MEMO in conversation with Kali Rubaii: Iraq, the US and the environmental impact of war
Join us for a conversation with Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Purdue University Kali Rubaii. Dr Rubaii has studied the environmental and health impacts of the US occupati...
7 Apr 202349min
The Invention of Laziness in the late Ottoman Empire: MEMO in Conversation with Melis Hafez
Dr Melis Hafez Author, Inventing Laziness: The Culture of Productivity in Late Ottoman Society Is laziness a new phenomenon? MEMO in conversation with Melis Hafez Join us for a conversation wit...
31 Mar 202349min
MEMO in conversation with Ramus Boserup
Join us for a conversation with Executive Director of EuroMed Rights Rasmus Alenius Boserup as we discuss how the EU and European member states have reacted to the far-right Israeli government and how...
24 Mar 202342min
Iraqi Poetry: Revolution, Danger and Resistance: MEMO in Conversation with Kevin Jones
Join us for a discussion with Kevin Jones on Iraqi poetry, British colonialisation, national building and resistance. Kevin Jones is an Associate Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies ...
17 Mar 202347min
Palestinian engineer sets her sights on the stars: MEMO in conversation with Bayan Abu Salameh
Join us this International Women's Day as we talk to Bayan Abu Salameh who is working on building and launching Palestine's first satellite and talking about the challenges she has faced and barriers ...
10 Mar 202333min
The Imam of the Christians: MEMO in Conversation with Philip Wood
Join us in our discussion with Professor Philip Wood on medieval Arab Christian political thought and his book the Imam of the Christians. Philip Wood is Tejpar Professor of Inter-religious studies ...
3 Mar 202343min
MEMO in conversation with Dr Justin Stearns
Join us for a conversation with Justin Stearns as he tells us about his work on 17th century Morocco, the history of the natural sciences and medicine before colonisation and the state of archives in ...
24 Feb 202352min
MEMO in conversation with Mehmet Kaplan
MEMO spoke to the Executive Director of Muslim Aid Sweden, Mehmet Kaplan, about the relief efforts on the ground in Turkiye following the deadly earthquakes that rocked the country and neighbouring Sy...
17 Feb 202321min
