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 specified otherwise. This list of events includes all Middle East Centre events and other selected Middle East events at LSE.
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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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Thursday 30 January | 18:00 - 19:30 GMT | Gilbert Achcar, SOAS; Tom Bateman, BBC; Mezna Qato, University of Cambridge
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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, American University in Cairo; Ray Bush, University of Leeds
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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; Karrar Rifaat, Sasa Organisation
Registration opens Mon 10 Feb | Add to calendar
Civic Death in Contemporary Turkey: Mass Surveillance and the Authoritarian State (Book Launch)
Tuesday 18 March | 18:00 - 19:00 GMT | Seçkin Sertdemir Özdemir, LSE; Zerrin Özlem Biner, SOAS; Esra Özyürek, University of Cambridge
Registration opens Tues 4 March | Add to calendar
What does Yemen’s political, economic and social history and experience, since unification and before, tell us about what is realistic for the coming decade and beyond?
This workshop will provide an opportunity to develop answers to this question through exploring topics within four main themes: peace, governance, economy and society.
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This interdisciplinary event builds on the conferences held at Sheffield in 2024 and 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.
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