The History and Development of Kurdish Studies with Professor Martin van Bruinessen
Professor Martin van Bruinessen delivered a keynote lecture on the history and development of Kurdish Studies as part of a series of activities surrounding the LSE Middle East Centre's inaugural Kurdi...
11 Maj 20231h 6min
Abu Dhabi (Dis)connected: an evening of art and research (Seminar)
Life in Abu Dhabi is centred around cars. Its urban development and open space infrastructure has impacted the walkability of the city, increasing residents' reliance on cars for mobility. This patter...
10 Maj 20231h 13min
Ruptured Domesticity Exhibition Launch: In Conversation with Sana Murrani
This event opened the exhibition 'Ruptured Domesticity: Mapping Spaces of Refuge in Iraq' by Dr Sana Murrani, hosted at LSE until 12 May 2023. Using photographs, illustrative maps and drawings, Murran...
2 Maj 20231h 12min
Collecting Traces for Future Struggles: Archiving in Times of Revolts
What is the relationship between archiving and collective visions for liberation? Where does the practice of archiving fit within contemporary subaltern struggles? This conversation, co-curated betwee...
4 Apr 20231h 8min
A Vocabulary in Upheaval: Keywords in Contemporary Syrian Political Culture
How does the political and cultural shape the linguistic? How does power seep into terminology? What vocabulary is left for a people facing accumulated traumas caused by authoritarian brutality and im...
22 Mars 20231h 20min
The Politics of Representation: Feminist Media Studies in the Middle East
This panel, co-organised with Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), focused on the role that representations of femininities, masculinities, and sexualities in media and cultural productions play in ma...
17 Mars 20231h 26min
Turkish Politics and ‘The People’: Mass Mobilisation and Populism
This event was the launch of Spyros A. Sofos' latest book 'Turkish Politics and ‘The People’: Mass Mobilisation and Populism' published by Edinburgh University Press. By analysing Turkish political c...
8 Mars 20231h 4min
Tunisia's Economic Development: Why Better than Most of the Middle East but Not East Asia (Webinar)
This panel, co-organised with Hamad Bin Khalifa University, was the launch of 'Tunisia's Economic Development: Why Better than Most of the Middle East but not East Asia' co-authored by Mustapha K. Nab...
7 Feb 20231h 17min
