| 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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| "A Man Learns Only from What His Heart Desires": Hebrew Textbooks Reimagined |
By situating Hebrew textbooks for adults within their historical and social contexts, this lecture sheds light on the intricate relationship between pedagogy, national identity, and the challenges faced by immigrants adapting to a new homeland. |
Rakefet Anzi |
29 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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| After the End of the World: Another Season of War in South Lebanon |
In this talk anthropologist Munira Khayyat revisits the South Lebanon borderland, where she has conducted long term fieldwork in the wake of its almost total destruction after the latest season of war there. |
Munira Khayyat, Pascal Menoret |
23 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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| Oxford Islam & Justice Seminar: Islam and Natural Law |
The theme for this week's lecture is Islam and Natural Law |
Ramon Harvey, Jacob Williams |
19 May, 2025 |
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| Love, Pride, Fear, and Happiness: Zionism as a Case Study for 'National Emotions' |
What emotional traits are essential for building a nation? More broadly, are there such things as ‘national emotions,’ and if so, what are they? |
Yair Berlin |
15 May, 2025 |
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| Oxford Islam & Justice Seminar: Liberal Commitments, Islamic Commitments and Public Reason |
The Oxford Islam and Justice Programme aims to provide a grounding in the academic and debates about the relationship between Islamic views of justice and the modern political order. |
Mohammad Fadel, Jacob Williams |
12 May, 2025 |
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| Israeli Far-Right amid the Erosion of the 'Legitimate Circle of Politics' |
The seminar explores the discursive mapping of far-right constituents within the most right-wing coalition in Israel’s history, formed under Benjamin Netanyahu’s premiership after the five elections held between 2019 and 2022. |
Ferit Belder |
12 May, 2025 |
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| East of Empire: Egypt, India, and the World between the Wars |
In this joint seminar with the Asian Studies Centre, Dr Erin MB O’Halloran, University of Cambridge, presents her new book 'East of Empire' (2025 Stanford University Press). Chaired by Professor Faisal Devji (St Antony’s College). |
Erin O'Halloran, Faisal Devji |
8 May, 2025 |
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| Understanding Syria through Syrian Voices: Refugees’ Stories of Revolution, War, and the Struggle for Home |
In this joint seminar with Oxford University’s Refugee Studies Centre, Wendy Pearlman, Professor at Northwestern University, shares personal testimonies collected from displaced Syrians around the world. |
Wendy Pearlman, Dawn Chatty |
24 March, 2025 |
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| From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics |
In this Friday seminar, Jérôme Drevon discusses his book ‘From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics’ (OUP 2024). |
Jérôme Drevon, Neil Ketchley |
11 March, 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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| The chaos (fawḍà) Bashshar al-Asad warned against – Damascus University 10th November 2005 – and present-day Syria |
On Friday 21 February 2025, Professor Johannes Waardenburg gave the Middle East Centre’s Friday seminar |
Johannes Waardenburg, Walter Armbrust |
6 March, 2025 |
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| To Be a Jewish State |
A book launch event marking the publication of Yaacov Yadgar's new book, To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism. The author in conversation with Amnon Ray-Krakotzkin |
Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, David Borabeck, Yaacov Yadgar |
5 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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| The Axis of Resistance |
A panel with Kamran Matin (University of Sussex), Yasmeen al-Eryani (Tampere Peace Research Institute) and Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford). Chaired by Raihan Ismail (University of Oxford). |
Kamran Matin, Yasmeen al-Eryani, Neil Ketchley, Raihan Ismail |
11 February, 2025 |
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| WRRS: Rethinking Masculinity Through Men's Sexual Experiences in Tehran |
A Women’s Rights Research Seminar (WRRS) with Dr Nafiseh Sharifi, Research Fellow at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. |
Nafiseh Shafiri, Maryam Alemzadeh |
7 February, 2025 |
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| Sudan's current war: a longer view on peacemaking and prospects |
A talk from Dr Richard Barltrop, Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre, reflecting on the current war in Sudan and exploring lessons from the longer history of peacemaking in Sudan and other recent civil wars. |
Richard Barltrop, Walter Armbrust |
7 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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| The Houthis: From Local Insurgents to a Regional Actor - Exploiting Global Solidarities |
Yasmeen Eryani contributing to Session 3: Reverberations of Resistance, at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford / SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. |
