Past Events Podcasts
Lectures, Interviews & Book Launches
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.
Latest Podcasts
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 (Special Issue Launch)
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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استماع الى التسجيل الصوتي
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.
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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