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| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
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| 119 | 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 |
| 118 | Moriel Ram, 'A tale of sand and snow: Bar-Lev line and the Hermon ski site as material fantasies' | Moriel Ram (SOAS) discusses how sand and snow produce potent imageries and physical realities in Israeli political culture. | Moriel Ram | 05 Nov 2019 | |
| 117 | Martyrs and Tricksters: An Ethnography of the Egyptian Revolution | Professor Walter Armbrust (St. Antony's College, Oxford) gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre seminar series. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St. Antony's College, Oxford). | Walter Armbrust | 22 Oct 2019 | |
| 116 | Hirak: A roundtable on the Algerian protests | Roundtable discussion looking at the Algerian protests. With Michael Willis (St Antony’s College), James McDougall (Trinity College), Hicham Yezza (Ceasefire Magazine) and Latefa Guemar (University of East London). | Michael Willis, James McDougall, Hicham Yezza, Latefa Guemar | 20 Jun 2019 | |
| 115 | George Antonius Memorial Lecture: Reflections on Three Decades in Pursuit of Palestinian Statehood | Dr Saeb Erekat (Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization) gives the 2019 George Anronius Memorial Lecture. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College). | Saeb Erekat | 20 Jun 2019 | |
| 114 | Lecture and Book Launch- The politics of family law reform in Jordan and Morocco: Two seemingly similar monarchies, two different approaches | Dr Dorthe Engelcke (Max Planck Institute, Hamburg) gives a discussion Chair: Dr Michael Willis (St Antony's College). | Dörthe Engelcke | 14 Jun 2019 | |
| 113 | The Thirty Year Genocide - Turkey's destruction of its Christian minorities, 1894-1924 | Professor Benny Morris and Professor Dror Ze'evi give a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre seminar series. Chaired by Dr Laurent Mignon (St Antony's College). | Benny Morris, Dror Ze'evi | 03 Jun 2019 | |
| 112 | Situating the Study of Islam in Global Intellectual History: Toshihiko Izutsu's Middle-Earth | Armando Salvatore (McGill University) gives a talk as part of the following conference: Neither Near Nor Far: Encounters and Exchanges between Japan and the Middle East. | Armando Salvatore | 29 May 2019 | |
| 111 | Reflections on Recent Events in the Republic of Sudan | Panel discussion on the Republic of Sudan. Joint event with The Sudanese Programme, held in St Antony's College on May 3rd 2019. | Ahmed al-Shahi, Sara Abdelgalil, Richard Barltrop | 10 May 2019 | |
| 110 | Desert in the Promised Land: The Politics and Semiotics of Space in Israeli Culture | Yael Zerubavel (Professor Emerita of Jewish Studies and History, Rutgers University) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre, chaired by Professor Yaacov Yadgar (Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies, St Anne's). | Yael Zerubavel | 10 May 2019 | |
| 109 | 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 | |
| 108 | Inside Tunisia's al-Nahda: Between Politics and Preaching | Rory McCarthy (Magdalen College, Oxford) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series, chaired by Michael Willis (St Antony's College). | Rory McCarthy, Michael Willis | 01 May 2019 | |
| 107 | Women's Rights Research Seminar - From Kurdistan to Europe: Kurdish Literary, Artistic and Cultural Activism by Kurdish Women Intellectuals | Dr Ozlem Belcim Galip (Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow, The School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series, chaired by Marilyn Booth (Magdalen College). | Ozlem Belcim Galip, Marilyn Booth | 01 May 2019 | |