Yasmeen Eryani, Neil Ketchley |
13 January, 2025 |
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| Religious Actors and Transnational Solidarity: The question of Palestine |
Prof. Raihan Ismail in Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology, at November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. |
Raihan Ismail, Antonella Acinapura |
13 January, 2025 |
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| Whatever happened to Algerian Islamism? |
Prof. Michael Willis in Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology, at November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. |
Michael Willis, Antonella Acinapura |
13 January, 2025 |
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| Islamist Networks 2011-2013: The AKP, Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood |
Dr Ezgi Basaran in Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology, at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. |
Ezgi Başaran, Antonella Acinapura |
13 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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| Prospects for Democracy and the Muslim Subject: Reflecting on the Raba'a Massacre Ten Years On |
This talk is the closing plenary address given by Professor S Sayyid, University of Leeds the final part of a 2-day online academic conference convened on 15-16 August 2023 by Dr Usaama al-Azami. |
Salman Sayyid, Usaama al-Azami |
7 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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| Trade Networks Bridging Yemen, Israel, and Ethiopia: The Ḥibshūsh Family and Jewish-Muslim Commercial Relations in the 20th Century |
This lecture examines the commercial legacy of the Ḥibshūsh family, a prominent Yemenite Jewish dynasty that played a pivotal role in the Red Sea basin trade from the 1880s to the 1970s |
Menashe Anzi |
6 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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| The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization |
In this talk, Dr Elham Fakhro, a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, launches her new book ‘The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization’ |
Elham Fakhro, Pascal Menoret |
29 November, 2024 |
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| God’s Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani |
In this talk, Iraqi political analyst, Sajad Jiyad, discusses his new book ‘God’s Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’. |
Sajad Jiyad, Raihan Ismail |
29 November, 2024 |
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| Abraham and Moses as Entrepreneurs: Educating for the Future with Narratives of the Past |
How does the global entrepreneurial discourse, which advocates for a neoliberal, individualistic, and future-oriented identity, intersects with a state education system that seeks to establish a collectivist and ethno-national identity? |
Sari R. Alfi Nissan |
22 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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| Synagogues in Israeli Urban Internal Frontiers as Symbols of Sovereignty |
Israeli synagogues in mixed cities following the 1948 war, and their sovereign role |
David Borabeck |
15 November, 2024 |
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| New & Jew, Zionism and the Quest for National Culture |
The Creation of Hebrew Music and its Origins |
Yaron Peleg |
6 November, 2024 |
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| Tahrir, Gaza, and beyond: revolution, liberation, and praxis |
Researcher and writer, Rusha Latif, gives a talk based on her new book ‘Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution’ |
Rusha Latif, Walter Armbrust |
31 October, 2024 |
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| From the Cradle to the Street: Family and the 1979 Revolution in Iran |
Professor Naghmeh Sohrabi, Charles (Corky) Goodman Professor of Middle East History and Director for Research at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, describes the role of the family in the 1979 Revolution in Iran. |
Naghmeh Sohrabi, Maryam Alemzadeh |
31 October, 2024 |
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| Michal Huss - You cannot really live (or die) here: ongoing struggles over cemeteries and housing in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, 1957-2020 |
Debates over housing and cemeteries in Jaffa. |
Michal Huss |
30 October, 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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| Martin Goodman - The Image of Herod in Modern Israel |
Jewish, Israeli, and Zionist perceptions of Herod. |
Martin Goodman |
23 October, 2024 |
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| The New Spirit of Islamism: Interactions between the AKP, Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood |
Journalist and scholar, Dr Ezgi Başaran, presents her book which traces the links between the AKP, Tunisia’s Ennahda, and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood after the Arab Spring. |
Ezgi Başaran, Michael Willis |
22 October, 2024 |
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| Yemima Hadad - Buber and Gandhi on land and resistance: Reading the Buber-Gandhi correspondence after October 7 |
Contesting pacifist views and their implications today. |
Yemima Hadad |
21 October, 2024 |
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| The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa |
