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The collegiate system is at the heart of the University’s success, giving students and academics the benefits of belonging to both a large, internationally renowned institution and to a smaller, interdisciplinary, academic college community. It enables leading academics and students across subjects and year groups, and from different cultures and countries to come together to share ideas.
All Colleges invest heavily in facilities for extensive library and IT provision, accommodation and welfare support, and sports and social events. The relatively small number of students at each college allows for close and supportive personal attention to be given to the induction, academic development and welfare of individuals.
Each college has its own Governing Body, comprising the Head of House and a number of Fellows, most of whom also hold University posts. There are also six Permanent Private Halls, which were founded by various Christian denominations and still retain their religious character.

Series associated with Colleges

A Corpus, Not a Canon
Almanac – The Oxford Middle East Podcast
Ancient Egyptian Poetry
Asian Studies Centre
Balliol Chapel
Brasenose College
Building Peace 2010 to 2019
Building Peace 2020
Bynum Tudor Annual Lectures at Kellogg College
Centenary celebration of the first modern Spanish endowment at Oxford
Centre for Personalised Medicine
Changing Character of War
Christ Church
Conflict and Cultural Heritage Conference
Contemporary Islamic Studies
Cosmopolis and Beyond: Literary Cosmopolitanism after the Republic of Letters
David Nicholls Memorial Trust
Emden History Lectures
English Tutorials at Mansfield College
Environmental Governance and Resilience
Europe's Stories Project
European Studies Centre
Exeter College
Free Speech Debate
Global Economic Governance Programme
Global Economic Governance: Globalisation and the Financial Crisis
Green Templeton College
Green Templeton Lectures 2013 : Feeding a Better Future
Green Templeton Lectures 2014: The Tyranny of the Normal
Harmsworth Lecture series
Harris Manchester College
IDEAL Collaboration Conference 2016
In Our Spare Times
Isaiah Berlin
Israel Studies Seminar
Jesus College
Keble College
Kellogg College
Lady Margaret Hall
Latin American Centre
Law and Politics from St Antony's College
LIBcast - from The Queen's College
Lincoln College
Madness: Between Medieval Islamic and Modern Perspectives
Mansfield College
Mansfield Public Talks
Manuscript and Text Cultures
McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics & Public Life
Merton College
Micrographia 350
Middle East Centre
Middle East Centre Booktalk
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Oh What a Lovely War? First World War Anniversary Lectures
Opera Studies
Oriel College
Oriel College Chapel Services
Oxford Centre for the Study of Corruption and Transparency
Oxford Chinese Economy Programme
Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation (OCCT)
Oxford Political Thought
Oxford UIDP Summit
Padmasambhava, Uḍḍiyāna and Tibet
Pharmaceutical Industry: Past, Present and Future
Philanthropy
Pivot Points: Moments That Shape Us
Prime Ministers and Europe since Thatcher - The Hertford lectures
Russian Literature and Culture
Shakespeare and the Brain
Social Mobility
Societies in Transition
Somerville College
St Anne's College
St Antony's looks at the World
St Catherine's College
St Cross College Lectures
St Cross College Shorts
St Cross Colloquia
St Edmund Hall
St Edmund Hall Research Expo 2015: Teddy Talks
St Edmund Hall Research Expo 2017: Teddy Talks
St Hilda's College Podcasts
St Hugh's College
St John's College
St Peter's College
St. Cross College
Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS) 2019
Teddy Talks
The Body and Being Network
The Cameron Mackintosh Inaugural Lecture Series
The Facts Facing the UK's Future: A Colloquium at The Queen's College
The Geddes Memorial Lectures
The Hertford Bookshelf
The Isaiah Berlin Lecture
The Leonard Woolf Symposium
The Ockham Lecture - The Merton College Physics Lecture
