Name: Middle East Centre
Events this person is hosting:
Friday 18 October 2019 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)
Martyrs and Tricksters: An Ethnography of the Egyptian Revolution
Date: 18 October 2019, 17:00 - 18:30 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker
:
Dr Walter Armbrust (MEC Albert Hourani Fellow)
Venue Details: Investcorp Auditorium, Middle East Centre
Organiser:
Professor Eugene Rogan (University of Oxford)
Host:
Middle East Centre
Tuesday 23 February 2021 (6th Week, Hilary Term)
Western Intervention in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings: Political Containment, Neoliberalism, and Imperial Legacies
Date: 23 February 2021, 9:00 - 17:15 (Tuesday, 6th week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue Details: ZOOM Online Webinar
Organiser:
MEC Administrator (St Antony's College)
Host:
Middle East Centre
Thursday 27 May 2021 (5th Week, Trinity Term)
Oxford Syria Society Event with Dr. Sami Moubayed and Dr. Eugene Rogan: On the Syrian National Congress of 1919
Date: 27 May 2021, 19:00 - 20:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2021)
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue Details: Oxford Syria Society: https://www.facebook.com/events/497881694682135/?ref=newsfeed
Organiser:
Marwan Safar Jalani (Oxford Syria Society)
Host:
Middle East Centre
Monday 18 October 2021 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)
The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - Transnationalism in the Middle East
Date: 18 October 2021, 17:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker
s:
Marral Shamshiri-Fard,
Jeremy Randall,
Fadi Kafeety,
Dr Toby Matthiesen (LSE),
Golnar Nikpour
Venue Details: ZOOM WEBINAR
Organiser:
Middle East Centre
Host:
Middle East Centre
Monday 1 November 2021 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)
The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - Maoism in the Middle East and North Africa
Date: 1 November 2021, 17:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker
s:
Jiayi Zhu,
William Figueroa,
Leonard Michael,
Idriss Jebari,
Afshin Matin-Asgari
Organiser:
Middle East Centre
Host:
Middle East Centre
Wednesday 12 January 2022 (0th Week, Hilary Term)
Oxford Political Thought Seminar - Caliphate
Date: 12 January 2022, 15:00 - 16:30 (Wednesday, 0th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker
s:
Hüseyin Yilmaz (George Mason University),
Elizabeth Alexandrin (University of Manitoba)
Venue Details: ZOOM Online Webinar
Organiser:
MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Host:
Middle East Centre
Thursday 26 January 2023 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)
The Republic of South Sudan: Coming out of the Peace Process and the Path to Economic Development
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 26 January 2023, 14:30 - 17:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker
s:
His Excellency Honourable Minister Puot Kang Chol (Minister of Petroleum for the Republic of South Sudan),
Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi (The Sudanese Programme)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Lecture Theatre, lower ground floor of the Investcorp Building, 62 Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6JF
Organiser:
Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi (The Sudanese Programme)
Hosts:
The Sudanese Programme,
Middle East Centre
Tuesday 9 May 2023 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)
Palestinian Women on Demonic Grounds? When Gender is Undone by the German Security Discourse
Date: 9 May 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker
s:
Dr Sultan Doughan (University of London),
Dr Sultan Doughan (University of London)
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom
Organiser:
Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Middle East Centre
Tuesday 30 May 2023 (6th Week, Trinity Term)
Women’s movements and citizenship in the Middle East
Date: 30 May 2023, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker
s:
Dr Roel Meijer (Radboud Universiteit, The Netherlands),
Professor Marilyn Booth (Discussant) (University of Oxford)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom (Kirdar Building, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College)
Organiser:
Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, University of Oxford)
Host:
Middle East Centre
Wednesday 14 June 2023 (8th Week, Trinity Term)
Oxford Political Though - Heresy
Date: 14 June 2023, 16:00 - 17:30 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker
s:
Teena Purohit (Boston University),
Zaki Rehman (University of Oxford)
Organisers:
Dr Usaama al-Alazmi (University of Oxford),
Professor Faisal Devji (St Antony's, Oxford)
Host:
Middle East Centre
Tuesday 28 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)
Economic Diversification and Climate Change in the Middle East
Date: 28 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker
:
Associate Professor Dr Sarah Bush (University of Pennsylvania)
Venue: 68 Woodstock Road, Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: MEC Boardroom
Organisers:
Humeyra Biricik (University of Oxford),
Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (University of Oxford)
Host:
Middle East Centre
Thursday 24 October 2024 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)
Aesthetics, rituals, and narratives in Islamic mobilization
Date: 24 October 2024, 9:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
Various Speakers
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Old Fellows' Dining Room, Hilda Besse Building
Organisers:
Dr Kenichi Tani (University of Oxford),
Dr Antonella Acinapura (University of Oxford)
Host:
Middle East Centre
Events this person is organising:
Monday 18 October 2021 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)
The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - Transnationalism in the Middle East
Date: 18 October 2021, 17:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker
s:
Marral Shamshiri-Fard,
Jeremy Randall,
Fadi Kafeety,
Dr Toby Matthiesen (LSE),
Golnar Nikpour
Venue Details: ZOOM WEBINAR
Organiser:
Middle East Centre
Host:
Middle East Centre
Monday 25 October 2021 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)
The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - A Global Palestine
Date: 25 October 2021, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker
s:
Sune Haugbolle,
Pelle Valentin Olsen,
Sorcha Thomson,
Ilan Pappé
Venue Details: ZOOM WEBINAR
Organiser:
Middle East Centre
Hosts:
TBA
Monday 1 November 2021 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)
The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - Maoism in the Middle East and North Africa
Date: 1 November 2021, 17:00 - 19:00 (Monday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker
s:
Jiayi Zhu,
William Figueroa,
Leonard Michael,
Idriss Jebari,
Afshin Matin-Asgari
Organiser:
Middle East Centre
Host:
Middle East Centre
Monday 8 November 2021 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)
The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - Late Pahlavi Iran
Date: 8 November 2021, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker
s:
Ali Mirsepassi,
Arash Azizi,
Siavush Ranjbar Daemi,
Edmund Herzig
Venue Details: ZOOM
Organiser:
Middle East Centre
Host:
MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Monday 15 November 2021 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)
The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - Lebanon
Date: 15 November 2021, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker
s:
Nathaniel George,
Yvonne Albers,
Zeina Maasri,
Fadi Bardawil
Venue Details: ZOOM WEBINAR
Organiser:
Middle East Centre
Host:
MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Monday 22 November 2021 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)
The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - The Developmental State
Date: 22 November 2021, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker
s:
Touraj Atabaki,
Max Ajl,
Philip Marfleet,
Cyrus Schayegh
Venue Details: ZOOM WEBINAR
Organiser:
Middle East Centre
Host:
MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Monday 29 November 2021 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)
The Middle East c.1960-1980 Global and Transnational Perspectives Webinar Series - Gender in the Global Middle East and North Africa
Date: 29 November 2021, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker
s:
Faika Çelik,
Aliye Gamze Sarıtunalı,
Amy Kallander,
Hannah Elsisi Ashmawi,
Laleh Khalili
Venue Details: ZOOM WEBINAR
Organiser:
Middle East Centre
Host:
MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Wednesday 27 April 2022 (1st Week, Trinity Term)
Oxford Political Thought Seminar Series - Seminar 1 - EMPIRE
Date: 27 April 2022, 15:00 - 16:30 (Wednesday, 1st week, Trinity 2022)
Speaker
s:
Janet O’Brien, The Courtauld,
Azfar Moin, University of Texas-Austin
Venue Details: Online Webinar via ZOOM
Organiser:
Middle East Centre
Host:
MEC Administrator (St Anthonys College)
Thursday 29 February 2024 (7th Week, Hilary Term)
Colonizing Palestine: the Zionist Left and the Making of the Palestinian Nakba’
Date: 29 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker
:
Dr. Areej Sabbagh-Khoury (Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The Investcorp Lecture Theatre
Organiser:
Middle East Centre
Host:
Eugene Rogan (St Antony's College, Oxford)
Tuesday 5 March 2024 (8th Week, Hilary Term)
MEC BOOK TALK - Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities, and Counterrevolution in Egypt
Date: 5 March 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker
:
Prof. Atef Said (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: The MEC Centre Board Room
Organiser:
Middle East Centre
Host:
Dr Maryam Alemzadeh (St Antony's College, 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
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 15 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)
The Abraham Accords: The Gulf States, Israel, and the Limits of Normalization
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
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
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)
Thursday 5 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)
Defining antisemitism: what is the point?
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)