| 106 | Twenty-first century: populism, neoliberalism, and their discontents | Andrew Arsan (University of Cambridge) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College). | Andrew Arsan | 01 May 2019 | |
| 105 | In Search of Institutional Order: Can the Shi'a Marja'iyya Depart from Traditional Limits and Unlock the Future Potential? | Dr Abbas Kadhim (Atlantic Council) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series, charied by Toby Matthiesen (St Antony's College). | Abbas Kadhim | 30 Apr 2019 | |
| 104 | Creative Commons | The Folly of Secularism Dialogues on the theopolitics of the nation-state: Israel in a wider context. Session 3: Israel: a dialogue between Yehouda Shenhav (Tel Aviv) and Yaacov Yadgar (Oxford) | Yehouda Shenhav and Yaacov Yadgar discuss the uses and misuses of a discourse on “Judaism” in Israel. Session 3 in a series of three. | Yehouda Shenhav, Yuval Evri, Yaacov Yadgar | 03 Apr 2019 |
| 103 | Creative Commons | The Folly of Secularism Dialogues on the theopolitics of the nation-state: Israel in a wider context. Session 2: Liberalism and Secularism: a dialogue between Elizabeth Shakman Hurd (Northwestern) and Yolanda Jansen (Amsterdam) | Elizabeth Shakman Hurd and Yolande Jansen discuss the notion of the “secular,” liberal politics of the nation-state. Session 2 in a series of three | Elisabeth Shakman Hurd, Yolande Jansen | 03 Apr 2019 |
| 102 | Creative Commons | The Folly of Secularism Dialogues on the theopolitics of the nation-state: Israel in a wider context. Session 1 Religion and Politics: a dialogue between William Cavanaugh (DePaul) and Timothy Fitzgerald (Centre for Critical Research on Religion) | Timothy Fitzgerald and William Cavanaugh discuss the politics and history of the conceptual duality and its current usages. First session in a series of three | Timothy Fitzgerald, William Cavanaugh | 03 Apr 2019 |
| 101 | The Rise of the Egyptian Middle Class: Socio-Economic Mobility and Public Discontent from Nasser to Sadat | Relli Shechter (St Antony’s College) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre, on 29th January 2019. | Relli Shechter | 08 Mar 2019 | |
| 100 | Creative Commons | Avner Offer: Quality of Life and Well-being in Israel Today | Avner offer discusses how to measure -- and how to understand the measurements -- of quality of life and well-being in Israel. | Avner Offer | 06 Mar 2019 |
| 99 | Creative Commons | Eyal Chowers - The emerging notion of sovereignty in contemporary Israel | Eyal Chowers considers Israeli democracy, liberalism, and the emerging notion of sovereignty in the state | Eyal Chowers | 06 Mar 2019 |
| 98 | Iran and sanctions | Zep Kalb (UCLA) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Yassamine Mather. | Zep Kalb | 05 Mar 2019 | |
| 97 | Guy Burton - Rising Powers and the Arab-Israeli Conflict since 1947' | How have rising power engaged with the Arab-Israeli conflict? What does this tell us about rising powers and conflict management as well as their behaviour in international politics more generally? | Guy Burton | 27 Feb 2019 | |
| 96 | Ibrahim Khatib - Identity, Conflict perception and Reconciliation in the shadow of the Arab-Israeli conflict | Ibrahim Khatib discusses the correlations between identity, conflict perception, and willingness to reconcile. | Ibrahim Khatib | 27 Feb 2019 | |
| 95 | Women and Social Change in North Africa: What Counts as Revolutionary? A Discussion | Dr Imane Chaara (QEH Oxford), Dr Doris Gray (Al Akhawayn University), Dr Nadia Sonneveld (Radboud University) take part in a discussion at the Middle East Studies centre. Chair by Michael Willis (St Antony's College). | Imane Chaara, Doris Gray, Nadia Sonneveld | 25 Feb 2019 | |