The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing
The Provcast
The Queen's Access Podcast
The Quill Project Conventions Podcast
The Tanner Lectures
The Tunisian Revolution: Origins, Course and Aftermath
The View from Above: Structure, Emergence, and Causation
Tower Poetry
Translating Illness
Trinity College Podcasts
Uncertainty as part of decision-relevant information
University College
University of Oxford’s COP29 podcast series on sustainable cities
Unlocking Late Schumann
Wadcast
Wadham College
Weidenfeld Debates
Wolfson College Podcasts
Worcester College
# Episode Title Description People Date
2141 Creative Commons Human Rights: Cooling a Planet on Fire Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, calling for a new approach to politics in response to the climate emergency. Volker Türk 11 Jun 2025
2140 Slavery, Abolition and Islam: Debating Freedom in the Islamic Tradition In this Contemporary Islamic Studies seminar, Dr Haroon Bashir discusses his new book ‘Slavery, Abolition and Islam: Debating Freedom in the Islamic Tradition’ published in January 2025 by Oxford University Press Haroon Bashir, Raihan Ismail 03 Jun 2025
2139 Creative Commons The Devaki Jain Lecture - Empowered voices: Jordanian women shaping their future The Middle East Centre was honoured to host the 2025 Devaki Jain Lecture. This year’s lecture was delivered by Rana Husseini, Jordanian activist, journalist and author. Rana Husseini, Eugene Rogan 30 May 2025
2138 Creative Commons "A Man Learns Only from What His Heart Desires": Hebrew Textbooks Reimagined By situating Hebrew textbooks for adults within their historical and social contexts, this lecture sheds light on the intricate relationship between pedagogy, national identity, and the challenges faced by immigrants adapting to a new homeland. Rakefet Anzi 29 May 2025
2137 Creative Commons Liberation Theology in Palestine A paper delivered by Rev. Dr Mitri Alraheb at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. Mitri Alraheb, Eugene Rogan 27 May 2025
2136 Creative Commons Towards an Inclusive Narrative, History, and Methodology A paper delivered by Dr Hamdan Taha at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. Hamdan Taha, Eugene Rogan 27 May 2025
2135 After the End of the World: Another Season of War in South Lebanon In this talk anthropologist Munira Khayyat revisits the South Lebanon borderland, where she has conducted long term fieldwork in the wake of its almost total destruction after the latest season of war there. Munira Khayyat, Pascal Menoret 23 May 2025
2134 Creative Commons The Archaeology and History of Palestine - Book introduction A paper delivered by Dr Iman Saca at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. Iman Saca, Eugene Rogan 22 May 2025
2133 Creative Commons History of the British Mandate in Palestine A paper delivered by Dr Issam Nassar at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. Issam Nassar, Eugene Rogan 22 May 2025
2132 Creative Commons New Critical Assessment of the Archaeology and History of Palestine During the Early and Middle Islamic Periods A paper delivered by Dr Mahmoud Hawari at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. Mahmoud Hawari, Eugene Rogan 22 May 2025
2131 Creative Commons Palestine Research Centre symposium at the MEC – Opening remarks Speech delivered by H.E. Dr Mohammad Shtayyeh, Chairman of the Palestine Research Centre and former Palestinian Prime Minister, at a symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. Mohammad Shtayyeh, Eugene Rogan 22 May 2025
2130 Creative Commons The Prehistory of Palestine A paper delivered by Dr Ghattas Sayej at the Palestine Research Centre symposium held at the MEC on Friday 9 May 2025. This paper was part of a panel chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan. Ghattas Sayej, Eugene Rogan 22 May 2025
2129 Creative Commons Philip Michael Wolfson on Dame Zaha Hadid and the 10 Year Anniversary of the Investcorp Building Former head of design for Dame Zaha Hadid, Philip Michael Wolfson, reflects on her work and career in the first of two lectures marking the 10-year anniversary of the Investcorp Building. Philip Michael Wolfson, Eugene Rogan 22 May 2025
