 13:00 - 14:00 GMT | Marouf Cabi, Historian

(Webinar)
Monday 14 March | 13:00 - 14:00 GMT | Mariam Salehi, Freie Universität Berlin; Charles Tripp, British Academy
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webinar
Thursday 10 March | 13:00 - 14:30 GMT | Nuno F. da Cruz, LSE Cities; Dhari Alrasheed, Kuwait University; Hyun Bang Shin, LSE South East Asia Centre; Do Young Oh, Lingnan University
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Monday 7 March | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Golnar Nikpour, Dartmouth University
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As part of the
, co-organised with the
Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, LSE
Thursday 3 March | 13:00 - 14:00 GMT | Yaniv Voller, University of Kent
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Co-organised with the
60 Years of Higher Education in Algeria: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities
Friday 18 February | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Mounir Khaled Berrah, Ecole Nationale Polytechnique, Algiers; Hayat Messekher, École Nationale Supérieure de Bouzareah, Algiers; Mohamed Miliani, University of Oran; Khaoula Taleb-Ibrahimi, University of Algiers II
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Tuesday 1 February | 14:00 - 15:00 GMT | Taif Alkhudary, LSE Middle East Centre; Marwa Abdul Ridah, Lawyer; Anfal Abed, Public Aid Organisation, Iraq; Amal Kabashi, Iraqi Women Network
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يوم الثلاثاء 1 فِبرايِر/ شُباط | 14:00 - 15:00 بتوقيت لندن | طيف الخضيري (مركز الشرق الأوسط) و مروة عبد الرضا (محامية) و أنفال عبد (منظمة النجدة الشعبية في العراق) و أمل كباشي (شبكة النساء العراقيات)

As part of the
Monday 17 January | 13:00-14:00 GMT | Isabel Käser, LSE Middle East Centre