| 94 | The Iraq War Inquiry - a study in contemporary political, diplomatic, military and reconstruction history | The seminar will consider the Iraq Inquiry’s origins, terms of reference, mode of operation, and issues which arose in the course of its work, in framing its conclusions, and on its publication and reception. | Sir John Chilcot | 08 Feb 2019 | |
| 93 | Creative Commons | Menachem Klein - Abbas' Leadership in a State Postponed | Menachem Klein discusses the political biography and leadership of Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority. | Menachem Klein | 06 Feb 2019 |
| 92 | Creative Commons | European Policy on the Middle East: Making a Difference? | Nick Westcott (Director Royal African Society and Associate at SOAS) gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre on 1st February 2019. Chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College). | Nick Westcott | 06 Feb 2019 |
| 91 | The Middle East: Should We Give Up? | Joost Hiltermann (International Crisis Group), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series on 25th January 2019. Professor Eugene Rogan chairs. | Joost Hiltermannm, Eugene Rogan | 01 Feb 2019 | |
| 90 | Khaled Furani - Putting Israel on the Couch: A Palestinian challenge from within the Leviathan | Khaled Furani deconstruct sovereignty, and considers some alternatives. | Khaled Furani | 23 Jan 2019 | |
| 89 | Creative Commons | Netta Cohen - When climate takes command: Jewish-Zionist scientific approaches to climate in Palestine 1900-1948 | How did Zionist scientist see climate in Palestine? | Netta Cohen | 16 Jan 2019 |
| 88 | Creative Commons | What future for Israel and Palestine? | Dr Marwan Bishara (Academic Visitor, St Antony's College) gives a seminar for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College). | Marwan Bishara, Eugene Rogan | 07 Dec 2018 |
| 87 | Creative Commons | And then God created the Middle East and said let there be breaking news | Karl Sharro (architect, satirist and Middle East commentator), gives a seminar for the Middle East Studies Centre. Chaired by Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College). | Karl Sharro, Walter Armbrust | 07 Dec 2018 |
| 86 | Creative Commons | Iraq after the elections: A new beginning? | Panel discussion with Harith Hasan (Central European University), Hayder al-Khoei (University of Exeter), Renad Mansour (Chatham House) and chaired by Toby Matthiesen (St Antony's College). | Harith Hasan, Hayder al-Khoei, Renad Mansour, Toby Matthiesen | 07 Dec 2018 |
| 85 | Creative Commons | Brian Klug - Defining antisemitism, demonizing Zionism, excoriating Corbyn: The current controversy over the left and the Jews | Brian Klug analyses the controversy around antisemitism in the Labour Party and the limits on the criticism of Zionism. | Brian Klug | 28 Nov 2018 |
| 84 | Creative Commons | Crafting a human rights-based approach to HIV/AIDS for women in the Middle East | Dr Kamiar Alaei (Co-president, Institute for International Health and Education), gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. | Kamiar Alaei | 26 Nov 2018 |
| 83 | Creative Commons | Reconsidering Marshall Hodgson | Professor Edmund Burke III (UC Santa Cruz) gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. | Edmund Burke III | 26 Nov 2018 |
| 82 | Creative Commons | Book Launch: Christian Martyrs under Islam | Dr Christian C Sahner (Associate Professor of Islamic History, Faculty of Oriental Studies), talks about his new book, the discussants are Phil Booth (Faculty of Theology) and Professor Julia Bray (Oriental Institute). | Christian C Sahner, Phil Booth, Julia Bray | 26 Nov 2018 |
| 81 | Creative Commons | Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo | Dr Seth Anziska (Mohamed S. Farsi-Polonsky Lecturer in Jewish-Muslim Relations, University College London), gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. | Seth Anziska | 26 Nov 2018 |