2128 Oxford Islam & Justice Seminar: Islam and Natural Law The theme for this week's lecture is Islam and Natural Law Ramon Harvey, Jacob Williams 19 May 2025
2127 Creative Commons On Padmasambhava’s Names, Himalayan Syncretism, and the Apotheosis of the Fierce Guru Dan Hirshberg describes the origins of the famous 'Eight Names' of Padmasambhava, and also of his fierce form as 'Guru Dragpo'. Dan Hirshberg, Robert Mayer 15 May 2025
2126 Creative Commons Love, Pride, Fear, and Happiness: Zionism as a Case Study for 'National Emotions' What emotional traits are essential for building a nation? More broadly, are there such things as ‘national emotions,’ and if so, what are they? Yair Berlin 15 May 2025
2125 Creative Commons Oxford Islam & Justice Seminar: Liberal Commitments, Islamic Commitments and Public Reason The Oxford Islam and Justice Programme aims to provide a grounding in the academic and debates about the relationship between Islamic views of justice and the modern political order. Mohammad Fadel, Jacob Williams 12 May 2025
2124 Creative Commons Israeli Far-Right amid the Erosion of the 'Legitimate Circle of Politics' The seminar explores the discursive mapping of far-right constituents within the most right-wing coalition in Israel’s history, formed under Benjamin Netanyahu’s premiership after the five elections held between 2019 and 2022. Ferit Belder 12 May 2025
2123 East of Empire: Egypt, India, and the World between the Wars In this joint seminar with the Asian Studies Centre, Dr Erin MB O’Halloran, University of Cambridge, presents her new book 'East of Empire' (2025 Stanford University Press). Chaired by Professor Faisal Devji (St Antony’s College). Erin O'Halloran, Faisal Devji 08 May 2025
2122 Series 3 Episode 4: Evolving health system boundaries The CPM team discuss how interactions with healthcare systems are changing as health-relevant information becomes more accessible outside traditional clinical domains. Rachel Horton, Anneke Lucassen, Ali Kay, Sally Sansom 23 Apr 2025
2121 Series 3 Episode 3: Sustainability (environmental) The CPM team discuss environmental sustainability in personalised medicine with Dr Gabrielle Samuel from King's College London. Rachel Horton, Gabrielle Samuel, Sarah Briggs, Louisa Chenciner 25 Mar 2025
2120 Creative Commons Understanding Syria through Syrian Voices: Refugees’ Stories of Revolution, War, and the Struggle for Home In this joint seminar with Oxford University’s Refugee Studies Centre, Wendy Pearlman, Professor at Northwestern University, shares personal testimonies collected from displaced Syrians around the world. Wendy Pearlman, Dawn Chatty 24 Mar 2025
2119 From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics In this Friday seminar, Jérôme Drevon discusses his book ‘From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics’ (OUP 2024). Jérôme Drevon, Neil Ketchley 11 Mar 2025
2118 Genocide in Gaza On Tuesday 18 February 2025, the Middle East Centre hosted the launch for St Antony’s Emeritus Fellow, Professor Avi Shlaim’s, new book ‘Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine’ (Irish Pages Press, 2025). Avi Shlaim, Eugene Rogan, Chris Agee 07 Mar 2025
2117 The Indigeneity of Early Christianity in Africa: Has the time come for Late Afriquity? “The Indigeneity of Early Christianity in Africa: Has the time come for Late Afriquity?“ Father Jarel Robinson-Brown Jarel Robinson-Brown 07 Mar 2025
2116 The chaos (fawḍà) Bashshar al-Asad warned against – Damascus University 10th November 2005 – and present-day Syria On Friday 21 February 2025, Professor Johannes Waardenburg gave the Middle East Centre’s Friday seminar Johannes Waardenburg, Walter Armbrust 06 Mar 2025
2115 To Be a Jewish State A book launch event marking the publication of Yaacov Yadgar's new book, To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism. The author in conversation with Amnon Ray-Krakotzkin Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, David Borabeck, Yaacov Yadgar 05 Mar 2025
