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From the Cradle to the Street: Family and the 1979 Revolution in Iran |
Professor Naghmeh Sohrabi, Charles (Corky) Goodman Professor of Middle East History and Director for Research at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, describes the role of the family in the 1979 Revolution in Iran. |
Naghmeh Sohrabi, Maryam Alemzadeh |
31 Oct 2024 |
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The Loneliest Revolution: A Memoir of Solidarity and Struggle in Iran |
Ali Mirsepassi in conversation with Stephanie Cronin about his new book |
Ali Mirsepassi, Stephanie Cronin |
06 Jun 2024 |
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Creative Commons |
Centres, Peripheries and New Histories of the Left in Iran |
How historians can gain new insights from global history, and how historians and histories of Iran can contribute |
Rasmus Elling, Stephanie Cronin |
23 Dec 2022 |
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2022 New Year’s Episode |
The entire Almanac team gets together to discuss what they believe was the most important event in the region over the past year, something they are watching for in the region in 2022, and their favorite book on the Middle East. |
Piotr Schulkes, Guy Fiennes, Isabella Cibelli Du Terroil, Oliver Franks |
17 Jan 2022 |
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Air Pollution, Toxicity, and Environmental Politics in the History of Iranian Oil Nationalisation |
This is a recording of a live webinar held on Friday 12th November 2021 for the MEC. Dr Mattin Biglari (SOAS, University of London) presents “Air Pollution, Toxicity, and Environmental Politics in the History of Iranian Oil Nationalisation”. |
Stephanie Cronin, Mattin Biglari |
01 Dec 2021 |
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OxPeace 2021 Session 2: Selected high risk areas (1) |
Dr Christopher Watson introduces Session 2, Ambassador Peter Jenkins presents “Iran, Israel and West Asia” at the OxPeace 2021 Conference. |
Peter Jenkins, Christopher Watson |
23 Jun 2021 |
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War on Bodies Moral Immunity and the Psychopolitics of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran |
Dr Orkideh Behrouzan (SOAS University of London), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series on 21st May 2021, chaired by Edmund Herzig (Faculty of Oriental Studies). Discussant: Dr Maziyar Ghiabi (University of Exeter). |
Orkideh Behrouzan, Edmund Herzig, Maziyar Ghiabi |
17 Jun 2021 |
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Women's Rights on The Altar of a Strategic Stake: The New Population Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
Professor Marie Ladier-Fouladi (CNRS)/ CETOBaC) gives a talk for the MEC Women's Rights Research Seminars. Chaired by Soraya Tremayne (Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology). |
Marie Ladier-Fouladi |
18 May 2021 |
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Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Annual Lecture - Iran and the Arab Uprisings: Opportunity Grasped or Squandered? |
Sponsored in association with Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali, Founder and Chair, Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute. With Professor Anoush Ehteshami (Professor of International Relations in the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University) |
Anoush Ehteshami |
19 Mar 2021 |
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History, politics, and Anecdotes with Eugene Rogan |
Piotr Schulkes and Eugene Rogan discuss the importance of history in contemporary Middle Eastern politics, how the West discusses the region, and a number of stories from Rogan’s time at Oxford. |
Piotr Schulkes, Eugene Rogan |
22 Feb 2021 |
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Lebanon’s Economic and political crisis |
Piotr Schulkes, Felix Walker, and Michael Memari cover the ongoing crises in Lebanon’s political and economic systems. |
Michael Memari, Felix Walker, Piotr Schulkes |
09 Feb 2021 |
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Authoritarian or Revolutionary? Reflections on the Nature of the State in the Islamic Republic of Iran |
Maryam Alemzadeh (Princeton) Siavush Randjbar-Daemi (St Andrews), author of The Quest for Authority in Iran: a history of the presidency from revolution to Rouhani (2017), give a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series. |
Maryam Alemzadeh, Siavush Randjbar-Daemi |
04 Nov 2020 |