| 80 | Creative Commons | Between Love and Lineage: Elopement, Rights and Violence in an Afghan Valley | Dr Naysan Adlparvar (Yale University), gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. | Naysan Adlparvar | 26 Nov 2018 |
| 79 | Orna Sasson-Levy - Gendered citizenship: The case of Women Breaking the Silence | Orna Sasson-Levy discusses the cast of women soldiers who decide to speak | Orna Sasson-Levy | 21 Nov 2018 | |
| 78 | Creative Commons | Adriana X Jacobs - A gift from Sinai: Translation and nation-building | Adriana Jacobs (Oxford) discusses the role of translation in the constitutive era of modern Hebrew literature. | Adriana X Jacobs | 16 Nov 2018 |
| 77 | David Tal - The making of alliance: The making and history of US-Israel relationships | David Tal discusses the making and history of US-Israel relationships. | David Tal | 16 Nov 2018 | |
| 76 | 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 | |
| 75 | A Rope from the Sky: The Making and Unmaking of the World's Newest State (South Sudan) | Zach Vertin (Princeton University) on a joint event with Sudanese Programme, African Studies Centre and the Centre for International Studies. Chaired by Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi (Sudanese Programme). | Zach Vertin | 13 Nov 2018 | |
| 74 | Lords of the Desert: Britain’s struggle with America to dominate the Middle East | James Barr (King's College London) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre, chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College). | James Barr | 13 Nov 2018 | |
| 73 | Yakov Rabkin - Israel: The Russian Connection | Yakov Rabkin (University of Montreal) discusses the roots of Israeli political culture in the Zionist beginnings in the Yiddish speaking regions of the Russian Empire. | Yakov Rabkin | 26 Oct 2018 | |
| 72 | Yaacov Yadgar - The Nation-State bill and the meaning of Israel’s Jewish identity | Yaacov Yadgar discusses the recently passed Basic-Law: Israel the Nation State of the Jewish People, and discusses how it plays into Israel's Jewish Identity Crisis | Yaacov Yadgar | 10 Oct 2018 | |
| 71 | Book Event: On the Arab Jew, Palestine, and Other Displacements | Jacqueline Rose (Birkbeck), Kfir Cohen (Van Leer Jerusalem Institute), Moshe Behar (The University of Manchester), Hakem Al-Rustom (Michigan), Ella Shohat (New York University) discuss at the book event. Chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College). | Jacqueline Rose, Kfir Cohen, Moshe Behar, Hakem Al-Rustom | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 70 | Workshop: Memory, Memoirs, and History part 2 | Ella Shohat (New York University) and Avi Shlaim (St Antony's College) give the second of two workshops for the middle east centre. | Ella Shohat, Avi Shlaim | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 69 | Workshop: Memory, Memoirs, and History Part 1 | Ella Shohat (New York University) and Avi Shlaim (St Antony's College) give the first of two workshops for the middle east centre. | Ella Shohat, Avi Shlaim | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 68 | The Question of Judeo-Arabic: Nation, Partition, and the Linguistic Imaginary | Ella Shohat (New York University) gives a lecture for the middle east centre, chaired by Yaacov Yadgar (Stanley Lewis Professor of Israel Studies, St Anne's). Comments by Yuval Evri (SOAS). | Ella Shohat, Yaacov Yadgar, Yuval Evri | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 67 | Annual George Antonius Memorial Lecture - The Tunisian Revolution: Achievements and disillusions | Moncef Marzouki (Former President of the Republic of Tunisia, 2011-2014) gives the annual George Antonius Memorial Lecture. | Moncef Marzouki | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 66 | Women's Rights Research Seminar: Tale of two Omani women | Deena Al Asfoor (St Catherine's College) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre. Chaired by Nazila Ghanea (Kellogg College). | Deena Al Asfoor, Nazila Ghanea | 28 Aug 2018 | |