2114 Creative Commons Israeli Public Opinion, War and Prospects for Peace Political strategist and public opinion researcher, Dr Dahlia Scheindlin, shares her analysis of public opinion surveys before and during the war in Gaza. Dahlia Scheindlin, Eugene Rogan 19 Feb 2025
2113 Series 3 Episode 2: Risk and Prevention in Personalised Medicine The CPM team discuss the benefits and challenges of personalised prevention approaches with Dr Malte Gerhold from the Health Foundation. Rachel Horton, Anneke Lucassen, Sally Sansom, Louisa Chenciner 17 Feb 2025
2112 Creative Commons The Axis of Resistance A panel with Kamran Matin (University of Sussex), Yasmeen al-Eryani (Tampere Peace Research Institute) and Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford). Chaired by Raihan Ismail (University of Oxford). Kamran Matin, Yasmeen al-Eryani, Neil Ketchley, Raihan Ismail 11 Feb 2025
2111 Creative Commons WRRS: Rethinking Masculinity Through Men's Sexual Experiences in Tehran A Women’s Rights Research Seminar (WRRS) with Dr Nafiseh Sharifi, Research Fellow at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. Nafiseh Shafiri, Maryam Alemzadeh 07 Feb 2025
2110 Creative Commons Sudan's current war: a longer view on peacemaking and prospects A talk from Dr Richard Barltrop, Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre, reflecting on the current war in Sudan and exploring lessons from the longer history of peacemaking in Sudan and other recent civil wars. Richard Barltrop, Walter Armbrust 07 Feb 2025
2109 Creative Commons Lebanon and Syria Amidst Regional Turmoil A talk from Joseph Bahout, Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and Associate Professor of Practice in Political Studies. Joseph Bahout, Eugene Rogan 31 Jan 2025
2108 Creative Commons Lebanon and Syria Amidst Regional Turmoil A talk from Joseph Bahout, Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and Associate Professor of Practice in Political Studies. Joseph Bahout, Eugene Rogan 30 Jan 2025
2107 Creative Commons The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Turkey A launch event for ‘The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Turkey’ (OUP), jointly convened by the MEC and SEESOX, with panellists Caroline Tee, Fabio Vicini, Sertaç Sehlikoğlu, and Stefan Williamson Fa. Caroline Tee, Fabio Vicini, Sertac Sehlikoğlu, Stefan Williamson Fa 30 Jan 2025
2106 Series 3 Episode 1: What is personalised medicine? The CPM team discuss what we mean when we talk about personalised medicine. Rachel Horton, Anneke Lucassen, Susie Weller, Ali Kay 24 Jan 2025
2105 Creative Commons The Houthis: From Local Insurgents to a Regional Actor - Exploiting Global Solidarities Yasmeen Eryani contributing to Session 3: Reverberations of Resistance, at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford / SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. Yasmeen Eryani, Neil Ketchley 13 Jan 2025
2104 Creative Commons Religious Actors and Transnational Solidarity: The question of Palestine Prof. Raihan Ismail in Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology, at November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. Raihan Ismail, Antonella Acinapura 13 Jan 2025
2103 Creative Commons Whatever happened to Algerian Islamism? Prof. Michael Willis in Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology, at November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. Michael Willis, Antonella Acinapura 13 Jan 2025
2102 Creative Commons Islamist Networks 2011-2013: The AKP, Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood Dr Ezgi Basaran in Session 2: Islamist and Religious Currents: Networks of Influence and Ideology, at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. Ezgi Başaran, Antonella Acinapura 13 Jan 2025
2101 Creative Commons Saudi Arabia and Iran: Transnational Shifts and Regional Order Prof. Simon Mabon contributing to Session 1: Intra-Muslim relations and Geopolitical Transformation, at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. Simon Mabon, Eugene Rogan 13 Jan 2025
