LSE hosts a wide and varied range of Middle East events, including public lectures, seminars, book launches and conferences. Events are open to the public and are free of charge, unless otherwise stated.
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Most of our events are recorded and available on SoundCloud and iTunes. Browse our past events by year below.
Past Events
Thursday 20 June | 18:00 - 19:15 BST | Amnon Aran, City, University of London
As part of the LSE Festival 2024
Thursday 13 June | 18:00 - 19:30 BST | Nesrin Alrefaai, LSE Middle East Centre; Matthew Spangler, San José State University in California
As part of the LSE MEC's Kurdish Studies Series
Thursday 6 June | 17:00 - 18:00 BST | Mustafa Kemal Topal, Roskilde University in Denmark
This interdisciplinary event builds on the inaugural conference at LSE in 2023 and is organised by the Kurdish Studies Series at the LSE Middle East Centre and the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield.
Co-organised with LSE Contemporary Turkish Studies
Thursday 7 March | 17:30 - 19:00 GMT | Soli Özel, Istanbul Kadir Has University; Selin Nasi & Rim Turkmani, LSE
This workshop brought together scholars from across disciplines to explore contemporary Iranian or ‘Rojhelati’ Kurdistan.
Tuesday 27 February | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Zoe Hurley, Zayed University; Tariq Elyas, King Abdulaziz University; Sarah Hopkyns, University of St Andrews
Listen to the recording on SoundCloud
In partnership with Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)
The Middle Eastern Studies Department at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), in partnership with the LSE Middle East Center, is organizing the second edition of its two-day conference in Doha, Qatar.
Podcasts by Year