Being Salafi Under Sisi: The Strategy of the Egyptian al-Nour Party
Speaker: Stéphane Lacroix, Sciences Po Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE On 3 July 2013, Mohamed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s guidance bureau and the first democratically elected president of Egy...
26 Mai 20151h 32min
How Self-Limiting Mobilisations Work: The Case of Morocco
Speaker: Frédéric Vairel, University of Ottawa Discussant: Nawal Mustafa, LSE Chair: John Chalcraft, LSE Frédéric describes how self-limitation works in contemporary Moroccan mobilisation, with part...
20 Mai 20151h 55min
Of Regime and Movements: Authoritarian Reform and the 2011 Popular Uprisings in Morocco
Speaker: Frédéric Vairel, University of Ottawa Chair: John Chalcraft, LSE Most of the existing literature on the 2011 MENA uprisings looks in isolation at either the contentious politics of popular ...
19 Mai 201550min
Bahraini Activism in Exile: Legacies and Revolutionary Ruptures
Speaker: Claire Beaugrand, Institut Français du Proche Orient Discussant: Filippo Dionigi, LSE Middle East Centre Chair: John Chalcraft, LSE Bahrain has had a long history of exiling its opponents as...
3 Apr 201558min
Empire, Revolt, and State Formation in the Middle East and North Africa in the 1920s
Speaker: Jonathan Wyrtzen, Yale University Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE Against a dominant historical narrative emphasizing the importance of war-time agreements (Sykes-Picot and others) and the post-World...
17 Mar 20151h 14min
Algeria: A State and its Discontents
Speaker: Lahouari Addi, Sciences Po Lyon Chair: John King, Society for Algerian Studies In this lecture, Professor Lahouari Addi discusses the current situation in Algeria, from the sickness and subs...
10 Mar 20151h 32min
The Non-Contentious Politics of Labour Protests in Egypt
Speaker: Marie Duboc, University of Tübingen Chair: John Chalcraft, LSE This talk focuses on labour protests in Egypt, before and after the fall of Hosni Mubarak. It argues that repression and radica...
25 Feb 20151h 26min
Middle East Border Geopolitics: Established and Emerging Themes
Speaker: Richard Schofield, King's College London Chair: Madawi Al-Rasheed, LSE Middle East Centre In trying to make sense of the spontaneous appearance of new borderland spatialities in Syria and Ir...
24 Feb 20151h 19min