2100 Creative Commons Iran is Far Less Interested in Resistance than You are Made to Believe Prof. Maryam Alemzadeh in Session 1: Intra-Muslim relations and Geopolitical Transformation, at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. Maryam Alemzadeh, Eugene Rogan 13 Jan 2025
2099 Creative Commons The 'Day After' October 7 and Geopolitical Transformations in the Wider Arab World Region Dr Hisham Hellyer contributing to Session 1: Intra-Muslim relations & Geopolitical Transformation at a November 2024 Contemporary Islamic Studies Oxford/SEPAD, Lancaster University workshop: Transnational Islamic Movements: Global and Local Realities. Hisham Hellyer, Eugene Rogan 13 Jan 2025
2098 Creative Commons Prospects for Democracy and the Muslim Subject: Reflecting on the Raba'a Massacre Ten Years On This talk is the closing plenary address given by Professor S Sayyid, University of Leeds the final part of a 2-day online academic conference convened on 15-16 August 2023 by Dr Usaama al-Azami. Salman Sayyid, Usaama al-Azami 07 Jan 2025
2097 Episode 4: Reflections on COP29, what’s next for addressing climate change within cities? As COP29 ends, what do the negotiations mean for climate change within cities? Katherine Maxwell, Mark Watts 19 Dec 2024
2096 Episode 3: What role does climate finance play in enabling cities to reach their climate targets? Billed as the ‘Finance COP’, this episode explores the scale of climate finance needed, to understand how we can improve the quality of finance delivered and access more diverse financial instruments to ensure greater financial predictability. Katherine Maxwell, Sustain Aitken 19 Dec 2024
2095 Episode 2: Why do cities need collaboration and partnerships to meet climate commitments? This episode explores the outcomes from the mitigation and adaptation commitments at COP29. Katherine Maxwell, Michele Acuto 19 Dec 2024
2094 Episode 1: What role do cities play in delivering climate action? This year’s COP priority is ‘enhancing ambition and enabling action’. This episode explores how cities are working with national governments to meaningfully develop and deliver on agreed NDCs and aligning with global climate targets. Katherine Maxwell, Anaclaudia Rossbach 19 Dec 2024
2093 Defining antisemitism: what is the point In this talk, Dr Klug and Professor Lavi explore the following questions, among others: What useful role can definitions play in this controversy? Can the IHRA definition perform this role? Does the JDA give better guidance? Brian Klug, Shai Lavi, Eugene Rogan 19 Dec 2024
2092 Trade Networks Bridging Yemen, Israel, and Ethiopia: The Ḥibshūsh Family and Jewish-Muslim Commercial Relations in the 20th Century This lecture examines the commercial legacy of the Ḥibshūsh family, a prominent Yemenite Jewish dynasty that played a pivotal role in the Red Sea basin trade from the 1880s to the 1970s Menashe Anzi 06 Dec 2024
2091 Interview with Joe Cribb on the British Museum coin collection by Shreya Gupta This interview discusses Joe's interest and approach in studying and curating coins, as well as the research being undertaken on the British Museum's South Asian coin collection. Joe Cribb, former Keeper of the British Museum Money and Medals department and expert in Asian numismatics. Shreya Gupta, Doctoral Researcher, Ashmolean Museum and University of Exeter 04 Dec 2024
2090 The Trial that Shook Britain: How a Court Martial Hastened Acceptance of Indian Independence Book talk with Ashis Ray Ashis Ray 04 Dec 2024
2089 Writing Middle Eastern Lives: Biography in Modern Arab History Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, author of ‘An Impossible Friendship’, Marilyn Booth, author of ‘The Career and Communities of Zaynab Fawwaz’, and Peter Hill, author of ‘Prophet of Reason’, discuss the writing of biography in modern Middle Eastern history. Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, Marilyn Booth, Peter Hill, Eugene Rogan 29 Nov 2024
