| The Devaki Jain Lecture - Empowered voices: Jordanian women shaping their future |
The Middle East Centre was honoured to host the 2025 Devaki Jain Lecture. This year’s lecture was delivered by Rana Husseini, Jordanian activist, journalist and author. |
Rana Husseini, Eugene Rogan |
30 May, 2025 |
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| Liberation Theology in Palestine |
A paper delivered by Rev. Dr Mitri Alraheb at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. |
Mitri Alraheb, Eugene Rogan |
27 May, 2025 |
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| Towards an Inclusive Narrative, History, and Methodology |
A paper delivered by Dr Hamdan Taha at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. |
Hamdan Taha, Eugene Rogan |
27 May, 2025 |
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| The Archaeology and History of Palestine - Book introduction |
A paper delivered by Dr Iman Saca at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. |
Iman Saca, Eugene Rogan |
22 May, 2025 |
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| History of the British Mandate in Palestine |
A paper delivered by Dr Issam Nassar at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. |
Issam Nassar, Eugene Rogan |
22 May, 2025 |
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| New Critical Assessment of the Archaeology and History of Palestine During the Early and Middle Islamic Periods |
A paper delivered by Dr Mahmoud Hawari at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. |
Mahmoud Hawari, Eugene Rogan |
22 May, 2025 |
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| Palestine Research Centre symposium at the MEC – Opening remarks |
Speech delivered by H.E. Dr Mohammad Shtayyeh, Chairman of the Palestine Research Centre and former Palestinian Prime Minister, at a symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. |
Mohammad Shtayyeh, Eugene Rogan |
22 May, 2025 |
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| The Prehistory of Palestine |
A paper delivered by Dr Ghattas Sayej at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. |
Ghattas Sayej, Eugene Rogan |
22 May, 2025 |
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| Philip Michael Wolfson on Dame Zaha Hadid and the 10 Year Anniversary of the Investcorp Building |
Former head of design for Dame Zaha Hadid, Philip Michael Wolfson, reflects on her work and career in the first of two lectures marking the 10-year anniversary of the Investcorp Building. |
Philip Michael Wolfson, Eugene Rogan |
22 May, 2025 |
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| Genocide in Gaza |
On Tuesday 18 February 2025, the Middle East Centre hosted the launch for St Antony’s Emeritus Fellow, Professor Avi Shlaim’s, new book ‘Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine’ (Irish Pages Press, 2025). |
Avi Shlaim, Eugene Rogan, Chris Agee |
7 March, 2025 |
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| Israeli Public Opinion, War and Prospects for Peace |
Political strategist and public opinion researcher, Dr Dahlia Scheindlin, shares her analysis of public opinion surveys before and during the war in Gaza. |
Dahlia Scheindlin, Eugene Rogan |
19 February, 2025 |
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| Lebanon and Syria Amidst Regional Turmoil |
A talk from Joseph Bahout, Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and Associate Professor of Practice in Political Studies. |
Joseph Bahout, Eugene Rogan |
31 January, 2025 |
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| The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Turkey |
A launch event for ‘The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Turkey’ (OUP), jointly convened by the MEC and SEESOX, with panellists Caroline Tee, Fabio Vicini, Sertaç Sehlikoğlu, and Stefan Williamson Fa. |
Caroline Tee, Fabio Vicini, Sertac Sehlikoğlu, Stefan Williamson Fa, Eugene Rogan |
30 January, 2025 |
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| Saudi Arabia and Iran: Transnational Shifts and Regional Order |
Prof. Simon Mabon contributing to Session 1: Intra-Muslim relations and Geopolitical Transformation, at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. |
Simon Mabon, Eugene Rogan |
13 January, 2025 |
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| Iran is Far Less Interested in Resistance than You are Made to Believe |
Prof. Maryam Alemzadeh in Session 1: Intra-Muslim relations and Geopolitical Transformation, at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. |
Maryam Alemzadeh, Eugene Rogan |
13 January, 2025 |
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| The 'Day After' October 7 and Geopolitical Transformations in the Wider Arab World Region |
Dr Hisham Hellyer contributing to Session 1: Intra-Muslim relations & Geopolitical Transformation at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. |
Hisham Hellyer, Eugene Rogan |
13 January, 2025 |
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| Defining antisemitism: what is the point |
In this talk, Dr Klug and Professor Lavi explore the following questions, among others: What useful role can definitions play in this controversy? Can the IHRA definition perform this role? Does the JDA give better guidance? |
