Department: Middle East Centre
Talks:

Tuesday 15 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

The New Spirit of Islamism: Interactions between the AKP, Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 15 October 2024, 17:15 - 18:45 (Tuesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Ezgi Başaran (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Julie Adams (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Michael Willis (St Antony's College)

Friday 18 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Colonial subjects and the right to have rights: Algeria, 1834
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 18 October 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Charles Kurzman (University of North Carolina)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Neil Ketchley (University of Oxford)

Monday 21 October 2024 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

The challenges of writing Middle East history after 7 October: from Gaza to the climate crisis
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 21 October 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Ibrahim al-Marashi (California State University)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organisers: Middle East Centre, Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Friday 25 October 2024 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

From the cradle to the street: family and the 1979 Revolution in Iran
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 25 October 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Naghmeh Sohrabi (Brandeis University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Monday 28 October 2024 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Conspiracy: Assassination in Beirut
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 28 October 2024, 17:00 - 19:30 (Monday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Michael Taylor (Independent Investigations/Police Consultant)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 29 October 2024 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Tahrir, Gaza, and beyond: revolution, liberation, and praxis
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 29 October 2024, 17:15 - 18:45 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Rusha Latif (author of 'Tahrir's Youth: Leaders of a Leaderless Revolution')
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 5 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Conflict and citizenship: the challenges of Palestinian-Arabs in Israel
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 5 November 2024, 17:15 - 18:45 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder (Ben-Gurion University)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser: MEC Administrator (St Antony's College)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Friday 8 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Regional dimensions of the Gaza crisis, and the Arab role in the UN Security Council
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 8 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Mouin Rabbani, Hasmik Egian
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 12 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Sacred Places Tell Tales: Jewish Life and Heritage in Modern Cairo
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 12 November 2024, 17:15 - 18:45 (Tuesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Yoram Meital (Ben-Gurion University)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Laurent Mignon (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Friday 15 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 15 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Elham Fakhro (Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Middle East Centre, Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Pascal Menoret (Magdalen College)

Thursday 21 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

God's Man in Iraq: The Life and Leadership of Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 21 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Sajad Jiyad
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organisers: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford), Middle East Centre
Host: Professor Raihan Ismail (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Friday 22 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Writing Middle Eastern lives: biography in modern Arab history
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 22 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Sonja Mejcher-Atassi (American University of Beirut), Professor Marilyn Booth (Magdalen College, Oxford), Dr Peter Hill (Northumbria University)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Middle East Centre, Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 26 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Saving Soviet Muslims: the politics of protection at Jerusalem's General Islamic Congress of 1931
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 26 November 2024, 17:15 - 18:45 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Roy Bar Sadeh (University of Manchester)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom, Kirdar Building, 68 Woodstock Road
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Laurent Mignon (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Friday 29 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Gaza – a war on healthcare
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 29 November 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Nick Maynard (University of Oxford), Dr Debbie Harrington (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), Dr Rebecca Ingliss (University of Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Walter Armbrust (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)

Thursday 5 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Defining antisemitism: what is the point?
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 5 December 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Thursday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Shai Lavi (Tel Aviv University), Dr Brian Klug (Oxford)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Middle East Centre, Middle East Centre Administrator (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)