2088 The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization In this talk, Dr Elham Fakhro, a Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, launches her new book ‘The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization’ Elham Fakhro, Pascal Menoret 29 Nov 2024
2087 God’s Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani In this talk, Iraqi political analyst, Sajad Jiyad, discusses his new book ‘God’s Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’. Sajad Jiyad, Raihan Ismail 29 Nov 2024
2086 Abraham and Moses as Entrepreneurs: Educating for the Future with Narratives of the Past How does the global entrepreneurial discourse, which advocates for a neoliberal, individualistic, and future-oriented identity, intersects with a state education system that seeks to establish a collectivist and ethno-national identity? Sari R. Alfi Nissan 22 Nov 2024
2085 Regional dimensions of the Gaza crisis, and the Arab role in the UN Security Council Mouin Rabbani and Hasmik Egian discuss the impact the crisis in Gaza has had on the Arab world, with a particular focus on the UN Security Council. Mouin Rabbani, Hasmik Egian, Eugene Rogan 19 Nov 2024
2084 Synagogues in Israeli Urban Internal Frontiers as Symbols of Sovereignty Israeli synagogues in mixed cities following the 1948 war, and their sovereign role David Borabeck 15 Nov 2024
2083 Extra - 2023-24: the year in review We discuss the highlights for the CPM in 2023-24, and look forward to the next year. Rachel Horton, Anneke Lucassen, Susie Weller, Padraig Dixon 15 Nov 2024
2082 Creative Commons New & Jew, Zionism and the Quest for National Culture The Creation of Hebrew Music and its Origins Yaron Peleg 06 Nov 2024
2081 Tahrir, Gaza, and beyond: revolution, liberation, and praxis Researcher and writer, Rusha Latif, gives a talk based on her new book ‘Tahrir’s Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution’ Rusha Latif, Walter Armbrust 31 Oct 2024
2080 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
2079 Creative Commons Michal Huss - You cannot really live (or die) here: ongoing struggles over cemeteries and housing in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, 1957-2020 Debates over housing and cemeteries in Jaffa. Michal Huss 30 Oct 2024
2078 The challenges of writing Middle East history after 7 October: from Gaza to the climate crisis Dr Ibrahim Al-Marashi reflects on the process of researching and writing the latest edition of his book, ‘A Concise History of the Middle East’. Ibrahim al-Marashi, Eugene Rogan 25 Oct 2024
2077 Martin Goodman - The Image of Herod in Modern Israel Jewish, Israeli, and Zionist perceptions of Herod. Martin Goodman 23 Oct 2024
2076 Creative Commons The New Spirit of Islamism: Interactions between the AKP, Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood Journalist and scholar, Dr Ezgi Başaran, presents her book which traces the links between the AKP, Tunisia’s Ennahda, and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood after the Arab Spring. Ezgi Başaran, Michael Willis 22 Oct 2024
2075 Yemima Hadad - Buber and Gandhi on land and resistance: Reading the Buber-Gandhi correspondence after October 7 Contesting pacifist views and their implications today. Yemima Hadad 21 Oct 2024
2074 Joseph Boyle Meet Worcester's Sustainability Research Assistant. Joseph Boyle, David Isaac 08 Oct 2024
2073 Creative Commons Dr Shailendra Bhandare on the Ashmolean Museum’s South Asian coin collections Shreya Gupta interviews Dr Shailendra Bhandare, Curator of South Asian and Far-eastern Coins and Paper Money at the Ashmolean Museum Shailendra Bhandare, Shreya Gupta 23 Aug 2024
2072 Kenneth Lonergan Meet director and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan. Kenneth Lonergen, David Isaac 23 Aug 2024
2071 Creative Commons Jan Lingen, President of the Royal Dutch Numismatic Society, on collecting South Asian Coins Shreya Gupta interviews Indian coin expert Jan Lingen on his collection. Jan Lingen, Shreya Gupta 20 Aug 2024
2070 Creative Commons Interview with Robert Bracey on South Asian Coin Collections in the British Museum by Shreya Gupta This interview discusses the afterlives of coin collections from South Asia held in UK museums today. Robert Bracey, Shreya Gupta 31 Jul 2024