Brian Klug, Shai Lavi, Eugene Rogan |
19 December, 2024 |
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| Writing Middle Eastern Lives: Biography in Modern Arab History |
Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, author of ‘An Impossible Friendship’, Marilyn Booth, author of ‘The Career and Communities of Zaynab Fawwaz’, and Peter Hill, author of ‘Prophet of Reason’, discuss the writing of biography in modern Middle Eastern history. |
Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, Marilyn Booth, Peter Hill, Eugene Rogan |
29 November, 2024 |
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| Regional dimensions of the Gaza crisis, and the Arab role in the UN Security Council |
Mouin Rabbani and Hasmik Egian discuss the impact the crisis in Gaza has had on the Arab world, with a particular focus on the UN Security Council. |
Mouin Rabbani, Hasmik Egian, Eugene Rogan |
19 November, 2024 |
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| The challenges of writing Middle East history after 7 October: from Gaza to the climate crisis |
Dr Ibrahim Al-Marashi reflects on the process of researching and writing the latest edition of his book, ‘A Concise History of the Middle East’. |
Ibrahim al-Marashi, Eugene Rogan |
25 October, 2024 |
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| What Gazans Think Before and After October 7th |
Professor Amaney A. Jamal discusses findings from surveys in Gaza and the West Bank, as the 46th Annual George Antonius Memorial Lecture. |
Amaney A. Jamal, Eugene Rogan |
26 June, 2024 |
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| The Damascus Events Book Launch, Oxford |
Book Launch for "The Damascus Events: the 1860 Massacre and the Destruction of the Old Ottoman World" By Eugene Rogan, Published in hardback by Allen Lane, 2 May 2024. |
Eugene Rogan |
17 May, 2024 |
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| The United Nations and the Question of Palestine |
Professor Ardi Imseis new book explores the UN’s management of the longest-running problem on its agenda, critically assessing tensions between the Organisation’s position and international law. |
Ardi Imseis, Eugene Rogan |
7 May, 2024 |
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| Considering the Political Options in Gaza After Three Months of War |
In the opening meeting of the Middle East Centre’s Hilary Term seminar series, the Fellows of the Centre led a panel discussion to set out the agenda for the series examining the political options following the Gaza War. |
Eugene Rogan, Walter Armbrust, Maryam Alemzadeh, Raihan Ismail |
5 February, 2024 |
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| Modern Arab Kingship - Remaking the Ottoman Political Order in the Interwar Middle East |
Adam Mestyan argues that post-Ottoman Arab political orders were not, as many historians believe, products of European colonialism but of the process of "recycling empire." |
Adam Mestyan, Eugene Rogan |
25 January, 2024 |
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| Stories to Connect: The Reza Hosseini Memorial Lecture Series on the past and present of the Middle East |
Join Professor Ghassan Salamé for his Lecture on 'Lessons from 2003 Iraq: Twenty Years Later.' |
Ghassan Salamé, Eugene Rogan |
23 January, 2024 |
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| Reconsidering the 60s generation in the Arab world and beyond |
Professor Yoav di Capua offers a comprehensive empirical, theoretical, and methodological reassessment of the Arab 60s as a global pursuit with lessons that transcend the geography of the Middle East - the fruit of a decade of research on Arab thought. |
Yoav di Capua, Eugene Rogan |
23 January, 2024 |
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| What have the Arab Uprisings done to "Contemporary Arab Thought"? |
Professor Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab offers some reflections on the challenges that a post-2011 Arab critique might be facing. |
Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab, Eugene Rogan |
23 January, 2024 |
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| Zionism and the Jews of Iraq: A Personal Perspective |
Professor Avi Shlaim gives the George Antonius Memorial Lecture 2023, examining the Jewish exodus from Iraq in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, and arguing the Zionist movement played an active part in the uprooting of Iraqi Jews. |
Avi Shlaim, Eugene Rogan |
19 September, 2023 |
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| Book Launch - Russia and the GCC 'The Case of Tatarstan's Paradiplomacy' |
Dr. Diana Galeeva introduces her book which examines the relations between the Gulf States and Russia from the Soviet era to the present day. |
Diana Galeeva, Roy Allison, Eugene Rogan |
7 September, 2023 |
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| Memorial in honour of Derek Hopwood OBE and Celia Kerslake |
The Director and Fellows of the Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College convened a memorial in honour of Derek Hopwood OBE, Emeritus Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies (1933-2020) and Celia Kerslake, Emeritus Fellow in Turkish (1946-2023). |
