Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse in Syria: A Social-Institutionalist Explanation
Speaker: Thomas Pierret, University of Edinburgh Chair: John Chalcraft, LSE Over the last four years, the Syrian insurgency has witnessed the rise and consolidation of certain factions, particularly ...
8 Mai 201742min
Sectarianisation: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East
Speakers: Danny Postel, Northwestern University; Madawi Al-Rasheed, LSE Middle East Centre; Nader Hashemi, University of Denver; Toby Matthiesen, University of Oxford; Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Uni...
8 Mai 20171h 37min
Syrian Refugees in the Kurdish Region of Iraq: Radio Al-Salam Interview with Filippo Dionigi
Erbil-based Radio Al-Salam (https://soundcloud.com/radio-al-salam) interviewed LSE Middle East Centre Leverhulme Research Fellow Dr Filippo Dionigi about his current research project, which looks at h...
4 Mai 201710min
The Evolution of Ennahdha in Tunisia: In Conversation with Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi
Speaker: Rached Ghannouchi, Ennahdha Party On Thursday 20 April 2017, the MEC hosted a talk by Ennahdha (Renaissance) Party founder Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi, in which he reflected on the achievements...
26 Apr 20171h 29min
Quest for Authority: The Presidency and its Standing in the Islamic Republic
Speaker: Siavush Randjbar-Daemi, University of Manchester Chair: Ali Ansari, University of St Andrews Siavush Randjbar-Daemi discusses the origins and development of the presidential institution in ...
31 Jan 20171h 17min
Middle East Careers
Speakers: Nick Alton, FCO; Dania Akkad, Middle East Eye; Courtney Freer, LSE Middle East Centre; Mina Toksoz, University of Manchester and Chatham House; Representative of Oxfam UK Chair: Robert Lowe,...
18 Jan 20171h 4min
Social Harmony: An Iraqi perspective
Speaker: Ambassador Lukman Faily, Senior Advisor to Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi Chair: Professor Toby Dodge, LSE Middle East Centre Lukman Faily argues that the lack of social harmony in Iraqi society r...
30 Nov 20161h 30min
The Religionisation of Israeli Society
Speakers: Yoav Peled, Tel Aviv University; Horit Herman Peled, Tel Aviv University Chair: Amnon Aran, City, University of London Yoav Peled and Horit Herman Peled examine the growing saliency of the ...
16 Nov 20161h 25min