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Iran, Iraq and the US after the Qasim Sulemani assassination |
Panel discussion looking at US, Iranian and Iraqi politics after the Qasim Sulemani assassination. Held in Oxford on Monday, 20th January 2020 |
Felix Gedney, Emma Sky, Sir Simon Mayall, Toby Matthiesen |
28 Jan 2020 |
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Seyed Ali Alavi - Iran and Palestine: Past, Present and Future |
Ali Alavi discusses the history of Iran's relations with Palestinian organisation and the Palestinian cause, and their implication to Iranian-Israeli relations. |
Ali Alavi |
22 Jan 2020 |
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Iraq and Iran: old foes, ambivalent allies |
Ambassador Wilks CMG (HM British Ambassador to Iraq), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series. |
Ambassador Wilks CMG |
15 Nov 2019 |
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Creative Commons |
Jonathan Leslie - Fear and Insecurity: Competing Narratives of the Iran-Israel Relationship |
Jonathan Leslie considers the history of Iran's "becoming" and existential threat in Israel |
Jonathan Leslie |
06 Nov 2019 |
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Revolution in Iran 1978-1979: Assessments and Reassessments upon the Fortieth Anniversary |
Middle East Centre seminar with Touraj Atabaki (International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam), Stephanie Cronin (Oxford University, Siavush Randjbar Daemi (University of St Andrews). Chaired by Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi (University of Oxford) |
Touraj Atabaki, Stephanie Cronin, Siavush Randjbar Daemi, Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi |
01 May 2019 |
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Iran and sanctions |
Zep Kalb (UCLA) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Yassamine Mather. |
Zep Kalb |
05 Mar 2019 |
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Book launch: Khalil Maleki -The Human Face of Iranian Socialism |
Dr Homa Katouzian (Iran Heritage Foundation Research Fellow, St Antony's) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Stephanie Cronin (St Antony's College). |
Homa Katouzian |
13 Nov 2018 |
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Women's Rights Research Seminar: Women and the Struggle for Democracy in Iran |
Mariam Memarsadeghi (Tavaana) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series. |
Mariam Memarsadeghi |
03 Apr 2018 |
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The Emergence of Iranian Nationalism: Race and the Politics of Dislocation |
Dr Reza Zia-Ebrahimi (King's College London) gives a lecture on Iranian nationalis, this is a joint event with the Oxford University Iranian Society. |
Reza Zia-Ebrahimi |
30 May 2017 |
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Creative Commons |
Iran's Nuclear Program and International Law, November 2015 |
Dan Joyner, University of Alabama School of Law - November 2015 |
Dan Joyner |
21 Oct 2016 |
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The Challenges of Reporting Iran |
Sadeq Saba, the former head of the BBC Persian Service, gives a talk for the The Business and Practice of Journalism seminar series for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Introduction by Richard Sambrook. |
Sadeq Saba |
05 May 2016 |
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Multiple Identities in a Frontier Land: Balkh and ‘The Iranians’ |
In this paper Dr. Arezou Azad focused on the region of Balkh in the north of modern-day Afghanistan, ancient Bactria |
Arezou Azad |
02 Feb 2016 |
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Ilya Afanasyev and Nicholas S. M. Matheou Introduction |
Opening remarks from Ilya Afanasyev and Nicholas S M Matheou |
Ilya Afanasyev, Nicholas S M Matheou |
26 Jan 2016 |
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Iranian ‘Identities’ in Pre-Modern Times – Reality or Myth? |
Speaker: Bert Fragner (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna). |
Bert Fragner |
18 Dec 2015 |
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Persepolis: Introductory talk by Kaveh Moussavi, Iranian human rights lawyer |
Kaveh Moussavi, Iranian human rights lawyer, introduces the film Persepolis. |
Kaveh Moussavi |
17 Feb 2015 |
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Creative Commons |
THEMIS: Skilled Iranians in Germany and the United States: Exploring migrants' networks |