2069 Creative Commons Interview with Dr Paul Stevens on collecting Indian coins by Shreya Gupta This interview discusses Paul Steven’s journey of collecting and researching Indian coins Paul Stevens, Shreya Gupta 31 Jul 2024
2068 Creative Commons The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa Professor Malika Zeghal (Harvard University) presents her new book 'The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Islam and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa', an innovative analysis that traces the continuity of the state’s custodianship of Islam. Malika Zeghal 30 Jul 2024
2067 The Future of War and Peace Professor Jean-Marie Guéhenno explores how societal changes, globalisation, technology and power dynamics are shaping the landscape of conflict and peace to a packed Rhodes House auditorium. Jean-Marie Guéhenno 28 Jun 2024
2066 What Gazans Think Before and After October 7th Professor Amaney A. Jamal discusses findings from surveys in Gaza and the West Bank, as the 46th Annual George Antonius Memorial Lecture. Amaney A. Jamal, Eugene Rogan 26 Jun 2024
2065 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
2064 The Damascus Events Book Launch, Oxford Book Launch for "The Damascus Events: the 1860 Massacre and the Destruction of the Old Ottoman World" By Eugene Rogan, Published in hardback by Allen Lane, 2 May 2024. Eugene Rogan 17 May 2024
2063 Reflections on Tunisian Women's Continued Fight for Respect, Dignity and Rights: Focus on Women in the Labour Movement MEC Women's Rights Research Seminar delivered by Dr Heba El-Shazli (George Mason University) Chaired by Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College) Heba El-Shazli, Maryam Alemzadeh 14 May 2024
2062 Creative Commons The United Nations and the Question of Palestine Professor Ardi Imseis new book explores the UN’s management of the longest-running problem on its agenda, critically assessing tensions between the Organisation’s position and international law. Ardi Imseis, Eugene Rogan 07 May 2024
2061 Webs of oppression’ in everyday organizing in Palestine: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis This talk delves into the multifaceted challenges Palestinian women activists face, revealing how intersecting oppressions within a settler-colonized society shape their organizing efforts and experiences, challenging singular analyses of patriarchy. Amal W Nazzal, Maryam Alemzadeh 07 Mar 2024
2060 The Gender Effect in Intra-Party Meritocracy (with Rabia Kutlu) This lecture explores how parliamentary activity affects the candidacy list placements of MPs in closed-list PR systems, particularly focusing on the interaction between gender and candidacy list decisions. Rabia Kutlu, Tugba Bozcaga, Maryam Alemzadeh 07 Mar 2024
2059 Is a Binational State Possible After 7 October? In this podcast, Oxford Emeritus Professor Avi Shlaim compares notes with Exeter University Professor Ilan Pappé on the prospects for a binational state in the aftermath of the events of 7 October and the Gaza War. Ilan Pappe, Avi Shlaim 28 Feb 2024
2058 Panel Discussion: Recognizing Palestinian Statehood: European views A discussion of European initiatives to recognize the State of Palestine to advance the prospects for a two-state solution. Alon Liel, Haizam Amirah-Fernández, Chris Doyle 19 Feb 2024
2057 Creative Commons Genocide and Accountability in Gaza: The Limits and Potential of International Law Prof Noura Erakat explores the significance of South Africa's application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip before the International Court of Justice, and the Court's decision to hear the case. Noura Erakat 14 Feb 2024
2056 Creative Commons The Settler Movement, Political Impasses, and Beyond Dr Hagar Kotef from SOAS examines the current situation of Israeli settlers both in the West Bank and in the Cabinet to assess the impact of the settler movement in political options following the Gaza War. Hagar Kotef, Raihan Ismail 12 Feb 2024
