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Creative Commons |
Resurrecting the Caliphate: The Creed of Abraham and ISIS’s Hermeneutics of Power |
A talk with a focus on the contemporary militant group referred to by the acronym ISIS (or ISIL) and its views on the “caliphate.” |
Asma Afsaruddin, Eugene Rogan |
21 Feb 2023 |
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The Idols of ISIS: From Assyria to the Internet |
Episode 2, with Dr Faisal Devji, (St Antony’s College, Oxford), talks with Joshua Craze (University of Chicago) and writer Aaron Tugendhaft about Aaron's new book The Idols of ISIS: From Assyria to the Internet, University of Chicago Press 2020. |
Faisal Devji, Joshua Craze, Aaron Tugendhaft |
18 Jan 2021 |
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The Syrian Conflict |
Raphael Lefevre (New College, Oxford) and Kevin Mazur (Nuffield College, Oxford) discuss the ongoing Syrian conflict on 20th January 2017. |
Raphael Lefevre, Kevin Mazur |
01 Feb 2017 |
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Militant Jihadi Culture: Poetry as a Weapon |
The power of poetry to move Arab listeners and readers emotionally, to infiltrate the psyche and to create an aura of authenticity around the ideologies it enshrines, make it a perfect weapon for militant jihadist causes. |
Elisabeth Kendall |
05 Dec 2016 |
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The Destroyed Heritage in Mosul - reality and challenges (Kurdish translation) |
Layla Salih outlines some of the reasons, religious, political and economic, for the destruction of Mosul’s heritage and examines the issues currently hindering plans for prioritisation and reconstruction. |
Layla Salih |
23 Nov 2016 |
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The Destroyed Heritage in Mosul - reality and challenges (Arabic translation) |
Layla Salih outlines some of the reasons, religious, political and economic, for the destruction of Mosul’s heritage and examines the issues currently hindering plans for prioritisation and reconstruction. |
Layla Salih |
23 Nov 2016 |
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The Destroyed Heritage in Mosul - reality and challenges (English) |
Layla Salih outlines some of the reasons, religious, political and economic, for the destruction of Mosul’s heritage and examines the issues currently hindering plans for prioritisation and reconstruction. |
Layla Salih |
23 Nov 2016 |
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The problems of reporting Islamic State |
John Simpson, BBC World Affairs editor, gives a talk for the The Business and Practice of Journalism Seminar Series on Islamic State. |
John Simpson |
26 Feb 2016 |
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Counter-Terrorism and Security in Europe after the Paris attacks |
A web seminar delivered by Professor Fiona de Londras (Birmingham) for the Oxford Human Rights Hub on Friday 22nd January 2016 at Pembroke College, University of Oxford. Moderated by Sandra Fredmad. |
Fiona de Londras |
23 Feb 2016 |
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The Islamic State, the Kurdistan Region, and the Future of Iraq |
Professor Gareth Stansfield (University of Exeter) gives a talk on Iraq, ISIS, and the Kurdish region as part ofte Middle East Centre Seminar series. |
Gareth Stansfield |
11 Dec 2015 |
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Turkey’s Kurdish Predicament |
Lecture given at St. Antony’s Middle East Centre on Wednesday 28th October 2015, with Cengiz Candar. |
Cengiz Candar |
20 Nov 2015 |
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ISIS: Between Fragmentation and Unity |
Lecture given at St Antony’s Middle East Centre on Friday 6th November 2015, with Dr Alia Brahimi. |
Alia Brahimi |
20 Nov 2015 |
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Creative Commons |
Overview of Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa |
Part of the Conflict and Cultural Heritage Conference. Theme 1: What is happening? The significance of sites at risk, and the current situation. |
Robert Bewley |
18 Nov 2015 |
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ISIS in the Eyes of the World-Wide Arab Community on Social Media: Between Sentiment and Foreign Fighters |
Using social media to analyse public opinion toward ISIS in the Arab community |
Luigi Curini, Stefano Iacus, Max Smeets |
14 Oct 2015 |
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Why are westerners drawn to fight with IS in Syria and Iraq? And what can we do in response? |
Rachel Briggs (Institute for Strategic Dialogue) and Peter Neumann (International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation) give a presentation for the COMPAS Breakfast Brefiing Series. |
Rachel Briggs, Peter Neumann |
18 Nov 2014 |
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American Foreign Policy in the 21st Century |
The Hon. Christopher Bancroft Burnham, Former US Under Secretary of State and former Under Secretary General of the United Nations, gives a talk for the Rothermere American Institute seminar series |
Christopher Bancroft Burnham |
03 Nov 2014 |
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Lab, Camera, Action: Particle Accelerator |
Dr Andrew Steele takes a look inside the ISIS particle accelerator in Oxfordshire, where scientists use neutrons to investigate the structure of materials, and accelerator physicist Dr Suzie Sheehy explains how this massive machine works. |
Andrew Steele, Suzie Sheehy |
03 Feb 2014 |
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Inside Innovation: The University–Business Interface |
Tom Hockaday, Managing Director of Isis Innovations, talks about Oxford University’s Technology Transfer Office, helping to transfer products of university research to the business world. |
Tom Hockaday |
01 Jul 2009 |