Iranian Foreign Policy After the Election of Hassan Rouhani
Speaker: Anoush Ehteshami, Durham University Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE Middle East Centre The victory of President Hassan Rouhani represents the defeat of the most peripheral groups in the Iranian polit...
27 Nov 201337min
The Syrian Civil War: The Resilience of Civil Society
Speaker: Lina Sinjab, BBC Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE In this talk, Lina Sinjab focuses on the realities on the ground in Syria and the resilient civil society that is striving to continue amidst civil wa...
22 Nov 20131h 19min
Modern Middle East Studies as a Distinct Intellectual Field
Speaker: Roger Owen, Harvard University Chair: Charles Tripp, LSE Roger Owen offers a personal history of the emergence of modern Middle Eastern Studies as a distinct multi-disciplinary field, focusi...
21 Okt 20131h 26min
A Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia
Speaker: Madawi Al-Rasheed, LSE Middle East Centre Chair: Sumi Madhok, LSE Professor Al-Rasheed introduces her new book and discusses the ‘question of women’ in Saudi Arabia in the context of interco...
7 Okt 20131h 25min
The Gaza Kitchen: Documenting a Culinary Heritage and a Food System under Stress
Speakers: Laila El-Haddad, Maggie Schmitt Chair: Helena Cobbin, Just World Books In this event, writer Laila El-Haddad and food documentarian Maggie Schmitt discuss their book 'The Gaza Kitchen: A Pa...
8 Mai 201352min
The Politics of Business in the Middle East After the Arab Spring
Speakers: Steffen Hertog, LSE; Giacomo Luciani, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Marc Valeri, University of Exeter; Khalid AlMezaini, Qatar University Chair: Jon Marks Alt...
21 Mar 20131h 30min
The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran
Speaker: Ali Ansari, University of St Andrews Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE Middle East Centre Launching his latest book, 'The Politics of Nationalism in Modern Iran', Ali Ansari explores the idea of nation...
18 Mar 20131h 27min
The New Middle East: Protest and Revolution in the Arab World
Speakers: Fawaz Gerges, LSE; Charles Tripp, SOAS Chair: Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, LSE What drives large-scale, popular mobilizations in the Middle East and North Africa? And what are the challenges ...
21 Feb 20131h 32min
