Past Events 2025

Co-organised with the Department of International Development

Women and Work in MENA And South Asia: Puzzles, Paradoxes and Policy Challenges

Tuesday 25 March | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Naila Kabeer, LSE & Ragui Assaad, University of Minnesota

Civic Death in Contemporary Turkey: Mass Surveillance and the Authoritarian State (Book Launch)

Tuesday 18 March | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Seçkin Sertdemir, LSE & Zerrin Özlem Biner, SOAS

Co-organised with the Department of Sociology

The Time beneath the Concrete: Palestine between Camp and Colony (Book Launch)

Thursday 13 March | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Nasser Abourahme, Bowdoin College & Muna Dajani, LSE Middle East Centre

Understanding Hamas And Why That Matters (Book Launch)

Monday 10 March | 18:30 - 19:30 GMT | Catherine Charrett, University of Westminster; Helena Cobban, Just World Education; Jeroen Gunning, LSE Middle East Centre; Mouin Rabbani, Jadaliyya

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Co-organised with the LSE Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa

Empowering Women in Agriculture: Navigating Peace, Conflict, and Food Security Conference, Saturday 8 March

This International Women’s Day 2025 Conference will platform the diverse voices of women who work or are involved in the agricultural sector in Africa, and who are leading the way within their own communities and internationally to make the sector sustainable.

As part of the LSE MEC's Paper Series

Iraq’s Economy between the US and Iran: Perceptions and Realities

Thursday 6 March | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Ahmed Tabaqchali, LSE Middle East Centre

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The Future of Power-Sharing in Iraq: Youth Perspectives

Monday 24 February | 17:30 - 19:00 GMT | Oula Kadhum, SOAS; Khogir Mohammed, Middle East Research Institute; Muhanad Seloom, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies

As part of the LSE MEC's Paper Series

The Struggles of Labour Mobilisation in Lebanon and Iraq (Paper Launch)

Thursday 20 February | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Anne Kirstine Rønn, LSE Middle East Centre; Fuad Musallam, University of Birmingham; Razaw Salihy, Amnesty International

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Co-organised with The Asfari Foundation

Sh'hili (Film Screening and Director Q&A)

Wednesday 12 February | 18:00 - 20:00 GMT | Habib Ayeb, University Paris 8; Muna Abbas, The Asfari Foundation; Ray Bush, University of Leeds

As part of the LSE MEC's Kurdish Studies Series

Iranian Kurdistan Under the Islamic Republic: Change, Revolution, and Resistance (Book Launch)

Monday 3 February | 17:30 - 18:30 GMT | Marouf Cabi, LSE Middle East Centre; Kamran Matin, University of Sussex

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Trump's Second Term and the Middle East

Thursday 30 January | 18:00 - 19:30 GMT | Gilbert Achcar, SOAS; Tom Bateman, BBC; Sharri Plonski, Queen Mary University of London; Mezna Qato, University of Cambridge

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From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics (Book Launch)

Wednesday 22 January | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Jerome Drevon, International Crisis Group; Haid Haid, Chatham House; Raihan Ismail, University of Oxford

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