Understanding The Drivers Of Conflict In Iraq
Speakers: Toby Dodge, Zeynep Kaya and Jessica Watkins, LSE Middle East Centre; Renad Mansour; Chatham House. It has now been over a year since the liberation of Mosul by Iraqi government forces in Ju...
5 Nov 20181h 22min
In Memoriam: Faleh A. Jabar (1946–2018)
Speakers: Deniz Kandiyoti, SOAS; Renad Mansour, Chatham House; Charles Tripp, SOAS Chair: Toby Dodge, LSE Middle East Centre Director This memorial honoured the late Faleh A. Jabar and his notable co...
3 Juli 201851min
Rap Beyond Resistance: Staging Power in Contemporary Morocco
Speaker: Cristina Moreno-Almeida, King's College College Chair: Shakuntala Banaji, LSE This talk launches Cristina Moreno-Almeida’s book, ‘Rap Beyond Resistance: Staging Power in Contemporary Morocco...
22 Juni 201853min
Syria's Enduring Conflict: What Next? Dr Nasr al-Hariri in Conversation with Ian Black
Speaker: Nasr al-Hariri, Syrian Negotiation Commission Chair: Ian Black, LSE Middle East Centre The war in Syria has entered its eighth year with a worsening humanitarian crisis and an ever increasin...
10 Maj 201859min
We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria
Speaker: Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University Discussant: Malu Halasa Chair: Rahaf Aldoughli, University of Manchester This event launches Wendy Pearlman's book, “We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembl...
21 Mars 20181h 31min
Impressions of Algeria: In Conversation with Andrew Noble
Speaker: Andrew Noble, former British Ambassador to Algeria Andrew Noble spent more than three years in Algeria, which spanned spanned among other things the start of the oil price crisis, advances i...
14 Mars 201845min
Salman's Legacy: The Dilemmas of a New Era in Saudi Arabia
Speakers: Madawi Al-Rasheed, LSE Middle East Centre; Steffen Hertog, LSE; Michael Farquhar, King's College London. Chair: Courtney Freer, LSE Middle East Centre King Salman of Saudi Arabia began his ...
7 Mars 20181h 28min
Kurdish Women Fighters: A Path Out of Patriarchy?
Speaker: Güneş Murat Tezcür, University of Central Florida Chair: Zeynep Kaya, LSE Middle East Centre Over the last three decades, tens of thousands of women have joined the ranks of the PKK and its ...
7 Feb 201840min