Uta Lehmann presents her paper 'Skilled Iranians in Germany and the United States: exploring migrants' networks' in Parallel session V(C) of the conference Examining Migration Dynamics: Networks and Beyond, 24-26 Sept 2013 |
Uta Lehmann |
24 Feb 2014 |
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Dorr-e Dari (The Pearl of Dari): An Ethnography of Poetry as a Social Practice among Afghans in Iran (23 May 2013) |
This lecture formed part of the 2013 Evans-Pritchard Lecture series held at All Souls College, Oxford, in which Zuzanna Olszewska discussed 'Authentic Voices, Modern Selves: An Ethnography of Afghan Refugee Poetry and Personhood in Iran'. |
Zuzanna Olszewska |
13 Nov 2013 |
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Hassan Rohani's Strategy to Avoid War |
Thomas Flichy reflects on the current politics of Iran and its role in the wider region. |
Thomas Flichy de la Neuville |
13 Nov 2013 |
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FMR 44 Freedom of movement of Afghan refugees in Iran |
Although legally justifiable, increasing restrictions on movement and work for refugees in Iran have detrimental effects for the refugees. |
Farshid Farzin, Safinaz Jadali |
04 Oct 2013 |
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'Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean' and 'A New Era: The Iranian Navy, Strategy Expansion and Soft Power' |
Cdre Keith Winstanley (CCW RN Hudson Fellow) and Cdr Tracy Vincent (CCW US Navy Hudson Fellow give talks for the ELAC/CCW seminar series on 12 June 2012. Introduced by Dr Jan Lemnitzer. |
Keith Winstanley, Tracy Vincent, Jan Lemnitzer |
02 Jul 2012 |
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The Decade Ahead: The US Role in the World (2012 Fulbright Lecture) |
Ambassador Thomas Pickering delivers the second Annual Oxford Fulbright Lecture on International Relations. This lecture took place on 18 May 2012. |
Thomas Pickering |
20 Jun 2012 |
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Panel 6: Beyond Egypt: Revolutionary Egypt's Relations with Surrounding States: Internal Transformation, External Realignment and Regional Security |
Fred Lawson examines the reconfiguration of Egyptian foreign policy since the revolution, particularly with respect to relations with Iran and Ethiopia. |
Fred Lawson |
25 May 2012 |
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Constitutional Borrowing and other Hazards: The Islamic Republic and Transformations in Islamic Law |
Professor Miriam Kunkler explores how, in Iranian constitutional and in penal law, pragmatic considerations have begun to trump ideological commitments to Shii jurisprudence since the 1979 constitution,. |
Miriam Kunkler |
25 May 2012 |
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The 'down side' of assisted reproductive technologies |
In this seminar for the Fertility and Reproduction Studies Group, Soraya Tremayne (Director of the FRSG) discusses 'Third party donation and the 'happy family' rhetoric in Iran'. 17 November 2011. |
Soraya Tremayne |
24 May 2012 |
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Facebook Resistance? Understanding the Role of the Internet in the Arab Revolutions |
Revolutions are currently sweeping the Arab world, from Tunisia to Egypt and Libya to Bahrain. The Internet has been reported as a key factor, but we in fact know little of its role in these revolutions. |
Miriyam Aouragh, Noha Atef, Khaled Hroub, George Weyman |
12 Mar 2012 |
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Iran's Nuclear Programme and International Law |
Professor Daniel Joyner (University of Alabama School of Law) gievs a talk for the ELAC/CCW seminar series on 6th March 2012. Introduced by Professor Dapo Akande. |
Daniel Joyner |
07 Mar 2012 |
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Pre-Emptive Strikes - Israel and Iran |
Dr Tamir Meisels, Tel Aviv University, gives a seminar for the Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict Seminar Series. |
Tamir Meisels |
24 Aug 2011 |
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IGS Kaberry Lecture: Peace and Reconstruction in the Middle East: Where are the Women? |
This podcast was recorded at the International Gender Studies Centre's Kaberry Commemorative Lecture which was on Thursday 27th May 2009 at St Anne's College, University of Oxford. |
Maria Jaschok, Haleh Afshar |
01 Jun 2009 |
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Iran-US Nuclear Relations: Overcoming Distrust |
Prof. Nicholas Wheeler looks at issues of trust in nuclear relations, asking what obstacles still lie in the path of US-Iranian nuclear relations. |
Nicholas Wheeler |
06 Mar 2009 |