| 65 | Creative Commons | Kfir Cohen - Israeli Literature as Global Literature | Kfir Cohen discusses Israeli literature as global literature (broadly defined) | Kfir Cohen | 25 Jun 2018 |
| 64 | Arab Media in the New Age | George Hawatmeh (Jordan Radio and Television Corporation) gives a public lecture on Arab media in the new age. Chaired buy Philip Robins (St Antony's College). | George Hawatmeh | 01 Jun 2018 | |
| 63 | Bashir Abu-Manneh - Habibi’s The Pessoptimist and 1948 | Bashir Abu-Manneh discusses Emile Habibi’s The Pessoptimist and 1948. | Bashir Abu-Manneh | 31 May 2018 | |
| 62 | Rami Ginat - Egyptian Communist Voices of Peace (1947-1958) | Rami Ginat discusses the Egyptian Communist Party's stance on Israel in its formative first decade of statehood. | Rami Ginat, Yaacov Yadgar | 30 May 2018 | |
| 61 | Creative Commons | Faisal Devji: Jewish Pecedents and Muslim Nationalism | Faisal Devji discusses the surprising relations between Pakistani nationalism and Zionism. | Faisal Devji, Yaacov Yadgar | 02 May 2018 |
| 60 | Israel and Palestine: Why Britain Should Recognize the Second State | Sir Vincent Fean KCVO, gives a talk for the Middle East Studies seminar series. | Sir Vincent Fean | 03 Apr 2018 | |
| 59 | Religious Freedom in Turkey | Alexandre Toumarkine (INALCO, Paris) talks about religious freedom in Turkey. | Alexandre Toumarkine | 03 Apr 2018 | |
| 58 | The challenges of healthcare in Gaza | Richard Guy (Consultant Surgeon), Omar Abdel-Mannan (Paediatrician), and Debbie Harrington (Consultant Obstetrician) talk about the challenges of healthcare in Gaza. | Richard Guy, Omar Abdel-Mannan, Debbie Harrington | 03 Apr 2018 | |
| 57 | Gaza: Martyrdom and Betrayal | Norman G Finkelstein gives a talk for the Middle East Studies seminar series. | Norman Finkelstein | 03 Apr 2018 | |
| 56 | 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 | |
| 55 | De Gaulle in Beirut- The Chehab Experiment, 1958-1964 | Anne Sa'adah (Dartmouth College) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre Seminar series. | Anne Sa'adah | 03 Apr 2018 | |
| 54 | Women's Rights Research Seminar- A Global History of the Struggle for Women’s Rights: The Women’s Movement in Istanbul in the Context of International Feminism in the Early 20th Century | Dr Elife Bicer-Deveci, postdoctoral fellow of Swiss National Science Foundation and academic visitor at the Middle East Centre, St. Antony’s College, gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series. | Elife Bicer-Deveci | 03 Apr 2018 | |
| 53 | Yuval Evri: Andalusian Legacies: the role of al-Andalus/Sepharad in the political and cultural history of Israel/Palestine | Yuval Evri discusses the uses of the the image of Al-Andalus in political and cultural discourses in the turn of the 20th Century. | Yuval Evri, Yaacov Yadgar | 07 Mar 2018 | |
| 52 | Creative Commons | Galia Sabar: African Migration to Israel - Chronicle of a Failure Foretold | The history and politics of African migration to Israel | Galia Sabar, Yaacov Yadgar | 21 Feb 2018 |
| 51 | Almog Behar - Between Hebrew and Arabic | The politics, culture, and reality of Hebrew and Arabic in Israel and beyond. | Almog Behar, Yaacov Yadgar | 14 Feb 2018 | |
| 50 | Eugene Rogan - The Myth of the Campbell-Bannerman Report: Arab views on Israel after the Suez Crisis | On the origins and context of a little know (for some obvious reasons) chapter in the history of the Zionism. | Eugene Rogan | 08 Feb 2018 | |
| 49 | Creative Commons | Haim Yacobi - Israel, Africa: Identity, Culture and Politics | Haim Yacobi (UCL) gives a talk on Israel in Africa, Africa (and Africans) in Israel. | Haim Yacobi, Yaacov Yadgar | 30 Jan 2018 |