Professor Malika Zeghal (Harvard University) presents her new book 'The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa', an innovative analysis that traces the continuity of the state’s custodianship of Islam. |
Malika Zeghal |
30 July, 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 Loneliest Revolution: A Memoir of Solidarity and Struggle in Iran |
Ali Mirsepassi in conversation with Stephanie Cronin about his new book |
Ali Mirsepassi, Stephanie Cronin |
6 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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| Reflections on Tunisian Women's Continued Fight for Respect, Dignity and Rights: Focus on Women in the Labour Movement |
MEC Women's Rights Research Seminar delivered by Dr Heba El-Shazli (George Mason University) Chaired by Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College) |
Heba El-Shazli, Maryam Alemzadeh |
14 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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| Webs of oppression’ in everyday organizing in Palestine: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis |
This talk delves into the multifaceted challenges Palestinian women activists face, revealing how intersecting oppressions within a settler-colonized society shape their organizing efforts and experiences, challenging singular analyses of patriarchy. |
Amal W Nazzal, Maryam Alemzadeh |
7 March, 2024 |
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| The Gender Effect in Intra-Party Meritocracy (with Rabia Kutlu) |
This lecture explores how parliamentary activity affects the candidacy list placements of MPs in closed-list PR systems, particularly focusing on the interaction between gender and candidacy list decisions. |
Rabia Kutlu, Tugba Bozcaga, Maryam Alemzadeh |
7 March, 2024 |
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| Is a Binational State Possible After 7 October? |
In this podcast, Oxford Emeritus Professor Avi Shlaim compares notes with Exeter University Professor Ilan Pappé on the prospects for a binational state in the aftermath of the events of 7 October and the Gaza War. |
Ilan Pappe, Avi Shlaim |
28 February, 2024 |
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| Panel Discussion: Recognizing Palestinian Statehood: European views |
A discussion of European initiatives to recognize the State of Palestine to advance the prospects for a two-state solution. |
Alon Liel, Haizam Amirah-Fernández, Chris Doyle |
19 February, 2024 |
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| Genocide and Accountability in Gaza: The Limits and Potential of International Law |
Prof Noura Erakat explores the significance of South Africa's application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip before the International Court of Justice, and the Court's decision to hear the case. |
Noura Erakat |
14 February, 2024 |
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| The Settler Movement, Political Impasses, and Beyond |
Dr Hagar Kotef from SOAS examines the current situation of Israeli settlers both in the West Bank and in the Cabinet to assess the impact of the settler movement in political options following the Gaza War. |
Hagar Kotef, Raihan Ismail |
12 February, 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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| Israeli Public Opinion and Political Options after 7 October |
Professor Yuli Tamir considers Israeli public opinion following the 7 October 2023 attack and the constraints that public opinion imposes on the political options moving forward. |
Yuli Tamir, Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab |
30 January, 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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| Women’s Movements and Citizenship in the Middle East |
Women's Rights Research Seminar where guest speaker, Dr Roel Meijer (Guest Lecturer in Islam Studies, Radboud Universiteit) presents on Women’s movements and citizenship in the Middle East. |
Roel Meijer, Maryam Alemzadeh, Marilyn Booth |
9 August, 2023 |
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| The Conflict in Syria, A Personal Story |
Dr Haytham Alhamwi draws on his personal experiences to explain the story of the conflict in Syria. |
Haytham Alhamwi |
9 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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| 'The Transformation of Iraq since the 2003 Invasion: From "The Dodgy Dossier", to Human Security, Gender, and the Nation's Future in the Face of Climate Change' |
This lecture examines the resilience of the Iraqi state and nation before and after the 2003 invasion. |
Ibrahim al-Marashi, Walter Armbrust |
2 August, 2023 |
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| Iraq 2018-2019: The Rule of Law: a perspective |
The Rt Hon Sir Peter Gross (Formerly, Lead Judge for International Relations) shares his insight into the Judicial and Rule of Law developments in Iraq. |
Peter Gross, Michael Willis |
27 July, 2023 |
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| Cheaters Dilemma: Iraq, WMD and the path to the 2003 war |
Why did Iraq fail to prove its WMD absence before the 2003 invasion? This seminar examines new evidence from Iraq and United Nations sources to shed light on the internal debates leading up to the 2003 war. |
Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Neil Ketchley |
11 July, 2023 |
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| The Popular Mobilisation Units and their Pursuit of Power and Legitimacy within the Iraqi State |
