From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics
This event was the launch of Jerome Drevon's latest book 'From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics' published by Oxford University Press. Drevon's timely book offers an examinatio...
31 Jan 20251h 27min
Rupturing Architecture: Spatial Practices of Refuge in Response to War and Violence in Iraq
This event was the launch of Dr Sana Murrani's latest book 'Rupturing Architecture: Spatial Practices of Refuge in Response to War and Violence in Iraq, 2003–2023' published by Bloomsbury. Written by...
20 Jan 20251h 12min
Bridging Identities: The Cultural Odyssey of Kurdistani Jews
This event, as part of the LSE Middle East Centre's Kurdish Studies Series, discussed the online exhibition and research project 'Bridging Identities: The Cultural Odyssey of Kurdistani Jews' explorin...
17 Dec 20241h 3min
Healthcare Under Conflict in Sudan
This event brought together academics and healthcare professionals to shed light on the healthcare crisis in Sudan. With more than 70% of Sudan’s healthcare facilities currently non-functional accord...
4 Dec 20241h 24min
The Academic Question of Palestine
This event was a conversation around the special issue 'The Academic Question of Palestine' published by the journal Middle East Critique. This issue was guest-edited by Walaa Alqaisiya and Nicola Per...
4 Dec 20241h 24min
Making Sense of the Arab State
This event was the launch of 'Making Sense of the Arab State' edited by Steven Heydemann & Marc Lynch, and published by University of Michigan Press. No region in the world has been more hostile to d...
25 Nov 20241h 39min
How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare
This event, organised by the LSE Middle East Centre and the Department of International Relations, LSE was a discussion around the book 'How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare' by...
20 Nov 20241h 21min
An Archival History of Jordan’s Nature Reserves: Conservation, Racial Science and National Identity
In this talk, Dr Olivia Mason traced the history of Jordan's nature reserves in the British archives, exploring how nature reserves bring global and situated resource narratives into conversation, how...
18 Nov 20241h 3min