| 48 | Creative Commons | The Gulf Crisis | Madawi al-Rasheed (LSE) and Courtney Freer (LSE), give a talk for the Middle East Centre Seminar Series at St Anthony's College Oxford, chaired by Toby Matthiesen (St Anthony's College). | Madawi al-Rasheed, Courtney Freer, Toby Matthiesen | 29 Jan 2018 |
| 47 | War crimes, crimes against humanity and territorial fragmentation: are peace and reconstruction possible in Syria? | Ziad Majed discusses his research on the political situation in Syria, which is the focus of his latest publication. | Dr Ziad Majed | 22 Dec 2017 | |
| 46 | A View of Globalisation from its Margin: Searching for Karate’s Budo Roots in Contemporary Egypt | Dr Hatsuki Aishima (National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka) gives a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre seminar series. | Hatsuki Aishima | 11 Dec 2017 | |
| 45 | Are Algerian politics exhausted? | Dr Hugh Roberts gives a talk for the middle east studies centre seminar series. | Hugh Roberts | 08 Dec 2017 | |
| 44 | What challenges does Israel face in the world today? | Noa Landau (Editor-in-Chief at Haaretz English Edition) gives a talk for the middle east studies centre seminar series. | Noa Landau | 08 Dec 2017 | |
| 43 | Avi Shlaim - A Jordanian Perspective on Israel | Prof. Avi Shlaim reviews the history of the Jordanian-Israeli relations, and considers how Israel is viewed and understood from the Jordanian side | Avi Shlaim, Yaacov Yadgar | 29 Nov 2017 | |
| 42 | Governing Divided Egypt | Professor Robert Springborg (Italian Institute of International Affairs, Rome), gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series. | Robert Springborg | 17 Nov 2017 | |
| 41 | WRRS: Dancing with Words: Subverting the Master Narrative in Saudi Women’s Literature | Dr Basma Al Mutlaq (School of Oriental and African Studies) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series called Women's Rights Research Seminars. | Basma Al Mutlaq | 13 Nov 2017 | |
| 40 | Birth of the Ashkenazi-Mizrahi Controversy on the ‘Arab Question’ (1910-12) | On 'the mother' of all ensuing Mizrahi–Ashkenazi ethnic controversies. | Moshe Behar, Yaacov Yadgar | 01 Nov 2017 | |
| 39 | Jews, Israel and Debate: Understanding Israel in the Diaspora | Why and how should we study Diaspora Jews' relation to Israel? | Ilan z Baron, Yaacov Yadgar | 31 Oct 2017 | |
| 38 | Adventures in Field-Building: On the History of Area Studies/Middle East Studies in the United States | Zachary Lockman has taught modern Middle Eastern history at New York University since 1995. His most recent book is Field Notes: The Making of Middle East Studies in the United States (2016). | Zachary Lockman | 11 Jul 2017 | |
| 37 | George Antonius Memorial Lecture: The Iraq Invasion and Aftermath: Lessons for Arab World Reform | Jeremy Greenstock is the Chairman of the strategic advisory company, Gatehouse Advisory Partners, established in September 2010, and Chairman of Lambert Energy Advisory, the oil and gas specialists, since January 2012. | Sir Jeremy Greenstock | 11 Jul 2017 | |
| 36 | Book Launch: Islam: The Essentials | Professor Tariq Ramadan (St Antony's College) launches his new book; Islam: The Essentials on May 9th 2017. | Tariq Ramadan | 12 Jun 2017 | |
| 35 | 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 | |
| 34 | Panel Discussion: Prospects of Iraqi Kurdistan's Independence Amid Regional Turbulences | Hemin Hawrami (Senior Adviser to President Masoud Barzani) and Ceng Sagnic (Moshe Dayan Centre, Israel), discuss the prospect of Kurdistan independence. Chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony’s College). | Hemin Hawrami, Ceng Sagnic, Eugene Rogan, Ari Aziz Mamshae | 16 May 2017 | |