2055 Considering the Political Options in Gaza After Three Months of War In the opening meeting of the Middle East Centre’s Hilary Term seminar series, the Fellows of the Centre led a panel discussion to set out the agenda for the series examining the political options following the Gaza War. Eugene Rogan, Walter Armbrust, Maryam Alemzadeh, Raihan Ismail 05 Feb 2024
2054 Israeli Public Opinion and Political Options after 7 October Professor Yuli Tamir considers Israeli public opinion following the 7 October 2023 attack and the constraints that public opinion imposes on the political options moving forward. Yuli Tamir, Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab 30 Jan 2024
2053 Modern Arab Kingship - Remaking the Ottoman Political Order in the Interwar Middle East Adam Mestyan argues that post-Ottoman Arab political orders were not, as many historians believe, products of European colonialism but of the process of "recycling empire." Adam Mestyan, Eugene Rogan 25 Jan 2024
2052 Stories to Connect: The Reza Hosseini Memorial Lecture Series on the past and present of the Middle East Join Professor Ghassan Salamé for his Lecture on 'Lessons from 2003 Iraq: Twenty Years Later.' Ghassan Salamé, Eugene Rogan 23 Jan 2024
2051 Reconsidering the 60s generation in the Arab world and beyond Professor Yoav di Capua offers a comprehensive empirical, theoretical, and methodological reassessment of the Arab 60s as a global pursuit with lessons that transcend the geography of the Middle East - the fruit of a decade of research on Arab thought. Yoav di Capua, Eugene Rogan 23 Jan 2024
2050 Creative Commons What have the Arab Uprisings done to "Contemporary Arab Thought"? Professor Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab offers some reflections on the challenges that a post-2011 Arab critique might be facing. Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab, Eugene Rogan 23 Jan 2024
2049 Race, Rubber, Revolution: Haiti’s 1940s Revisited Professor Matthew Smith, University College London, provides a fascinating insight into the history of Haiti during the 1940s, reassessing the role of the Société Haïtiano-Américane de Développement Agricole (SHADA) in developing rubber plantations. Matthew J. Smith 14 Dec 2023
2048 Pakistan & India: Common Origins, Divergent Trajectories Pervez Hoodbhoy seminar given as part of the Modern South Asian Seminar series in October 2023 Pervez Hoodbhoy 26 Oct 2023
2047 Valeria Colunga Lozano Meet a Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust scholar. David Isaac, Valeria Colunga Lozano 16 Oct 2023
2046 Creative Commons Zionism and the Jews of Iraq: A Personal Perspective Professor Avi Shlaim gives the George Antonius Memorial Lecture 2023, examining the Jewish exodus from Iraq in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, and arguing the Zionist movement played an active part in the uprooting of Iraqi Jews. Avi Shlaim, Eugene Rogan 19 Sep 2023
2045 Book Launch - Russia and the GCC 'The Case of Tatarstan's Paradiplomacy' Dr. Diana Galeeva introduces her book which examines the relations between the Gulf States and Russia from the Soviet era to the present day. Diana Galeeva, Roy Allison, Eugene Rogan 07 Sep 2023
2044 12 - Young Chan Kim As a Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow, Wolfson JRF, Lecturer and NHS doctor at the John Radcliffe, a father and a husband to a DPhil student, Young Chan Kim talks about keeping busy helps him balance it all. Young Chan Kim, Femke Gow 25 Aug 2023
2043 11 - Estelle Paulus DPhil Candidate and Vice Chair of General Meeting at Wolfson, Estelle studying sustainable food systems and is on a journey to make a real impact on the world. Estelle Paulus, Femke Gow 25 Aug 2023
2042 Memorial in honour of Derek Hopwood OBE and Celia Kerslake The Director and Fellows of the Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College convened a memorial in honour of Derek Hopwood OBE, Emeritus Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies (1933-2020) and Celia Kerslake, Emeritus Fellow in Turkish (1946-2023). Eugene Rogan, Roger Goodman, Gina Rowland, Rosie MacGregor 22 Aug 2023