Past Events 2026
Social Protection and Conflict Prevention in Lebanon and Jordan (Webinar)
Monday 30 March | 15:00 - 16:00 BST | Rana Jawad, University of Birmingham
Social Media Consumption and Food-Consumption in Contemporary Kuwait
Wednesday 25 March | 13:00 - 14:00 GMT | Fabricio Mendes Fialho, LSE International Inequalities Institute; Abrar Al Hasan, Kuwait University
Gender and Conflict: Kurdish Narratives
Wednesday 18 March | 17.30 - 19.00 | Dilar Dirik, Writer and Independent Researcher; Farangis Ghaderi, University of Exeter; Elif Sarican, Writer, Editor and Translator
The Geopolitical Implications of the Israel-US-Iran War
Tuesday 17 March | 18:30 - 20:00 | Sanam Vakil, Chatham House; Toby Dodge, LSE Department of International Relations; Peter Trubowitz, LSE Phelan US Centre
'Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed' Book Launch
Tuesday 3 March | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Killian Clarke, Georgetown University; Hazem Kandil, Cambridge University
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 - 21:00 GMT | Phil Cox, Native Voice Films; Yousef Jubeh, Editor & Producer