| 33 | Writing an Arab Officer into the 1948 War for Palestine | Professor Laila Parsons (McGill University), gives a talk for the Middle East seminar series. Chaired by Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford). | Laila Parsons, Eugene Rogan | 09 May 2017 | |
| 32 | Tunisia | Rory McCarthy (Magdalen College, Oxford) and Fabio Merone (Ghent University) give a talk for the Middle East Centre seminar series. Chaired by Michael Willis (St Antony's College). | Rory McCarthy, Fabio Merone, Michael Willis | 27 Mar 2017 | |
| 31 | Free Expression in the Gulf | Maryam al-Khawaja and Nicholas McGeehan (Middle East Researcher, Human Rights Watch) give a seminar for the MIddle East Centre. The discussant is Toby Matthiesen (St Antony's College). Chaired bt Timothy Garton Ash (St Antony's College). | Maryam al-Khawaja, Nicholas McGeehan, Toby Matthiesen, Timothy Garton Ash | 27 Mar 2017 | |
| 30 | Jews, Muslims, and Law in Nineteenth-Century Morocco | Jessica Maya Marglin (University of Southern California) gives a talk for the Middle East Centre on 2nd March 2017. | Jessica Maya Marglin | 10 Mar 2017 | |
| 29 | Creative Commons | Islam in Europe | Part of the Middle East Centre Seminar Series, with Nilüfer Göle, Tariq Modood and Tariq Ramadan (chair). Held on 17th February 2017. | Nilüfer Göle, Tariq Modood, Tariq Ramadan | 28 Feb 2017 |
| 28 | The Conflict in Libya | Lydia Sizer (Libya Analyst MENAS), Mary Fitzgerald (Journalist and Author) and John Hamilton (Cross Border Information) discuss the conflict in Libya on 27th January 2017. | Lydia Sizer, Mary Fitzgerald, John Hamilton | 01 Feb 2017 | |
| 27 | 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 | |
| 26 | Book launch: Public Culture and Islam in Modern Egypt | Roundtable Discussion and Launch of Public Culture and Islam in Modern Egypt by Hatsuki Aishima (National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka) with Morgan Clarke (University of Oxford). The event will be chaired by Laurent Mignon (University of Oxford). | Hatsuki Aishima | 09 Jan 2017 | |
| 25 | Faith and Superstition from an Islamic Perspective | In light of the Power and Protection Exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford, this talk addresses the fundamental principles of faith, and how the Islamic tradition deals with and defines superstition. | Tariq Ramadan, Francesca Leoni | 25 Nov 2016 | |
| 24 | Creative Commons | Contemporary Challenges for Political Islam | Lecture delivered by Professor Tariq Ramadan (Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies, Middle East Centre) on 4th March 2016 at the Middle East Centre. | Tariq Ramadan | 07 Mar 2016 |
| 23 | How Syria was destroyed: The dynamics of a civil war | Seminar on the civil war in Syria, with Dr Gilles Dorronsoro (Panthéon-Sorbonne University), Arthur Quesnay (Panthéon-Sorbonne University), Adam Baczko (Panthéon-Sorbonne University) on Monday 22nd February 2016 at the Middle East Centre. | Gilles Dorronsoro, Arthur Quesnay, Adam Baczko | 04 Mar 2016 | |
| 22 | Women and the 19th Century Emergence of the Arabic Novel | Seminar presented by Professor Marilyn Booth at the Middle East Centre on 26th February 2016. | Marilyn Booth | 04 Mar 2016 | |
| 21 | Britain and Palestine: Balfour to Blair | Lecture presented by Professor Avi Shlaim (Middle East Centre) and Richard Makepeace (Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies) at the Middle East Centre, St Antony's College on 19th February 2016. | Avi Shlaim, Richard Makepeace | 22 Feb 2016 | |
| 20 | Creative Commons | The Political Economy of Violence in the Middle East: What Questions Should the Social Scientist Ask? | Seminar by Dr Adeel Malik (Globe Fellow, Islamic Centre Lecturer in the Economies of Muslim Societies) at the Middle East Centre, 12th February 2016. | Adeel Malik | 19 Feb 2016 |
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