This talk examines the Shi‘ite political parties linked to Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) and their influence over the state, exploring their strategies for legitimacy in politics, religion, and society. |
Inna Rudolf, Maryam Alemzadeh |
11 July, 2023 |
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| The Iraq Invasion and Transnational Jihadism |
This talk explores the impact of the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 on militant Islamism using new evidence. |
Thomas Hegghammer, Neil Ketchley |
11 July, 2023 |
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| Book Launch: Locked Out of Development: Insiders and Outsiders in Arab Capitalism |
Dr Hertog presents the key arguments of his new short monograph “Locked Out of Development: Insiders and Outsiders in Arab Capitalism” published by Cambridge University Press. |
Steffen Hertog, Neil Ketchley |
23 March, 2023 |
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| Anat Scolnicov - The Israel Supreme Court Religion and the Relationship of State and Religion in Israel |
On judicial independence in Israel |
Anat Scolnicov |
23 March, 2023 |
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| Amos Morris-Rich - The Fusion of Zionism and Science: The First Two Decades - And the Present Day? |
On Zionism's relation to Science |
Amos Morris-Reich |
23 March, 2023 |
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| Clerics in the time of Tishreen |
The evolution of religion-civil society relations in post-2003 Iraq. |
Marsin Alshamary, Maryam Alemzadeh |
3 March, 2023 |
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| The International Thought of Turkish Islamists: History, Civilization and Nation |
Katerina Dalacoura will presents her research project entitled ‘The International Thought of Turkish Islamists’, funded by a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship. |
Katerina Dalacoura, Michael Willis |
22 February, 2023 |
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| The struggle for Salafism in Egypt’s post-revolutionary period |
A Middle East Centre Seminar on Salafism. |
Stéphane Lacroix, Thomas Hegghammer |
21 February, 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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| Friendship |
Associate Professor Nuha al-Sha’ar speaking on ‘Friendship in Islamic Ethical Political Thought: Foundations and Modern Implications’ // Associate Professor SherAli Tareen speaking on ‘Debating Hindu-Muslim Friendship After Empire’ |
Faisal Devji, Nuha al-Sha’ar, SherAli Tareen |
20 January, 2023 |
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| Michael Willis on Recent Developments in the Maghreb |
Michael Willis joins Almanac to discuss his new book, Algeria: Politics and Society from the Dark Decade to the Hirak, recent developments in Tunisia and Morocco, and why studying the area “West of Cairo” is of critical importance to Middle East Studies. |
Matthew Smith, Michael Willis |
17 January, 2023 |
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| The Left |
Fadi Bardawil speaking on ‘Nation, Class, Community: Milestones on the path of the 1960s Lebanese New Left’. Nadia Bou Ali speaking on ‘Is the Heart for the East and Reason for the West? Mehdi Amel’s Critique of Edward Said’. |
Fadi Bardawil, Nadia Bou Ali, Faisal Devji |
16 January, 2023 |
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| Book Launch: Pacted Democracy in the Middle East: Tunisia and Egypt in Comparative Perspective |
A new theoretical framework for how democracy can emerge in the Middle East and wider Muslim world, where political conflicts over religion often predominate. |
Hicham Alaoui, Michael Willis |
23 December, 2022 |
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| Centres, Peripheries and New Histories of the Left in Iran |
How historians can gain new insights from global history, and how historians and histories of Iran can contribute |
Rasmus Elling, Stephanie Cronin |
23 December, 2022 |
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| Dissent |
Valerie Hoffman speaking on Charges of Radicalism: Ibāḍī–Wahhābī Polemics and Articulations of Identity. |
Valerie Hoffman, Faisal Devji, Usaama al-Azami |
23 December, 2022 |
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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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| In the Shade of the Sunna: Salafi Piety in the 20th-Century Middle East |
Aaron Rock-Singer presents their latest book "In the Shade of the Sunna: Salafi Piety in the 20th-Century Middle East". |
Aaron Rock-Singer, Usaama al-Azami |
6 December, 2022 |
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| Neta Schramm - Zionist Neutral? The Sardonic Zionism of Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Ovadia Yosef |
Neta Schramm discusses the (non-ideological) "think Zionism" stances of two leading Israeli figures. |
Neta Schramm |
5 December, 2022 |
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| Maya Mark - Menachem Begin’s stand on the imposition of the Military Government, 1948- 1966 |
Maya Mark discusses Menachem Begin's commitment to Liberalism |
Maya Mark |
30 November, 2022 |
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| All Necessary Measures? The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya |
Ian Martin presents his latest book on Libya: All Necessary Measures? The United Nations and International Intervention in Libya. |
Ian Martin |
29 November, 2022 |
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