Past Events 2021

Sudan Coup: Analysis from the Ground

Thursday 9 December | 15:00-16:00 GMT | Muzan Alneel, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy; Nafisa Eltahir, Reuters; Magdi el-Gizouli, Rift Valley Institute

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Seen But Not Heard: Youth Citizenship Identities and Participation in Kuwait

Wednesday 8 December | 16:00-17:30 GMT | Rania Al-Nakib, Gulf University of Science & Technology; Sam Mejias, LSE; Abdullah al-Khonaini, Independent Researcher; Rana Khazbak, University of Nottingham

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Algeria-GCC Relations: Geopolitics, Energy, Security

Monday 29 November | 15:00 - 16:00 GMT | Arslan Chikhaoui, Nord Sud Venture; Fatiha Dazi-Héni, IRSEM; Sebastian Sons, CARPO-Bonn

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Queering the Middle East

Monday 22 November | 15:00 - 16:00 GMT | Sabiha Allouche, University of Exeter; Mert Koçak, Central European University; Ladan Rahbari, University of Amsterdam; Fadi Saleh, University of Göttingen

Building Sustainable Peace in Iraq

Wednesday 17 November | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Ruba Ali Al-Hassani, Lancaster University; Ibrahim Al-Marashi, California State University, San Marcos; Shamiran Mako, Boston University

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The Quiet Emergency: Experiences and Understandings of Climate Change in Kuwait

Wednesday 3 November | 13:00 - 14:30 GMT | Samia Alduaij, Senior Environmental Specialist; Abrar Alshammari, Independent Researcher; Kanwal Tareq Hameed, University of Exeter; Deen Sharp, LSE.

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Turkey’s Mission Impossible: War and Peace with the Kurds (Book Launch)

Monday 25 October | 15:00 - 16:00 BST | Cengiz Çandar, Journalist

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In-between Identities and Cultures: Ms Marvel and the Representation of Young Muslim Women

Tuesday 19 October | 17:00 - 18:00 BST | Manmit Bhambra & Jennifer Jackson-Preece, LSE; Dima Issa, University of Balamand

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The Middle East Crisis Factory: Tyranny, Resilience and Resistance (Book Launch)

Tuesday 12 October | 15:00 - 16:00 BST | Iyad El-Baghdadi & Ahmed Gatnash, Kawaakibi Foundation

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Navigating Collapse: Where Next for Lebanon?

Monday 4 October | 18:00 - 19:00 BST | Ghida Frangieh, Legal Agenda; Ibrahim Halawi, Royal Holloway, University of London; Abir Saksouk, Public Works Studio

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Iraq on the Eve of Elections: A New Era or Return to the Status Quo? 28 - 29 September, 2021

This conference brings together researchers from the Conflict Research Programme Iraq (CRP-I) with other leading experts in the field to assess the situation in Iraq four years on from the programme’s launch. 

العراق عشية الانتخابات: بداية عهد جديد أم استمرار للوضع الراهن؟ ٢٨ - ٢٩ أيلول ٢٠٢١ 

يجمع هذا المؤتمر باحثين من برنامج أبحاث الصراع في العراق مع خبراء بارزين آخرين في هذا المجال لمناقشة الوضع في العراق  بعد مضي أربع سنوات على إطلاق البرنامج

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The Algerian War, The Algerian Revolution (Webinar)

Wednesday 23 June | 12:00 - 13:00 BST | Natalya Vince, University of Portsmouth

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A Modern History of the Kurds (Webinar)

Thursday 17 June | 13:00 - 14:00 BST | David McDowall

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Responding to the Challenges of Statelessness in the MENA (Webinar)

Tuesday 15 June | 15:00 - 16:00 BST | Susan Akram, Boston University; Zahra Albarazi, Independent Consultant; Maysa Ayoub, American University of Cairo; Lina Abou Habib, American University of Beirut

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Civilization and the Making of the State in Lebanon and Syria (Webinar)

Tuesday 8 June | 14:00 - 15:00 BST | Andrew Delatolla, LSE Middle East Centre; Shourideh C. Molavi, University of Basel; Mai Taha, Goldsmiths, University of London

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Stuck in the 20th Century? Kuwait’s Urbanisation, Transport, and Use of Public Space (Webinar)

Tuesday 25 May | 13:00-14:30 BST | Alexandra Gomes; Asseel Al-Ragam; Sharifa Alshalfan; Adeel Muhammad; Reem Alfahad

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Destructive Creations: Social-Spatial Transformations in Contemporary Baghdad (Webinar)

Thursday 20 May | 15:00-16:00 BST | Omar Sirri, University of Toronto

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Israeli Foreign Policy Since the End of the Cold War (Webinar)

Thursday 6 May | 13:00-14:00 BST | Amnon Aran, City, University of London

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Kurds and Yezidis in the Middle East: Shifting Identities, Borders, and the Experience of Minority Communities (Webinar)

Friday 23 April | 15:30-16:30 BST | Majid Hassan Ali, Ilia State University Georgia; Ohannes Kılıçdağı; Güneş Murat Tezcür, University of Central Florida; Arzu Yilmaz, University of Hamburg

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Redefining Deprivation in a Conflict Area: Learning from the Palestinian Experience (Webinar)

Wednesday 31 March | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Weeam Hammoudeh, Birzeit University; Tracy Kuo Lin, University of California, San Francisco; Suzan Mitwalli, Birzeit University

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Hitting the Glass Ceiling? Women's Political Participation in Kuwait (Webinar)

Tuesday 9 March | 12:00 - 13:00 GMT | Zeynep Kaya, LSE Middle East Centre; Lubna Ahmed Al-Kazi, Kuwait University

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Sino-Algerian Relations: From Anti-Colonial Allies to Strategic Partners? (Webinar)

Tuesday 2 March | 13:00 - 14:00 GMT | Francesco Saverio Leopardi, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; Chuchu Zhang, Fudan University; Yahia Zoubir; KEDGE Business School

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Open Gaza: Architectures of Hope (Webinar)

Monday 22 February | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Hadeel Assali, Columbia University; Tareq Baconi, International Crisis Group; Helga Tawil-Souri, New York University

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Reforming the Gulf Rentier State: From Patronage to Cash Grants? (Webinar)

Thursday 18 February | 13:00 - 14:00 | Steffen Hertog, LSE; Yousef Al-Ebraheem, KFAS (discussant)

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Is Demography Destiny? The Economic Implications of Iraq's Demography (Webinar)

Tuesday 9 February | 13:00 - 14:00 GMT | Alexander Hamilton, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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US-Iran Relations in a Post-Trump World (Webinar)

Tuesday 2 February | 16:00 - 17:00 GMT | Hassan Ahmadian, University of Tehran; Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, LSE Middle East Centre; Ali Vaez, International Crisis Group

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Praetorian Spearhead: The Role of the Military in the Evolution of Egypt’s State Capitalism 3.0 (Webinar)

Tuesday 26 January | 15:00 - 16:00 GMT | Yezid Sayigh, Carnegie Middle East Centre

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The Son King: Reform and Repression in Saudi Arabia (Webinar)

Thursday 21 January | 14:00 - 15:00 GMT | Madawi Al-Rasheed, LSE Middle East Centre

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