Algeria and the Anxiety of Decolonisation: Case Studies in Language and Gender
Professor Zahia Smail Salhi is Chair of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Manchester since 2013 and Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science at Sharjah University for the la...
16 Jun 1h 24min
Kurdish Studies Conference: Developing Kurdish Studies as a scholarly field
This plenary session, delivered as part of the 2026 Kurdish Studies Conference by Marlene Schäfers, University of Utrecht and Kurdish Studies Journal and Welat Zeydanlıoğlu, Kurdish Studies Network, w...
15 Jun 1h 25min
Sudan’s Current War: A Longer View on Peacemaking and Prospects
The LSE Middle East Centre hosted the launch of Richard Barltrop’s paper, 'Sudan’s Current War: A Longer View on Peacemaking and Prospects'. This hybrid event launched a new paper examining the ongoi...
27 Mai 1h 13min
Social Protection and Conflict Prevention in Lebanon and Jordan
This webinar examines perceptions of social protection and conflict prevention in Lebanon and Jordan among policymakers and household recipients of state-provided cash transfers. Drawing on extensive...
8 Mai 57min
Social Media Consumption and Food-Consumption in Contemporary Kuwait
The LSE Middle East Centre hosted a Kuwait Programme workshop, presenting research on the influence of social media on food-consumption behaviours in Kuwait. Kuwait is experiencing public health chal...
21 Apr 53min
Urban Exclusion in the City
In the final episode of this season, Ahmad Abu Hussien, an urban sociologist from Jordan, brings together academics and practitioners to explore theories of urban planning and design through case stud...
14 Apr 34min
Creating Real Economic Empowerment for Women in MENA
In this penultimate episode, Yara Shawky Shahin has a frank discussion with her colleague Yasmine D’Alessandro about how to create programmes of real economic empowerment for women in the Middle East ...
31 Mar 28min