Eugene Rogan, Roger Goodman, Gina Rowland, Rosie MacGregor, Michael Willis, Dimitris Antoniou, Linda Schilcher, Laurent Mignon, Ahmed al-Shahi |
22 August, 2023 |
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| Israel's Covert Diplomacy in the Middle East |
This lecture explores Israel’s secret relations with its neighbors during the years 1948-2022. |
Elie Podeh, Eugene Rogan |
3 August, 2023 |
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| Resurrecting the Caliphate: The Creed of Abraham and ISIS’s Hermeneutics of Power |
A talk with a focus on the contemporary militant group referred to by the acronym ISIS (or ISIL) and its views on the “caliphate.” |
Asma Afsaruddin, Eugene Rogan |
21 February, 2023 |
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| Algeria: Politics and Society from the Dark Decade to the Hirak |
Dr Michael Willis' new book offers an explanation of this unexpected development known as the Hirak Movement, examining the political and social changes that have occurred in Algeria since the ‘dark decade’ of the 1990s |
Michael Willis, Eugene Rogan |
10 February, 2023 |
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| Jihad, Radicalism, and the New Atheism |
Professor Mohammad Khalil scrutinises the claim by New Atheists like Richard Dawkins that Islam is a fundamentally violent religion |
Mohammad Khalil, Eugene Rogan |
7 February, 2023 |
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| Inside Qatar: Hidden Stories from One of the Richest Nations on Earth |
A talk based on John McManus’s book, Inside Qatar: hidden stories from one of the richest nations on earth. |
John McManus, Eugene Rogan |
6 December, 2022 |
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| The Making of the Modern Middle East |
A vivid and authoritative account of the making of the modern Middle East, from the BBC’s long-serving correspondent in the region. |
Jeremy Bowen, Eugene Rogan |
23 November, 2022 |
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| Nemir Kirdar Memorial Event |
Memorial event for the late Mr Nemir Amin Kirdar (1936-2020). |
Roger Goodman, Margaret MacMillan, Eugene Rogan, Serra Kirdar, Yusef Abu Khadra, Mohammed Alardhi, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa |
15 November, 2022 |
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| Albert Hourani’s Impact |
2022 is the 60th anniversary of the publication of Albert Hourani’s magnum opus Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age, 1798-1939. |
Matthew Smith, Charles Ough, Paul Dresch, Eugene Rogan, Marilyn Booth |
17 October, 2022 |
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| The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty |
Professor Joseph Sassoon in conversation with Dr Michael Willis about his recent book, The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty (Allen Lane, Penguin Group, 2022). Emeritus Professor Avi Shlaim joins them. |
Joseph Sassoon, Michael Willis, Avi Shlaim, Eugene Rogan, Faisal Devji |
24 March, 2022 |
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| The Tinderbox documentary film discussion |
Gillian Mosely (Film Director and Producer) joins Dr Anne Irfan, Professor Eugene Rogan and our Middle East Centre webinar audience to talk about her documentary film, The Tinderbox - Israel and Palestine: time to call time? |
Gillian Mosely, Anne Irfan, Eugene Rogan |
20 April, 2021 |
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| Ashmolean Museum - Middle East Centre: Owning the Past: A troubled century of Anglo-Iraqi relations |
A webinar that explores the complex history binding Iraq and the U.K. from the First World War through the mandate and creation of the Hashemite monarchy, and Britain’s role in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath. |
Eugene Rogan, Dina Rizk Khoury, Charles Tripp, Myfanwy Lloyd |
24 March, 2021 |
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| Counter-Revolutions Vs. Counter-Marginalization Movements: (Re)Visiting the Online Tug-of-War a Decade After the Arab Spring |
Dr Marc Owen Jones (Hamad Bin Khalifa University) and Dr Sahar Khamis (University of Maryland) give a talk for the MEC Friday Seminars Series. Chaired by Professor Walter Armbrust (St Antony’s College, Oxford). |
Marc Owen Jones, Sahar Khamis, Walter Armbrust, Eugene Rogan |
17 March, 2021 |
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| Iraq and Lebanon – Revolt Against Sectarianism? |
Maha Yahya (PhD, Director, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Centre) Maysoon Pachachi (Film director) give a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St. Antony's College, Oxford). |
Maha Yahya, Maysoon Pachachi, Eugene Rogan |
23 February, 2021 |
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| History, politics, and Anecdotes with Eugene Rogan |
Piotr Schulkes and Eugene Rogan discuss the importance of history in contemporary Middle Eastern politics, how the West discusses the region, and a number of stories from Rogan’s time at Oxford. |
Piotr Schulkes, Eugene Rogan |
22 February, 2021 |
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| Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads |
First episode of Booktalk, where host Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford) talks with David Rundell on his book Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads, Bloomsbury Publication (2020. |
Eugene Rogan, David Rundell |
18 January, 2021 |
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| The Dictatorship Syndrome |
Alaa Al Aswany, author of The Dictatorship Syndrome (2019), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford) |
Alaa Al Aswany, Eugene Rogan |
23 October, 2020 |
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| The Middle East: Should We Give Up? |
Joost Hiltermann (International Crisis Group), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series on 25th January 2019. Professor Eugene Rogan chairs. |
Joost Hiltermannm, Eugene Rogan |
1 February, 2019 |
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| Book Event: On the Arab Jew, Palestine, and Other Displacements |
Jacqueline Rose (Birkbeck), Kfir Cohen (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute), Moshe Behar (The University of Manchester), Hakem Al-Rustom (Michigan), Ella Shohat (New York University) discuss at the book event. Chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College). |
Jacqueline Rose, Kfir Cohen, Moshe Behar, Hakem Al-Rustom, Ella Shohat, Eugene Rogan |
28 August, 2018 |
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| Eugene Rogan - The Myth of the Campbell-Bannerman Report: Arab views on Israel after the Suez Crisis |
On the origins and context of a little know (for some obvious reasons) chapter in the history of the Zionism. |
Eugene Rogan |
8 February, 2018 |
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| A History of Algeria |
James McDougall presents an expansive new account of the modern history of Africa's largest country |
James McDougal, Eugene Rogan, Laleh Khalili, Robert Gildea, Philip Bullock |
25 January, 2018 |
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| Panel Discussion: Prospects of Iraqi Kurdistan's Independence Amid Regional Turbulences |
Hemin Hawrami (Senior Adviser to President Masoud Barzani) and Ceng Sagnic (Moshe Dayan Centre, Israel), discuss the prospect of Kurdistan independence. Chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony’s College). |
Hemin Hawrami, Ceng Sagnic, Eugene Rogan, Ari Aziz Mamshae |
16 May, 2017 |
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| Writing an Arab Officer into the 1948 War for Palestine |
Professor Laila Parsons (McGill University), gives a talk for the Middle East seminar series. Chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford). |
Laila Parsons, Eugene Rogan |
9 May, 2017 |
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| Arab robe worn by T. E. Lawrence |
On Lawrence of Arabia and wearing Arab robes. T. E. Lawrence, or Lawrence of Arabia was infamous for his scruffy appearance when in the British Khaki uniform, and wore it as little as possible. |
Eugene Rogan |
23 January, 2017 |
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| The Automobile Club of Egypt |
A Conversation with Alaa Al Aswany with Eugene Rogan at the Middle East Centre, St Antony's College on 19th January 2016. |
Alaa Al Aswany, Eugene Rogan |
1 February, 2016 |
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| The Ottoman Front: The First World War in the Middle East |
Drawing on European and Middle Eastern sources, historian Eugene Rogan provides an overview of the Great War in the Middle East from both sides of the trenches. |
Eugene Rogan |
3 October, 2014 |
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| The past is never dead: Balkan legacies of the First World War part one |
Speakers include; Ivo Banac (Yale University), Richard Crampton (St Edmund Hall, Oxford), Basil Gounaris (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Margaret Macmillan (St Antony’s College, Oxford), Eugene Rogan (St Antony’s College, Oxford) |
Othon Anastasakis, Elizabeth Roberts, Margaret MacMillan, Richard Crampton, Ivo Banac, Basil Gounaris, Eugene Rogan |
19 June, 2014 |
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| How to Be Publishable: Graduate Training Seminar |
A crash course in how to get published, from approaching the writing process to marketing your ideas. Dr. Eugene Rogan discusses the ins and outs of academic and trade publishing with insights for students at the graduate level and beyond. |
Eugene Rogan |
20 February, 2014 |
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| Michael Winterbottom in Conversation: Genres, Adaptation and Contemporary Cinema |
Filmmaker Michael Winterbottom gives a talk for the Humanitas lecture series on Film and Television. |
Michael Winterbottom, Eugene Rogan, Laura Marcus, Andrew Klevan, Nikolaj Lubeckle |
28 May, 2013 |
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| Global Humanities Showcase |
Shearer West, Rana Mitter, Helen Wanatabe-O'Kelly and Eugene Rogan give presentations showcasing the research being done in the Oxford Humanities Division. |
Shearer West, Rana Mitter, Helen Wanatabe-O'Kelly, Eugene Rogan |
5 October, 2011 |
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